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Chrizum on 24 August 2010
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--OkeyDokey-- said:
Chrizum said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:

Right. I can appreciate the draw distance and sheer amount of textures and objects on screen but it's nowhere near "trouncing" what the PS3 is capable of in the hands of extremely talented and smart programmers with a ginormous budget: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Gu-VJedLA

The way you're talking is as if games like God of War III look dated and technically unimpressive compared to 4 year old PC games, and that is just a damn lie. That video demonstrates a massive technical achievement even by PC standards.

The God of War video is amazing, but mostly because of smart programming, not so much because of horsepower. PS3 is not as powerful as a high-end PC in 2007 and that is a fact.

"only hardcore 360 and PS3 fans think their games look amazing"

Changed your tune, have you? :P I rest my case. The PS3 holds its own.

I admit that that comment was too blunt, but I didn't change my tune. My point all along was that in a technical sense, PS3 and 360 games are not impressive at all when compared to PC games (mostly their direct counterparts ie. multiplatform games or same-genre games).

In this industry, gamers and journalists debate about which game has the best graphics, and often Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2 are used to prove the PS3 is "graphics king". Why not throw Muramasa or Super Mario Galaxy in there? Because the Wii is underpowered? Well, so are the 360 and PS3.

Uncharted 2 looks amazing. God of War 3 looks amazing. That is my opinion. However, those games shouldn't be compared to PC (or Wii) games. When someone says Crysis 2 on PC looks better than on PS3/360, it's stating the obvious and shouldn't be news-worthy. Ofcourse PS3 and 360 are underpowered machines. Everyone knows it. But mostly the fanboys are out of touch with reality and argue that the PS3 and "teh cell" are the most powerful hardware around. It isn't.

tldr: PC is much more powerful than consoles, but it don't matter because art direction determines how pretty a game looks. Arguing about console power is useless and sad.