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selnor on 07 February 2010
aragod said:
oldschoolfool said:
selnor said:
Hell yes. It's the best on any console IMO. Animations are in a field of their own. But it's the whole presentaton as a package that nothing else touches. Amazing.


Is it really that good?

No it's not, Selnor just let himself go as usually :).

The art direction (i.e. presentation) is superb, but with the setting beeing sci-fi, it's not really that hard to look more interesting than let's say reality setting. But Mass Effect created universe of it's own, with their own spieces, technology and more. And all that seems like it could actually be real, like the future. So not "science fiction", but "time travel".

TBH graphics from technical standpoint aren't that impressive, it's Unreal Engine with all it's pro's and con's. While alien character models looks really good (Grunt is the best), human models are average at most. The "hard" lighting of UE is there and in some places it feels really weired (every single talk with Elusive man, his face looks like it's made out of stone). It doesn't have such impressive particle effects and animation as Killzone 2 or setpieces and polygon count as Uncharted 2.

So my conclusion could be: best presentation value for what it is, great graphics but nowhere close to the best

agree to disagree.



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oldschoolfool on 07 February 2010

thanks for the replies.



Hapimeses on 07 February 2010

To quote the review on this site:

'Graphically, Mass Effect 2 is an improvement on the first game, but not a major one, and while the game looks good it does not compete with the top contenders in visual fidelity on either PC or Xbox 360.'

Given I quoted it, it probably comes as no surprise that I completely agree with it. I've completed the game twice now, and while I disagree with some of the conclusions of the review, the above is pretty much exactly spot on.



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Mr. Mister on 07 February 2010

It could arguable be... then again... Alan Wake looks pretty dam good too... we'll have to wait and see.

I'm itching to play Mass Effect 2... gonna finish part 1 first tho



Mr Puggsly on 08 February 2010
Hapimeses said:
To quote the review on this site:

'Graphically, Mass Effect 2 is an improvement on the first game, but not a major one, and while the game looks good it does not compete with the top contenders in visual fidelity on either PC or Xbox 360.'

Given I quoted it, it probably comes as no surprise that I completely agree with it. I've completed the game twice now, and while I disagree with some of the conclusions of the review, the above is pretty much exactly spot on.

Well if you're comparing screenshots, it might not look much of different. But that quote doesn't mention the epic improvment in performence. Some examples would be the environments are much more detailed and larger, there are far more characters out at once, texture pop up has been greatly improved, the frame rate is much smoother, etc.

The original Mass Effect had some glaring technical issues. Such as blurry textures and low detailed models while they were loading. And sometimes the frame rate was so choppy you couldn't tell what was happening. That all plays a roll in how ME2 is a huge improvment visually.



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Words Of Wisdom on 08 February 2010

Probably not but the game is just so damn good it's really hard not to be biased.



Videogirl on 08 February 2010
gamelover2000 said:
someone post some screenshots of the Xbox 360 version.. so far I have seen no gameplay of the 360 version to judge

Here are some gameplay vid :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



sharky974 on 08 February 2010
Mr Puggsly said:

The other day I was thinking what's the best looking Xbox 360 game? But I really couldn't come up with an answer. Yesterday however I purchased Mass Effect 2 and this is by far the best looking title I've seen. The characters models are incredibly detailed, environments look amazing, and it maintains a very smooth frame rate with lots of action going on.

Its amazing to see the Unreal Engine 3 is being pushed this far. I thought they were already maxing out its potential with the original ME and GoW2.

Nope. I dont think so, some of the best looking Xbox games (sadly, most of this list is third party multi platform since MS doesnt push their system like Sony does):

 

Modern Warfare 2

Gears of War 2

Resident Evil 5

Split Second

Dirt 2

Rage

Alan Wake

It is likely from the screens I have seen Crysis 2 will destroy all these games. Crysis 2 screens make Killzone 2 look old. Also, ID's Doom 4 will likely be stunning, even though it's far off. Carmack has already stated they will be able to make the graphics 3X better in Doom 4 than Rage since it runs at 30 FPS, and Rage already looks good.



Garnett on 08 February 2010
selnor said:
Hell yes. It's the best on any console IMO. Animations are in a field of their own. But it's the whole presentaton as a package that nothing else touches. Amazing.

This ^

 

Its the best looking console game.



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selnor on 08 February 2010
Videogirl said:
gamelover2000 said:
someone post some screenshots of the Xbox 360 version.. so far I have seen no gameplay of the 360 version to judge

Here are some gameplay vid :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is some HD better video footage of the 360 version.