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Graphics Whore Showdown Round 12: MGS4 vs Splinter Cell: Conviction

Metal Gear Solid 4 255 80.44%
 
Splinter Cell: Conviction 62 19.56%
 
Total:317
Garnett on 14 April 2010
CGI-Quality said:
Garnett said:
binary solo said:
Garnett said:
indodude said:
Garnett said:
BW_JP said:
Garnett said:
Splinter Cell is the 360 version of UC2.

I've heard of getting the short end of the straw, but god that must suck for you guys. 

lol

 

We may have the short end of the straw here, but sure as hell dont have the short end on the FPS straw.

 

10 million straws and counting. Exclusively on Xbox 360 

 

:)

Call me slow, but what are you referring to lol?

-_-

 

What game sold more than 10 million units exclusively on 360? 

 

Drum roll please!!!!!!

 

Halo 3!!!!

 

And the half ass $60 expansion is almost at 5 million.

Oh man! I don't know whether you're being ultra-subtley sarcastic or whether you've blindly fallen in to the standard 360 Attack League tactic: Can't compete on the issue at hand (graphics in this case) so throw down Halo 3 sales where Halo 3 isn't even relevant for the topic.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're being very subtle in your sarcasm. In which case: LOL!!

Having said that there is an interesting correlation: if SC:C is the 360 version of UC2 from a graphics perspective, then in like manner MGS4 is the PS3 version of Halo 3 from a sales perspective. SC:C graphics don't measure up to UC2, but it's the best 360 has on offer at the moment (debateable??). MGS4 sales don't measure up to Halo 3, but it's the best PS3's got at the moment.

I haven't seen SC:C in action so I can't venture a direct opinion on how it compares to either MGS4 or UC2. The only thing I can ask is whether the OP is comparing SC:C to MGS4 because SC:C falls well short of UC2 (and GoWIII), or because the OP thinks MGS4 still reigns supreme for graphics on PS3?

At the end of the day if you're graphic whoring you've got to be clear about the context.  I'm not even sure where the OP thinks SC:C sits on the 360 only graphics scale. Is it better than ME2 & Gears 2 for instance? Is it really the best the 360 has right now?

He never said he was talking about Graphics and why does it bother you so much that Halo 3 shits on any FPS or even TPS on the other HD console's (yes i included PC just for teh lulz)

Splinter Cell has good graphics, there is actually detail in the game. Most games these days are just shiny.

Let me just say, the hole console graphics king is all opinion.

 

Because Halo 3's sales have nothing to do with the thread.

The two games were mainly compared because they are exclusive, stealth-based games to each respective system. They just both happen to look good while doing what they do.

Yes but he said that we get the short end of the straw on this one, and i said we have bigger straws on the other one.

 

He said what game and i said Halo. 



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Pipedream24 on 14 April 2010

I not quite sure why polls like this are even created.  If you pit a PS3 game against a 360 game we all know which game is going to win on this site.   If you're going to do a game comparison poll, it only works if the games involved are on one system.  That being said, MGS4 still has some of the best character models, even to this day.  But the overall graphic presentation on Splinter Cell is better.  And quite fankly, I could give a crap which game pushes more polygons or has more particles.  The end result is all that matters...not what the developer used to get there.



KingFate on 14 April 2010

Shouldn't you have put Uncharted 2 instead of MGS? I mean that is a better graphics comparison.



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XxXProphecyXxX on 14 April 2010

MGS4 still looks dashing despite being 2 years old...



jesus kung fu magic on 15 April 2010
C_Hollomon said:
MGS4 looks better and still have better gameplay. It's my opinion and I don't need to play SCC to change my mind.

Wow.....the J man is speechless......



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Thechalkblock on 15 April 2010

Question is pointless; almost all the regulars here are Sony fans.



richardhutnik on 15 April 2010
soulsamurai said:
richardhutnik said:
soulsamurai said:
thelifatree said:
I'm not gonna vote cause I've only played Metal Gear... but really, metal gear a few year old, game, it shouldn't be surprising if SC surpasses it.

pretty much this....

