Gears of war : Best looking game so far this gen ?(new pics)

**gljvd** · 09-25-2006, 09:18 PM

after the let down of mgs 4 . this game is starting to look even better now that the cgi videos from e3 2005 have started to fade from out expectations

**venomv** · 09-25-2006, 09:28 PM

If those are new, what the heck happened to the anti-alising (I think I spelled that wrong...), it looks worse if anything. Could just be a result of picture size though.

**gljvd** · 09-26-2006, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by venomv

If those are new, what the heck happened to the anti-alising (I think I spelled that wrong...), it looks worse if anything. Could just be a result of picture size though.

unreal 3 engine has problems with fsaa . So it wont be used with unreal games on either system .

Its a way the engine handles certian shadow buffers (don't ask for a full explination cause i relaly can't provided it)

Seriously, what's wrong with MGS4

See the gamepaly trailer I posted in te general video game forums. You can see the huge downgrade in graphics compared to past trailers. Repeating textures and low polygon characters are quite apparent.

Anyway this is not a mgs4 thread. I was only providing an example of games that haven't lived up to the hype (at least graphicly since we don't know how the gamelay is) if you want to talk to me about it post in pm or the general video game thread where i posted the trailer

**IEatFriedPikmin** · 09-25-2006, 11:08 PM

whats wrong w/ mgs4?

**Carlos** · 09-26-2006, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by IEatFriedPikmin

whats wrong w/ mgs4?

That post needs this:

Seriously, what's wrong with MGS4?

**venomv** · 09-25-2006, 11:54 PM

The animations went down to tube mostly, I think they were presured (or felt presured) to show gameplay before they were ready. Graphics still seem mostly the same, but the videos we have seen are bad quality so who knows?

**Shadow Voa** · 09-26-2006, 01:51 AM

Im not going to lie, this game is lookign awfully pretty... I'm going to have to rent this game and take it to my buddies who has a Xbox360 so i can play this. Hell, I think if he sees this himself, he'll own the damn game without having the need to rent it!!

Either way, this really is looking good I cant wait to give this a test run.

**venomv** · 09-26-2006, 02:24 AM

unreal 3 engine has problems with fsaa . So it wont be used with unreal games on either system .

Odd, it looked far smoother before, so did they just realize there is a problem? I have been hearing something along those lines though, now that you mention it. (I have been wondering where the AA is in Fatal Inertia, it needs some help there, and it is using the Unreal Engine, too.)

In response to the title, I think LAIR still looks better then anything else, I'll grab you a link to a possably new video, not sure if you can even visit the Sony forums....can you?

Screen shots simply don't do LAIR justice....(video curtasy Yoshaw)

About MGS4 I really didn't see a downgrade in graphics (well possibly a slight one), just animations. Mark my words, it will look just like the trailers at launch.

**Twilight Prince** · 09-26-2006, 02:37 AM

LAIR looks beautiful but WTF!!!???

why waste such EPIC graphics on a simple 3d shooter... the happy go lucky gameplay with static fireballs shooting from the dragon just kills the whole illusion... i can't understand why they do stuff like that

**satriales** · 09-27-2006, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by Twilight Prince

LAIR looks beautiful but WTF!!!???

why waste such EPIC graphics on a simple 3d shooter... the happy go lucky gameplay with static fireballs shooting from the dragon just kills the whole illusion... i can't understand why they do stuff like that

That's also my main problem with Gears of War. The graphics look amazing, but the gameplay looks just like every other 3rd person shooter. It seems like all you do is blast your way through levels and hide behind things. I wish they would release a demo as I'm not going to risk £40 on it otherwise.

**Shadow Voa** · 09-26-2006, 02:47 AM

Yeah that's a good point, its one of the main reasons LAIR doesnt thrill or impress me, visually its superb. But it's not something I plan on buying or for the time being, plan on renting. But that's just me. I'll be busy with Sonic!!

