Best graphics in 2009
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ShadowRunner
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Id guess most awards go to the games with the highest sales if its being voted for by general public.
Sorry, I don't know what that is
Hmm, baseball game on PS3? Will check later, have to catch a birthday party tonight most visually/technically pleasing titles i've played this year (consoles only):
ps3:
* kz2 - really good use of deferred shading.
* flower - most organic-feeling vegetation simulation i've had the please to touch in years
wii:
* muramasa the demon blade: the only game this year that i'd call visual art.
* dead space extraction: one of the best-looking titles on the wii, atmospheric and technically sound
ps3:
* kz2 - really good use of deferred shading.
* flower - most organic-feeling vegetation simulation i've had the please to touch in years
wii:
* muramasa the demon blade: the only game this year that i'd call visual art.
* dead space extraction: one of the best-looking titles on the wii, atmospheric and technically sound
Thread mass pruned. This is a casual, light-hearted thread where people suggested their own favourites. No need to bring up platform bias (other than observation of limited experiences to choose from) and certainly not member bias.
Could it be because one is a third person view game, which requires you to scan the environment frequently for platform grips... while the other is an FPS, which requires you to zoom into specific danger while playing ?
So we "use" the environment differently. In KZ2 MP, sometimes, I'd find a safe spot to take in the whole picture (to my detriment of course). e.g., After clearing a high ground, I'd stop and watch other people below me fight. The KZ2 MP maps have a lot of verticality in them.
So we "use" the environment differently. In KZ2 MP, sometimes, I'd find a safe spot to take in the whole picture (to my detriment of course). e.g., After clearing a high ground, I'd stop and watch other people below me fight. The KZ2 MP maps have a lot of verticality in them.
L. Scofield
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That is why I am curious in Laa-Yosh's response to MLB The Show 2009. That game is 60fps, 1080p and seems to take the "realistic" lighting and animation approach too. We only got 2-3 mentions so far although it is also an impressive game visually.
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http://www.platformnation.com/2009/12/13/2009-vgas-winners/
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UC2 won best graphics as it should. argument over
http://www.platformnation.com/2009/12/13/2009-vgas-winners/
60 fps
While frame rate can be imporant, anytime I'm standing still I find MW2 to be average to below average looking. All of the sniper missions really brought out the worst in the game, and showed off a ton of low res textures.
Honestly, it's jarring to go from an insanely detailed vehicle, then jump out, run into a garage, and see what resembles a PS2 level vehicle model from a Sims game. The frame rate, at that point, stops really having an impact on the visuals.
Hyperbole aside (big eye roll) you can find low quality assets in every game. The majority of the game is very fast paced with a lot of post processing. Further the game demonstrates a ton of asset variety (e.g. note the dozen or so settings with complete customization of character loadouts). The game also isn't nearly as linear as CoD4 and has a ton of enemies on screen on a number of occasions.
Getting a couple dozens well animated characters on screen (with a large variety in character models) at around 60Hz plus all the other stuff they are doing isn't easy. Downplaying it through hyperbole isn't really a strong argument.
Lucid_Dreamer
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Would "downplaying" be what people seem to be doing with MLB 09: The Show (native 1080p, 60fps, impressive lighting, animations, etc)? If not, what would that be called? I'm just wondering.
Its a sports game. Gonna be hard to get ppls attention on that honestly, but yes it looks good
MW2 looks good but not good enough. 60fps is not graphics, its a gameplay feature so sorry if thats important to you.
Frame rate is directly related to graphics and are you comparing MW2 to a baseball game? They're kind of incomparable things.
Graphics is something you sacrifice for framerate and vice versa, doesn't mean ppl will perceive a game as looking better with 60fps vs 30fps. Take a still pic and framerate makes no difference to how the game looks.
I wasn't comparing anything, that sports game was being mentioned by others.
I wasn't comparing anything, that sports game was being mentioned by others.
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