PlayStation 4's First Games Aim to Impress, But Lack a Desired Next-Gen Feel

1up - Killzone, Watch Dogs, Infamous, The Witness and more attempt to sell gamers on the PS4.

[GribbleGrunger]

'Come on lads, let's stick the boot in a few mores times before we finally close our site up.' That's what this slew of recent articles suggest to me.

[NewMonday]

they should take a closer look at KnacK, it was more of a technical demonstration than a trailer, the physics in that game are impressive, also depth of field is great.

technically it was more impressive than KZ:SF, if you know what to look for. a good journalist would do that instead of rehashing stuff.

[r21]

Knack was very impressive. Theres this CGI movie of Astro Boy and Knack looks real close to it graphically!

[Ace_Pheonix]

Haha, good journalist... What, you think it's the 70s or 80s?

[zerocrossing]

Honestly, average gamers won't care or even notice that stuff, we need to see more obvious evidence of a generational leap beyond prettier graphics and/or obscure details, I know that's easier said than done but I think it's important.

I know the PS4 is an impressive console but the games are what will sell it, until I can see or get hands on with a genuine PS4 game that demonstrates some impressive AI or innovative game mechanics, Im going to hold my judgement and not be pulled in by the hype we get when any new console generation is being ushered in.

[jimbobwahey]

They should take a look at other console launches. Take the Wii U for example, the games look no different to PS3 and Xbox 360 games.

Look at the Xbox 360 launch, those games barely looked any better than the generation before it and even plenty of launch titles were just slightly fancier PS2 games (Burnout Revenge, Most Wanted etc).

Consoles never launch with games that are huge leaps over the previous console generation, that's just not how the industry works. You'd think that the fools at 1up would know this, but maybe their stupidity is why they're all losing their jobs. Oh well!

[GusBricker]

A little different going from the Xbox to the 360, as we were jumping into HD for the first time and look at Condemned: Criminal Origins. It was quite beautiful and brutal for a launch title.

[zerocrossing]

@jimbobwahey

"Consoles never launch with games that are huge leaps over the previous console generation"

Seriously, when did you start gaming?

NES to Snes was a huge leap, so was PS1 to PS2, PS2 to PS3 was gigantic and don't even get me started with the Saturn and the Dreamcast.

It is true most games don't look as good as they could until near the end of a console generation, but more often than not there is a clear difference between a past and present console.

I expect come E3 we will very likely be blown away by some PS4 titles but that simply hasn't happened to me yet.

[GribbleGrunger]

I agree about Knack. What strikes me is that even PS fans are now using the 'but they're first gen games' or 'but they're using only 4GB of memory' as some sort of buffer to those who question the 'so called' jump to next gen. Please, don't sit on the fence like that, it shows you've fallen into the trap.

Killzone WAS significantly better, What Cage showed WAS significantly better, what MM showed WAS significantly better and what Capcom showed with Deep Down WAS significantly better. There are NO quibbles, so please don't pander to those who want to downplay the significant leaps and be forthright and vocal in your complete disagreement.

You are reading the post of someone who constantly went on about how next gen WOULDN'T be a significant leap and boy was I wrong. And I'm not in any way suggesting that MS won't offer this level of increase, I'm just speaking from a PS fan perspective. Don't let the dissenters make you question what you saw. It was real and it was fantastic.

I haven't been this excited since the PS2 days.

[Ritsujun]

Lack of next-gen feel?
They've totally forgotten about the existence of Wii duUum.

[Enemy]

1UP knows they're about to lose their jobs and are doing everything they can to get hits. Man, good riddance.

[Oh_Yeah]

Imagine what Bethesda is going to do next gen :o

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

DEEP DOWN Was the most impressive for me.

[DOMination-]

I didn't see much evidence of next-gen gameplay although I thought the games were visually impressive.

[SuperLupe]

I agree with them. The PS4 may have some very impressive specs but none of the games shown had the wow effect. You would have told me they were very advanced end cycle PS3 games I would have believed you.

The next gen wow effect is the effect the first Geow demo had on the gameing world for instance.

At that very moment you felt next gen dropping like a bomb, you knew games wouldnt be the same.
Nothing they showed at the PS4 reveal gave that impression.

I guess we have to wait till E3 or later in the year to get that next gen "Geow wow moment".

But hey yeah, I guess Im a rabid Xbox fanboy for not saying that the PS4 games shown were the best things Ive ever seen in my life. So its ok go ahead and unleash yourselves on me :)

[ChronoJoe]

It's just his opinion. I don't see why 1up would be looking to attack anything.

Next gen games looked good though, but we can't expect the same leap as from last. Eventually the graphical incrementations of hardware lifecycles will bottom out, and we won't see any significant notable improvements from one to the next. Probably in like 20 years or so, but bear that in mind. It's not always going to be like this. One day our video games will be near 1:1 with real life, then what? Are people going to continue complaining about the absence of technical improvement?

