Gears of War 3′s Visual Evolution Is Phenomenal: A Screenshot Comparison

GB: "Gears of War 3 is one of the major games releasing for the Xbox 360 later this year and it is a pretty important title for the system. Considering how Epic Games is really pushing the envelope for visuals in video games, we decided to check how Gears of War 3 has evolved compared to it's predecessor. And the results are there for your viewing.

What do you think? Does Gears of War 3 will look even better than this? Let us know in the comments below."

[gameseveryday]

Whenever I think of Gears of War 3, I hope that Epic will use their next generation of Unreal Engine.

I wonder how consoles would be able to handle the new Unreal Engine. Hell, I doubt a PC that costs anything under $5000 can handle this. (lol)

But if Gears 3 will use the new engine, everyone's jaws will drop.

[Mystogan]

Xbox 720, No current Console can handle so many Awesomeness.

[Istanbull]

Lol Gears 3 will look like Gears 2 wich looked like Gears 1. The XXbox 360 and Unreal Engine 3 maxed out with Gears 1 way back in 2006.

And also Epic Games are infamous for releasing BULLSHOT screenshots before release!

http://www.gamespot.com/for...

Look at this, real time Uncharted 1 graphics demolished Gears 2 graphics:

http://kineticninja.blogspo...

[jetlian]

that site doesn't take not one real picture of gears 2 hell lot wouldn't do an uc vs gears. those 2 are ps3 fans lol

the ones in the source of this articles isn't using bullshots as you say here somemore

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/...

and that site used mp from gow they also never panned the camera and looked at the characters full body

[gamingdroid]

In the end nobody gives two flying f's, because I aint staring at the jaggies while shooting the noob in front me! :)

[Bigpappy]

This video http://www.youtube.com/watc... looks better than those pic's. The vid was take off screen with a cell phone and they were playing the multiplayer version. 6 more months before Gears is released. I have no doubt about Gears being a top contender for best graphics at the end of this year.

[kancerkid]

The new Unreal Engine tech showcase GTX 580's in triple SLI, so yea, it is possible on PC's, but expensive.

[AAACE5]

@Istanbull... You can bash all you want, but fact is Gears 2 looked better than Gears 1! And Gears 3 will look better than Gears 2!

You need to solve your own fanboy problems and ask why Killzone 3 has only sold a little over a million units when it is considered better than KZ 2 in every way! The game has been out for about a month and most high profile games usually sell their most within the first month!

Anyway, Gears 3 will do what is expected of it.

[Objective]

Anyone who has downloaded the preview of the multiplayer of Gears 3 will see immediately the vast improvement in graphics.

[Gamer_Z]

It looks the same, colors are just a bit brighter but what can you expect Xbox has never been known for pushing insane graphics and I'm not bashing the game I'm just saying it doesn't look insane like battlefield or killzone. The game is going to be awesome just not the best looking anyways it's the gameplay that will make Gears one of the best titles this year.

@disagrees love is blind and so are fanboys but whatever believe what you want

[Millah]

@Objective- and do you expect the fanboys to be objective as well?

It doesn't matter whats shown to them, or what the facts are. The disc could be covered in red and they would argue that its clearly green.

[joab777]

Honestly, I hope a game that releases as an exclusive w the backing of all the money in the world, released 7 months later does look better than k3. I'm not sure if it will but i play them botha nd love them both. Epic will do a great job and unlike k3, gow3 will get the support it deserves from Microsoft as it is their sole flagship this year. I was so disappointed w Sony's advertising for k3. Guerilla delivered and i guarantee if it released on Xbox, it would probably have sold 3x as much by now. Its sad to me.

[MaxXAttaxX]

Gears 3 looks the way Gears 2 should have looked like.

We've seen bigger jumps from other games before.
But the graphics in the Gears games took for ever to transition.
Design-wise, THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME.

Nice to see they've FINALLY improved the freaking lighting! LOL

[OneSneakyMofo]

Didn't Epic Games release like 30 bullshots of Gears 2? Until the images look like the game, 360 fans need to stop creaming their undies.

Edit:
Here's a link to the Gears 2 bullshots:
http://www.gamespot.com/for...

[RedDragan]

A $1000 PC will destroy anything on the 360 visually.

[Kurt Russell]

^Nerd graphics clowns^

This game will be great regardless of what it does or doesn't look better than. It will sell well which in turn will lead to some people loving it, and other people hating it.

Arguing graphics is probably the single most pointless and nerdy things to spend your life doing... As next year the games will look better than this, the year after that; better still and so on and so forth... All the way up until nuclear winter comes.

"bu-bu-bu-but" - Stfu.

[Objective]

There is actually a video of 4 players playing a multiplayer co-op campaign in Gears 3, and if you have ever played Gears of War 1 or 2 even, you'll be able to see straight away that Gears 3 is quite a leap in graphics (and some pretty cool new gameplay elements too).

@ Gamer_Z - you mentioned KZ3 and BF and conspiciously left out Crysis 2... whose love is blind I wonder?

[jetlian]

your beating a dead horse. they have never shown an image beating gears 1 even.. they All talk!

crysis and bulletstorm both at the top. They just now getting good looking games with splitscreen hell KZ3 isn't even split its a mess

yet reach does 4 player split and online but thats nothing special in their eyes. Oh 360 can't do more than 16 people online yet now they adding splitscreen RE3 locked at 16 go figure!

[Jezuz]

i now confirm Istanbull is a complete fanboy

[paintsville]

Wow this is Awesome. This game will easily crush Anything exclusive on ps3. Epic really knows their stuff. Gears Of War baby!

