kenzomatic on 01 June 2008
So I finally got the oppertunity to play some of the game yesterday. It was on the PS3 and for a few hours.
1st off the controls are not that good, he has a lead in and out on everything that takes way to much time. They are also way to lose, just as a test revolve you contorl stick 360 degrees, the character barelly moves. The contorl for the cars are better but still a little loose and if I remeber correctly scarface had tighter controls.
2nd the graphics are not consitent, and over saturated. This may have been my friends TV but every red color I saw was neon. The lighting was completly incorrect for many things like the subway (look to RE:UC for the correct hue shift in a subway). Then some fog rolled in which I guess was apperntly dyed blue. Sometime I thought things looked really great but then the next step had more bad lighting/over saturated colors. There where a lot of really great things done but there where some bad oversights or dessicions made IMO. The far off building looked great and some of the close up stuff did as well.
There was this one area in particular I remeber that had a tiled grass texture that looked exactly like it was from LoZ OT (horrible tiling).
3rd Animation/fake physical reactions. Let me just say if some of these animations where handed in to my proffesors when I was in school they would not be awarded an A, Some may recieve a D.
4th The story was the greatest ever. JK I did not get enough to be able to judge that.
Bottom line off the top of my head Half Life 2 was better in every category I critiqued except maybe the vehicles. I'm very dissapointed in what I played from the point of view of what I was told. Rockstar did great and I will buy their game. But every profeesional reviewer that said those graphics where a 10 should be fired. I'm not joking I would do it if I was in charged of one of those companies.
I think what really pisses me off is to have spent so much time studying about these things only to have the claimed proffessional hold up a shinny rock and call it gold. It is no wonder so many refuse to recognize video games as art. Its because the journalist and industry apparently refuse to critique things and just want to tell you about the great things.
No one would have excepted Lord of the Rings with this many flaws.
Quanity DOES NOT EQUAL Quality
Last note in the real world when you build the worlds tallest and bigest dam no one say well we can over look all the structual flaws because the rest is so great.
1st off the controls are not that good, he has a lead in and out on everything that takes way to much time. They are also way to lose, just as a test revolve you contorl stick 360 degrees, the character barelly moves. The contorl for the cars are better but still a little loose and if I remeber correctly scarface had tighter controls.
2nd the graphics are not consitent, and over saturated. This may have been my friends TV but every red color I saw was neon. The lighting was completly incorrect for many things like the subway (look to RE:UC for the correct hue shift in a subway). Then some fog rolled in which I guess was apperntly dyed blue. Sometime I thought things looked really great but then the next step had more bad lighting/over saturated colors. There where a lot of really great things done but there where some bad oversights or dessicions made IMO. The far off building looked great and some of the close up stuff did as well.
There was this one area in particular I remeber that had a tiled grass texture that looked exactly like it was from LoZ OT (horrible tiling).
3rd Animation/fake physical reactions. Let me just say if some of these animations where handed in to my proffesors when I was in school they would not be awarded an A, Some may recieve a D.
4th The story was the greatest ever. JK I did not get enough to be able to judge that.
Bottom line off the top of my head Half Life 2 was better in every category I critiqued except maybe the vehicles. I'm very dissapointed in what I played from the point of view of what I was told. Rockstar did great and I will buy their game. But every profeesional reviewer that said those graphics where a 10 should be fired. I'm not joking I would do it if I was in charged of one of those companies.
I think what really pisses me off is to have spent so much time studying about these things only to have the claimed proffessional hold up a shinny rock and call it gold. It is no wonder so many refuse to recognize video games as art. Its because the journalist and industry apparently refuse to critique things and just want to tell you about the great things.
No one would have excepted Lord of the Rings with this many flaws.
Quanity DOES NOT EQUAL Quality
Last note in the real world when you build the worlds tallest and bigest dam no one say well we can over look all the structual flaws because the rest is so great.
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