**Hrama** · 09-26-2006, 03:02 AM

Ya know, I have always liked the "depth" of the textures in Gears of War seems to be really excelling at like that stone wall in the first pic, freakin' gorgeous. That and the lighting, which may be a bit too unrealistically bright at some points, definitely has a very strong presence. As for the other things... The game has a great art design as well which helps it immensely. Then again, I mean, I feel this game has been worked on in a sense ever since Unreal Engine 3 ever began development. In those first realtime demos from a couple years back... same characters, level design, lighting etc. It's almost as if the engine was made specifically for this game... and Microsoft just happened to pick it up. Don't know if that makes a difference or not in polish though, but there is no denying it looks damned good.

**gljvd** · 09-26-2006, 03:28 AM

All gears of war videos hae had no fsaa . Only press release shots have .

As for lair . The actual game play looks blah compared to the stills . The dragon may look very nice close up in cut scenes but in the actual game its very far away and just looks blah .

I would say that sony def has the better looking launch line up out of ms and sony. Also alot of sonys games look great compared to what have come before on the 360. However GOW simple blows away all shown on the 360 and the ps3 so far (in real time not cgi )

Even watching the 720p and 1080p videos of resistance it falls short of this title .

**Beenie Man** · 09-26-2006, 03:34 AM

Please don't burn me to shit, but I do not like the overuse of HDR. I have never seen a piece of concrete shine so brightly or wall shine so brightly. Some of the screens seem to be taken by low res cameras as they don't look that impressive(except for the ones in daylight which look pretty).

**gljvd** · 09-26-2006, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by Beenie Man

Please don't burn me to shit, but I do not like the overuse of HDR. I have never seen a piece of concrete shine so brightly or wall shine so brightly. Some of the screens seem to be taken by low res cameras as they don't look that impressive(except for the ones in daylight which look pretty).

hdr is normaly used to much. However where are you talking about ?

The concrete shining is from muzzle flashes in the dark. They would sigh like that from far away with a flash of light that bright .

Yes some were taking with a camera . You can see the tv boarder at the bottom and side of some of them.

This game is looking amazing. I was wondering about the AA as well when I looked at the images. Is it really that hard to make the unreal engine work well with AA, it would make the game look so much better.

yea its a shame but ps3 , 360 and the pc will have trouble with fsaa

**speed stick** · 09-26-2006, 03:59 AM

This game is looking amazing. I was wondering about the AA as well when I looked at the images. Is it really that hard to make the unreal engine work well with AA, it would make the game look so much better.

**venomv** · 09-26-2006, 11:03 AM

Unless Epic gets on the ball and manages to fix the AA, Gears or war will never look that good to me....

Seriosly, what is happening to the thing I cannot tell what it is in the back?

And why is he shooting behiond his back? Lol.

**Twilight Prince** · 09-26-2006, 11:28 AM

I just watched the GOW videos on IGN i its the BEST looking game so far together with HS. period.

The fact that its to the 360 should teach everyone that you CAN squeeze amazing graphics out of all coming systems... it's just gonna be up to the developers...

How can anyone of you be bitching about antialiasing in th ecreenshotswhen the gameplay in the video is fast, everyone and everything moves like if it was real, the lighting is stunning and the action is so fast that the only time you'd be able to enjoy any anti aliasing would be when you pause the game??

**F089/H** · 09-26-2006, 12:35 PM

I dont Know about so far...With Oblivion and GRAW Being No.2 and No.1 Respectively on my list so far.I know one thing is for Sure...I'm gonna have a hell of Time Playing it...

**venomv** · 09-26-2006, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by F089/H

I dont Know about so far...With Oblivion and GRAW Being No.2 and No.1 Respectively on my list so far.I know one thing is for Sure...I'm gonna have a hell of Time Playing it...

Oblivion?! Well whatever, wait a year, both of those games will look ancient once the PS3 and 360 start really getting pushed, well not so much PS3 cause it will only be launch under a year.....

I have never said GeoW looks bad, but I seriously dislike the art style and the lack of AA is horrible, and I haven't seen an new vids, but at E3 the animation was absolutly horrid. No game is perfect.......especially this early on.