/end thread

However, look at the poll.  Considering that Conviction is not on the PS3, it should be no surprise now that MGS4 ends up being said better than Conviction.

There is an over abundance of fanboys in this cloud. :P That should come to no surprise lol.  I do wish goggles would come off at least every now and then haha.

I recall reading in a poll on here that the PS3 was preferred over the 360 by a 2:1 ratio.  So, I believe there has to be some factoring in of that when doing a poll like this.  Bias gets so bad, someone on the 360 side would end up saying that Game Room games look better than Uncharted 2, for example.



richardhutnik on 15 April 2010
BanTiger said:
Why the f r u comparing a 2 years old game with a new one u must be a x360 fan

If that is true, then why the heck is MGS4 beating Conviction by like at least 4:1 at this point and time, unless those voting are PS3 fans?



richardhutnik on 15 April 2010
C_Hollomon said:
MGS4 looks better and still have better gameplay. It's my opinion and I don't need to play SCC to change my mind.

And I played MGS4 and found the controls stiff.  I found Uncharted 1 and 2 had better controls actual.  This is actually based on playing both games.  And like you I haven't played Conviction, so to offset your uninformed opinion, I will offer an equally uniformed opinion and say that SCC has better gameplay.  So, there.  Take my opinion and yours and people are then forced to evaluate things more objectively.



binary solo on 15 April 2010
Garnett said:
binary solo said:
Garnett said:
indodude said:
Garnett said:
BW_JP said:
Garnett said:
Splinter Cell is the 360 version of UC2.

I've heard of getting the short end of the straw, but god that must suck for you guys. 

lol

 

We may have the short end of the straw here, but sure as hell dont have the short end on the FPS straw.

 

10 million straws and counting. Exclusively on Xbox 360 

 

:)

Call me slow, but what are you referring to lol?

-_-

 

What game sold more than 10 million units exclusively on 360? 

 

Drum roll please!!!!!!

 

Halo 3!!!!

 

And the half ass $60 expansion is almost at 5 million.

Oh man! I don't know whether you're being ultra-subtley sarcastic or whether you've blindly fallen in to the standard 360 Attack League tactic: Can't compete on the issue at hand (graphics in this case) so throw down Halo 3 sales where Halo 3 isn't even relevant for the topic.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're being very subtle in your sarcasm. In which case: LOL!!

Having said that there is an interesting correlation: if SC:C is the 360 version of UC2 from a graphics perspective, then in like manner MGS4 is the PS3 version of Halo 3 from a sales perspective. SC:C graphics don't measure up to UC2, but it's the best 360 has on offer at the moment (debateable??). MGS4 sales don't measure up to Halo 3, but it's the best PS3's got at the moment.

I haven't seen SC:C in action so I can't venture a direct opinion on how it compares to either MGS4 or UC2. The only thing I can ask is whether the OP is comparing SC:C to MGS4 because SC:C falls well short of UC2 (and GoWIII), or because the OP thinks MGS4 still reigns supreme for graphics on PS3?

At the end of the day if you're graphic whoring you've got to be clear about the context.  I'm not even sure where the OP thinks SC:C sits on the 360 only graphics scale. Is it better than ME2 & Gears 2 for instance? Is it really the best the 360 has right now?

He never said he was talking about Graphics and why does it bother you so much that Halo 3 shits on any FPS or even TPS on the other HD console's (yes i included PC just for teh lulz)

Splinter Cell has good graphics, there is actually detail in the game. Most games these days are just shiny.

Let me just say, the hole console graphics king is all opinion.

 

Oh, so you were being serious when you threw the whole Halo 3 sales thing into a graphics thread that has nothing to do with either sales or Halo 3? OK, noted for future reference thanks.

Funny you should mention SC:C having actual detail as opposed to simply being shiny. The one thing that really stood out with the stills in the OP was how much more shiny the SC:C shots are compared to the MGS4 shots. SC:C does have pretty nice detail and I'm not suggesting SC:C's relative shinyness is in any way a negative, there just seems to be more shine on SC:C than MGS4.

I certainly agree on your last point. But it's still fun to read how people respond in these threads.



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