So what’s the verdict gaming folks…does The Last of US look better than Uncharted 3?

When the Last of Us was first shown at the Spike VGA’s 2011 there was this feel of ”where have these graphics been all my life” in the air by the gaming community. Could this be an implication Naughty Dog has completely mastered the “Cell” (processor) and is now using it to it’s fullest potential? As Deion Sanders would say though “Hold on playa” not so fast.

[Godchild1020]

I think The Last of Us looks better than Uncharted 3, but the art style is different than what we have seen in the Uncharted series.

[camel_toad]

I agree plus you have to realize when Uncharted 3 was at a similar stage of development as The Last of Us is right now it already looked great but was further tweaked to look even better nearing its release - soo I'm guessing with a few nips n tucks The Last of Us is only going to get better looking going by Naughty Dogs track record.

[MaxXAttaxX]

That's an old pic of Ellie and so is the debut trailer...

That said, Uncharted 3's desert scene has one of the best visuals I've ever seen. I doubt we'll see a similar scene like that in The Last of Us to accurately compare the two, but so far TLOU has shown pretty impressive graphics, even better than U3 in many aspects. AI looks great too.

So I guess overall... yeah, it does look better. Although art direction is different.

[Freak of Nature]

I agree, and would like to add that TLOU may be at a disadvantage, not have the diverse locations and settings that UC2 and 3 had... As of now I see the city overgrown with jungle/plant-life...I am still wondering if you will also see some locations outside of the city itself, as I noticed they had some concepts/ shots of the outskirts of town, perhaps you must travel to other locations to solve problems too?

Either way, it is looking beautiful and will still get better as time goes on in development...It's ND, do you expect anything less?

[Irishguy95]

Uncharted 3 looks alot better imo, due to art direction. Last of Us has a bit better graphics

[zeeshan]

I want this game NOW! Have they announced a date yet? I am trying not to see new videos cuz I don't wanna spoil the experience.

This, Bioshock infinite and Beyond. It's so hard to wait for these titles :S

[Blastoise]

I also think the last of us looks better. You can tell just by the character's faces

[NastyLeftHook0]

console games

1. the last of us/beyond
2. uncharted 3

[Mainsqueeze]

I loved uncharted 3 but for some reason the last of us doesn't interest me that much. I still hope that its an awesome game for those who are going to get it.

[showtimefolks]

I don't have a time machine so we will see. All I knw is ND are masters at making their each game better than the one before. So I am guessing they learned a lot of uncharted 3 and applying those learning to make LOU better

[andibandit]

I think The Last of Uncharted looks better, but to be honest i'd take a little more freedom and a little less graphical fidelity. When i have completed it i would know EXACTLY how my neighbours playthrough was, cause the freedom is almost non existant, almost like an On-Rails game.

[Catoplepas]

Everything you say is definitely legit.

You're in no way a complete imbecile.

[violents]

Its a knowm fact that the last of.us has multiple ways to play, you can go all stealth mode through the levels or guns blazing like they did in the e3 demo. It may be a linear style game but there are multiple ways to get to the next area. The way you play through may not be the same as your friend does. Besides if it's fun who cares. Do you hate on a movie because it's the same thing everyone else saw too?

[MoonConquistador]

Whilst sort of agreeing with andibandits comment, steverhude brings up a great point on the movie comparison.

Opposite ways of looking at it, but bubbles to you both for very good points

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

Who gives a shit? It's about gameplay, not visuals.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Does it look better than Uncharted 3? I'll let you know when I'm able to buy a copy and pop it in my PS3.

[MariaHelFutura]

The Last Of Us looks more alive.

[ASTAROTH]

After reading all these comments I find it funny that on the 360 side of things its fans are declaring HALO 4 the best looking game on consoles, but here PS3 fans are saying LOU migth end looking better than Uncharted 3... they are not hyping this game to look next gen or set benchmarks in graphics... no time to be so insecure...LOL

Im I saying PS3 fans havent done that/troll?

No I just said that an article about HALO 4 being the new benchmark in graphics just get the 360 flock out of their cave... Just like with every 360 exclusive that them and the MEDIA believes have the best graphics of consoles... Every year the same whith a diferrent game.

