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Raven722 on 22 October 2013
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CGI-Quality said:
Raven722 said:
FiliusDei said:
Can't believe killzone's are not in the same level since the ps4 is 50% more powerful.


A lot of factors go into game development and how good the games look beyond the hardware. Facial animations are not a strong suit for Guerrilla Games. Never have been. Everything else about the game looks outstanding (besides the rain drops) and quite possibly the best looking console launch title overall. As far as the whole "PS4 is 50% more powerful"... the 50% part is the GPU supposedly. True or not, the system's performance is more than the GPU so unless the RAM and CPU are also 50% greater, which they are not, and the system architecture is set up to be 50% more efficient, which I don't believe it is, there is no way the PS4 is 50% more powerful. That whole thing got out of hand by ignorant fanboys on both sides. Someone said "50% more..." and some morons ran with it before they let them finish.

It wasn't just "fanboys" that started a baseless internet rumor of that percentage. Developers also said it (or something like it), so people believed it. Besides, isn't this a launch title? Have we forgotten what PS3 games looked like in 2006? Compare them with Beyond: Two Souls or The Last Of Us - leagues and leagues behind. 

Facial animation is not a strong suit of Killzone, no, but then this thread isn't about animation.

Oh I know it wasn't fanboys starting a baseless rumor. However, it was fanboys who ran with it and made it get out of hand. As usual. Overreactions on both sides ensued. Now you can't even read about a PS4 game without someone asking where the 50% more power is being used.

I hope you're not misunderstanding my position. I think the game looks amazing and I'm not phased by lackluster human faces by comparison to some other great looking games. I think that as a whole visual package, Shadow Fall looks the best. I was simply pointing out that hardware can't make up for a studio that has trouble making human faces look good all around. I fully expect better by certain studios like Naughty Dog on their first go and by all studios making games on the PS4 down the line.