but you know, they use different engines to suit different artstyles and different gameplay, so it's hard to judge based on that since the overall visual performance of an engine is tied to everything, animations, physics, A.I. and all that happens on screen. U2 in this case is a very non-orthodox action game if I may say so...just look at that train action...geez I know this is about the first game but whatever, now I'm off to watch that video, lol.
gears 2 looks horrible next to UNC2, I posted the link to the screen captures from each of the game engines
Yeah, but next to UDF it can show off a little more, just saying. However a look at that video above shows GeoW2 as a very monotonous game both visually and gameplay-wise. Oh, and I didn't notice but the video throws in Killzone 2 gameplay (don't ask me why) and well, the contrast between the 2 games is astonishing...KZ2 makes GeoW2 look like a PS2 game....
Somewhat telling is that the accidentally included GeoW 2 cutscene doesn't look as good as UC2 or KZ2 gameplay.
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