FSAA, sorta, yeah.  It really depends on your point of view.  Some people hate FSAA.  Some people think its cool.  

I don't mind jaggies myself, so I usually think anti-aliasing is very much not worth the expense.  Other people have the opposite opinion.  The point is that, the screenshots are close enough that you should be able to tell what your preference is, whether the sources are BMPs (converted to JPEGs for websites, btw) or JPEGs.

Hey nerd boys,who cares just tuck in your pocket protectors neatly get a controller and go play and have fun.

You mistook what he said; both Darc Requiem and Factor 5.

Julian Eggebrecht stated the Wii's GPU could render any of the shader effects the PS3 could.  That is hardly saying Hollywood is comporable to the RSX.  In fact, they achieved more effects on the Lair engine on Wii than they did for the PS3.

And I highly doubt you know more of the Xbox GPU than Factor 5 just because you worked on it.  They've tested the console for more than just Rebel X and graphically, Factor 5 really knew their stuff.

Interesting.  The folks I know who used to work at F5 have kinda implied the opposite to me.  They didn't seem to understand that framerate was "important", at least with regards to Lair.  Or that self-shadowing looks bad if it appears on both sides of a skinned mesh, etc.  And now... they're out of business.  Apparently they didn't know their business "stuff" very well either.

I think that you're holding onto to some old favorite games of yours a little too tightly here.  Perhaps even remembering them as... a tad better than they were.  When I look at a screenshot of F5's Starwars stuff, I see a lovely screen buffer clear (outer space "sky" render) and some nice fixed geometry with some decent texturing (good artists).  In other cases I see big, flat (low poly) landscapes, with some nicely done snow textures (good artists... hmm a trend?), and more unskinned, low-poly, well-textured models.  I don't see technical "wow".

I think Factor 5 had very good artists.  I don't have such a high opinion of their technical staff, though.  I'm sure they were fine.  But basing your arguments on their comments seems... a stretch.

You get out of here, jockboy, and leave us to our allergies and phobias.

And exactly who might you be to proclaim their graphical ignorance?  You claim to be a developer with Xbox experience but tell me, are you working on X360 an/or PS3 stuff now?  I ask this because the fact F5 is no longer in business seems to correlate directly to their graphical capacity, as you're related.  If you are not currently employed as a graphics developer on either platform, I'd suggest you refrain from further self incrimination.

Oh, great.  I guess I can "self incriminate" (lol) as much as I like, by your "rules".  Thanks for your "permission".

I'm not going to say any more on this topic, unless it has relevance to the topic, or a technical detail that doesn't involve some pie-in-the-sky comment from a now-gone dev studio.  If you worked there, or feel some personal pain from my comments, I encourage you to put some effort into understanding what you've rattled on about here, and of course, I'm sorry I hurt your feelings.  I hope you'll be better off for it, even if you think I suck.

meanie

Groucho, Factor 5 had been around for a couple decades. They backed the wrong horse, the PS3, and it sank the company. Most people thought the PS3 would dominate the generation. I really am beginning to doubt your credentials when you seem to be unaware of basic features of each architecture that anyone with a internet access and Google can find a in a couple of minutes.

It's a matter of credibility, Groucho. F5 has it when it comes to graphics. Unless you can prove the statements invalid, your opinions don't have much sway. Especially when you seem to have some animosity towards them.

Since you demand such detailed technical details, please explain how the Wii cannot provide comparable shader effects as the Xbox (or PS3 if you wish to disagree with Julian).

I'll reply with how it can.