[Rush]

Yeah because PS3 fans have never hyped graphics /troll...

Not to mention it's such a pointless argument 360 and PS3 hardware is now 6/7 years old. Why argue about who has the fastest cripple?

[BigStef71]

Im sorry but theres no way halo 4 can compare to UC3 and TLOU in terms of having better graphics. A better comparison would be Halo 4 vs KZ3. In that comparison KZ3 is the overall better looking game and in my opinion is one if not the best looking FPS on current consoles.

[Blankman85]

Wow. Why must you ps3 fans drag every other console thru the mud just to make your precious playstation seem so perfect?
Why drag xbox 360 and halo 4 into this? Honestly. Are you seriously about to talk about insecurities right now? Wow are you kidding me? You're the insecure one here going off topic just so you can feel good about what you got sitting under your TV. What's even more disturbing is that this jerk is going to get a massive amount of agrees and probably get bubbled up.

[shivvy24]

if they say that halo is the benchmark in graphics then they are kidding themselves , since i have both the consoles , i know whats fact and BS ! while halos story ets is increadibly awesome , its definately not seting any benchmark thingos !

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

***"Wow. Why must you ps3 fans drag every other console thru the mud just to make your precious playstation seem so perfect?"***

Generalization much? So because one person does it that means all people do it? Would you like me to point out comments where 360 fans(yourself included) drag the PS3 into the mud to make the Xbox seem perfect? Would that then give me justification to say that all 360 fans always dog on the playstation in order to make the xbox seem supreme?

[miyamoto]

Look at what the cat dragged in... Halo on a Naughty Dog article

people are sensitive you know

[humbleopinion]

@BigStef71,

While I agree that comparing 3rd person shooters and 1st person shooters is not the easiest thing to do, Killzone 3 is strill trailing graphically behind Halo Reach, not to mention how Halo 4 currently looks from first impressions.

UC3 and TLOU can be compared to third person shooters such as Gears of War. And while UC3 sits at about the same level as Gears 3 (both have their ups and down), TLOU is already looking more impressive than both - which makes a lot of sense since technology evolves over time.

My guess? By the end of this gen Halo 4 will turn out to be the best looking FPS this console gen (unless some other surprising contender shows up. Crysis 3 perhaps?), and TLOU will be the best looking 3rd person shooter this gen (although it will have to compete with other impressive games such as the next MGS, GTA V, Star Wars 1313 and Watchdogs).

[kikizoo]

Humbledenial :)

"And while UC3 sits at about the same level as Gears 3"
"My guess? By the end of this gen Halo 4 will turn out to be the best looking FPS this console gen "

XD
..please, buy a ps3, and uc3, kz2/3, etc it's 2012 now, you have to comeback to reality.

[givemeshelter]

What is always interesting about these debates comes NEXT generation. Not now.
Why? Because the same people here ranting about how all PS3 games look better than Xbox360 games and GRAPHICS MATTER, MIGHT be eating tons of cow come next generation if the Xbo720 or whatever it might be called, ends up being more powerful. At that point you will see those same people posting how GRAPHICS do not matter are now talking about how only game play matters...

We seen this happen before. It was with HYPOCRITICAL Xbox fanboys claiming graphic superiority over the PS2 and HOW graphics MATTER. The Sony camp would say GAME PLAY was more important etc.
Now see how fast those Xbox fanboys changed their tune this generation? Graphics what?

Now if the tables are turned come next generation, you can bet the farm the Sony fanboys will be just as hypocritical and claim how game play is all that matters and Xbox fanboys will say how graphics matter.
Lesson here? You want graphics. Buy a PC otherwise at some point you will be seen as a hypocritical individual.

