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NightDragon83 said:
I think it's safe to say that being the definitive graphics king during a generation doesn't mean jack in the grand scheme of things since all the graphics kings of every console gen ended up in 2nd or 3rd place at the end in total sales.

Because I appreciate a game more when the platform I'm  playing it on sells a few more million than the other platform...

(?)



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Squilliam said:
This thread is essentially a penis measuring contest between pre-pubescent boys.


The nerd rage is strong in this thread indeed. No wonder the Chartz board seems to get deader and deader every year. Between low -res JPEGs and GIFs (really? 2012?) used to prove their points, I'm just glad real life has people with better things to do than debate minute differences between dated hardware platforms. Why not revive the GC v. Xbox v. PC debate at this rate? I'd much rather hear about the games, and why they are better. If graphics defined gaming nobody would game on anything but a PC, but obviously the wide range of gameplay afforded by consoles draws in the masses. So why bother fighting over this silly shit. I highly doubt in 15 years looking back if the differences between 360 or PS3 will even be noticable.

Only gameplay survives for decades. They will all look like crap in 10 years.



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averyblund said:
Squilliam said:
This thread is essentially a penis measuring contest between pre-pubescent boys.


The nerd rage is strong in this thread indeed. No wonder the Chartz board seems to get deader and deader every year. Between low -res JPEGs and GIFs (really? 2012?) used to prove their points, 

 

You know you can right click and view fullscreen right? Right? Or just drag the image to the tab bar in chrome (handy!) (I think I've posted one image that isn't full screen on my monitor, one of the GT5 cockpit ones, as I stated I couldn't find many.) Give it a try. And yeh, a handful of gifs and dozens of high res screens. Call it nerd rage if you want, I'm just combatting misinformation and ignorance. 



Hynad said:
Michael-5 said:
Hynad said:

No no no!  GT5 is obviously better since it's 1080p, not 720p like Forza 4 is. :P

Both are 720p. GT5 is only 1080p when viewing cars in the garage and when you take a photo. GT5 does has 1080p vertical resolution, but has frequent frame rate drops to 30FPS (lower in 3D), even in optimal 12 person driving, no weather. Forza 4 holds a constant 60 FPS.

GT5 looks more like Forza 3, with the difference being car models look better in GT5 (for the limited cars that have them).

I don't think the game ever dropped to 30fps on my system, or at the very least, it sure isn't so bad that my eyes notice it.  But you're free to over-exaggerate the issue to suit your agenda.

In the end, the result is a still very smooth result running at a resolution higher than Forza 4.  And you said that graphics king should be 1080p... So, take a stance and keep it, will ya? :P

Not over-exaggerating, have you not read any articles by Digital Foundry? Drops to 30 FPS are common, here are some links and pictures

http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/forza-4-vs-gran-turismo-5

GT5 is the green line there, which is actually below 30FPS in a 12 car race with no weather. Same conditions as Forza 4, and stuggling.

I said the PS3 so called graphical kings, are not 720p, they are not in a different level then 360 exclusives.

 

Also you may not notice FPS drops, but you probably just aren't paying attention. 30FPS is still livablem 15FPS is chopey.



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Sal.Paradise said:
Michael-5 said:
Sal.Paradise said:
 

An here are the cockpit photos I found. I avoided any night time pictures as I didn't think ti was a fair comparison. Couldn't find anywhere near as many as I would've liked, though. I'll have to search for more after this. 

 

Oh I will agree GT5 looks amazing too. I put Forza 3, 4 and GT5 well above Uncharted IMHO. However GT5 being in my list of top 3 doesn't make PS3 the definite graphics king, and Forza 4 is better. There are threads with back to back comparissions...heck there was one mega thread which asked people to vote, and Forza 4 won, on a website with a large number of PS3 fans..

That's great, but I do not think Forza 4 or GT5 can stand up to the games I've previously posted pictures of. Comparing graphics of racing games vs third person action games/fps is a tricky business, but I think, for me, the difference in quality is obvious enough to make that call. 

Thing is, the difference is so close it's all a matter of opinion. Some people might like Skyrim graphics just because of the great draw distance, some people might like Forza for the increadible detail, some people like uncharted because they like looking at trees, and some people like Gears because they take close up looks to their guns. Every game has their highlights, no 1 franchise is better then the rest this gen. PS360 are too similar.



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killerzX said:
Michael-5 said:

God of War 3 got Runner up in 2010, just like Mass Effect 2....

at one site, GOW3 won the vast majority of best graphics awards.

