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riderz13371 on 26 January 2013
Shinobi-san said:
Game looks good and is up there with the best of them.

But i can't see a major difference between this and the other big hitters

They also seem to have taken a hit frame rate wise...we looking at a steadfast 30FPS. Gameplay doesnt seem to budge past it apart from cutscenes and when the player loses control.

Yeah they can make improvements come release...but lets be realistic here. We are 6 years into the ps3's lifecycle and these guys have already taken the console to its limits...there really doesnt seem to be anymore performance left in the console. Im thinking we will see a slight improvement come release..nothing major.

Still one of the best looking console games this gen. Hell GOW3 could have simply re-released and it would still be one of the best looking console games this gen

This is how it was with GoW III. The E3 demo of GoW III was running at 30-35 fps (like the Ascension demo) and then the final version of GoW III ran at 40+ fps.

You can check it out here if you scroll to the bottom they do a FPS comparison between the demo version and the final retail version of the game

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-godofwariii-demo-vs-retail-blog-entry



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PScollector on 26 January 2013

Already pre-ordered its truly shaping up 2 be a epic looking game.



 

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Mr Puggsly on 26 January 2013
riderz13371 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
CGI-Quality said:
ninjablade said:
thismeintiel said:
Can't wait for this game. Need another GOW fix after beating GOW3. I do find it funny how the PS3 is competing with itself for best graphics on a console. And if the PS4 rumors are correct, then next gen will be no different. Well, except a smaller price at launch.


didn't DF say halo 4 is up there with Ps3 best, i wonder why they didn't say best looking console game.

Because it can compete with the best, but, according to reviews, it wasn't quite the best. Uncharted 3 seems to have retained that. Still in the eye of the beholder, though.

What reviews said that? I've played all the best looking games on PS3 and Halo 4 is more impressive.

I'll never understand all the hype PS3 games get for their visuals on the interweb. Yet everyone IRL thinks those games look average.

The hell are you on about now? Everyone irl says Uncharted 3 looks average? You've talked to everyone irl or do you just talk to yourself and consider that to be everyone? LMAO no one said Halo 4 wasn't graphically impressive so quite your whining and stop downplaying PS3 exclusives for their graphics. They are all impressive in their own way.

They don't say, "OMG! BEST GRAPHICS EVER! THEY ARE BREATH TAKING!" Like the average PS3 fan online. A more realitstic response... "Looks fine."

You're twisting my words because you're clearly upset. This... "LMAO no one said Halo 4 wasn't graphically impressive so quite your whining and stop downplaying PS3 exclusives for their graphics."

1. Whats so funny?
2. Was I whining about you guys downplaying Halo 4 graphics? No, I'm pointing out you guys exagerate how good PS3 games look.
3. There will always be opportunities to downplay PS3 graphics if you guys  keep exaggerating how great they are.



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Deyon on 26 January 2013
Mr Puggsly said:

They don't say, "OMG! BEST GRAPHICS EVER! THEY ARE BREATH TAKING!" Like the average PS3 fan online. A more realitstic response... "Looks fine."

You're twisting my words because you're clearly upset. This... "LMAO no one said Halo 4 wasn't graphically impressive so quite your whining and stop downplaying PS3 exclusives for their graphics."

1. Whats so funny?
2. Was I whining about you guys downplaying Halo 4 graphics? No, I'm pointing out you guys exagerate how good PS3 games look.
3. There will always be opportunities to downplay PS3 graphics if you guys  keep exaggerating how great they are.

But you know aswell as i do that Uncharted 3 is the console king in terms of graphics. Why are we talking about Uncharted?



Mr Puggsly on 26 January 2013
Deyon said:
Mr Puggsly said:

They don't say, "OMG! BEST GRAPHICS EVER! THEY ARE BREATH TAKING!" Like the average PS3 fan online. A more realitstic response... "Looks fine."

You're twisting my words because you're clearly upset. This... "LMAO no one said Halo 4 wasn't graphically impressive so quite your whining and stop downplaying PS3 exclusives for their graphics."

1. Whats so funny?
2. Was I whining about you guys downplaying Halo 4 graphics? No, I'm pointing out you guys exagerate how good PS3 games look.
3. There will always be opportunities to downplay PS3 graphics if you guys  keep exaggerating how great they are.

But you know aswell as i do that Uncharted 3 is the console king in terms of graphics. Why are we talking about Uncharted?

Because someone said this in regards to Halo 4, "...according to reviews, it wasn't quite the best. Uncharted 3 seems to have retained that. Still in the eye of the beholder, though."

I didn't see any reviews making that claim and only a Sony fan didn't play Halo 4 would throw that out there.