[Rashonality]

@paintsville
you can do better than that

[PraxxtorCruel]

Graphics, graphics and more graphics? Is that all you PS3 users got going for you? Why don't you just go watch your cutscenes whilst we do the gaming.

I just don't get it, you're supposedly supposed to have so many exclusives and more to come yet you're all here continuing to bash the 360 and boast about graphics and how 360 is not on par with the ps3. What's the point of your 20 exclusives if not even one can keep you of this site? At least we have a reason to be here (360 users) but with all the games ps3 has what reasons do you have? Maybe the gameplay on most of them didn't turn out to be so good, but you'd put that all aside just for the graphics, right?

Looking back now, whenever I've seen a ps3 game do well, the only thing anyone can say about it is 'graphics'. Do you actually play games on a ps3, you know involve yourself in it, or is it just CGI from the start to the end.

[WhittO]

the lighting is much better

[SixShotCop]

This game is going to be beautiful. I can't freakin wait!! For those who are complaining, how about you guys go find something to play?

[tokugawa]

instanbull, and all the idiot agrees...lol

quick just forget that crysis 2 destroys gears in the graphics department.

and, lets not forget that it makes every idiotic sony fanboy look like the idiots they are when they said/still try and say that the 360 is/was maxed!!

crysis 2 served the crow for you idiots. infact, being as i own a ps3/360, i can say that crysis 2 is up there with the "greatezt excluzivez" on the ps3.... exclusives that i own myself.

just imagine what crytek could have done if they had made crysis 2 exclusive to either console??

[SixShotCop]

I can't wait to see some in game footage for Codename: Kingdoms. An exclusive Crytek game on 360 is sure to make the haters hate.

[MaxXAttaxX]

Hope the multiplayer isn't broken this time around, instead.

[Reibooi]

Those screens are not what the game is gonna look like. When Gears 2 was shown off like this it looked MUCH better then the final game and alot of people came to the conclusion that the screens were taken from a PC running the game at max specs which isn't how the 360 would run it.

It's quite easy to see that the game won't look that good. The leap is far to big and Gears 1 to Gears 2 didn't have a leap half that big and again the Gears 2 screens prior to release looked similar and then the game came out and it didn't look nearly as good as those screens.

They are nothing but hype inducing screens simple as that.

[SuperLupe]

Not too sure about that man, Gears 3 in mtion is looking mighty fine. I'm actually expecting it to look this good.

[Reibooi]

I'm not saying the game looks bad or anything quite the oppisite in fact. It is easily the best looking Gears game.

That said it's not because of some new found Tech or the updates to the Unreal Engine. It's because of better character design and MUCH better use of Color(everyone has at this point noticed they are using Color better and the game no longer looks grey and dull but at the same time still looks like a Gears game so Kudos to Epic for that)

I have seen Gears 3 in motion from the various vids around the net but it doesn't look as good as the screens in this article show. These are messed with. They are not straight captures they have been prettied up to make it look as good as they can and they did the same thing with Gears 2(Never needed to with Gears 1 because at the time it was the best looking game around and needed no help)

Again I'm not saying the game looks bad at all. It's just not gonna look this good unless they release a PC version.

[kaveti6616]

"I'm not saying the game looks bad or anything quite the oppisite in fact"

Okay, show me where in your first post you were saying the opposite.

[SonyPS360]

Anyone who's played Gears 2 on a HD tv knows that the screenshots were never "Bullshots".

Go watch some gameplay videos.

[rob6021]

@Reibooi

by 'better use of color' you probably mean a more dynamic range of colors. This is most likely actually due to an upgrade to the engine. Designers don't necessarily chose to use bland colors, It's just a trade off done to get more performance most of the time.

[LCF]

IMO from playing Gears alot online. The only things Epic did from Gears to Gears 2 was sharpen up the textures, went from grey to brown and screw up MP. I lost track on how many patches and restructuring of MP they did. I dont see myself paying for live again just for this game. Shame really, MP was alot of fun in the 1st Gears and had high hopes for the 2nd.

P.S Dedicated servers is a start Clifford!

[sobekflakmonkey]

Look at uncharted 2/3 though, the leap is HUGE, theres no reason why Gears 3 wont look amazing...

[eliasg]

@Reibooi

I am sure that you have already forget which console runs better the game with the best graphics of the generation (Crysis 2)

[Megaton]

Gears hasn't lived up to its ridiculous screenshots 2 times now, yet people still fall for it again. No entry in the series looks bad, but there's a very cut and dry history of Epic bullshotting what they release to the press.

[dabri5]

I think the screens shown thus far are a fairly accurate portrayal of the game. Then again, I think I'm the only one here who is actually seen the game in action frequently.

http://img.photobucket.com/...

[Lekumkee]

lmao @ Epic - The king of all bullshots.

[CobraKai]

Gears always look amazing in stills, then "ok" when you're actually playing it.

[FinalSpartan]

wooow one the best looking console games. Gears started the dark colour scheme and everyone copied it. Whole generation copied it. Gears also popularised the cover mechanics, Now you see one of the most overused gameplay aspects this whole gen.

Now look at it look still awesome and with colour. Unreal engine 4 looks so dangerous the power is immense if a game is made like that everything on PC and consoles blown away.

no one can deny that gears of war is one of the largest hitting new ip this whole generation that did alot.

[BeOneWithTheGun]

I might be wrong but i think rainbow 6 did cover first...anyone?

[trippyaaron]

@ BeOneWithTheGun
no, the first cover system was way back on n64.

