I finally got my hands on CTYD (no, I would not have touched it if reviews and impressions had noted major performance and gameplay flaws, like some of the Data Design games, but not even the negative reviews noted that), so I got it and am enjoying it (it's not perfect, the C button could just as easily have been the context sensitive button, but it's still fun). The Conduit is next on my Wii list.

But in the time of the game's release, and now, I haven't seen any comparisons to RE4, despite how often it's commented on how the graphics look. If there is, someone point me to it. But either way, I'm going to do my own.

Shot for shot comparisons obviously can't be done (but gametrailers lost a lot of respect from me for not at least trying with DR1 and CTYD), so I'll compare similar things when I can.

I'll compare Leon and Frank in similar stances, walls by getting up close to them, floors, and objects. There will be regular shots, zoomed in shots with the rifles (I've determined that rifles in CTYD zoom in as much as RE4 rifles without the scopes), and even some cropping and zooming. This will be to compare texture resolutions and detail.

Also, I'll compare some of the larger areas of RE4 to some of the larger areas in CTYD, to compare the scale. That will take a lot of pictures, as I'll try to cover every room and corridor.

IMPORTANT: I would like to save the pictures here, but if that's too much, I'll put them on a flickr account. Please let me know.

But to ensure that the comparison is as fair as possible, these are the parameters I've determined (some I'll figure out later, but I'll note those).

• Screens from RE4 will be from the GC version, so as to switch between more easily. But if screencaps aren't the same size, I'll switch to the Wii version.
• My video capture device has only composite or S-Video input. I only have an S-Video cable for the GC, so composite is it. The quality won't be the best, but both games will get the same drop. If anyone else can do this with component cables, be my guest.
• Screencaps will be at default lighting in the game, and default settings on the device. This will likely be too dark for some monitors, so pictures will be touched up with brightness and contrast. The degree will be the same for all pictures, and once I start taking them, I will note the degrees.
• Pictures will be saved as jpegs, at 90% quality.
• Screens from both were saved at 720x480. But that left a lot of black space, so I cropped the pictures to 680x400, leaving just enough black space to make it clear none of the actual game images are cropped off.
• Pictures posted here are actually shrunken forms of the full-sized pictures, which will be linked to below the posted ones.

If any of you can think of other parameters for this comparison, please suggest them.

Post them already! I wanna see how badly RE4 beats CTYD.

Well obviously RE4 will win, no? ;)

This is probably a good thing.  I'd expect that most Wii owners are using composite anyway.

I'm looking forward to those screenshots as well.

Props for taking the time to do this.

I'm just waiting for the call. Will you have it ready by the time VGC 2.0 comes this week?

I haven't started yet. I have to get the area around the computer cleaned up so that I have room for both systems.

But just from playing and looking at the details, RE4 isn't that much ahead. I have to take pictures to confirm, but it looks as though texture resolution is the same. Heck, RE4 has some areas where backgrounds where texture resolution is really low, and I've seen maybe a rug or two in CTYD that has lower texture resolution.

Polygon count is definitely lower, but DR on the 360 has a really low polygon count compared to games like Gears, Dead Space, and RE5. Shading and mapping is also reduced, but again, so was the original version.

And from the FMVs, which used the 360 graphics, it looks as though the 360 version's texture resolution wasn't really that high either. But I need to get my hands on my brother's 360 again to be sure.

You meanie! you are making us wait...

what is CTYD lol ?

Well all online gamers had plenty of time to do proper comparisons, so it's not my fault I just got the game, and am apparently the first.

"what is CTYD"

Dead Rising Chop 'Till You Drop

I'll work on it.