[humbleopinion]

@kikizoo,

And you base your invalid comparisons on what? I actually have all these games and compared them on a technical level. As I mentioned countless times: Halo Reach is graphically superior to Killzone 3, what makes you think that Halo 4 isn't better. Here, somebody even PMed asking me about this, so I'll just copy-paste the reasons here:

"Halo Reach has better looking 3D models, better textures (both metallic and skin), better alpha effects, more polygons in a single scene (according to developers of both games), bigger scale, better color reproduction (Thanks to HDR which is absent from Killzone, and is probably the games biggest issue), and better overall lighting thanks to the global illumination.
Killzone 3 can push more light sources on a single scene thanks to the rendering solution, but that's about it when it comes to technical advantages as far as I can see.
Animations on both games is excellent, particles on both games are excellent, AA on both games is not very good (MLAA in Killzone 3 with a lot of artifacts, Temporal AA on Halo Reach with a lot of ghosting) , so I can't argue in each direction on all of these. "

But you didn't even make a single argument to back your claims. Care to share a technical comparison? If I don't see any further comment about this, I will be just left to assume that it's you who own just a single console and require a reality check - preferably after taking off your fanboy goggles.

[stonecold3]

yes

[yewles1]

Absolutely, especially with what was shown so far.

[BitbyDeath]

Hard to tell at this point, but i'm sure it will be.

[man_black]

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[Bumpmapping]

Lol ok dont know what WWE 13 has to do with article....On topic oh hell yea Naughty Dog own the PS3,but graphics aside its the AI that's gonna stand out this time.

[LackTrue4K]

WHAT THE HELL, I CLICK DISAGREE....AND A BUBBLE WAS ADDED TO man_black.
how????

[ExCest]

hax, Hax, HAx, HAX!

[Tontus]

Not in my opinion, Uncharted 3 is definitely superior and Killzone 3 and God of War 3 are superior to that. Not only because I absolutely hate the art-style in TLoU (I'm so sick of unimaginative post-apocalyptic words filled with dilapidated cars and buildings) but it just doesn't look that good graphically, notice the terrible amount of aliasing during gameplay, the flat foliage, lots of low-res textures and unrealistic lighting. If it looks much better at launch then maybe, but I doubt it will improve much since the games already been in development for so long.

[3dtested]

TLoU, like Uncharted and many other games, does have aliasing and is one area where we'll see a major improvement next gen but for the most part what we've seen so far is amazingly detailed high-res textures, not low res, and an improvement in lighting and shadows over Uncharted. Can you point to something in particular (vid link) so we can check?

[A-Glorious-Dawn]

TLOU is using a whole new soft shadow system that is unlike anything ever used on console before.

Notice the parts inside especially where Ellie catches up to Joel after the broken stairs near the beginning of the video. She casts a soft shadow within a shadowed area, this gives an amazing improvement over the impression of depth.

U3 looked amazing, and still will after TLOU releases, it's vibrant and eccentric art style is hard to compare to other games since we are naturally drawn to these vibrant colours. But trust me, TLOU will have better graphics both technically and visually, they are going for a dark realism for the most part, but I'm sure there will be splashes of colour throughout the game.

[Jaces]

Post apocalyptic worlds, unimaginative, dilapidated cars and buildings....I'm sorry where you expecting fiery demons and leveled cities with meteor craters every which way you look?

[wages of sin]

They look the same.

[3dtested]

We're doing a very detailed analysis of the changes and improvements in The Last of Us compared to Uncharted. It's written, just need to extract a few more screenshots, check some facts. Should be up in a day or two:

http://www.3dtested.com/

I'll add a news item here when it's up.

[Bathyj]

Naughty Dog are only competing with themselves at this point.

But the AI and emotional connection to the characters and gameplay is why this game is going to be awesome.

[prototypeknuckles]

as a fan of the uncharted series, YEAH, TLoU looks way better than uncharted graphicly and gameplay wise.

[AO1JMM]

Looks absolutely awesome but doesnt look next gen awesome.

[Bathyj]

Even though everyone else disagreed with you, I'm going to give you an agree.

Cos you're right, it doesnt look next gen. It just looks better than everything else this gen.

Besides, as I've said, the gameplay is what I'm most looking forward to and the AI looks a gen ahead of anything else.

[Hicken]

To be fair, is there a game from next gen- which at the moment would only be Wii U games- that looks better than TLoU?

I don't include PC games, that don't have generations in the same sense as consoles, so games like Watch_Dogs don't count to me.

