CGI-Quality said:
It had some flat areas but it was NOT mostly flat textures. In fact, the only environments that had some lower-res areas were the outdoor environments. I'm positive you haven't seen the entire game. Character animations were spotty, but did the job most of the time, either equaling or exceeding Uncharted 2 65-70% of the time. Character models themselves exceed Uncharted 2's with detail as well. Like I said, I'd call them even, but each has strengths and weaknesses.
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I played the whole game. Just have to update my Trophy card for proof I guess 
As for textures, they were almost all flat. Even textures on the players body including clothes, bandages, Ethan's abs, things like that were flat. The character models were good, but the only ones that seemed great were ones belonging to non-important characters like the junk yard guy and the old lady in the hospital. Killzone 2's and even Gears of War's character models seemed more detailed and textured than the ones in Heavy Rain save for a few. Clothes was very static and non-reactive to other forces. I especially noticed the lack of texture in the one power plant section where you were crawling through tunnels. The ground textures and glass were just awful looking compared to the some of the other environments. It had exceptional artwork and antialiasing seemed very good which gave it a very sharp overally picture. It made it look lifelike without really having to have crazy textures and over the top graphics. Animations seemed to be a real negative for me. Especially walking and the animations used for kissing was waaaay off Some of the action scenes had decent animations, though. Again, having not played UC2, I can't make a comparison on anything other than the screenshots I saw.
I'd definitely say Killzone 2 has this game beat on overall graphics. Once I play Uncharted 1 and 2 I will be able to make a better comparison.
Now please don't think I'm hating on the game. The game overall looked great despite some of the lacking textures and what not. And the film grain effect and antialiasing were very good to make it all look smooth. There were only some slight moments of screen tearing and some minor sound glitches with the game. It was a thrilling and emotional experience that I actually am considering replaying again (not common of me with single player games at all!). Maybe having such a large 47" 1080p HDTV makes some sort of difference in my views. I really don't know. All I know is that I went into this game not expecting anything special and found a masterpiece. I just don't see how the graphics compare to the already "Kings" out there.
At the same time, I don't see how Uncharted 1 compares to Gears 2 at all and I think Gears 2 destroys it as well as Gears 2 destroys Metal Gear Solid 4, but others disagree so maybe my graphics likes/dislikes are different or I take notice of more places where it is lacking than others. It's all just my opinion, bro 