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riderz13371 on 26 January 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
riderz13371 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
CGI-Quality said:
ninjablade said:
thismeintiel said:
Can't wait for this game. Need another GOW fix after beating GOW3. I do find it funny how the PS3 is competing with itself for best graphics on a console. And if the PS4 rumors are correct, then next gen will be no different. Well, except a smaller price at launch.


didn't DF say halo 4 is up there with Ps3 best, i wonder why they didn't say best looking console game.

Because it can compete with the best, but, according to reviews, it wasn't quite the best. Uncharted 3 seems to have retained that. Still in the eye of the beholder, though.

What reviews said that? I've played all the best looking games on PS3 and Halo 4 is more impressive.

I'll never understand all the hype PS3 games get for their visuals on the interweb. Yet everyone IRL thinks those games look average.

The hell are you on about now? Everyone irl says Uncharted 3 looks average? You've talked to everyone irl or do you just talk to yourself and consider that to be everyone? LMAO no one said Halo 4 wasn't graphically impressive so quite your whining and stop downplaying PS3 exclusives for their graphics. They are all impressive in their own way.

They don't say, "OMG! BEST GRAPHICS EVER! THEY ARE BREATH TAKING!" Like the average PS3 fan online. A more realitstic response... "Looks fine."

You're twisting my words because you're clearly upset. This... "LMAO no one said Halo 4 wasn't graphically impressive so quite your whining and stop downplaying PS3 exclusives for their graphics."

1. Whats so funny?
2. Was I whining about you guys downplaying Halo 4 graphics? No, I'm pointing out you guys exagerate how good PS3 games look.
3. There will always be opportunities to downplay PS3 graphics if you guys  keep exaggerating how great they are.

Oh please as if you Microsoft fans don't exaggerate Halo 4 graphics. Stop trying to make it look as if you're all sweet and nice and then PS3 fans are the bad guys.



dahuman on 26 January 2013

Would you guys kill me if I said Ni no Kuni looks better and the new God of War is boring to my eyes? >.>; It seriously just looks boring now due to the same formula over and over and over and over and over.



Deyon on 26 January 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Deyon said:
Mr Puggsly said:

They don't say, "OMG! BEST GRAPHICS EVER! THEY ARE BREATH TAKING!" Like the average PS3 fan online. A more realitstic response... "Looks fine."

You're twisting my words because you're clearly upset. This... "LMAO no one said Halo 4 wasn't graphically impressive so quite your whining and stop downplaying PS3 exclusives for their graphics."

1. Whats so funny?
2. Was I whining about you guys downplaying Halo 4 graphics? No, I'm pointing out you guys exagerate how good PS3 games look.
3. There will always be opportunities to downplay PS3 graphics if you guys  keep exaggerating how great they are.

But you know aswell as i do that Uncharted 3 is the console king in terms of graphics. Why are we talking about Uncharted?

Because someone said this in regards to Halo 4, "...according to reviews, it wasn't quite the best. Uncharted 3 seems to have retained that. Still in the eye of the beholder, though."

I didn't see any reviews making that claim and only a Sony fan didn't play Halo 4 would throw that out there.

No reviewer will call an exclusive game the console king because that will piss off their fanboy fans. they simply call it ONE OF the best. Thats what i heard.



Deyon on 26 January 2013
dahuman said:
Would you guys kill me if I said Ni no Kuni looks better and the new God of War is boring to my eyes? >.>; It seriously just looks boring now due to the same formula over and over and over and over and over.


It is certainly more beautiful and colorful but not better.



Dallinor on 26 January 2013
riderz13371 said:
disolitude said:

Well first of all thank you for the praise... :)

I want to make it clear that I am not taking anything away from Santa Monica studios. They know how to make gorgeous looking games and push console hardware to its limits. They are showing a fairly wide FOV in the latest GOW games and have some motion on the camera meaning they have to retain things in memory for a longer timeframe, so I don't think they are able to squeeze much more memory to work with compared to full 3D camera games. 10-15% more maybe... But this is enough to give them that extra umph! in terms of sharper textures, more elements on screen etc. 

The fact camera is static also gives them much more control over polishing the visuals. They are able to focus on what the player sees at any given point and time. If something doesn't look right, I'm sure they are able to see it and fix it.

At some point GOW has to let go of the fixed camera aspect, even if it happens on PS5 lol. It'll be very interesting to see how it will look when they give full control of the camera and visuals to the player rather than directing the scenery and visuals themselves.

I don't think anyone wants to let go of the fixed camera. 

Yeah it's a fundamental part of the style and cinematic presentation of the game. I don't see it leaving, in fact I don't invision any point in time where either critics or the god of war user base pressure the devs into altering such a recognizable visual element of the series.

I don't want it gone and this is the first time I've ever seen anyone mention it beyond the usual "GOW can do more because of fixed camera etc." and even then the comment came hand in hand with that bromide.