[shadow2797]

"Gears started the dark colour scheme and everyone copied it."

I stopped reading right there. Surely you don't actually think Gears was the first game do be dark or grey, right?

And guys, he's not saying Gears invented the cover system, he's saying it popularized it. Which is true.

Anyway, screens look great. I'll be impressed if it looks like that on my TV.

[FACTUAL evidence]

Looks sorta the same, just more green.

[awi5951]

yep winback had a cover system back on 64 and i think it came out on playstation as well.

[Queefy_B]

Thank you.

[Amphion]

It looks the same as Gears 2. Just because they are hyping it up trying to convince us that it looks better, doesn't mean it actually does.

The best graphics on the XBOX 360 is Crysis 2 and Gears 3 doesn't look anywhere near as good as that.

[starchild]

You don't have a clue what you are talking about.

Gears 3 has a completely new lighting engine. Going from having no real-time lighting to a dynamic real-time lighting engine is a HUGE difference right off the bat. Then there are the other improvements to foliage rendering, post processing effects and so on.

I played Gears 3 at PAX and it easily looks as good as any game on the PS3. Actually, I think it looks better than any game currently out on the PS3.

So in conclusion, nobody is trying to convince anybody that it looks better, it is obvious to anybody with eyes that it looks much better.

[NewZealander]

artistically gears3 blows crysis2 away, but graphics wise? i dunno its going to be pretty close judging by these pics, either way gears3 is going to be one of the best looking games so far this gen.

[talltony]

You both have no clue what you are talking about. Gears 3 looks great but Starchild quit being such a fanboy. Your biased opinions never change even though you are proven wrong literally all the time. Wrong with so many games you said the same kind of crap about.

[Amphion]

I don't care how many new technologies Gears 3 employs, it still looks very close to how Gears 2 looked. Games like Killzone 3, Crysis 2. Uncharted 2, God of War 3 blow it away!

[baodeus]

ah i see the new tactic. Saying Gears look better than crysis 2 -> then say but gears doesn't look as good as UC/KZ/GoW etc....show some old pictures and wala.....Ps3 exclusives still the best. I see it quite often (funny no one ever mention Dead space 2/resident evil/RDR....etc...):D insteresting tactic.

Bread and butter of gears is the gameplay, great game modes (horde/beast mode for example), great coop etc...and that what gear does best (gameplay). I think many loves gears for those factors not just graphics; although gears's graphics look greats as well.

[Kleptic]

I love how Gears 3 is finally getting a real dynamic lighting engine...although we've heard that before (wasn't gears 2 supposed to finally have real lighting also?)...and all of a sudden its 'better' looking than any PS3 game because of it...

congrats to Epic on making UE3...at least...sort of modern...but starchild...save it dude...its not like 360 kids need to even fight about it because Crysis 2 absolutely crushes this...on YOUR system...at least from whats been shown...and knowing Epic's PR...it will NOT look better than this...and we'll all be happy if it simply looks as good as their promo shots...

[Colmshan1990]

If Epic don't make the debut of the next Unreal Engine with a new Unreal Tournament, I will be very disappointed.
UT3 is still my favourite shooter on PS3, and UT2004 my favourite on my crappy laptop.
So more Unreal Tournament please!

[Megaton]

Hey, it's someone who actually knows what Epic was famous for before Gears. A rare thing around N4G. I'd gladly trade the entire Gears franchise for another UT. My fav FPS of all time.

[mrv321]

Does anyone else find it slightly weird that the Unreal engine is known as the Gears engine ABOVE the Unreal games engine.

I also remember playing those games... they where fun.

[antz1104]

I STILL enjoy a good round of UT3 when I have time, love that game!

[Kleptic]

UT3 was great, but I can see how PC fans felt it was gimped for consoles...even though the PS3 version supported full UGC and everything...

but either way, Gears is now the franchise Epic is known for...its no longer Unreal...I wouldn't be surprised if the next batch of middleware that Epic licenses out will have some sort of Gears name...even UE3 made its debut through the first Gears of War...not UT3...

thats the way it goes though...those of us that know and love Epic because of the original Unreal games quickly became a minority because a massive influx of gamers didn't start gaming until the 360...its the same phenomenon last gen with Halo...and how millions of people thought Halo was the very first first person shooter...and the rest of us simply stared at them blankly, and stopped listening...

[Dagobert]

My computer under 2,000$ can handle that easily. Time to upgrade your computer man.

[Aarix]

How about a $300 computer.....didn't think so.

[mrv321]

Yeah but a $300 computer can run internet explorer, multitask... You could easily make a $600 computer and run that, heck if you have Case, HDD, DVDD, fans and a old copy of windows XP you could get away with $400.

[zeddy]

it doesnt look that great. although it prob looks better in motion rather than in stills.

[BX81]

@Istanbull and anyone else who uses the made up term "BULLSHOT", STFU you dumb BAC! That's my made up term for B#tch @ss C*nt!

[SixShotCop]

I don't undersand the hate on this site. Could somebody care to explain why so many people are hating on Gears in the thread? Everybody knows Gears is going to kick ass just like Uncharted 3. Whats the problem?

[BX81]

@JerryKurl I agree. Every system has great games. 4 some reason made up crap like bullshots really gets to me. Why not just say you think the pics are touched up? Wierd.

[Vherostar]

Gears 3 will look a lot like 2 right now it may look a bit better but with a demo you can do that.

[the_best_player]

Here's a ingame Gears Of War 3 image
http://img14.imageshack.us/...

