Killzone 2 VS Gears of War 2 through the eyes of a programmer

[jetrii]

haxxiy said:

 Uncharted still best-looking console game confirmed?

It certainly is impressive and has some elements which surpass every other game I've played, but I think its reign has come to an end. 

@topic starter: You forgot one very important thing. KZ2 is rendered @ 30FPS while GeOW2 is rendered at 60FPS...

Do you have a source for this? The game feels like it is running a bit faster than 30 FPS, but I doubt it is running at 60 FPS. If it was, I think that is something Epic would have mentioned in an interview or two.

Good read, but I have to say the time spent on animations and effects by GG is brilliant. Just by the demo the textures are a let down. but overall the game does look excellent. Not the be all end all we were led to believe. I'll wait for the full version to make my final judgement.

In pure oh my god gobsmacking moments after playing the KZ2 demo, that moment still belongs to the first time in Gears 2 when Marcus and Dom step out in the underground cave. That was just so good looking graphically. I remember waiting for the cutscene to end not realising it was waiting for me to control. The odd thing is this part of the game has more organic scenery and almost no even geometry whatsoever. Textures though are much better in Gears 2.

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/gears_of_war_2/screenshot-54.html

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/gears_of_war_2/screenshot-48.html

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/gears_of_war_2/screenshot-41.html

Yea, GoW2 does have some scenes that also really impressed me. Take a look at this tech demo running on the Xbox 360

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30825.html?type=flv (Bad quality cam but it should suffice)

It's a shame because I don't think Gears of War II shows these features off too well. Here's hoping Gears 3 or Epic's next game will really shine.