New Virtua Fighter 5 Pics!

multiplatform + EA, doubt it'll look as good as it can on any console.

As for the tekken comparison it'll definitely exceed the psone cgi ones, the ps2 ones are already pretty close if not better at least in some aspects. The ps3 trailer on the other hand, that's a tough one indeed.

 

Hm, well then it should look something like the ps2 cgi. This might be plausible
http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/Games Zone/Images/Tekken5_big2.jpg

 

Because they look much better than VF5

 

I'm honestly not sure which Tekken you are all talking about at this point, but when I say the Tekken CGI is light years ahead of VF5, I mean this:

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/614/614753/tekken-next-20050516080618078.jpg

VF5 can't touch that, but it isn't as if the game will really look that good anyway.

This is, I believe, also what the original poster is referring to, saying VF5 makes him believe that Tekken will actually look like this. I disagree.

 

Nobody honestly has a clue as to what the limit will be. It might also get pushed farther than ever before if Sony has its way as well, and keeps the PS3 out for nearly a decade (and MS follows suit, which is probably unlikely).

I'm certain neither machine will be able to touch high end CGI from PS2/Xbox. Won't even come close.

For example:



I also posted that just because this is one of my favorite CGI characters ever.... so much emotion in his face!

 

I don't know if you've seen the characters in the cutscenes for MechAssault2, but given that from the Xbox (realtime rendering), I would say that the above is doable in gameplay with the new tech.

 

Understand at last, that some of the main defining qualities of any CGI movie are going to be unreachable for quite a while for pure performance considerations. Number of lights, precision and quality of shading, texture resolution and sampling, antialiasing etc. are all dependent on the underlying hardware's bandwith, math precision, etc. and thus are all going to be limited for quite a while, even on the next-next generation of hardware.
In these fields, even 5 to 10 years old CGI hasn't been surpassed yet in realtime graphics; and most of the catching up in the looks has to do with better tools and more experienced artists, and not performance. For example the UT2K7 characters have been modeled with technology and workstations that just weren't available some years ago, and that is why they can look more detailed than, say, FF8's CG characters. Back then, Square's artists haven't had machines with 2GB of RAM and 3GHz processors and fast OGL graphics, and neither were the 3D apps as advanced and easy to use as for example Zbrush (used heavily by Epic and others).

I think that by now, we've seen a good amount of what to expect from the nextgen games, and the rest will be about putting it all together; like getting MGS or Halo enemies look like FN3/NBA2K6 characters instead of the PD0 ones, or upping the levels to PGR3 quality, and so on... There's of course a lot of room left, but don't expect developers to overcome the strict quality limits of the hardware.

 

FF9 had WAY better CGI than FF8.

I'm still not over Bahamut vs. Alexander.

 

No offence guys, but isnt this the thread to be talking about cgi in games?
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26746&page=5

 

It looks good, but these shots don't make it look visually better than DOA4 imo.

 

hmm

Ugh, the new pics just look ugly. I dont know what it is but the characters just look like they were photoshopped on the backgrounds. Backgrounds look like friggin old skool Neo Geo flat backgrounds. The depth perception is just weird.

 

I disagree, in these shots the fighters don't look better to me.

 

I can't say I find those shots very impressive, I know it's a cliche now a days, but those characters look like plastic. Where are the impressive next-gen fighters?

 

Theres only two we have really seen. This and DOA4.

Tekken is still a no show since e3. Almost feels like the genre is dying, dont get me wrong the fighters still bring results and are all fun, it just seems like there are less and less of them every year.

I cant wait to see what other next gen fighters will look like, and if they will be bringing any old ones back. Def Jam should be interesting. I would love to see a next gen mortal kombat, bloody roar, dbz budokai, soul caliber, KOF, primal rage, street fighter etc. Hey, maybe even bring power stone back? lol

 

Yes, only two have been shown, but the two shown are the two I'd expect to be the most impressive looking based on previous games in the series. A new Powerstone could be good, I enjoyed 1 more than 2 though, what I'd really like to see is a new KI.