This is how Assassin's Creed will most likely look like in next generation platforms

DSOGaming writes: "Okay, I’m speechless. Shi Yao designed an Italian Lonely Town, that is rendered with VRay 2 and 3ds MAX 2011 and is inspired by Assasins Creed Brotherhood. And let me tell you, it looks breathtaking."

[doctorstrange]

To see what the next gen brings

[evrfighter]

looks like witcher 2 textures

[NewMonday]

Uncharted 3 looks like this

[CameronL99]

Now if only the engines being created will make it easier to create that stuff a lot faster and easier, that's what we need, so games can be made faster, because in the end they get made cheaper - and that's the main thing. If youc an decrease the cost of development then game companies will be more likely to take chances with very original IP, which is what the industry so desperately needs.

[Ducky]

Creating stuff would'nt be all that different.

... but I bet it would make life hell for the animators and programmers to ensure that it isn't all just pretty static pictures.

[trainsinrdr]

SHWEEEEEET

[JsonHenry]

It could look like that on (high end) PCs right now. :)

[kaveti6616]

It could look like that on mid-level PCs right now.

[Cmpunk]

pc is for youtube it's not a gaming console and it never will be

plus pc gaming is a dying platform

[kaveti6616]

Then it is especially sad that a PC for youtube can outperform a dedicated gaming console. Very sad indeed.

[BeastlyRig]

I agree PC could never be a console. Derp..

Now we just have to get rid of the hundreds of games coming to pc between now & next year and it will be finished..

[Eamon]

That would be amazing.

[Bay]

It looks great, but I wouldn't say next-gen yet. It's definitely getting there though. It just has terrific lighting.

I doubt next-gen will look like the Samaritan demo either, considering that that demo was running on tri-SLi GTX 580's, and just one of them cost a ton. Unless the next gen systems are going to sell at a massive loss, I wouldn't expect anything close to the Samaritan demo.

[kaveti6616]

Epic claimed the Samaritan demo was unoptimised and could run on one gtx 580.

[qwertyz]

@Bay
you are truly ignorant. console manufactures contract gpu manufacturers to help them DESIGN a gpu then the console manufacturers manufacture the GPU themselves(using microchip manufacturers such as global foundries and TSMC) pay loyalties to the company that designed the gpu on each console sold. therefore console manufactures can get gpus for their consoles MUCH cheaper than we do, aside from that you do know that mass production reduces costs right ?

take the Xbox 360 for example Microsoft owns the design of both the cpu and gpu because they simply payed IBM and AMD to DESIGN the chips for them and pay loyalties on each chip sold but MS has rights to shrink the dies however they wish because its THEIR property.MS currently has a deal with global foundries so they help them manufacture the chip using their fabrication facilities as smaller transistor nodes become available die further die shrinks are possible

console manufacturers usually don't by gpus and cpus like we do. get your facts right before talking smack would you ?

die size is tied to manufacturing cost therefore the smaller the die size the cheaper the chip is to manufacture. with improvements in transistor technology(as smaller nodes become available) more transistors can be packed into less die space leading to smaller dies or more transistors in the SAME die space which makes it possible to make more powerful chips at the same silicon budget

Die size also affects power consumption and heat, the smaller the die size the less heat the chip gives off and the less power it consumes. if you know nothing about technology PLEASE don't act like you do.DAMN

a gtx 580 DIE(just the gpu chip alone) costs about than 200(probably even less or a little more) to manufacture but its sold at 500 because nvidia needs to make PROFIT console developers do not they usually subside their consoles scepter Nintendo that always likes to make profits from the start same reason they are always technically behind(MS and sony did this when the 360 and ps3 launched they all started by taking losses that latter turned to profits as costs reduced over the years)

having he power of 3 gtx580s won't be nearly as expensive as you think because of all these things. remember that when the 360 launched in 2005 its gpu was bleeding edge at the time ? EXACTLY it even has directx 10 feature such as unified shader architecture, memexport and multiple pass tessellation as well as fast edram it was cutting edge when it launched but unfortunately is nothing, NOTHING compared to the high end geforce 8 series gpus that launched less than a year after. PC FTW!!!

@Bay

the 360 gpu wasn't developed from ANYTHING.
does an ati radeon 1900 have unified shader archiecture ? NO

does an ati radeon 1900 support memexport ? NO

does an ati hd radeon have a multiple pass tessellation unit ? NO

does an ATI radeon 1900 have cpu l2 cache locking ? NO

can an ATI radeon 1900 use a pc cpu for procedural synthesis ? NO

does an ati hd radeon 1900 shader functionality stretch beyond shader model 3.0 ? NO

these are all features of xenos, xenos is basically a R600gpu and not an r520(like the radeon 1900/1950) it has most if not all directx 10 features ATI said this themselves google it you'll find articles.

the ps3 gpu on the other hand wasn't developed from the ground up the way the cell was, sony went to nvidia at the LAST minute because they chose not to use another cell as a gpu because the cell doesn't have texture units, rops and rasterizers which would be impossible to emulate aside from that the cell as too expensive so they decided they'll just get a weak gpu and use the cell to help it out instead .

[jetlian]

post is off he didn't mention most of what you posted! In any case they do buy some off the shelf chips.

