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.
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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.
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?
This, Bioshock infinite and Beyond. It's so hard to wait for these titles :S
1. the last of us/beyond
2. uncharted 3
You're in no way a complete imbecile.
Opposite ways of looking at it, but bubbles to you both for very good points
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.
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?
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.
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?
people are sensitive you know
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).
"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 "
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..please, buy a ps3, and uc3, kz2/3, etc it's 2012 now, you have to comeback to reality.
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.
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.
how????
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.
http://www.3dtested.com/
I'll add a news item here when it's up.
But the AI and emotional connection to the characters and gameplay is why this game is going to be awesome.
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.
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?
Naughty Dog does in-engine cutscenes. The same goes for Uncharted. That was all in-engine.
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. :)
Nice one!
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.
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.
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.