So, as far as console games go- and having surpassed what was the previous pinnacle of console gaming graphical ability in the Uncharted games- is it impossible to consider The Last of Us as next-gen, or very nearly there?

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

@Hicken personally i didn't think watch dogs looked as good as last of us, although it doesn't matter because either one you play, you're going to be impressed

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

Where were you going with that?

[LKHGFDSA]

"next gen awesome" is impossible at this point, I believe. expect not to be wow'd on a next gen level until after next gen consoles are announced.

[AznGaara]

Last of Us looks better. I really do love the color pallet for it.

[Zhipp]

TLOU's cutscenes definitely look better than Uncharted's, but the gameplay graphics look worse to my eyes.

[newn4gguy]

Are you implying that the cutscenes in The Last of Us look different than the gameplay?

Naughty Dog does in-engine cutscenes. The same goes for Uncharted. That was all in-engine.

[QuantumWake]

Naughty Dog uses pre-rendered cutscenes. Naughty Dog even said so themselves in their BTS videos. One of the reasons they do this is so that they can mask the loading times within the cinematics.

They call this their "active cinematic experience" where the transition between cutscenes and gameplay is as seamless as possible using in-engine cinematics.

I'm about 95% sure on this. If I'm wrong about this info, please feel free to clarify. :)

[Zhipp]

The cutscenes may be in-engine, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're identical to gameplay. Usually the lighting, animations, and shadows look nicer in cutscenes than during actual gameplay. Just take a look at any Halo game to get what I mean. Another good example is Resident Evil on the 3DS.

[wishingW3L]

too soon to tell.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Yes.

[attilayavuzer]

Who cares at this point, they're both graphically impressive.

[aNDROiD17_]

they should make ellie and joel playable characters in UC3 multiplayer

[BigStef71]

Does it really matter? In the end both of these games will be considered two of the best looking and possibly greatest games ever to grace the ps3

[Silly gameAr]

I need to play The Last of Us first. I'll be sure to get back to you.

[AO1JMM]

Epic! Cannot wait to play LOU. Gameplay looks fantastic and I love the games setting.

[jnhinsd]

Agreed 100%, Game looks awesome and is a day 1 purchase. Naughty Dog hurry up! oh wait take your time and make it even better. LOL

[josephayal]

The last of us looks better than crysis and Watch Dogs PC

[WetN00dle69]

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Nice one!

[tubers]

Maxed out on a GOOD PC that is.

For a 7 year old hardware to EVEN "step on a toe" of maxed out Crysis game on a higher end PC is a feat that shouldn't be taken lightly.

[Norrison]

Nice trolling, even on low crysis DESTROYS The Last of Us. Console games are fun, but they look average at best.

[XboxInnovation]

Halo 4 is the benchmark

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

The article isn't talking about benchmarks here... it's just talking about whether The Last of Us looks better than Uncharted 3..

[ALLWRONG]

But that didn't stop you and everyone else here from talking about Killzone in the last Halo 4 article.

[Pillsbury1]

You should be a comedian

[dcortz2027]

..on the Xbox 360, fixed!

[ItsTrue]

Sorry, but you're probably in the wrong article...

[DeletedAcc]

THE LAST OF US looks better than UNCHARTED 3

[GamerElite]

That rack looks better than anything i've ever seen

[DivineAssault]

Last of us SMASHES uncharted.. Look at the open landscapes, buildings, characters, physics, etc.. Uncharted does not look bad by any means & has excellent production value but last of us has perfected the art.. This game even got Hideo Kojima off his ass to go see em lol..

[ZoyosJD]

Character animations and facial features, lighting, buildings, and AI got to TLOU, but physics and landscapes are still held by Uncharted for now.

Characters and story will be decided with TLOU release.

I think that they had a slight trade off to focus on what will matter more in TLOU.

[tubers]

At a glance they look the same.

Upon closer inspection TLoU looks a bit better.. just a bit.

UC 3 definitely has a more color saturated theme while TLoU has it a bit toned down.. with TLoU also having a little bit better lighting and shadows in some areas.

