nightsurge said:
This again? Uncharted does not look "better" than Gears of War 2. It has more color, but Gears of War 2 and even Gears of War 1 had better textures, animations, more realism, etc. |
The bolded words in your argument are VERY questionable. The animation in Uncharted (minus that one moneky climb animation) is by far better than what gears 1 & 2 has to offer. In terms of visuals, gears shine through textures/mapping (which you were right on), models, filtering and to some extent lighting. Animations on the other hand, isn't nearly as complex or subtle as Uncharted's. Look carefully and you'll see Drake reacting to bullets/explosions that fly/occur around him as he's strifing or even in cover. Gears uses the same animations for cover, rolling, chainsaw kills (upgraded to two with gears2), etc. The "realism" argument isn't really there either, everything (and I mean everything) in Gears have a plastic coating around it. And the style of the game isn't meant to be realistic, just look at the builds of the characters. Unlike Gears, Uncharted does try to be more "realistic" and it does it's job well. Look at the water, dirty textures on rusty objects, wet clothing, dry clothing, wet land scapes, bricks, etc. Sure, dry objects in Uncharted don't pop/stick out like they do in Gears, but they're not supposed to.
As for lighting, I'd give Gears2 the edge over Uncharted, simply because of the lighting caused by explosions and gunfire. However, Uncharted's lighting (especially in the jungle) beats out anything the original gears had to offer.
In the end, (and this is from someone that loves and own both series) I think Gears2 edges out Uncharted in just about all visual aspects (discluding animations). But the only thing gears1 has over Uncharted is texture mapping on character models (which is what UE3 excells at).
@selnor: All of your shots, from Gears2 and uncharted, are bullshots.
