Graphics Whore Showdown Round 1: Metal Gear Solid 4 vs Gears of War 2

[SHMUPGurus]

leo-j said:

MontanaHatchet said:
I'm worried that fanboyism will put things in MGS4's favor. Gears of War 2 is definitely a better looking game. It's beautiful.

No, Im worried that fanboyism will put things in GEARS' favor..

 

Gears of war is one of the most overrated games when it comes to graphics, based on what ive played through and my opinion ofcourse.

MGS4 on the other hand (funny how we have comments coming rom people that havent played MGS4) has horrible environments, and jaw dropping cutscenes (in engine though), so.. until we get to ACT 4 and ACT 5, gears despite imo not looking impressive graphicly speaking may just be as good as MGS4 is during its first 2-3 acts visually speaking (thats taking the cutscenes out of the game), once we look at the later acts you can make a point in saying MGS4 starts to seperate itself from gears of war 2 in the visual department, in environments and what not.

 

I completely agree about ACT 4 and ACT 5 looking out of this world. I was really impressed by the boat in ACT 5 (Outer Heaven if I recall correctly?)...

But at the same time, Gears of War 2 almost never drops in framerate, so I gotta go with Gears 2. Plus, the textures are better overall.