[MysticStrummer]

@Oh_Yeah - "Imagine what Bethesda is going to do next gen :o"

They'll still have an amount of bugs that would be unacceptable from any other developer, but Bethesda will get a pass as usual. Next gen they may achieve their dream, which is to have the exact same bugs on all platforms. The Elder Scrolls games really haven't changed all that much since the original one came out in the early 90s, so I wouldn't look for much of a leap in the next chapter, beyond graphical upgrades. "Next gen" means more than better graphics to me.

@DOMination - I agree. I haven't seen any gameplay that can't be done on current hardware, except the graphics. I still want a damn PS4 though. lol

@SuperLupe - I don't know why Gears wowed you any more than these new titles. Gears had no revolutionary "next gen" gameplay either.

[kikizoo]

Superlupe, zerocrossing, etc : amnesia ? blindess ? what is your problem..

http://www.youtube.com/user...

[sak500]

@jimbobwahey

"Consoles never launch with games that are huge leaps over the previous console generation"

As zerocrossing already pointed out there were big differences from previous generation games on most new consoles and most was the difference you failed to notice from SD to HD last gen.

Games like PGR3, Condemed and even the ones you mentioned looked amazing from anything we had seen on previous gen consoles.

Did you even play on ps1 or ps2 or xbox or maybe you are mistaking for games leap from iphone 3 to iphone 4 to iphone 5 not the consoles.

[pixelsword]

So the Wii U's games had a next-gen feel and the PS4's DIDN'T?

Goodbye, 1-up; you won't be missed at all.

[insomnium2]

@domination

"I didn't see much evidence of next-gen gameplay"

And I didn't see a next gen artistical touch at all. What is this 2013?

Seriously next gen GAMEPLAY? WTH is that? Kinect right?

[360ICE]

Each to his own, I guess.
I was blown away by Killzone and Deep Down.

[Persistantthug]

To me it looked like the 'same ol same ol' fps tropes that we've been wallowing in this generation. Yes, it looked great, but I'm expecting more.

For example, when I shoot someone in the leg, that particular leg should show damage, and they should limp.
If I shoot them in the side, they should hold or grab their side.
Get shot in the hand, then that hand is disabled, and the AI has to switch hands, making their accuracy and reloading suffer.

There shouldn't be a technical reason stuff like that should be missing, otherwise, we haven't really received true next gen yet.

Hopefully we get better.

[a_squirrel]

@above
You're talking about a nice mix of realism with the fun arcade fps. Usually when they try that it just gets annoying.

[akaakaaka]

they actually aim to show what gamer's knew as fps they did not show nothing new to not scare the gamers and make them feel familiar to what they know..
there are many new things and different levels In KZSF, decisions and different game play forms.. they just show a 8min level..
and in it you could see many next gen features but with the classic FPS gameplay to please the FPS fans..and make them want the game.

[Hozi]

I agree 360ICE, the graphics for deep down was breathtaking and the gameplay if that was gameplay looks next gen to me.

[falcon79]

I wasnt as it's not open world so the backdrop means nothing ??

The Zelda tech demo demonstrated extreme gameplay,with exaggerated camera ect i thought that gameplay on that specific tech demo was NEXTGEN gameplay.

[360ICE]

@falcon79
It's not open world so the background means nothing? Really? Flippin' weird opinion, but okay.

[jimbobwahey]

Yeah really, it's kinda embarrassing to see these clowns trying to push out as much anti-PS4 garbage as they can before they lose their jobs.

Glad to see that they'll be out of work soon!

[InTheLab]

@whoyouwit

Did it ever occur to you that they're losing their jobs due to poor perfomance? 1Up is not an XBox site, so when the bulk of your staff is all Xbox, you tend to alienate a segment of you readership.

A ton of people feel like they're Xbots or just hate mongers so a ton of people are happy to see them go.

[H3ADWOUND81]

@whoyouwit04 Let's face it, they've been spouting their anti Sony babble for long enough.. Everybody's tired of it, p45 time son!

[mandf]

Why do you think they are going out of business? They alienated part of their website. Which left them looking petty and uninformed. A lot of people stopped visiting them and they lost a lot of revenue.

If you weren't impressed you need glasses. This next gen will run at a standard 1080p. Which is all you can ask for in a next gen console seeing as tv only go to 1080p. So what more do you want? It's a video game system maxed for a maxed out tv. So many haters in this world.

[mandf]

To Nintendo fans, does your console look next gen? Hey Xbox fans, does your console look next gen?
Lame media telling us what they think as fact when the proof is right before their eyes. What happens if MS next console is weaker than the ps4? Do we forget all these garbage articles or is this the direction of the gaming media. WE play on a console for the games. Specific games to be exact. This whole argument about graphics is old. Zelda was fun back in the day and it's still fun today even though it's not today's graphics. Some gamers have lost site of what video games are. Every gen consoles get stronger and more capable same as it always has been. No amount of hate from the media will change that. We went from 512mb to 8gb of the best, did I mention the BEST, of ram. Only developers will limit this console. The tech is there. Now will they use it.