[AnxietyAttack]

LOL! Nice pic from Gears 1 dude! It's also quite obvious to anyone thats actually played Gears, that the pic was taken before the textures loaded as well. Your trolling sucks.

[milohighclub]

Lol, all they've done is change the colour and added extra lighting, the graphics are exactly the same.

[the_best_player]

yep

[Mizz_mai]

Ummm it's part 3 it's supposed to look better....put it up against some ps3 exclusives!!!!!!

But wait a minute,those are'nt in game shots....WTH!!!!!

[frostypants]

They could use the new Unreal engine...but that doesn't necessarily mean they'd be able to push it too hard.

Not sure about all the disagrees saying the 360 couldn't handle the stuff in that demo of the new engine. It's common sense. It's the equivalent of a 6 year old PC. Of COURSE the 360 can't handle the stuff shown in that one demo.

But it can certainly handle the stuff in these screenshots.

[GCO Gamer]

I remember when they announced the budget for Gears of War 2, I cried because it was so low. Anyway, I can't wait tell they announce the budget for Gears 3 because it seems to bring another level of awesomeness. I wonder how low this one's going to be.

[Shaka2K6]

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[SonyPS360]

The level of denial here is absurd. If you see no difference then you need glasses.

[Aarix]

The fact your Bolding your statement prooves your being an unbiased prick.

[halocursed]

The textures and the lighting looks better IMO!

[Rage_S90]

and the colours....

[GamingForever]

Looks amazing! The place I think graphics need to move forward on the most is skin, and dang does this skin look good! (IMO)

[crystalnova2004]

Must say the blood effects still have a certain cartoon-like over the top feel to them. Was never much of a fan of that considering how gritty the rest of the gear's universe is.

[General Shrooms]

Gears 2 looks like crap to me now after seeing this.

[pixelsword]

Gears 2 still looks good, it's just that Gears 3 looks even better.

[Vherostar]

We shall see when the games released though won't we. Havn't we learned especially over the last couple of months that demos are not final representations of the game?

[Blad3star]

I did knot know that the had a trash ball map.

Winning!

[ECM0NEY]

I really hope english is your 2nd or even 3rd language, which would make your SHeen reference pretty funny bc your not an American.

[Blad3star]

I am not American. I am Hispanic.

[WetN00dle69]

Im Hispanic as well BUT what the hell is a trash ball map?

[SnakeMustDie]

The graphics definitely has improved. Improvements for UE3 looks nice.

[funkyroy]

The models both look cartoony in my opinion, yet in an awesome way. The game is really polished and good looking!!!

[GodSquad]

I wonder what resolution those images are. I have a hard time believing it can be that dramatic. Either way, Gears3 is a must buy. The first was the best 360 game in my opinion.
Exclusive, i mean.

[Trevonn]

gears 1 is on pc

[WetN00dle69]

And do you see it for any other console?
Its 360 console exclusive. SO yeah in the end its still an exclusive.

[GodSquad]

Of course. I meant console exclusive.

[Trevonn]

@WetN00dle69 i was just correcting him and still the fact remains that gears 1 is still on pc so its not an "exclusive" retard look up exclusive you idiot if i can play gears 1 without owning a 360 its not a "exclusive"
simplez
p.s "360 console exclusive" realy?

[lochdoun]

What stands out to me most is just how colorful and bright the environment is this time around. It looks gorgeous.

[DelbertGrady]

Looks amazing! I love the new art direction that uses more vibrant colors than the previous games.

[Hanuman]

Character models are way better in Gears 3! Also a good thing they added some more colour to the series. I was expecting they would also use Gears 1 in the comparison! Then you could really see how far the tech has come..

[ps3bestever]

Holllly Shiiiit, Looks Best Graphic of the year and even decade

[Xfanboy]

lol I can't wait to see the PS3 vs 360 WW3!! It inevitable!!

Graphics wise this year my money in on BF3 & Uncharted 3.. But gears looks great!

[bessy67]

And don't forget Crysis 2. The graphics in that game are pretty amazing as well.

[Gambuzin0]

4 players coop with dedicated servers and with beautiful graphics, can't wait!! I hope that uncharted3 also has online coop i don't understand why 2 didn't had

[CernaML]

...lol

Uncharted 2 did have online coop.

[Gambuzin0]

on the campaign????weird i never saw the option for that

[CernaML]

Ah, you never mentioned campaign. The co op in Uncharted 2 was still tons of fun. But having it for the single player campaign just wouldn't work IMO.

[bluegreenman]

in gears 3 the coop for the story works very well. Its made so that each controller is actually controlling a individual squad mate with their own story line. That will be amazing, instead of a bunch of master chief clones running around.

[WetN00dle69]

Yeah the Uncharted 2 Online Co-op is really fun indeed.

[Ninjamonkey82]

crap comparsions. Theres plenty other areas in gears two that could ahve been compared. But overall it does enouigh for me to come out abit ahead of the gears 2 engine but its not leaps and bounds. It will do till 720 though. That depends if they continue the series.

[SwiftShot]

With a decent tv n HDMI :)

[Motorola]

Doesnt look bad at all.

[RyuDrinksTheDew]

looks great, but i wish this site wouldnt use such compressed screens.

[TheFact003]

meh.. U2 looks better, KZ3 looks better, Crysis 2 looks better, U3 will look better and every PS3 exclusive coming out this year except Socom 4 will look better..

[AnxietyAttack]

LOL! troll.

[Arnon]

Sounds like someone's a little jelly.

[Clarence]

The game looks great but I don't think these are in game shoots. Photoshop can clean up a lot of pics.

