I know even though his sexy buns look the same I just can't wait to play with them!

I don't but I will If PS3 gets it's BC back but if not I'll just play it at my friends house who loved the first...

What Im saying is that they are allocating better the resources, Uncharted 2 looks better, yes, the trees look more detailed because of better shading and texturing, they are avoiding putting too much resources in things that are no getting the spotlight, Im sorry if you can't understand me because I'm not saying that the game looks bad of equal than Drakes Fortune.

If they don't do that I could see myself buying a PSP 2000 or 3000 model instead...

Wow :o this game is just.... awesome.

I am very excited about this game but I must agree with Kowenicki and Leo J on this, those Uncharted pic looks horrible... and the game looks MUCH better on my screen.

Please explain in more detail.  I would love to know how you came to the conclusion that they are avoiding putting too many resources in things that aren't getting the spotlight.

You implied that the game looked better than Uncharted 1 only because it didn't have to focus on vegetation.  I clearly proved that you were wrong.

Then you tried to imply that somehow, the art assets in Uncharted 1 were more varied, with more complex models, while Uncharted 2 simplified the models, and improved textures, but cut down on the number of textures.  Clearly you are wrong again.  Unless you are blind.

You are implying that Uncharted 1 and Uncharted 2 feature basically have the same amount of technical execution, except that Uncharted 2 just does a better job of devoting resources to make the scene look good.  But that's clearly not the case.  The engine iteration powering Uncharted 2 is clearly heads and shoulders more powerful than the one that powered Uncharted 1.

It's not a matter of making only the things you notice look better.  Naughty Dog has taken one of the better looking game engines out there, and made it look so much better.  And it annoys me that you are trying to play down the fact that Uncharted 2 is amazing looking in every aspect.  And it's improved upon it's predecessor in every aspect.

EDIT:  It's like me saying Doom 3 only looks good because it's a corridor shooter and doesn't feature outdoor environments.  Except that the Doom 3 engine did a great job with outdoor environments and the game actually did have a few sections that took place outdoors.

According to those screens and the ones which look like they definately represent gameplay its the non interactive cutscenes which have shown the greatest improvement whereas the interactive gameplay that I saw in comparison doesn't look quite as stark. The moment you can put the controller down are the moments where it doesn't matter how great it looks as they could easily create a FMV and store it on the optical disc, especially in the case of Uncharted with Blu Ray at their disposal.

Holy crap the raw Detail in U2 surpasses U1 on a fly!

Gawd... U1 finally looks out-dated!

Ok, ok!

Its one of the best examples of artistry.

Its one of the best examples of smoke and mirrors technical wizardry (doing more with less).

Its about the best examples of sheer technical wizardry (making more when others can only achieve less)

Overall its one of the best looking games in existance and in a blind test with laymen even those with no technical eye for the details can see the woods for the trees and pick it for what it is.

Happy?

Overall, I was simply saying that people should look at the gameplay pictures as the acid test for what they have truely achieved IMO.