Next-Gen Graphics look better than last-gen CGI

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Next-Gen Graphics look better than last-gen CGI
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Neo Metallix	Mar 23 2010, 07:25 PM Post #1
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	Has anyone ever noticed this? Everytime a new console comes out the gameplay(after a few years in) looks as good if not better than the CGI used in games before? An example, God of War 3's in-game graphics look much better than the CG movies in both of the previous games for PS2. Many PS2 games have better graphics than the CG in PS1/N64 games.
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Kitm	Mar 23 2010, 07:30 PM Post #2
Lava Reef Act 1 Posts: 2,977 Group: =SB= Governors Member #1,073 Joined: May 18, 2007 Gender: Male Country: Canada Game Currently Playing: Destiny	I guess game developers and console developers want to one-up the best of their previous works. My friend was telling me about the GoW graphics comparison the other day.



Lord Bowie	Mar 23 2010, 07:40 PM Post #3
What is the difference between a duck? Posts: 4,799 Group: Former Monarchs Member #7,312 Joined: April 10, 2008 Playstation Network ID: Allbowdown Xbox Live Gamertag: allbowdown	That's typically how you can benchmark where the industry is going for sure. It'll be hard to give any game bad graphics in the future as engines become so good that you'd have to be royally lazy to not score a 7 or 8 at the least.
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Nail Strafer	Mar 24 2010, 10:35 AM Post #4
Flying Battery Act 2 Posts: 1,218 Group: A Rank Hero Member #8,106 Joined: May 5, 2008	Tell me, does anyone else feel...well...bored...by all the graphical advancement? In earlier gens, not being able to make realistic-looking graphics meant you had to be creative with your artwork. This led to developers taking many different approaches to great graphics, particularly in the SNES generation and earlier. You could just look at a screenshot, and immediately go "Oh yeah, it's that game", even if you weren't that familiar with it. Nowadays (especially with the 360 and PS3) pretty much any game can have realistic-looking graphics, but there's a sense of sameness shared by all of them. When I flip through a game magazine quickly, many of the screenshots just kind of blur together and I feel like I'm looking at only one game. Even when I slow down, sometimes I actually get confused as to when one game's article ends and another begins, just because of the screenshots. It all looks wonderful, but I find myself not really caring anymore since wonderful-looking games are so easy to find now. The only exceptions to the sameness anymore would be titles that are deliberately going for a stylish/cartoony look, like No More Heroes. I definitely don't think I'd mind seeing more of these kinds of games. Edited by Nail Strafer, Mar 24 2010, 10:36 AM.



Neo Metallix	Mar 24 2010, 10:44 AM Post #5
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	I agree with you on that one, Nail. A lot of games do look the same. Some games have different art styles though and it's nice when those come around. I think a big offender for a lot of games looking the same is because many companies use the Unreal Engine. Bioshock, Mirrors Edge, Punisher: No Mercy, The Last Remnant, etc, etc, etc all use the same engine. Some games using it have a unique look, but most of them are all the same with the characters that look like plastic and everything is shiny.
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Phoenix-Saturn	Mar 24 2010, 11:00 AM Post #6
i just wwant to be beautiful for this one month Posts: 7,528 Group: A Rank Legend Member #10,191 Joined: July 27, 2009	Neo Metallix Mar 23 2010, 07:25 PM Has anyone ever noticed this? Everytime a new console comes out the gameplay(after a few years in) looks as good if not better than the CGI used in games before? . I'm not sure that's always true... Take Shadow the Hedgehog's CGI. Amazing. It's still better than 360/PS3 in-game graphics... Edited by Phoenix-Saturn, Mar 24 2010, 11:01 AM.
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infamousDee	Mar 24 2010, 11:09 AM Post #7
Flying Battery Act 2 Posts: 1,023 Group: B Rank Hero Member #9,807 Joined: March 1, 2009	I beg to differ: http://www.hardwired.hu/img/wg/2/743/Crysis_44.jpg http://www6.incrysis.com/screenshots/2pblu.jpg Edited by infamousDee, Mar 24 2010, 11:12 AM.



King of Kings	Mar 24 2010, 11:32 AM Post #8
Sandopolis Act 1 Posts: 1,548 Group: S Rank Hero Member #1,500 Joined: June 26, 2007	the Unreal Engine seems to make a lot of games look similar lately, but I'm quite satisfied with modern graphics right now. I mean, they look so impressive already.



Neo Metallix	Mar 24 2010, 12:09 PM Post #9
~Doomsday Overlord~ Posts: 15,568 Group: =SB= Emperor Member #1 Joined: April 8, 2006 Gender: Male Country: United States of America Playstation Network ID: Doc_Of_D Game Currently Playing: Tales of Xillia	King of Kings Mar 24 2010, 11:32 AM the Unreal Engine seems to make a lot of games look similar lately, but I'm quite satisfied with modern graphics right now. I mean, they look so impressive already. The unreal engine looks horribly outdated to me compared to Killzone 2's engine. Of course I know all of their tricks like lighting baked into textures to give an illusion of looking better than it really is. Quote: I'm not sure that's always true... Take Shadow the Hedgehog's CGI. Amazing. It's still better than 360/PS3 in-game graphics... I said a few years in, usually, and not always the case but the example I gave is just one series that looks better. Also Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time looks just as good as that CGI in Shadow. The cutscenes in A Crack in Time are all in-game graphics.
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