Cliffy B speaks about Gears of War 3's visuals.

[starcraft]

CGI-Quality said:

starcraft said:
That trailer looked better than anything currently on any console, quite comfortably in fact.

The question is, was it real-time...

I disagree with that and it was running on the engine: (ie) not CGI. But it wasn't in-game.

Eh, I'm rewatching the trailer and going through the usual suspects in my head (KZ2, Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 and Gears 2) and to be honest I don't think any of them hold a candle to what is in that trailer.  It is possible that Uncharted 2 and ME2 have character models and detailed and interesting, but again I don't really think so and the surrounds aren't nearly as nice.

But like I said, even "in-engine" these days doesn't always translate into "looks sick playing on a console."