Since you have it tabulated, how many GOTY awards did ME2 get in 2010 compared to GoW 3?

we are talking graphics, not GOTY. typo

How about Alan Wake and Heavy Rain (include # of runner ups for both)

what does this have to do with anything? what does it even mean? Read the OP, Heavy Rain is one of 3 games which are used as examples to show PS3 is graphics king. The fact is Heavy Rain has got less best graphics awards then Gears, Mass Effect, and Forza.

2009 Killzone 2 was runner up to UC2, but so was Alan Wake 2.

what does this mean, how can killzone be the runner up, if alan wake was the runner up, which one is it. again UC2 won easily over 90% of best graphics, with Killzone taking the majority of the rest, and i dont know of any place that gave Alan wake best graphics, which is like 540p or something.multiple runner ups, and you would be surprised how few best graphics Killzone 2 won.

In E3 2008 Gears of War 2 won best graphics (Over Killzone 2, and Crysis Warhead), but MGS4 won for the year.

killzone 2 came out in 2009, why compare it to GeOW2 which came out in 2008. also MGS4 won more best graphics, as did crysis, and i believe even GTAIV. E3 rates upcoming games, and IGN compared those, Gears 2 beat Killzone 2, which many people here put second to Uncharted. Prooves a point, that even if Uncharted is the best graphically, 1 franchise hardly puts the PS3 console on top when #2 is 360 exclusive.

 

Also P.S. Crysis on XBLA and PSN doesn't look that different then Crysis on PC. Crysis > Uncharted, but UC3 > Crysis. Overall, the verdict, your crazy to care about small differences like this. Get a PC, play any game in 1080p, and then hush. Your comparing games that look nearly identical in 720p and sub 720p, when any of these games look much much better on Pc in native 1080p.

you are talking about others going crazy about this stuff, but look in the mirror, you cant even accept things that are pretty much well established. in almost every reputable site, including sites like DF or what ever the other site is, lens something. you will see its usually considered (not direct lists but, taking into account of what they say about said game). best graphics are UC3>KZ3>GOW3>UC2>KZ2> then perhaps Crysis2 (sometimes crysis is listed above KZ2, which is funny since KZ2 is 720p with locked 30fps, and good AA).So if Gears 2 > KZ2, and Gears 3 is above KZ3....that means Gears 3 is #2, which means the best graphics games are staggered over the HD consoles... Which prooves this thread to be complete false.

Again....ah never mind...



killerzX said:
Michael-5 said:

Spike....is just terrible. They didn't nominate Super Mario Galaxy as GOTY Material in 2007 and got chastized so much Skyward Sword was an auto contender this year.

You also clerverly avoided my questions. How many Best Graphics awards did ME2 get and GoW3? I really doubt a lot more. Same with Alan Wake vs. Heavy Rain

those games are all from the same year. and GOW3 the most. furthermore you seem to be the only one mentioning Heavy Rain, i havent seen anybody else bring it up, in fact the same goes for ME2 and Alan Wake. what do they have anything to do with, they didnt win many if at all best graphics. Read the OP....3 games mentioned are GoW3, UC3, and Heavy Rain. Heavy Rain, like GoW 3, is outclassed by many 360 exclusive and even some multi-platform games.

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I'm just going to point something out. You said UC3>UC2>KZ3>KZ2 as the top 4 best graphics on consoles, right? IGN said Gears 2 is above Killzone 2, (where, when, link?) -----------Link---------- and Gears 3 is a huge upgrade on that. So I do agree UC2>Gears 3 (who are you agreeing with> yourself? no site i can think of has said such a thing, most sites didnt even mention gears 3 for best graphics, and sites like DF said Gears had to make great sacrifices for the level of detail they had, with screen tearing, dropped frame rate, and forgoing any AA.),...Link? I know Killzone 2 and I think 3 had screen tearing issues too, doesn't mean Gears 3 doesn't look better... but the difference isn't that big, and in the end racing sim like Forza and GT5 look much much better.

IMHO Forza 4>GT5=Forza 3>UC3>Gears3>UC2>ME2=KZ3>KZ2=GoW3

If you disagree, that's your own personal opinion, not a concensus.

I don't know where I would put Mass Effect 3 as I want to beat ME2 before playing it.



killerzX said:
Michael-5 said:

Both are 720p. GT5 is only 1080p when viewing cars in the garage and when you take a photo. GT5 does has 1080p vertical resolution, but has frequent frame rate drops to 30FPS (lower in 3D), even in optimal 12 person driving, no weather. Forza 4 holds a constant 60 FPS.