[theonlylolking]

They are not real because EPIC even said themselves at E3 that they added color and dynamic lighting. These screenshots do not look like they just added those 2 things.

[Rageaholic]

I am getting this game for sure... but the xbox fans made this seem like it was graphics king... Maybe when Gears 1 came out .... but after Gears 2 it just seemed a little bit polished it started to show the limitations of the xbox.

[SonyPS360]

Actually Crysis 2 has shown the Xbox 360 is just as capable of producing AAA graphics as the Ps3. There are no "limitations", just lack of developers willing to go the extra mile in terms of visuals. I.E. First party developers.

[hoops]

Crysis 2 has showed that the Xbox360 is capable of putting out great visuals on one of the most technical game engines (cryengine 3)that is on par with PS3 exclusives. The Xbox360 is limited and its showing but Crysis 2 has shown many that with decent developers at hand, they can push it further.

[milohighclub]

In parts crysis 2 is one of the best graphics on consoles, I say in parts because its brought down by quite a lot of things like looking up at buildings and their been no detail, late texture loading and pop ins. All of which killzone does not suffer from. But there
Are times when your looking around and the buildings look massive and everything is full of detail that it really shines just a shame its not consistant.

[AlphaJunk]

@milohighclub -"All of which KillZone doesn't suffer from."
hahaha really, you must not being playing the same Killzone 3 I'm playing, because I see pop in textures every time I play; seconddly, texture farther away are lower res and easily seen if you're not biased and admit it to yourself!! Also, as Dice(Battlefield) games) pointed out and Challenged Gorilla on about their KZ3 engine was to make a game with a world as expansive as theirs while providing the same level of visuals. Crysis 2's world is much larger than KZ3's very small areas - so please please understand what the engines are doing when you compare games

[therapist]

make xbox720!!

no game will look better on either console

ps3=uncharted 2/god of war 3, max, nothing better, killzone 3 looks worse than 2

xbox=bioshock 1 gears1/2/3 best it can do, no more nothing, will not happen,
the updated unreal tech demo is a pc tech demo, that shit will never run on consoles,

look at what consoles got with crysis 2

1024x720, 20-28 frames per second, shit ton of pop-in
crytek were laughing their asses of as the programmed that shit, they were trying so hard to get it up to even 30 frames and were like fuck it!!

lol

[Paradicia]

Oh look a neutral troll... a rare breed around here nowadays.

[Rage_S90]

no its a pc fanboy, isn't it obvious?

[WetN00dle69]

lol okay, Who pissed in his coffee?
Crysis 2 looks amazing on consoles and KZ3 does indeed look better than KZ2.

[TKCMuzzer]

You try to make a point, unfortunately no one has a clue what it is.

[i_like_ff7]

People thumb this guy down but its the friken truth. The console hardware is so outdated nowadays. Gears 3 still doesn't look as good as early Unreal 3 demos and its simply because its the hardware limitation on Polygon counts and Texture sizes. Regardless of the game engine, it isn't going to look any better with the outdated hardware.

[Tikicobra]

Obviously Gears 3 looks way better, but this is a bad screenshot comparison. The screenshots being compared are too different for the changes to be evident.

[TKCMuzzer]

Dictionary Definition. Phenomenal : highly extraordinary or prodigious;
I wish game journalists would look at what words mean before using them so loosely.
There always seems to be an over exaggeration in game journalism, great, yes , Phenomenal , no.

[AnxietyAttack]

I guess it would make more sense to you if he was describing a PS3 exclusive right?

[TKCMuzzer]

Eh, no game looks phenomenal on either format. It's just an over used word for all formats to attract attention.
As for the guy saying "Halo" is stunning, that's quite amusing.

[Arietos]

Looks like 2, 2 looks better in some part (endscreenshot).
Sonyekclusives like The Last Guardian will look better in motion than maxed out pc version of Gears 3. That's the truth. Enginewisely too... :(

[palaeomerus]

No, Sony exclusives won't, but PS3 fanboys will ignorantly insist that they do anyway. Their perspective is so skewed that they even tried that "bullshit it to godhood" approach with inFamous.

[hellzsupernova]

and xbots will insist it does ahhh the cycle of fanboyism

[etownone]

Damn....is it really so hard for Sonyfans to admit that the game looks amazing?!

[Flare149]

I usually lean more toward Sony, and while I think it does look good, it's not quite amazing (mainly when compared to Crysis 2, Killzone 3, or Uncharted 2). The other thing to note is that those screens are from multiplayer matches where there is less to render. I'm mainly stating that in relation to Crysis 2 also, just to show that that's at the optimal time when it can focus solely on the small map area. Again, it looks good, but there are justifiable reasons why it's not really amazing.

Just my two cents

[hoops]

They can't. It would go against everything Sony told them....

[Gamer_Z]

If you think that looks amazing then Battlefield 3 will look like real life to you Lol

[Toman85]

It looking great for a X360, but I have seen those visuals in 2009 with Uncharted 2 im afraid ;)

Good I have 4000$ PC, PS3, 360 and Wii :)

[TKCMuzzer]

It depends, are you judging from that still screen or video footage? Because from the video footage it looks great. Is it a phenomenal step up from Gears 2? simple answer is no.

[iliimaster]

already have this bad boy paid in full with my gears 3 beta code baby!!!!! K i l l a Kratos XBL GT!@ a gears legend!

[Flare149]

It looks good, but I wouldn't say phenomenal. The improvements look about on par with the graphical updates of any sequel.

