Image Quality and Framebuffer Speculations for WIP/alpha/beta/E3 games *Read the first post*

[Kasersky]

Some screens from Dead Space 2. These seem good to count pixels.

http://images.gamersyde.com/image_dead_space_2-12837-1961_0001.jpg
http://images.gamersyde.com/image_dead_space_2-12837-1961_0002.jpg
http://images.gamersyde.com/image_dead_space_2-12837-1961_0003.jpg
http://images.gamersyde.com/image_dead_space_2-12837-1961_0004.jpg

More
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_dead_space_2_images-9344_en.html

doesnt look scaled and there's viewable aliasing. 720p No AA like the first one
wonder tho maybe theyre just at mid production trying to implement mlaa or msaa

 

[Gitaroo]

can someone check brink from the HD video from PSN? Seems to be the PS3 version they are showing.

 

[zaftxx]

doesnt look scaled and there's viewable aliasing. 720p No AA like the first one
wonder tho maybe theyre just at mid production trying to implement mlaa or msaa

i doubt it, aliasing was not that noticeable in dead space 1 because of the dark nature of the game.

 

[Afrikan]

Has anyone downloaded the BackBreaker football (developed by Natural Motion) demo from Live?...just curious about what yall think.....it seems to be doing alot of effects...and doesn't seem unscaled or anything.

The PS3 demo version should be released tomorrow, and from little footage I've seen, it looks about the same...

here is the only comparable footage I have seen so far between the two versions....

360 version.....in-game cutscene starts at 1:31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alNbOwDf5Bc

PS3 version.....same cutscene starts at 1:31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr8R-gCLv3w&feature=related

for a start up game developer, releasing their first game, I'm pretty surprised at how well both versions seem to look...and how similar they look.

 

[Sigfried1977]

i doubt it, aliasing was not that noticeable in dead space 1 because of the dark nature of the game.

Yep, the only times where aliasing kinda bugs me in DS is during the non-interactive opening. What I'm hoping for are higher resolution shadows. Shadows in DS often look absolutely nasty, pixelated to the point where they look more like glitches than features.

 

[zaftxx]

has there been any word on crackdown 2's native res?

 

[Kasersky]

huh?

he's saying the width is badass and the height is awesome.

but considering Crackdown 2 is building on top of the original code, its most likely the same 1280x720 resolution.

also i got a question, do any games that utilize edge outlining for cel shading have anti-aliasing? It almost seems like that effect directly interferes with some AA solutions.

 

[AlNom]

also i got a question, do any games that utilize edge outlining for cel shading have anti-aliasing? It almost seems like that effect directly interferes with some AA solutions.

Prince of Persia, I believe.

 

[messyman]

Here's some comparisons between Crackdown 1 and 2.

http://www.bitmob.com/articles/crackdown-1-vs-crackdown-2-panoramic-graphics-comparison

 

[nightshade]

Doesn't look all that different apart from a change in lighting and clouds seem to be far less prominent in the Crackdown 2 shots.

 

[N_B]

Texture detail seems lower? Better filtering at least.

 

[zaftxx]

check this crackdown 2 video out. looks like some nice new lighting,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqgxPygFkOg

 

[LightHeaven]

They seem to have dropped the volumetric clouds, and now have a less aggressive LOD system in place.

 

[Trejser]

Some new K3 screenshots:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2nits9t.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/15rblmg.jpg

Is this HDR or just bloom?

 

[Gitaroo]

http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/05/screenshot_2009_03_21_1739.jpg

looks like there is SSAO now? look at the shadow around the snow as the helgast walk. Also, high freq texture for the characters now? Assuming they might not be using QAA this time.

 

[Scott_Arm]

http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/05/screenshot_2009_03_21_1739.jpg

looks like there is SSAO now? look at the shadow around the snow as the helgast walk. Also, high freq texture for the characters now? Assuming they might not be using QAA this time.

There's some clipping issues on their sleeves, but those are really nice screens. Is that MLAA, or is that supersampling?

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Is this HDR or just bloom?

You cannot tell from static images.

 

[nightshade]

Some new K3 screenshots:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2nits9t.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/15rblmg.jpg

Is this HDR or just bloom?

Oh my...I can imagine how awesome both of those screens would look with dynamic light shafts

Anyways...I think GG did mention that they have AO running in engine but unoptimized/too late to be released back when KZ2 was about to get released.

 

[brain_stew]

There's some clipping issues on their sleeves, but those are really nice screens. Is that MLAA, or is that supersampling?

Supersampling, we've had super huge resolution versions of some of these shots (with no AA) confirming as much. As for SSAO, it looks to be more obvious (if it is indeed present) in this shot, again check around/below the feet and inbetween the snow:

http://assets.vg247.com/current//2010/05/ScreenShot_2009_03_21_1724.jpg

 

[Rangers]

Anything on Crysis 2 resolution yet? Never too early to ask.