I still dont think this engine trumps KZ2's engine in all areas. For the most part I think KZ2 still looks better. Some of the physics, While they try to bring a sense of reality, dont look believable at all. Take the scene when the player shoots the tree and it falls sideways. The fall was weak and laggy. The explosion effect was cool. The best scenes came around 2:00 on, where is showed the waterfall and floral decor (during the PS3 side). I also really like the ground textures and so forth but let me remind you, KZ2 had equal to better ground textures as well.

And the gun that is shown in the vid is down right horrid looking. There is really no polygonal shape to it that exceeds cube shapings. It was very poorly implemented. The hand almost looks tacked on at the last minute. I am seriously thinking the creators cut some serious corners to make this engine appear to create an unseen level of graphics on console, when in reality this is little more then a glorified CG clips with a believable console running graphics. Mark my words, If any game in the future uses this engine we will see a sharp reduction of quality when implemented in a real game.

Yet the engine from what we have seen def looks good. Physics wise it is very believable and unmatched.

As far as PS3 vs 360 is concerned...

All bias aside, the PS3 version looks a tad better. Even though the video is mostly comprised of the 360 footage(weird for a comparison video, no?) the PS3 version still pulls a bit ahead in certain scenes. I noticed the difference in the water the most.

ps3 version looks a tad better.

compare 1:15 - 1:25

@skeeuk

yea ,it does look more detailed with no pop ins but lets not forget that this is only a tech demo ,,,the games might end up looking worse due to implementing AI and all other stuff.


One thing is for sure this engine is gorgeous in sunny environment and very bad in dark and gritty environment

I agree!

Also does this mean MS is gonna launch the 720 soon?

This is a tech demo, guys. It has like 2x the memory and plenty more horsepower to spend on looking good than an actual game does, since it doesn't need to have all the other overhead.  Comparing it to CoD or KZ2 is kind of misleading.

Nonetheless, it does look awesome. I noticed they were tending to show off shadows and lighting on the PS3, and general texture/shader work on the X360. Very typical, from released games as evidence, as a difference in the things the two consoles typically excel at.

Very impressive, now we just need some games to use it!

Are u telling me games can look that good on ps3 and 360, if so HOLY SHIT!!!!

actually they might not.

lots of things are missing from this that needs to be added to a game like AI,more enemies on screen...

 So maybe nextgen.

...Unbiased opinion.......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?