On a side note, I'm really eager to play the Beta to see if it's any better. If I still can't get into it then I'll probably be selling my 360. That's kinda the last title they've got, and most are on PC and 360 so I might as well just get it for PC

[Bigpappy]

Thank you. I was sitting here wandering: How is 'Flare149' going to game after Gears? It was driving me crazzzzy! Thanks again man. Now may be I can get some sleep.

[Flare149]

Thank you for your reply, which just used my explanation of why I wanted to play the Beta and as an excuse to post a useless comment to this thread. Last I checked this site was a place to share thoughts on games and news. As it turns out, that is my thought on the Beta so it is totally justifiable that I would post that to highlight both my belief that Gears 3 will be good enough to keep my 360, as well as my discontent that Microsoft has not announced any titles. It takes a lot of brain power to see past the small comments and find what is really being said behind them, and I'm sorry this isn't an attribute you have. In the future, if you have any problem understanding the reasoning behind simple posts, or understanding the concept of voicing personal opinion to a situation, feel free to PM so I can help explain it to you. Have a nice day!

[shadow2797]

Oh lighten up, that was funny.

[Arnon]

Why is it... that every year, we have the same idiotic comment pop up stating "it's the last game the 360 has" right when the year starts, and then more titles are announced, and the same idiotic comment pops up the next year. You ever consider just... I don't know... waiting until actual gaming events roll around to decide what to do?

"Gears of War 3 is the last 360 game. I don't actually know this, but I'll say it anyway and probably be wrong midway through the year."

I hardly ever touch my 360 and I know this was a bad comment.

[BABY-JEDI]

Excellent set & character design. I really enjoy the gameplay which means I don't really spend too mich time taking in the gory glory of the graphics. These shots are looking more vibrant = good
; )

[callahan09]

I just want to shake my head at all the people saying Epic doesn't do bullshots, or implying it by slamming disagree on people who say they do. Of course they did bullshots. The screenshots for Gears 2 were like quadruple 1080p resolution, or higher. They have a history of releasing super hi-res screenshots that aren't actually what the game looks like as it renders in real time. I'm not saying that the graphics in Gears games aren't good, because they're very good, even excellent. But the screenshots that they release can't be trusted. If it doesn't have a HUD overlay in the screenshot, I would most definitely assume that it's a bullshot.

[Bathyj]

Wasn't the term Bullshot invented as a direct response to Gears 1 not matching up to their "renders"?

[palaeomerus]

Nope. It was Madden 2006.

[Aibo]

I don't have xbox but both looks same to me - great! Wish this was on PC too.

[Flare149]

* Accidentally posted reply as comment*

[Legendary-Status]

I'm starring at these pic's and see no difference..i mean honestly..but I know it will look good in motion...

[Bathyj]

What kind of comparison is this?

They compare an outdoor grassy area to a dimly lit indoor locale as if thats supposed to imply it looks better?

Personally I found 3 out of 5 of those pix, part 2 was the winner, if there is such a thing. I'm not saying 3 wont look better than 2, this comparison just sux.

[Kahvipannu]

Damn, the game looks a beast, I need to fix my X0 for this..

[artsaber]

But, I'm gonna preorder this game off Amazon to get a $20 bonus credit. I have no doubt that Gears3 will be excellent. But the comparison fails to always show Gears 3's prowess over 2. That last comparison shot, actually Gears2 looked better due to the extra darkness that happened to match the environment.(I am one who believes darker=/= better)

I don't understand the hate towards this game. I understand people's disdain for CliffyB, but he doesn't create the whole game, the development team does, give them some credit.

I hope Gears3's online is better to address people's previous complaints. The game is looking good, but lets hope it has much less pop-in, hopefully an install option can help with this.

For people who see no difference, the difference is that Gears 3 looks cleaner with a less gray color palette. The new color brings more life to the environment IMO. Most of you forget that Gears' greater graphical achievement is not found in pixel counting, but in the art style/direction. It is a damn good design. Give credit when due... xbox fans please do the same to PS3 games when warranted.

[earbus]

Less cartoony than uncharted thats for sure.

[shotgun_ps3]

I've been wanting a 360 for some time now but due to financial woes I'm restricted to just my ps3 at the moment (not that I'm complaining or anything) but if I have enough money when gears 3 comes out then it's a sure bet. This game looks awesome.

[ceed911]

Gears of War has always had great graphics. I am not seeing any difference in these shots?

[IamWilliam]

all i have to say is gears 1 on PC looks better than these screenshots of both titles.

[Aarix]

Wow hahahaha is this Stevie wonder?

[IamWilliam]

nope, why would you think such a thing?

[blakstarz]

Better looking? No...it still looks the same, the only things that is really noticeable is that it looks like its more colorful and using a different pallet for colors which makes it just stand out more.
Even the characters skin tone...look more fleshed tone rather than the "purplish washed out" type of color.

[bluegreenman]

If you think it looks the same, you are either blind, or have no clue how a graphics engine works. EPIC has had full conferences just to explain the updates to the engine. Just ignorance

[blakstarz]

Ummm...no just look at it, it looks pretty much the same. If you look at the color pallet of the 2nd installment, its obvious that the colors have been kicked up a notch and makes it stand out.
Every dev talk about this and that about their engine, don't you know that?
Ignorance has nothing to do with (typical 360 fan backlash), just look at the screenshots..nothing about those shots are enough to say "Holy shit...look at that!". You must be blind dude....look at it, it just has a splash of more "color" if anything, if is a big difference, then these screenshots is not doing it justice and need to use something that really stands out.

