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Gearbox said:
selnor said:
obieslut said:
selnor said:
The 2 best looking console games Gears 2 Killzone 2 and FarCry 2 seem to be non shiny. Guess they toned it down now.

 

FIXED

 

 Sorry I completely disagree with you. Gears 2 has far more detailed environments and from E3 playthroughs loads more enemies onscreen to. E3 it was easily clear which looked better. That demo in M$ press conference was jaw dropping. Even I didnt expect that much of a jump from Gears 1.

WHAT WHAT WHAT! You think that Gears 2 looks better then killzone 2? gears 2 just looks like gears one with an ambient oclision light added. One char in killzone 2 has more pollies and TRIs then an entire level in killzone 1.

 


IGN and others who played both at E3 gave the graphics notch to Gears2 too you know.

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DKHustlin said:

I may be the only one here who thinks this, but why do all the HD games that are said to have good graphics (Mass Effect, Gears, Bioshock, etc.) have such odd looking visuals? When I say odd though, I mean shiny. Everything in these high end HD games looks like it was coated with clear nail polish or something. Everything has a reflection, and I think it makes the worlds look plastic. Does anyone feel this way?

 

I completely agree. I hate when games overuse this effect. Few developers have been able to be subtle enough with it.

CoD 4 and Dead Rising are a couple of games that managed to not use this effect, and they still have impressive tech.

It's not just HD. Xbox 1 games all overused this a lot, especially Fable and Halo 2. Fable 2 also appears to pile it on.

 

It's not a bad thing, it just makes the games look a little lazy.

This is a good topic. I comment on the shineyness of the graphics all the time, because usually it's unnecessary. I leave my contrast maxxed out(who doesn't?) and I'm constantly blinded by unnecessary next gen sheen in games like Overlord, and Assassin's Creed.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

@Fishie - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/37504.html
Gametrailers says otherwise.



Thanks for the input, Jeff.

 

 

My, you young 'uns are so picky nowadays! Why when I was a kid, we had Starfox. It was all we had, and we liked it. Three triangles stuck together was a space ship. Draw distance was about 8 feet. AND, we had to fly uphill......BOTH WAYS! -in the snow, too!! You young whipper snappers don't know how good you got it!



dbot said:
@Fishie - http://www.gametrailers.com/player/37504.html
Gametrailers says otherwise.

 

 Yah I know, but I reacted to Gearbox and the simple fact that depending on the site you go to the graphics are a tossup between Gears and Killzone2 which totally brings down his argument that Gears2 looks like Gears1 and doesnt hold a candle to Killzone2.

 

Even on gametrailers they say its one of the best looking games yet Gearbox somehow feels differently.



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shiny shiny!



All the best HD games IMO are PS3 exclusives. MGS 4, UnCharted, R&C: ToD, Resistance 2, LBP and KZ2.



Play Crysis on Ultra settings, they did a good job at making it not look plastic, best looking game out yet.



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Bloom doesn't help with this eather.
While I like bloom in colourful fantasy games, like folklore, in darker shooters they look kinda out of place.



DKHustlin said:

I actually just couldn't think of ps3 games. I also dont like the way GTA4 looks, and I hate the way HEavenly Sword looks. everything looks so weird. Like "hyper-sharp" is that makes sense. I don't know.

 

lol if you think the only good looking games are the ones looking unrealistically shiny when why are you complaining about it. People has just mentioned other games that look better and you discard them as not looking good or that you don't like the "style." in other words you do like the shiny games look... meh



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