Thoughts on this new generation, which is off to a great start.

[d21lewis]

torok said:

You are nitpicking things. Gears is a X360 exclusive, Destiny is a cross gen game. One was one of the best looking console games when released, while the other isn't even close. Try these:

Black (PS2)

 

Call of Duty 2 (360)

 

Killzone: Shadow Fall (PS4)

 

See, everything depends on the game. Try Gear And before anyone comes saying the SF shot is a bullshot, I've captured the screen myself. Just in this shot we see tesselation, global ilummination and material based rendering. None of these techs were available on PS360 (at least in a significant degree).

But don't you see what you've done?  You've taken a pic from one of the absolute best looking PS2 games (and an FPS at that--those always look good) at the end of its life and you compare it to one of the worst looking Xbox 360 games at the beginning of the launch.  Then you toss in one of the best looking PS4 games released so far.  Why not compare something like Killzone 3 to Killzone Shadowfall?  And not just any pic.  Try to find one of the best looking Killzone 3 pics that you can find.  THEN you'll see why people are a little disappointed in the jump.  And even COD2 came in with seemless online play which prompted a spectacular reception across the board.  That's a pretty good leap that justifies a new generation, isn't it?