Digital Foundry takes a closer look at Breath of the Wild

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Hynad said:

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Killzone 3 is indeed an incredibly technically demanding game for its hardware, with very impressive texturing, shading, geometry, and post-processing. It's one of the best looking games of the 7th gen, in my opinion.

Still though, it's a bit of an apples-to-oranges comparison to pit a linear action game against a massive open world one. As a more contained experience, Killzone 3 has the luxury of being able to focus its rendering budget into a smaller area.

A more like-for-like point of comparison for Breath of the Wild would be similar open world titles on PS3/360, like Skyrim or Far Cry 2/3/4.

I think Zelda achieves quite a bit, but Farcry 3-4 are quite good looking games and are quite demanding, so if anything, you nailed the games required to base a comparison on. 

Yeah, besides the obvious differences in art style, Far Fry 2-4 on PS3/360 are quite similar to BotW in that they feature open worlds with lots of vegetation, scattered enemy encampments and wildlife, etc. They seem like the most logical point of comparison in my view.

Far Cry 3 and 4 on PS360 are impressive technical accomplishments for the hardware they're running on, but overall, I'd give BotW the edge as it seems to have a bigger world with denser and more interactive vegetation, as well as a slightly higher screen resolution. (720p versus cropped sub-HD in Far Cry)