510°

The best rain on PS3 – the games that make falling water awesome

OPM: If there’s anything you can guarantee from the weather is that it’ll be rubbish. So as winter gets even more cold and unpleasant lets face to the storm by celebrating PlayStation’s best rain. It might suck in real life but at least in games it makes those particle effects sing!

Read Full Story >>
officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk
Ezz20134132d ago

uncharted 2 rain level
uncharted 3 chip yard level
god of war 3 rain
heavy "rain"

that's what on my head right now

darthv724131d ago

good examples. I'd say that the dynamics of water itself is a tough one to get right. If you arent interacting with it, it can be quite nice in the simple ways of making it flow.

An older game that had some decent water effects was quantum redshift. it was a wipeout clone for the original xbox but when you would splash through those water portions, it created a smear and splattering effect that seemed very natural on the screen.

But then look at resistance 2 and the strange way the water dissipated when you moved through it....i guess it just comes down to how interactive the developers want to make water in a game.

InactiveUser4131d ago (Edited 4131d ago )

Beyond: Two Souls

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

5:12 mark - Cutscene, but looks in-engine (video also isn't the greatest quality)

ChronoJoe4131d ago

GT5 has the best rain / snow effects I've seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

guitarded774131d ago

You'd think GT5 would be on the list... especially considering this is a PS site. Crazy.

th3n00bg4m3r4131d ago

Holly crap that game looks like realistic game.

TemplarDante4131d ago

GT5 is just crazy awesome. Dynamic Time:
Midnight.
Circuit De La Sarthe.
Weather : Rain 100%
Just.Wow.

Lior4131d ago

I would really like to see uncharted 3 optimised to run on PC

AKS4131d ago

Considering it's put together by perhaps Sony's top developer, of which they have had 100% ownership since 2001, I think the chances of that are rather slim.

TemplarDante4131d ago

If only pc exclusive devs could optimise like console only devs.
I bet the talented guys at Naughty Dog could polish any 3rd party game up and make it look brilliant.
Next gen.. FTW.
Even when the inevitable pc fanboys spew "man my pc specs are like nitrogen cool I7 overclocked to 20GHZ and teh GPU is like so super duper and I got teh 20gb of ram and like 2TB SSD" etc etc etc.
The PS4 will be pushed to the limits and exceed its expectations by Naughty Dog. You can just imagine how ND would still astound with 2013 hardware... in 2019 :)

Megaton4130d ago

Same. I see these PS3 exclusives and see nothing but wasted potential. Even PC games running on UE3 often blow away PS3 exclusives.

Panthers4131d ago

Am I the only one that thought the first Uncharted had the best rain at the end? It was very immersive.

WalterWJR4131d ago

Play uncharted Drake's Fortune these days and you will see how much graphics have improved in the ps3's cycle. That was a very memorable scene but it came to early this gen to be considered on this list.

Eyeco4130d ago

I thin Uncharted is one of the few if not only games to my knowledge that actually makes you look wet, clothing and hair wise.

BTW I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!!

Awesome_Gamer4131d ago

I agree, the ship yard chapters in Uncharted 3 were absolutely amazing.

GuyThatPlaysGames4131d ago

Oh geez. What article is next? "The Best Looking Air In Games". -_-

Ryto4130d ago

Im surprised GTA4 isn't on the list, when it rained in that game, and all the streets were wet, it just looked brilliant!

+ Show (4) more repliesLast reply 4130d ago
fabod864131d ago

"The best rain on PS3"...... did you loose this part? :/

fabod864131d ago (Edited 4131d ago )

lose*
sorry i know that it's not a justification but English is not my main language. ^^"

NastyLeftHook04131d ago

uncharted 3 ship level! best rain i seen in a game period!

chukamachine4131d ago

There are so many examples of great rain fx in ps3 games.

My favs are.

UNCHARTED3 ship level.
GT5
RDR
F1 2012
KZ MP

But also, rain when cold turns to snow:) For that there is only UNCHARTED2, KZ3.

YodaCracker4131d ago

I love Red Dead Redemption's rain and thunderstorm effects. You can actually see the storm clouds approaching from the distance, and the way the lightning flashes in the clouds along with the wonderful thunder sound effects really adds to the immersion. I hope the weather is realistic like this in GTA V as well.

Show all comments (54)
50°

Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.

Read Full Story >>
videogamer.com
EazyC23h ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

100°

L.A. Noire And Bully — Rockstar's Lost Gems That Deserve A Sequel As Much As GTA

Hanzala from eXputer: "I do appreciate GTA 6, Rockstar, but if I could trade it for a new L.A. Noire or a Bully game, I'd do so in a heartbeat."

Skuletor12d ago

How are they lost? You can get L.A. Noire on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch and Bully is on the PS5 and Xbox Series too.

Psychonaut8512d ago

I want a new Manhunt game. But that will never happen.

Demetrius12d ago

Mfs are too sensitive nowadays and would cry instead of being concerned bout real world problems

Demetrius12d ago

Whenever gta 6 launch we won't be getting another rockstar title for another 10 years lol but on the positive side they bou to come back n show how open world supposed to be done 🔥

Skuletor12d ago

I won't expect any singleplayer DLC like IV's The Lost & Damned or The Ballad of Gay Tony after it launches either

110°

12 Years Later, L.A. Noire is Still an Excellent Experience

There was a lot to love about Rockstar and Team Bondi's 2011 open world title.

Read Full Story >>
gamingbolt.com
shinoff2183118d ago

One I never finished. I've been looking at the ps4 version off Amazon the last few months just never bit

Knightofelemia117d ago

It's worth playing LA Noire is one of my favorite Rockstar games. But I would also check out pawnshops or thrift stores if you want the game dirt cheap. Someone may have been dumb enough to dump the game.

andy85117d ago

Baffles me when people have these opinions about acclaimed games 😂

RhinoGamer88118d ago

100% agree... not perfect, but an engaging/refreshing experience.

sagapo118d ago

Agree, at time of release those facial expressions were amazing! They still hold strong even today imo.
The game on its own was good. Something fresh, but sidequests were a bit meh after a while.

Nacho_Z118d ago

I picked it up on sale recently, going to play it next summer. I'll get more out of it this time, first time around I treated the open world like it was GTA and goofed about, whereas now I'll play it with more respect. RDR2 has trained me well.

I also hadn't read Raymond Chandler at the time so presumably that'll add another layer of enjoyment too.

1nsomniac118d ago (Edited 118d ago )

Absolutely stunning game. So underrated. Played through it again last year and it still stands up so well. Like many of rockstars games it’s actually a far better experience on PC. I didn’t enjoy it as much on console. Completed it at least 3 times on pc.

The rumours of a sequel are awesome news despite the fact I think Rockstar are now the shell of the company they once were.

SyntheticForm117d ago

Team Bondi made a hell of a game.

Show all comments (15)