From the 720p shot:
This HAS to be a bullshot...there's just no way...is there?
except for the traditionnal photoshop sharpen filter , ireally don't see why not...
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except for the traditionnal photoshop sharpen filter , ireally don't see why not...
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I've just never seen anything of that detail level rendered on my 360 yet, so I'm just skeptical.
Seems realtime though, some of the textures are obviously not the bext quality, maybe just down-resed.
well its pretty plain in the following screenshot, u can see its just billboarded quads that have the electricty effect on them ( u can see the obvious clipping, which always looks a lot worse in motion ), originally i thought that the electricity was done with actual geometry (sure itll be expensive to do, but hey todays consoles are pretty powerful ).
http://gameinfowire.com/image.asp?iid=70998&gid=1745&pg=2&pid=16
That headshot posted is actualy quite old, and I don't think it's really representative of the ingame model, there are a few newer shots that look more realistic, not as great, but still quite nice:
Ouch, this one's so bad it hurts... Typical metallic specular highlights on the face, making it look nothing like skin...
Their artists are damn talented though - I've seen some of their work about a year ago during the Mudbox beta test, and it promised such quality back then.
How do you know it IS skin? The future could have plenty of androids! 
low-res, sprity shadowing and animation demo.
edit: that's just a blown up version of this. looks better here.
http://masseffect.bioware.com/galacticcodex/krogan_history.html
edit: that's just a blown up version of this. looks better here.
http://masseffect.bioware.com/galacticcodex/krogan_history.html
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High amount of AA in them pics
Not in the 720p photos as far as I can tell. You're seeing the effects of downscaling from a higher resolution source.
These should be new...
Full story behind the shots:
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13848/Mass-Effect-Krogan-Battle-Master-Screenshots/
Full story behind the shots:
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13848/Mass-Effect-Krogan-Battle-Master-Screenshots/
Not in the 720p photos as far as I can tell. You're seeing the effects of downscaling from a higher resolution source.
Isn't that an UE3 title? There should be no AA at all then...
How long has this game been in development? Didn't Silicon Knights talk about how they modified the UE3 engine so much it supports AA now? Could be same here.
Since UE3 will have MSAA on DX10 HW on the PC side(if Sweeney is to be believed), it`s not a leap of faith to assume that in a closed console environment, without the burden of API restrictions you could get MSAA even with the deffered approach to shadowing that UE3 employs. Either that or SK have opted for handling the shadowing differently. That being said, I don`t expect Bioware to overhaul the graphics part of the engine in any huge manner, graphics tech isn`t necessarily their strong point/primary focus, so they`ll probably work with what Epic gives them...and maybe Epic added AA for the consoles as well.
