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Forums - Microsoft - First Gears of War 3 Campaign Trailer Now Live

pitzy272 on 01 June 2011
d21lewis said:

My sole gripe is the influx of people who just can't help but go out of their way to try and attack something that people love.  I find myself doing it, too.  Lately, I've been able to find a little bit of self restraing (not all the time) and just not post anything if I don't have anything good to say. 

I mean, look at the "Gears of War 3 Campaign Trailer" article on gamrFeed (not sure if it's on the front page, anymore.).  One guy made the comment "Compare it to the Killzone 3 Story trailer.  Not even close! LOL!" or something like that.  Why would 360 owners looking at a glimpse of the campaign of the most anticipated game of the year for that system care about a PS3 exclusive FPS?  What did a comment like that have to do with anything?

I'll let it be.  It's just that Gears is probably in my top 3 franchises this gen.  It provided me with too many good times and I have a hard time sitting idely by while people try to trash it.


Excellent post, feel the same way. I'm a ps3 guy (bc of my taste in games mainly), but I get annoyed when ps3 fanboys do that crap, even when they're doing it within ps3 threads. It's just not necessary. I find it very odd that people aren't content with enjoying the console they love, but rather feel the need to also put down the "opposing" console.



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brendude13 on 01 June 2011
Badassbab said:
brendude13 said:
Badassbab said:
brendude13 said:

That's very true. MGS4 does seem very flat at times, the framerate is jarry and there are a lot of low res textures. But there are times in the game where everything is perfect, the lighting, the textures and the framerate, it's in these moments that I think MGS4 is one of if not THE best looking game this generation.

And you are right, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I think MGS4 looks better than Gears of War 2 AND Uncharted 2, I think Killzone 2 looks better than Killzone 3, I think Crysis 2's graphics are mediocre and I think Final Fantasy XIII is one of the best looking games this generation. There are too many factors that make a game look great, including art design and personal preference.


You know I think (unless I'm seeing it from rose tinted spectacles- need to check) that Uncharted 1 is still one of the best if not the best looking game this gen to this day even better then UC2 in some ways. The only thing really letting it down by nowadays standards is the screen tear. I really like sharp, clean and crisp textures, detalied foliage, destructible environments, smooth gameplay and lots of colour and for me UC1 had that in spades. As much as I like MLAA, I really wish the blur wasn't there. I know I'm nitpicking and it's nowhere near QAA but for me even that slight blur just smudges some of the beauty out of it.

Very true, I don't think there is a big difference between Uncharted 1 and Uncharted 2, nowhere near as big as people are making it out to be anyway.

I never seem to notice screen tear, I'm not quite sure what it actually looks like or what I'm supposed to look for.

I also like sharp and colourful graphics, but I can't tell the difference between MLAA and MSAA. I can't see that "blur" that you are referring to.

Do you have any screenshots which show the blurring?

Games on the PS3 that use MLAA or something similar are GOWIII, KZ3, LBP2, DA2, The Saboteur, SWTFUII...can't think of any others. If you play any of those games especially the ones that actually use MLAA (such as GOWIII and KZ3) you can see a slight blur. Again I have to stress I'm nit picking and it's amazing the PS3 can do this but I prefer 8xMSAA (top end PC only) which is as sharp but without the blur thus the textures retain that sharpness that I really like. Of course MLAA is better than no AA or 2 or 4 x MSAA but wish it had no blur though I have to say the edge smoothing in GOWIII is amazing.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/11/01/amd_morphological_aa_performance_iq_review/9

If you can't see screen tear, good for you don't try and look for it cause once you can spot it once, you'll be able to spot it all the time. Some games have screen tear at the very top of the screen which you won't notice.

http://www.digitalfoundry.org/blog/?tag=screen-tear

I still can't quite see the blur you are talking about, I can't see screen tearing either, lucky me xD.

I have spotted screen tear in Portal when I didn't have V-Sync enabled, but that was really bad screen tear, and I actually had to look for it to find it.



pitzy272 on 01 June 2011

One thing I see about this game that stands out from the trailer is its enemies. The Dr. Octopus-like creature and that huge boss dude - man, they look awesome. I love when the enemies in a sci-fi game have that combination of scariness and awesome-sauceness, and from the look of these 2 enemies, it seems like Gears 3 is nailing it. I hope to play these games someday.