GT5 looks more like Forza 3, with the difference being car models look better in GT5 (for the limited cars that have them).

no thats false, GT5's native resolution is 1080p (1280x1080) just check DF are any other site.

That's not 1080p.....1080p is 1920x1080. 1280x1080 is sub 1080p.

GT5 = 1080p always (you can choose 720p with more AA). and frame rate analysis shows GT5 is usualy around 50fps, and thats when the game first launched many things have been improved sense.

Posted link above, frequent FPS dips to below 30FPS, even in Spec 2.0.... GT5 is also only 720p, like Forza 4...

Forza = 720p always. with frame rate usually around 59-60fps. and they had to make great sacrifices to get 16 cars at the same time like gt5 has. and it still doesnt have weather effects or day night transistions





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I think whoever is disagreeing does not own a PS3.



Aldro said:
Michael-5 said:

Spike....is just terrible. They didn't nominate Super Mario Galaxy as GOTY Material in 2007 and got chastized so much Skyward Sword was an auto contender this year.

You also clerverly avoided my questions. How many Best Graphics awards did ME2 get and GoW3? I really doubt a lot more. Same with Alan Wake vs. Heavy Rain

....

I'm just going to point something out. You said UC3>UC2>KZ3>KZ2 as the top 4 best graphics on consoles, right? IGN said Gears 2 is above Killzone 2, and Gears 3 is a huge upgrade on that. So I do agree UC2>Gears 3, but the difference isn't that big, and in the end racing sim like Forza and GT5 look much much better.

IMHO Forza 4>GT5=Forza 3>UC3>Gears3>UC2>ME2=KZ3>KZ2=GoW3

If you disagree, that's your own personal opinion, not a concensus.

I don't know where I would put Mass Effect 3 as I want to beat ME2 before playing it.

"Spike....is just terrible. They didn't nominate Super Mario Galaxy as GOTY Material in 2007 and got chastized so much Skyward Sword was an auto contender this year."

Dude, we are not talking the quality of sites. We are talking the MAJORITY of sites. Wether its Spike, IGN or Nerdgamer, Its still valid. Now don't go throw a few sites at me unless you plan on reaching further above what I am about to give. This is NOT my full list of 2010 Graphics compilation, I won't give you that satisfaction.

So you're giving every website, biased or unbiased, big or small, the same credibility? That's a real fair comparission...

"You also clerverly avoided my questions. How many Best Graphics awards did ME2 get and GoW3? I really doubt a lot more. Same with Alan Wake vs. Heavy Rain"
No. I just don't want to give you my work. God of War 3 got MOST awards 2010 in graphics. Here's a sample:


eGamer (ZA) : God of War III
GameVicio (BR) : God of War III
AIAS - Interactive Achievement Awards (US) :
Animation - God of War III
GamersLand (IR) : God of War III
IGN Readers' Choice (US) : God of War III
EVERYEYE.IT Readers' Choice (IT) : God of War III
EVERYEYE.IT (IT) : God of War III
MyInsideGamer (IE) : God of War III
3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : God of War III
Gamekult Awards (FR) : God of War III
GamerNode (US) : God of War III
Gametrailers (US) : God of War III
VGChartz Readers' Choice (UK):
Technology - God of War III
GamingBolt (IN) : God of War III
4PLAYER.DE (DE) :
Technical - God of War III
GameSpot Readers' Choice (US) :
Technical - God of War III
GameSpot (US) :
Technical - God of War III
MSNBC (US) : God of War III
Made2Game (UK) : God of War III
Spike TV Video Game Awards (US) : God of War III


And here is Alan Wake:
Extreme Gamer (CA) : Alan Wake

Yes. No joke, thats all. Help me make it longer LOL.

Here is Heavy Rain:
Diehard Gamefan (US) : Heavy Rain
AIAS Visual Engineering - Heavy Rain
Cheat Code Central (US) : Heavy Rain
All Age Gaming (AU) : Heavy Rain

Here is ME2:
GameFocus (CA) : Mass Effect 2
NowGamer (UK) : Mass Effect 2
Lazygamer (ZA) : Mass Effect 2
GameSpot Readers' Choice (US) Artistic : Mass Effect 2

Basically HR and ME2 are runner ups (Although ME2 has one artistic and its a readers choice whereas HR has all critics based). Alan Wake didn't get shit. God of War 3 dominates with 20 and I got even more for it ;). Feel free to look these up if you don't believe me. Google is your friend. Also I welcome any tries to upgrade the library of mine :').

