Why do I see this thread turning into another fanboy flame war....

I think Crysis 2 already being named the best looking console game yet sort of undermines this.

Oh I agree with point of the article. I think that making this a thread topic is a good thing. However, the vast majority of this forum can't seem to take their fanboy goggles off long enough to have a rational discussion.

I'm not saying hes wrong because Alan Wake does look fantastic, but Ahmad Dajani (the writer for VGarabia) is the biggest xbox fanboy douchebag out there so you can see what he was trying to do with this article.

Multiplatform is never designed to capitalize on visuals to the fullest but it is cheapest. It'll be interesting to see if Alan Wake or Halo: Reach do look as good as they seem.

I wrote an article about this very issue. In this very forum about 2-3 months back.

Everyone Laughed in my face. Then Gamersyde Previewed Alan Wake and backed me up by saying the very thing I wrote an article about. Then everyone here called Gamersyde a nobody when they said Alan Wake was at the forefront of console graphics.

I wonder if CGI Quality will get the same comments as I did, for an article about the exact same thing.

Alan Wake, while sporting some of the best lighting I have seen.. No, THE best lighting I have seen on any console, graphically (textures, etc) isn't anything I have not already seen on the PS3. I expect the PS3 to keep making "graphics King" games, because that is what the PS3 has been doing this entire gen. Believe me, Halo: Reach will look great, but it won't/cannot be the graphics king because in order to tout its great online and split-screen multiplayer, needs to take the graphics down a notch or two.

Took the words out of my mouth.

Microsoft should use this engine in other games. You can say that I'm insane but this engine is capable o running a sandbox game - Crackdown 3 anyone ? Or some new stunning sandbox.

i agree that multiplatform engines dont do the 360 any justice, that is why i believe alan wake is the game to show everyone what a capable graphics machine the 360 can be when a engine is made just for it and also pushed a well.