ICO & Shadow of Colossus HD/SD Comparisons

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Vueguy on 04 June 2010

awesome!!!

remaster in HD with trophies support, yeah, bring it on tehbest games from PS2.

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Smidlee on 04 June 2010

miz1q2w3e said:

it's clearer but not that much better imo

i think games should be viewed in their native and intended resolution, it just looks right. i've seen high res images of Wii games on different sites and i still think native res is the best, textures look right, world doesn't look empty (unlike when viewed in high res) and all the effects look like intended

now anti aliasing is another story, i think a lot of games would benifit GREATLY from more AA, gets rid of those darn jaggies :p

Higher resolution also helps hide the jaggies without the muddy look. Higher resolution allows you see more details especially in the distance. Look at the ICO screen in the first video. There is a huge difference in that distance shot of the castle.

What AA does is run a program in higher resoluiton than being diplayed on the monitor then average out (muddy up lines , less sharpness) where you have contrast. In another words AA works the same as playing a HD 720p game on a SDTV which can make it a pain to read text where you want sharp clean edges. It's always better to have the pixels without AA than with it. The more pixels in a smaller space you have the less you need AA.