How many runner up awards did Alan Wake and Heavy Rain get? If you include those, I bet Alan Wake is about on par with Heavy Rain. Either way, you agree Heavy Rain should not be part of the OP as a graphics king game as many 360 exclusive, and some multiplatform games (ME2, Crysis 2, etc) got as many or more graphics awards?

 

"I'm just going to point something out. You said UC3>UC2>KZ3>KZ2 as the top 4 best graphics on consoles, right? IGN said Gears 2 is above Killzone 2, and Gears 3 is a huge upgrade on that. So I do agree UC2>Gears 3, but the difference isn't that big, and in the end racing sim like Forza and GT5 look much much better."

NOOOOO, I did NOT say that. I say:
UC3 > UC2 > KZ3 > GoW3

KZ2 is long passed in my opinion!! Once again you go ahead with IGN. Jesus christ, thats ONE site. GameReactor made a list of the best engines and graphics on consoles. They say : 1. UC3, 2. UC2, 3.KZ3, 4.GoW3 => Exactly what I believe myself :D! Still though, they are just ONE site out of many. I am simply saying UC2, UC3 and GoW3 have won butt fuck ton of awards for their work on the visual front each year. People all around the world are amazed by these games. Thats why they are being praised unlike Forza and Gears (I'm sorry brah'). But I get the feeling that you LOVE racing games in visuals. Great for you! I personally feel GT5 has some AMAZING moments but overall, its piss-poor in comparison to Uncharted and God of War ^_^. I'm still sick over that picture you gave over FM4.

"If you disagree, that's your own personal opinion, not a concensus."

You're giving small websites as much credibility as large ones, that create increadible bias.....and none of these websites says Uncharted 3 looks leaps and bounds above any 360 exclusive. I already agreed UC3 beats all other shooters, but I put Gears 3 at #2 like what most articles I read say.

 ..Like we already established. My top 4 has 3 that has been molested with awards. Does that make my word gods word? Nah. Not at all. I'm simply showing you that there are others who appreciate these games visually.. and a very VERY vast MAJORITY at that. 09-10-11, Graphics winner has been like 80-90% of the overall awards with the rest of the percentage being scatterd all over the place!

 

Thats all I've got to add :).

 

Also, you said FM4 beat GT5 here on VGChartz on a poll. Im guessing you are refering to this? =
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=135621&page=1

Because if so, you really gotta open your eyes. Check the poll. GT5 raped FM4.

Long after people left did that happen. The first 200 votes or so, Forza 4 was in the lead, and most of the comments were pro-Forza.. I'm betting GT5 fans just came back and re-voted after their cache cleared naturally.

 

Honestly, I don't even know if you are trolling here or deliberately trying to waste my time. You're lucky im a sucker for sharing critics and media outlet awards.

mmhhmmm I have the same feelings for you. I don't know how you can think that except for UC3, any PS3 exclusive or MP game is better looking then Gears 3. Even if you think they do look better (your opinion right?) it's not that big of a difference, so why you try to press it out to be....it's beyond me.





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xwan said:
I think whoever is disagreeing does not own a PS3.

I think whoever is agreeing, doesn't own a 360, or doesn't have a large library of games for the 360. I own/owned all the 7th gen consoles and handhelds, except I borrow a PSP. Uncharted 3 is definatly the best, but after that it's a mess up between MP titles, and exclusives on both consoles.

Does this make either console a graphics king? Well when a multiplatform title like Crysis 2, which is sub 720p, is comparable to the best looking exclusive....no I don't think the graphical difference is that huge, and really it's all a matter of opinion.



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Sal.Paradise said:
NightDragon83 said:
I think it's safe to say that being the definitive graphics king during a generation doesn't mean jack in the grand scheme of things since all the graphics kings of every console gen ended up in 2nd or 3rd place at the end in total sales.

Because I appreciate a game more when the platform I'm  playing it on sells a few more million than the other platform...

(?)

Not my point... it's nearly the end of the generation, and people are still arguing over which system has the best graphics as if it actually matters at this point.  Of course, the people doing most of the arguing are the Sony fans, because it's the only victory they can point to this gen since they went from 1st to 3rd in market share and no longer have bragging rights in that department.  PS Vita also has the best graphics ever by far for any dedicated handheld gaming device... how's that working out for them these days?

But I digress... because everyone knows you appreciate a game more because it has a slightly higher poly count, or better lighting, or slightly more detailed textures over its competitor's version, the differences of which are almost negligible when viewed on any 720p or 1080p HDTV from more than 5 feet away...  right?



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