[strifeblade]

looks better than every single ps3 exclusive coming out this year

[Dagobert]

Killzone 3 looks better.

[ATiElite]

Then go buy it! barely 1 million units in over a month is pretty pathetic.

In two months Gears 3 is gonna sale more units than KZ2 and KZ3 combined (3.5m) GUARANTEE!

so instead of trolling go buy that game that looks better.....sitting on stores shelves and not in PS3's.

[macky301]

Maybe because ps3 has more core exclusive games in a month,.. hell sometimes in a week, then 360 has in a year,.. ?

Maybe that has something to do with it,.. Have you ever thought of that,..?

[Colmshan1990]

When will we realise that the true worth of graphics is only revealed in movement anyway?
With a screenshot, we often can't even tell whether it's a cut scene, or how fluid animations are, etc.
I'd expect this to look good though, it's xbox's flagship series in terms of graphics.
One last hurrah before focusing on the next generation?

[akashkira54]

hey ps3 fans stop trolling!!!!! the only imiage that i see a big difference is the first one, the rest look kinda the same interms of detail

[Loner]

Gears 3 will take Crysis 2s crown as best looking console game

[Kon]

this

[XabiTheHumble]

LOL! You guys are delusional. Thanks for the laugh.

[ATiElite]

That's a nice improvement over Gears2.

More colors
sharper images
better detail

the picture (where the chick has a gun up her ass) shows the 360 maintaining some respectable level of draw distance detail while the action is clearly on a close up.

I hate the Unreal engine with a passion but this is a nice improvement of Gears 2. Gears 3, 2 million sold day 1 unlike.....

[blakstarz]

That's exactly what I said, this no leaps and bounds better....just adding a bit more splash of color...hell, even KZ3 is more color and therefore makes it stand out, it was already and amazing looking game to begin with. But adding a bit more of a colorful backdrop will make any game stand out if it was using a rather "bland" pallet for color.
360 only-owners kill me, no where did I say it sucks...the 1 and 2nd are great, but 3 still looks the same just better in terms of what I said, the character models and everything still look the same.
Just look at the screenshot of Dom, he looks dame near purple like he needs a blood transfusion and in the new screenshot the flesh tone is much more apparent.

[Dogs_PinoyPOOD]

lol evolution my ass... they jus added grass thats all

[sarshelyam]

...who sees maxed PC screens for GoW3 paired to upscaled screens on 360. Of course things are going to look better. I certainly don't expect this level on the final product for the 360 though.

[caperjim]

Gears 3 will be the same as Gears 2 except with female characters. Maybe throw in a little better lighting but thats it. This generation has reached its peak. Dont look forward to anything visually stunning on any present platform except PC.

[Killzoned]

Last screenshot looks awesome

[danthebios]

Doesnt impress me at all.

[Incipio]

"Does Gears of War 3 will look even better than this?"

You are of no will be learning of the English?

[AuToFiRE]

personally, i dont see much of a graphical difference, just different textures

[femshep]

holy crap they realized there are more colors besides brown 0-0 who are you and what did you do to my brown dudebro over done stereotypes....and why the hell would you put captain EMO Dom back in he ruined the second game with his emoness and wasting time to chase dead people

[tubers]

Some textures look way better.

@ the new UT engine.. the PC can run it now.. albeit with 2-3 GTX 580s.

That's what they used for the tech demo anyway.

[smashman98]

First off before i go on absolutely disliking this post i will say I love gears I played 1 and 2 unfortunately my xbox was out of warranty when it rrod'd but I promised my self i will be buying the 3rd and a new Xbox JUST FOR THIS GAME

with that being said these images sucked i mean for enviroments u compared a map from gears 2 that was totally opposite of the one u used for 3

for character models u compared ANYA to a friggin locust
these comparisons suck balllsssssss

i have no doubt gears 3 will look better than 2 but these screen comparisons dont really go about showing it the right way

[HacSawJimThugin]

I love how people love to compare FPS's graphics to TPS's, especially Gears. You would think that common sense negates any form of debate or an argument but I guess having sense ain't so common.

In a FP, a developers main focus is to render two arms, a gun, reloading said gun, an arm throwing a grenade, basically arms flailing around, and the action going on around you, and that's it. Epic does that with a full person view perspective. Think about it.....The entire person is in view, while, rendering kill animations, taking cover, gun reloading, and a host of other s@#t, plus making the BEST LOOKING GAME PERIOD...YOU SEEN THE FOOTAGE!!

Now who's job is easier?? That's why they released the mock game Duty Calls...lol...

Compare third persons and miss me with that Drake stuff, it looks good but come on' son, Epic could do that, not so sure the other way around.(Quantum Theory?)They are good show some respect.

[jneul]

all current gears 3 shots are from the pc build ppl, when will you ever learn, gears 3 wont look much better than gears 2, as gears 2 maxed out the 360 and killed a few as well

[Sackl3ot]

Exactly, they'll never learn. They even claimed a certain sub-hd game is the best looking game on consoles. What do you expect from them?

[bangoskank]

Must be a PS3 owner...

[Sackl3ot]

Note: I said "consoles", not console. That certain game is sub-hd on both consoles.

Now you were saying?

Must defend 360 until you die...

[D0UbleF_]

The capabilities of the 360 were already maxed out with Gears 1.
Gears 2 did a little smooth out on the choppy edges.
Gears 3 is pure marketing and perhaps a little "renewing" gameplay.

But that's it, you can't go any further on the 360, unless you want massive Xbox deaths and overheatings..

