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starcraft on 21 April 2010
CGI-Quality said:
starcraft said:
CGI-Quality said:
starcraft said:
CGI-Quality said:
God of War III got more reviews calling it the top than that, MUCH more. Besides, you'd have to play both to know, God of War III beats Uncharted 2 on a visual level, and quite comfortably. I'm not wanting to derail the thread but I had to clear that up.

Be interesting to see how this all plays out.

I may be in the minority, but I thought Uncharted 2 looked much better than GoW3.

 

You certainly are.

I certainly am much better?

Didn't think I'd have to explain it like this, but you are in the minority if you think Uncahrted 2 is "much better" looking than God of War III.

Did you even play through both?

I knew what you meant, I was just teasing

But yes, I just didn't view anything other than Kratos as looking "fantastic" in GoW3.

Whereas in Uncharted 2, everything looked fantastic.



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flowjo on 21 April 2010
CGI-Quality said:
flowjo said:
CGI-Quality said:
Munkeh111 said:
CGI-Quality said:
God of War III got more reviews calling it the top than that, MUCH more. Besides, you'd have to play both to know, God of War III is beaten considerably by Uncharted 2 on a visual level, and quite comfortably. I'm not wanting to derail the thread but I had to clear that up.

Be interesting to see how this all plays out.

That's better

But it isn't. Uncharted 2 mainly beats GoW III in character models, and even then, nobody in Uncharted 2 looks as good as Kratos. Scale, textures, lighting, aliasing, shadows all are richer/nicer/smoother/better in God of War III, not to mention that Uncharted 2 never sees 60fps.

 

there are areas in uncharted 2 that beat out gow3 but they are very few and far between , overall gow3 is really something else i literally never played a game where my mouth was open in awe .  the textures are absolutely amazing for a console the scale is like nothing ive seen its really a marvel when it comes to presentation.  yes i know that crysis and metro 2033 on pc are graphics kings but what gow3 accomplishes on the console is unmatched and wont be matched till the last guardian i think .

 

The only environments that give GoWIII a run for it's money are the snow/ice levels. Other than that, God of War III easily steals the show. I'd debate this anywhere because I'm confident on it.

Hell, the first 20 minutes of God of War III are better than many full games.

 

dude the whole scene in the beginning with posiden is a complete masterpiece i was completely blown away the game has the crown for sure on consoles anyways and nothing of what i have seen in alan wake even compares visually to what is on screen in the first 30 mins of gow3 , yes alan wake looks great but not like kratos fighting on top of gaia beating off horse crab creatures while you try to kill posiden climbing mount olympus in full hd razor sharp textures smooth frames no tearing , its amazing nuff said



Badassbab on 21 April 2010

I find it amazing the quality of the graphics coming out of the first party PS3 offerings considering it's a 4 year old hardware and with a weaker GPU than the 360. GOW3 and UC2 look phenomenal. I didn't think UC2 was going to be topped until UC3 came along but then I saw GOW3... One area where UC2 does win in some way is it's rock solid frame rate locked @ 30fps while GOW3 jumps between 30fps and 60fps.






Badassbab on 21 April 2010

As for 360 graphics, I still think Gears, Mass Effect and Bayonetta look great. Also it doesn't have the dreaded quicux AA like a lot of PS3 games which I think is just a blur-a-thon mess.






flowjo on 21 April 2010
Badassbab said:
As for 360 graphics, I still think Gears, Mass Effect and Bayonetta look great. Also it doesn't have the dreaded quicux AA like a lot of PS3 games which I think is just a blur-a-thon mess.

 

ya that quincux aa is pretty terrible sometimes , its fast and it hides thats why the 3rd parties use it but really multiplats are pretty much identical now and they both have their "better" version of multiplat stuff.



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ElGranCabeza on 21 April 2010
Fab_GS said:

This made me laugh out loud



Badassbab on 21 April 2010
flowjo said:
Badassbab said:
As for 360 graphics, I still think Gears, Mass Effect and Bayonetta look great. Also it doesn't have the dreaded quicux AA like a lot of PS3 games which I think is just a blur-a-thon mess.

 

ya that quincux aa is pretty terrible sometimes , its fast and it hides thats why the 3rd parties use it but really multiplats are pretty much identical now and they both have their "better" version of multiplat stuff.

I wouldn't use the word identical as they can't be, they are both different architectures but they look closer than ever with mostly minor differences that doesn't detract from the overall gaming experiance. But if the game is a port to the PS3 than it's usually noticebly inferior.






selnor on 21 April 2010
DaHuuuuuudge said:
I just hope, whatever the outcome, people remain civil.


I 2nd this.



selnor on 21 April 2010
Tatsh said:
selnor said:

So here is the thread.

This thread is purely to see how many reviewers use the words "best console graphics", "best graphics this gen" or anything on those lines.

Guys if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I'm a man and I can take it. Currently God Of War 3 holds the crown. So when the embargo lifts, so does the embargo of all my flapping for the graphics of Alan Wake. ( What you dont think I can take a joke on myself? ).

Anyways, as I mentioned, this is not a review score thread, but a thread hunting for reviewers opinions. I think it will be pretty resounding that Alan Wake will have alot of graphical praise. Those that disagree, I guess we will find out in a week or so.

 

Currebt Number of reviews claiming Alan Wake Best graphics =

0

 

Hello friend!! Maybe you should read this article from Eurogamer before making this thread: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-alanwake-sub-hd-blog-entry

Great read buddy. Interesting that both Siren and Tekken 6 look better and more detailed in 540p than 720p. They confirm it was the right choice to do 540p in those games to get more from the system to produce better graphics. Maybe Remedy did the same in the last 6 months. If that was the decision, and it has become more impressive. We all win.



Icyedge on 21 April 2010

I think we would also need to put things in perspective according to whats going on on the screen. What I mean is that god of war 3 isnt only amazing because of the graphic by themselves but because of what is going on at the same time those graphics are being displayed. If you have played the game you surely understand what im talking about. God of war has a bigger scale than anything released up to today and was able to up the graphic even so. Theres no way you can compare to Alan Wake or Uncharted 2 and say they have better visual because some textures or character model looks better (if that is the case to begin with).