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curl-6 on 28 December 2015
hershel_layton said:

I'm not a Sony fan. However, the Order did an amazing job on visuals. Even though the game wasn't too memorable, I still enjoyed the looks of the game

Don't get me wrong, The Order has fantastic graphics, and is a remarkable technical achievement. All I meant was, at the end of the day, it is a game bound by the limitations of console hardware, while Battlefront on PC can throttle passed these limits on a high end rig.



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fatslob-:O on 28 December 2015
curl-6 said:

Don't get me wrong, The Order has fantastic graphics, and is a remarkable technical achievement. All I meant was, at the end of the day, it is a game bound by the limitations of console hardware, while Battlefront on PC can throttle passed these limits on a high end rig.

How do you figure that's relevant when it comes to visuals ? 

By your logic no games on console can match or beat those on PC when it's bound by hardware limitations. That's obviously not the case when practically every AAA game consoles have a higher graphical quality overall compared to the original Crysis on PC ...



curl-6 on 28 December 2015
fatslob-:O said:
curl-6 said:

Don't get me wrong, The Order has fantastic graphics, and is a remarkable technical achievement. All I meant was, at the end of the day, it is a game bound by the limitations of console hardware, while Battlefront on PC can throttle passed these limits on a high end rig.

How do you figure that's relevant when it comes to visuals ? 

Because resolution, framerate, and other elements where PCs can exceed console capabilities are components of a game's visuals.



fatslob-:O on 28 December 2015
curl-6 said:

Because resolution, framerate, and other elements where PCs can exceed console capabilities are components of a game's visuals.

Resolution ? Yes Framerate ? No (Since when did framerate factor into a VISUALS comparison ?) 

Even then the resolution argument would breakdown pretty quickly and The Order 1886 is no slouch on image quality when it features 4X MSAA with temporally varying samples ...



curl-6 on 28 December 2015
fatslob-:O said:
curl-6 said:

Because resolution, framerate, and other elements where PCs can exceed console capabilities are components of a game's visuals.

Resolution ? Yes Framerate ? No (Since when did framerate factor into a VISUALS comparison ?) 

Even then the resolution argument would breakdown pretty quickly and The Order 1886 is no slouch on image quality when it features 4X MSAA with temporally varying samples ...

Framerate is a visual component; 60fps is looks better than 30fps.

And while MSAA is nice, The Order also forces a letterboxed 1920x800.



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fatslob-:O on 28 December 2015
curl-6 said:

Framerate is a visual component; 60fps is looks better than 30fps.

And while MSAA is nice, The Order also forces a letterboxed 1920x800.

It is not. Image and framerate are decoupled ideas and are orthogonal to each other. Image =/= Framerate 

I thought this was about graphics, not aspect ratio's ...



Mr_No on 28 December 2015

From what I've played, Metal Gear Solic V and Batman: Arkham Knight both on PS4.

I have seen plenty of gameplay of The Order: 1886 to say it's definitely one of the best looking games this year.



Rafie on 28 December 2015
LudicrousSpeed said:
On a technical level, I guess Battlefront on PC. It looks amazing.

In terms of style, I would give it to Ori, though I haven't seen much of Yoshi and I am sure it looks amazing.

The Order looks nice but it's hard for me to give it any technical awards when you realize it sacrifices basically everything just for the visuals. It is designed to look good over playing good. Battlefront looks better and is actually a pretty open game with a lot going on.

Well technically this is about visuals. Regardless of what it had to sacrifice, the game still looks pretty impressive graphically. It still deserves to be in the running for the "best visuals for 2015". Battlefront does look stellar though. Ori didn't look breathtaking amazing to me, but damn the was game GREAT!!! I think artistically, Yoshi's Wolly World looks great.

I think for the artistic award in 2016, Cuphead will definitely be one of the games in the polls.



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Protendo on 28 December 2015

1.) DriveClub Bikes (Forza never had a chance)
2.) Order 1866
3.) Witcher 3 (Looks amazing at 4K)



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curl-6 on 28 December 2015
fatslob-:O said:
curl-6 said:

Framerate is a visual component; 60fps is looks better than 30fps.

And while MSAA is nice, The Order also forces a letterboxed 1920x800.

It is not. Image and framerate are decoupled ideas and are orthogonal to each other. Image =/= Framerate 

I thought this was about graphics, not aspect ratio's ...

No. Fluidity looks better than choppiness, it is an element of what is visually pleasing.

It is about graphics, and framerate and resolution are elements therein.