[no_more_trolling]

the game is more fun than killzone anyday

[smashman98]

General radec would rape you for that comment lucky for you i did u a favor and killed him in killzone 2 for u

[spacetoilet]

Looks very nice, I like the the colours, much more vivid colour palette, a definite move away from the 'grey' palette of the previous two releases.
Looks neat.

[Masterchef2007]

Theres not a huge difference between Gears 2 and Gears 3. For me the biggest change came with the second one when they changed the lighting and art style. Now while i do admit that Gears 3 does look good the engine that it uses is old and it shows in many places.

Gears 3 might not be the most visually impressive title of 2011 but it will be a lot of fun to play which is its most important aspect.

[bangoskank]

How can the PS3 trolls determine that all the games in the series look alike when they've never played any of them? They can't. It's just ignorant children making asinine comments about a game on a system that they do not own. You can't judge the games visual performance based on screenshots. The gameplay videos I've seen for Gears 3 are definite improvements over the previous installments. Everything from the animation to the textures and lighting have seen significant improvements. I still won't have a solid verdict until I actually play the beta on the 18th and will reserve my judgement for then. And for all of you who think that these are the rantings of a xbox fanboy I have one thing to say to all of you: "UMBASA!"

[blakstarz]

What make you think that PS3 owners just only own a PS3? Some people have both you know and I happen to be one of them and the game doesn't look like this evolutionary leaps and bound game people are claiming it to be, definitely these screenshots aren't justifying it, just more vivid looking, that's it.
The only people bitching and whining are the folks that only one one console really.

[bangoskank]

The visuals are definitely not "evolutionary leaps and bounds" better than the first two games but they are noticeably better.
I believe that most people on here are PS3 owners because they make it very apparent by how they express themselves in their comments.

[hadouken007]

I thought graphics wasn't everything.

[AlphaJunk]

this article is silly and stupid. Secondly, Photos can never convey the animations, shader effects, and amount of things going on in a game.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Rabid fanboys from the evil side won't understand this. They actually believe that Killzone 3 and its horrible textures creating a blurry game is the best graphics ever. They also are blinded by the fact that the majority of Gt5 looks like crap.

Fact is Gears 3's textures blows KZ3 out of the water. A much more crisp and clear look compared to the blurry KZ3.

[achira]

lol, you are out of your mind if you believe your own words.

[Clance]

Looked better before.

[ZILLA]

now its right on par with UNCHARTED 2.

[Clance]

Wouldn't go that far.

[smashman98]

Zilla... you SO CRAAAAAAAAAZZY

[thor]

Epic games release bullshots again and the 360 fanboys lap them up. It happens every time. The whole point of releasing bullshots is that you'll convince some people it's in-game. If you release in-game shots everyone will know what it looks like. Release bullshots and 50% of people will think it'll look better than it does. I wonder if people will ever learn? People still use Gears 2 bullshots in their comparisons with other games, despite having played Gears 2!

[achira]

yes they never learn. but they dont want to learn, this would mean they would admit that their beloved console is inferior.

[BIGBOSS08]

to be honest your probably right, cause i remember the same with gears of war 2. some awesome images were released and looked amazing but they was never in game, like people believed they were at first.

[Treyb3yond]

It could be the ps3 version! :-p

[BIGBOSS08]

great graphics. best XBOX 360 looking game for sure. 2 graphics beasts releasing end of this year, this and UNCHARTED 3, which i think is going to be the best looking game ever beating current holder U2 which is still without a shadow of a doubt the best looking game out there overall. this year is gonna be good for games.

[baraka007]

Anyone left on this site that isn't a bitter hateful shut in? It's not even possible to talk about anything without it getting lost in a sea of crazy... Why do you people even waste time posting this nonsense? It's not like any of you are going to change someone else's mind. It's just angry rants. Why can't you people act like you're normal?

[Treyb3yond]

Looks great but I can't help thinking that the 360 is playing catch up in terms of graphics.

[FinalomegaS]

almost 6 year old system still kicking, good to know.

4 player online co-op (story)?

[no_more_trolling]

who cares how it looks
it looks good and it will be more fun online than any ps3 game

[Glasscocked]

The Gears games have always looked amazing and been fun to play, Gears 3 will be no different.

[sway__z]

It does look improved. The textures look richer and the colors more vibrant. For an 360 game it looks incredible. However, on the same token it looks marginally improved. The UC2/UC3 comparisons are similar, in that UC3 looks improved, but marginally. There's only so much left in the tank for both PS3 & 360.

I am a PS3 user only, but even I have to agree it looks amazing considering the hardware limitations.

[Simco876]

Not trolling here... but Uncharted 2 looks way better.

[krazykombatant]

it's true but at the same time you don't have to be a douche about it. It's almost as bad as those new iphone ads. "if you don't have an iphone.. well you don't have a iphone". The only things that could ever come close to the uncharted series would be ME franchise or crysis 2. But different genres and they still look as good as what i've seen uncharted can do.

[Picture_Dancer]

Is it only me, who knows that most of these screens are bullshots, which have very little in common with the game.

Same "brilliant screens" from previous Gears:
http://lytherus.com/wp-cont...
http://www.gamersmint.com/w...

[krazykombatant]

Looks to me like they got rid of the gritty gray colors from the previous games, sorry but ME and ME2 already had this capability graphic wise. It's just that the colors are much more vibrant making the game look prettier instead of the dull gray shit from before.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I dont know, some of these look better in the old version to me...

[tmoss726]

Okay I've actually played it already (at PAX East) and the game really does look as good as those screenshots. People are always so skeptical.