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LordTheNightKnight on 19 May 2008

Haze Not In HD

While the PlayStation.com blog says that Haze runs at 720p, the game's creative lead Derek Littlewood begs to differ, saying the game runs at 576p, letting the PS3 upscale the game. Says Littlewood:

We prioritise a nice smooth framerate over a different res. Personally, I don’t really buy the whole thing. People did the same with Call of Duty, they did the same with Halo, and they say with those games ‘It’s not running at true HD!’ And it’s like, I don’t care. If the game looks good and it runs smoothly, those are the important things to me.

When Derek Littlewood is right, Derek Littlewood is right. There are more important things, like whether or not a game is any good or whether your pre-order should be canceled.
Final Resolution Confirmed [Ripten via videogaming247]

 

Honestly, this doesn't surprise me, simply because the HD consoles, both of them, have small frame buffers. Even when the systems are optimized, this issue won't go away.

 

 

NOTE: I just started a thread like this, but it looks to have been erased. I don't mean locked, because it's not even in my posting history. 

 



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ToastyJaguar on 19 May 2008

Framerate should always come first.

But who can actually notice the difference of a few more or less pixels?




Munkeh111 on 19 May 2008

I agree. My main concern is with the gameplay, especially as I don't even have an HDTV with my PS3



Gnizmo on 19 May 2008

So where are all those people swearing the guy was just making stuff up? I love it when people talking out their ass get put in their place. I would go on and on, but in the end the resolution numbers are entirely meaningless on their own. So long as the game is fun to play, the rest is meaningless. Being pretty to look at is a nice perk, but so long as it looks pretty then the numbers are again meaningless.



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Nickelbackro on 19 May 2008

Gameplay Trumps Resolution

AMEN!!!



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Words Of Wisdom on 19 May 2008

I guess the holy altar Sony has forsaken the Haze developers and chosen not to bestow the true "powah of teh C3LL" and HD gaming goodness unto them.

 

Ah well, the only people this will bother are the people who were obsessed with 1080p/720p from the start.  The rest of us who shrug and ask if it's a fun game regardless will be fine. 



totalwar23 on 19 May 2008

It'll still output at 720p and Haze still looks very nice. Honestly resolution matters more on PCs, not consoles.



bbsin on 19 May 2008

Why would anyone still complain about sub 720p after COD4 and Halo3? doesn't make sense to me, there's more to graphics than resolution and pixels. IMO, as far as FPS games are concerned, 60fps or locked 30fps is most important.



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Words Of Wisdom on 19 May 2008
totalwar23 said:
It'll still output at 720p and Haze still looks very nice. Honestly resolution matters more on PCs, not consoles.

I agree and I think viewing distance is a good part of that.  640x480 is ugly on a PC but seems fine for the Wii.



famousringo on 19 May 2008
totalwar23 said:
It'll still output at 720p and Haze still looks very nice. Honestly resolution matters more on PCs, not consoles.

 I would argue it only matters on PC games if they have a lot of text. I could play any FPS at 640x480 without complaint.



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