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Xen on 01 November 2013
Aerys said:

Game journalism in one gif :

 

Wow.

And I thought the previous LotR was funny.



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Locknuts on 01 November 2013
DonFerrari said:
Locknuts said:
DonFerrari said:
Locknuts said:
I like this thread. It shows that even some within the gaming journalism industry are experiencing diminishing returns. Some will notice an increase in resolution more than others, but unless everyone magically starts getting bigger living areas and buy 60 inch TVs, or sitting closer to their TVs for some reason, console gaming resolution has definitely hit a wall.


Or you can see Bias, spin and whatsoever... my wife that is no expert saw a 4K 86" TV and won't matter the distance she was marveled with the image...

Diminishing returns, distance, screen size is all nice words we use to defend one position... doesn't matter the general situation (excluding anomalies) a 4K>2k>720p no matter the size and distance (and in most case is noticeable, you may not see the pixelation but you will feel the general change of quality of image)... And what is even more crazy is that a 1080p have around 2Mp, but for photo if you take a 10x15cm you can see diference going through 2Mp, 3Mp, maybe stopping at 8 Mp even looking from 30cm distance... If it didn't matter cameras wouldn't ever go over 10Mp unless for professionals doing GIANT frames.

The same person that in some cases (not you) says 720p is almost equal to 1080p when seeing an analysis of cellphone camera say how important is a 40Mp sensor (its crazy since even top professional cameras don't go over 21Mp as far as I know).

4K TVs more than 50 inches displaying 4K footage are incredible and just about any computer monitor capable of 4K looks amazing too at <1m sitting distance. But it appears that more people are seeing less of a difference between 720 upscaled and 1080p in their lounge rooms on the same TV.

My bias (for those interested) is gameplay > graphics. People claim better graphics means more immersion, but the focus on graphics at the moment has me a little concerned. Could just be that there's a new generation coming, but even with current gen I've seen almost gamebreaking framerate drops in very pretty-looking AAA games. I'll take a consistent framerate with tight controls and low response times over higher resolution assets any day. That's why I game on PC: so I can turn the settings down to guarantee a consistent framerate at all times.

Like I said, hopefully the focus goes back to gameplay after the new systems launch. 


I may game different than you, but I don't remember a PS3 1st party in the last few years suffering from this plague (one drop or a small freeze, ok... but I never got annoyed at it)... actually from my 120+ ps3 collection don't have many games that I feel this problem (and some of them have really shitty graphics AND gameplay - all of the aspects of gameplay)... Maybe I have come to accept that buggies and some issues are common in game and I auto filter them (even in the damn broken Alone in the Dark Inferno).


I'm playing through TLOU at the moment. That's the first one that springs to mind. When you're forced to shoot, the framerate dips when you're unloading into two or more enemies almost break the experience for me.



DonFerrari on 01 November 2013
Locknuts said:
I'm playing through TLOU at the moment. That's the first one that springs to mind. When you're forced to shoot, the framerate dips when you're unloading into two or more enemies almost break the experience for me.


Haven't played it (my brother and friend have and didn't complained... will see when I try it).

But as someone said in one thread we came from being overly delighted and surprised with each console iteration (It's undeniable the leaps in each gen up to 7th - in the first games maybe not the graphics, but the E3 presentation were fantastic)... but something got lost and we are now complaining that it haven't improved enough (strange world)...

Having played since Pitfall, even the small freezing don't matter much too me... and from time to time I have fun with a Snes/Genesis game =] so I love graphics, resolution, but maybe I'm over forgiving with jaggies, frame drops, tearing, etc... If the game is fan and I like the visuals I pass over the defects.



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darkknightkryta on 01 November 2013
haxxiy said:

"The bottom line is that the resolution of each game is largely an artistic decision made by the developer, not a limitation of the hardware."

- Top comment selected by Ars Technica.

Perhaps googling "cognitive disability" will give these guys a better insight of their own condition.

Was that quote legit from a "journalist" or a person who failed primary school commenting on an article?



Slimebeast on 02 November 2013
Xen said:
Slimebeast said:
Xen said:
Slimebeast said:
What's the point of this thread?

Shitstorm glorification, I'd say.

Yeah, really.

Now ethomaz added Eurogamer and Ars Technica articles to OP but originally it was just a short Edge comment on the stupidity of forum resolution battles.

Speaking of which:

thanks, gaf

"I can't see shit!" Brilliant.



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Slimebeast on 02 November 2013

All these GIF's with pixelated segments in them, they're mocking 720p right (and all people who don't put value in a high resolution), correct?



ethomaz on 02 November 2013

Added TechRadar.

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-vs-xbox-one-graphics-what-are-the-differences-and-do-they-matter--1195580?src=rss&attr=all

Good use with the word "balance"



avais1993 on 02 November 2013

I sit like 5 feet away from our 60inch tv so yeahh, i'm pretty sure i'd be able to tell the difference



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Aerys on 02 November 2013
ethomaz said:
Added TechRadar.

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/ps4-vs-xbox-one-graphics-what-are-the-differences-and-do-they-matter--1195580?src=rss&attr=all

Good use with the word "balance"

 

 

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Xen on 02 November 2013
Slimebeast said:
Xen said:
Slimebeast said:

Yeah, really.

Now ethomaz added Eurogamer and Ars Technica articles to OP but originally it was just a short Edge comment on the stupidity of forum resolution battles.

Speaking of which:

thanks, gaf

"I can't see shit!" Brilliant.

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