Anyway those graphics are pretty high. Textures are high and very clear/crisp

[Bay]

Regardless, the parts are all made and designed based off pre-existing hardware, like the 360's GPU is designed off ATI's X1900 series of cards (unless you have the slim 360, in which case you get the newer 65nm XCGPU chips which I have no idea about), with the PS3 being based off nVidia's 7800/7900 series of cards. There's only so much you can do when you're basing your tech off pre-existing things - you can't modify the 7800 chip to perform significantly higher than what its normally capable of, without a major overhaul.

And did I say that the next-gen systems are going to run on the EXACT same cards as PC's? No. They'll do the same thing they did this gen - contract ATI/nVidia/Intel/AMD/IBM/whate ver to help co-develop their parts. No one is dumb enough to think that they'd be running on the same GPUs as PCs do, seriously.

[xtreampro_REVENGE!]

I bubbled you up because your comment is very informative.

Thanks!

[kamakaz3md]

its just a lame ass drawing... but anyway, if PC's are overpowering systems by just so much the games should already look like that... so where are all these insane games at??? All I see is crysis 2 and uncharted 3 and infamous 2 already come pretty close to that, more so u3...

[starchild]

PCs are unfortunately not taken full advantage of due to the fact that most games have to work on multiple platforms. Since the consoles obviously don't have the same capabilities as a PC this naturally means that games have to be designed around what the weakest hardware can do.

Secondly, what in the world are you on about with inFamous 2? That game is NOTHING special at all. Assassin's Creed, Red Dead Redemption, Batman Arkham City and Prey 2 are all more graphically advanced open world games.

And sorry, but as much as I love Uncharted and as nice as it does look, it still doesn't come close to Crysis 2, The Witcher 2, Metro 2033, or any other graphically advanced PC game.

[kamakaz3md]

ur talking about games you havent even seen on your own tv yet? lol seriously... infamous 2 looks gr8. So what about multiplatform, that has nothing to do with making a game look better on a PC. Theres no reason why they cant keep making games look like this picture. As for all the games your talkin about also (the ones that arent even out yet and like i said u havent even seen on your own tv) you didnt even put battlefield 3 in there? hmmm... your trying to talk about games that your excited about or something like your cool... just admit, PC sucks sack bags

[xtreampro_REVENGE!]

@KamaKaz3md.

If you knew how to read English you would've realised that starchild said "as much as I love Uncharted and as nice as it looks"

Meaning he has SEEN and PLAYED these games on his TV. If UC1 was developed for PC only it would look 100x's better than UC3, consoles do have an effect on the way most multiplatform games look on the PC so please be a bit open minded.

Stop being ignorant and stop being a PS3 fanboy.

[milohighclub]

the reason pcs aren't taken full advantage of is because theres a minority of people able to run games at ultra ultra specs, it would cost devs 2 much money with no profitable return. its the reason why macs have minimal AAA titles. with devs that do have the extra man power/money to do so but they dont, well that comes down to lazyness and greed.

[baodeus]

Kamakaz3md

PC games always have the option to change graphic
setting to make it playable on the hardware that you have. You also have mods, like the new GTA mods to render a large open realistic world is quite amazing to say the least. Beside, not everyone have high end PC. But if u do, u can see a big difference and could be like this picture (u don't need next gen to see it). Just go look up on Crysis 1, BFBC 3, GTA 4 mod, etc....

The one that is closest to even high setting game on pc is crysis 2. U can still see the major differences like tesselation, lighting, texture, framerate, aa etc...., but i would say console ain't that bad consider the old tech it ran on.

"ur talking about games you havent even seen on your own tv yet" so i guess u have play UC3 already then? Beside, why are u comparing a small, scripted, coridor game like UC (where developer know exactly where to focus their resources) to large open world game (u just have to render everything and must be flexible) RDR, Assassin creed, Crysis 2 (even though it isn't as big as other ones, it is still pretty huge and look so much more realistic)? How is that technologically more advance than open world game?

And why are u arguing against PC vs console? U seriously need to know when and where to argue, cause u sure don't seem to understand anything about tech based on your claims (which lack of supporting evidences).

[beastgamer]

in 2018 graphics would make us look fake.

[BlmThug]

Dumbest thing i have ever heard in my life. Thanks for making me laugh

[beastgamer]

LOL

[john2]

You need to keep in mind guys that the Samaritan tech demo overused tessellation and run at 1080p with AA and 60fps. Now imagine what it'd take to run it with lesser tessellation, at a lower resolution (720p) and at 30fps.

Now I'm pretty sure that a dual 580GTX system would be an overkill for such settings so yes, if next generation consoles come out in 2012 we might see this kind of graphics (in lower resolution and at 30fps. PCs as always will have the advantage of higher resolution, AA and 60fps... provided the hardware can handle it)

[Aggesan]

I'm pretty certain that next generation of consoles will have 1080p as standard resolution on most games.

[xtreampro_REVENGE!]

The Samaritan demo was UNOPTIMIZED!

Flippin heck do we need to broadcast it across the planet or what? How many times does it have to be said? I think Epic needs to advertise the fact that the demo was unoptimized on TV, Billboards, Buses, Newspapers, Internet (AGAIN!) etc. just to get the damn message across

Does anyone even know how to read and listen anymore?

[Peaceful_Jelly]

that pic looks like concept art.

[GrumpyVeteran]

What kind of power house would consoles have to be to render that? I don't see it happening, they'd cost too much for the average console user.

[bozebo]

lol, next gen will be nowhere near that good. That is rendered with raytracing for a start, which can't be done fast enough for games yet (and look anywhere near as good as traditional raster graphics at a good frame rate).

Maybe the gen after next.

[OcularVision]

It looks current-gen for some reason.