[sly-Famous]

TLOU is superior graphically and you get the sense of realism and that has allot to do with art style but with Uncharted you also knew it was fantasy, dont get me wrong, Im not saying that you could not relate Drake & co or that it did not set the graphics benchmark because it did but that is the sense Im getting from TLOU.

[Walker]

CG ? which CG ?!! are you crazy ?!

[moodgamer]

I will just say this: If all games from now on, untill next gen, look like Uncharted 3 ou The Last of Us, i would be an very happy gamer.

[BABY-JEDI]

The Last of Us is a must buy... Now please

[M1chl]

Is the game out yet? We saw very little (which is good) about the game, to make these assumptions...

Such a pointless article, I care much more about if its not gonna be Uncharted. As much as I dig character, story and art style of Drake games, I don't like the gameplay. Because of this I am so thrilled about the TloU, because its seems to have all those good points from Uncharted without those bad points. And on the top of that my current favorite VA Troy Baker!

[sjaakiejj]

CG? I'm not aware of Naughty Dog releasing any CG cutscenes or trailers.. ever..

[Scholla]

yeah my b i meant in-game cutscenes

[chukamachine]

Very close graphically.

From what i've seen i think last of us edges it, but have not really seen enough.

My fav 2 new ip's of this gen are.

Uncharted
Deadspace

Looking forward to the last of us, and deadspace 3.

[black911]

Uncharted 3 also Had 3D. Which somewhat affects the 2D Visuals

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

These games are getting my PS3 turned on... hehe

[Hallow]

Just curious, are you Halo guys looking at these pics while wearing your Master Chief helmet? If so take it off and look again!

[ginsunuva]

No 3d performance hit.

[taquito]

if it has 3d, uncharted 3 or worse

if it does not have 3d, maybe as good as uncharted 2 which looked MILES better than uc3

uc3 was a jaggie fest with low res textures and boring!

uc2 was a masterpiece

[sdplisken]

call me crazy but ill wait for the game to come out to judge which game looks better

[black911]

Beyond: Two Souls Looks Better Then Both!!!!!!

(Take a Look)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/...

[taquito]

@black

c'mon man, if you honestly believe the game will look ANYTHING like that, I got some real estate on the moon to sell you

we all know the fake shots of uc3 look incredible too, but the actual game ended up looking like this;

http://oi40.tinypic.com/9k1...

ps3/360=last gen, you have seen EVERYTHING they were capable of 3-4 years ago, this gen has lasted WAY too long for anything to be impressive.

[Scholla]

I dont knoooooow taquito...that heavy rain looked super real so its not far fetched especially on quantic dreams second go around.

[TwiggiePantz]

I have to agree that the last of us looks nicer on a stand still. With that being said though, until we see the game in full motion it will be hard to say what looks better to the eyes once everything is being rendered on screen during action.
IMO ofcourse = )

[Cam977]

No but it looks incredible! They're too different to compare.

[bloodybutcher]

well, we haven't seen that much footage of TLOU, but from what I saw I'd say it looks better then U3.and I think it MIGHT be even more interesting

[kma2k]

All i can tell is i bet this will cause my ps3 to overheat :(

[x5exotic]

UC is gay imo....
just kidding..scratch the imo

[BX81]

The last of us, imo. The more important thing is that if you wanna play either game, it's only on PS3!

[yaz288]

for me yes. they remind of splintercell, I though like how about doing like mgs3 .. making the game violent, brutal and add blood and gore.. ( I love how bloody and brutal mgs3 was .. shooting people in the balls never got old.. wish they added mgs3 kill animations to mgs4, it would've been much better )

I think un had a shitty gunplay and TLOU is doing it much better .. un1 did it very well, but in 2 I was like wtf?! it become worse! .. little disappointed at first but got over it .. diffidently was because of the multiplayer .. hope the last of us stay SP only

[Smokingunz]

They both look the same to me! The last of us has a slight edge in gfx though. However the gameplay looks a lot better than U3. Also, I think both u3 and tbe last of us use the same gfx engine.

[HmongAmerican]

The Last of Us is the better game because of the advance AI system and how they react to each others. That's what got me interest in the game and the real time items swap from your backpack. Add all this and you have a true survival game for the player to experience.