Rage the new Graphics King?

[greenmedic88]

silicon said:

selnor said:

I riginally in this thread said Rage and Brink would be the new console graphics king. But after watching this next trailer about 2 mins ago. It's now Alan Wake. Sorry Carmack, remedy have outdone you.

That's the trailer I watched before starting this thread. From watching Rage to watching that trailer I realized how much better Rage looked... guess we have different tastes.

Based on this preview, visually, Alan Wake doesn't look any more impressive than many console games already in release. Good lighting effects and it looks like it should have excellent dynamic environmental lighting to set the tone of the game. While excellent by any measure, they don't really reset the bar by which all else should be measured.

Of course it's really hard to throw down the "final word" opinion as people like to do on here without actually playing the finished game on a full sized display at native resolution, but as of now it looks like the story behind Alan Wake will be what wins my attention rather than the visuals.

Rage looks a lot like Fallout 3, with improved lighting and particle effects. But then I never played the console version, I only played the PC version at max settings which probably isn't quite an even apples to apple comparison.