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Oblivion86 on 23 April 2011
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CGI-Quality said:
Oblivion86 said:
MikeB said:

@ CGI-Quality

I don't agree:

http://kineticninja.blogspot.com/2009/01/naughty-dog-realtime-graphics-and_31.html

Technically Gears of War 2 really shows its age in comparison with the best graphics this gen and personally I dislike the character models (especially as in art style).

I am not saying it's a horrible looking game and maybe not the worst looking one in this list, but I even consider one of your favourites, Heavy Rain, to top this head & shoulders in terms of graphics and that didn't make the list.


Gears 2 IMO deserves a spot above KZ2, because of it's art style, direction, and character models.. It is one of the smoothest games of this gen.. Meanwhile KZ2 has clunky textures, mono-palette scheme, and some awful pop-ins, so yeah..

Your opinion is fine, but Killzone 2 didn't have any pop-in (which is ironic since Gears 2 did) and I've never heard of "clunky" textures.


clunky meaning disportional or odd looking.. I noticed quite a number of pop-ins in the later levels, never did I notice one in GoW2 SP, that is just my experience..

 

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/949/949161p2.html

"That being said, there are still some technical issues that crop up here and there. There are a number of low resolution shadows that pop up on environments and character models, particularly when they're talking, which can detract from the action that's going on. The same can be said for the texture pop-in that will snap into view, frequently on camera pans of a location. Add to this some of the aliasing and even the grain filters, which give the game depth but are also a double-edged sword because it almost feels like they're overused in some areas."