The whole game is just CGI man. Even the 360 version who runs at sub HD looks better than most games during cut scenes. There are 2 types of cut scenes in the game and they are both CGI, just that one is rendered in the game engine. This is not real graphics though as you can not control the characters in any way. Its a pretty game though, but not as pretty has Heavy Rain imo, another game that uses "cheat" graphics. Gow 3 on the other hand... thats what i call graphics.

I am assuming this is console only graphic discussion, since pretty much any new game on PC has better graphics than all these games i just mentioned.

Not the best IMO, but still very beautiful.

shitty dev=/= shitty hardware

GOW III for example has WAYY more things onscreen than FF XIII, and MUCH HIGHER visuals, and it runs at 40-50fps, rarely dips under 40.

it's smexy very smexy, however after a +5 year dev time, they could have cleaned up more, some textures are messed up.

I never claimed it did. All I've said in this discussion is that FFXIII runs at a lower framerate than god of war, so a screenshot comparison is pointless

maybe not best graphics in techs but best looking game atm yes

I've played the first 6 hours. I disagree- it's not even in my top 5.

Maybe not the best graphics this gen but even after playing 4 hours of Uncharted 2 last night I must still say that I find Final Fantasy XIII much more pleasing to the eyes, especially in the crystal area I am at.

meh, I'll say it the best looking RPG so far, but Versus will take that crown

facial features are nice but when you see the hands in the in-game cut-scenes its all blocky.