When you make a claim like that, the onus is on you, not me.
GoW, for example, did plenty of things that nobody has done before, or taken features to a indisputably higher level than anything before it (which IMO is the same thing). Someone could point them out, and if he said "GoW is the best looking FPS ever", he'd at least have a case.
Someone could say GT:HD is the best looking driving game out there. Sure, its track and environment detail is not up to the standards of PGR3 or DiRT, but the cars look the best by far, and it's almost indisputable. It doesn't prove that GT:HD is the best looking racer, but it gives the argument some serious legs.
I've clearly illustrated what you'd have to show me to convince me any game had a reasonable basis to recieve that lofty title, but I have no idea how to "show you wrong". As Nesh pointed out, all games have flaws. However, this isn't about flaws, but rather the complete opposite.
COD 4 looks like, just another video game. I am not capable of breaking games down at a technical level so I couldn't tell you why but it just does.
KZ2 on the other hand..simply gets my blood pumped.
I have the same reaction to KZ2 I did to Gears originally. It's just
awesome.
I gather you think Gears looks great? Well there are plenty of people who will tell you Gears is nothing impressive at all, that tons of games surpass Gears easily, and apparantly they believe it, and there's nothing you can do. I've found them on other forums. So basically, you're playing that role now, but with KZ.
Some things that stand out..well the gun model is pretty much the best ever. A little thing but cool. Gun models are something that progress had stopped on, because they were "good enough".
The size of the characters..COD4 has small characters..there that scene in COD4 that looks much like KZ..and the guys are about 1/2 size of KZ's..that simply isn't impressive. The animation is poorer too.
COD4 should have gone for 30FPS..because they just got punked by KZ imo. Every time I hear COD4 is 60 FPS I think "what a waste, could have looked a lot better". Maybe at 30 they could have begun to compete, at least. As it is they're "best of the rest". Distant second. Luckily for them they aren't actually up against KZ this year, so they'll still sell.
The lighting model and AA in KZ are also outstanding..I think it's the first next gen game with true 4XAA, seriously.
Also, the atmosphere. There's just something so dark, bloody, and violent about KZ. It's like Gears, but once again tops Gears easily in that area. I was blown away by how visceral and violent Gears was..well KZ takes it to the next level..even grittier.
Animation again..KZ makes Gears just look stiff. Period. Check out the litlle segment with the gatling gunner guy..there's a split second where he gets real close and the animation is just mind blowing..I'm sorry UE3 has been totally left in the dust here. UT3 looks like old news all the sudden. Epic better bring major improvements to Gears 2 if they want to keep up..
But hey, we need to see more of KZ..it could still suck. But it sure looks awesome. If you ask me, MS needs a team trying to match this yesterday..MS does not have anything this cool, period.
I really hope I dont get in trouble for doing such a blatant compare (it's after E3, right?) but it's the simplest way to do it. This is a similar scene from both games. One of these two games looks like it's on a different generation of hardware, it's that simple, I'll let you guess which one.
I think other games will catch up to KZ though. It's just pushing the ambition farthest at this time. By the time it comes out, I bet other games will have caught up. I think Battlefield: Bad Company is probably the top contender, not COD4. The ID5 game might be a contender too. It also sacrifices far away detail for a lot of close in detail, and of course it's structured a lot more like Gears (close in battles and 6-8 onscreen characters) than Halo 3 (20-30 onscreen and sweeping Vistas) which of course allows it to look better.
KZ is all about ambition and a large team. Other games will incrementally catch up, COD 4 is a good example of that.