[N4g_null]

Microsoft nor Nintendo needs specs to be Sony now. They only need the right games.

Pc gaming has had the same problems. Game play is always ignored.

The problem might be the fact that pc gaming can do and has been doing what the ps4 has shown yet there is no new game design coming just more of the same.

Lots of people think gears of war sold off graphics yet we all know this tale. It is called crysis 1 and it still haunts crytek to this day. No one wants to play that beautiful game.

This is the same thinking that killed pc gaming. The industry has lost track of what the gamers want.

Sure if a 2d Mario is fun enough it would have been better than what Sony showed. The next question is why doesn't Sony even have 2d Mario like games? Can Sony not make a good 2d Mario game? I mean it sells like 10 million most of the time why not make one obviously people like playing them?

Maybe Sony wants to keep the illusion of sophistication. This may be a problem since console gamers and pc gamers over lap. I'm sure every one has look up current apu specs on trinity by AMD. I don't see many people running out to get one. Infact a gt690 with any thing above a i3 or i5 would let you run any ps4 game. This is why gamers are not impressed along with the fact that developers are hell bent on making 30fps games.

One of the problem with last gen systems where the frame rates, which is why many don't even play that 5 year old over priced pc they have. Just look to sonys viao computers,laptops. They are horribly expensive for what you can get. Even the stick market knows this.

There may not be enough of Sony in the ps4 to be impressed? No super new tech, no new form of ram, no new media, no new way of controlling things, they have a pc but why can the gamers not mod on the console it self?

Just some pretty sameish games, that we hardly liked last gen. They will get wiiu numbers if they are expecting those games to sell. What did infamous sell what about killzone?

Also price is going to be an issue until it drops or more true next gen playing games that play better than the games that came before come out.

[turgore]

1080p is impressive ?
PS4 specs impressive ?

A gaming PC can match it today, and obliterate it in a couple of years. It also has backward compatibility for thousands of games, unlike the PS4 which can only play a handful at the beginning.

[Qrphe]

@runner

Gameplay is ignored in PC gaming really? If you don't know anything about PC gaming then don't talk about it. Go look at Steam and tell me if half of those games is trying to sell graphics. Not even the PS2 has a big of a catalog as PC gaming does.

@turgore

Was 720p impressive in 2005? Already PC games were running at 1600x1200 then. Within the power of consoles themselves, the PS4 is impressive and a true generational leap.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

Maybe a side scrolling HD Mario game would of impressed them more.
>_>
These guys certainly have double standards.

[falcon79]

IBM said in many statements wiiu is using their new state of the art eDRAM its the future of cpu cores,nintendo is using this technology on the MCM so for both gpgpu/cpu,the wiiu cpu has 3MB eDRAM as cache on the cpu.

[piroh]

i think they know Knack, KZ shadowfall, Driveclub or Deep down looks better than anything else on the market, they just need hits. c´mon let´s throw a bone to this dog.......... really? no one?

[RBLAZE1988]

can someone on here tell me what these journos consider as next gen. how the hell do they know what next gen is going to feel like. obviously this article agrees that the graphics look next gen but I would like someone on here to explain why I keep seeing many sites stating that the games showcased for ps4 don't "feel" next gen. Have they been to the future already and experienced next gen games or are they just submitting bullshit as news? if the closing of 1up is to give any clue as to which one is correct, I'd have to say it's probably the latter and they are spouting bullshit. people on here always give someone crap for saying that a lot of the media has been biased against Sony for a long time now but when you see stupid articles like this how can you say their isn't a bias our hidden agenda. this type of article shouldn't be out til the ps4 comes out.

[mandf]

Well said!

[Aceman18]

sad website is sad. articles like this is the reason they are going out of business.

professional is a dying art in journalism.

[EthicalHacker]

Gaming journalism is dying...

[FlameBaitGod]

They are trying to show MS they can still be of use. Just give us more $ MS and we'll continue the hate :), lets do it like old times. You don't need 2 send those gift baskets when we review your games! we'll still give it 10 and say anything sony has is shit and repetitive but DAM does that COD series always feel fresh and plays better on xbox *winks*

[kenshiro100]

Poor journalism at its finest. These people have jobs but they're not doing it right.

[SilentNegotiator]

Time to ban 1up. They are only making trash articles with their final days.

[gintoki777]

I don't get what they are expecting from next gen consoles. I guess they want holograms to sit next to them on the couch while they play in 3d with a fan that blows wind in your face when you play racing games. Everything is gradual.

[GraveLord]

MTE.
The PS4 launch line-up isn't even fully announced yet. I doubt we even know half of the titles releasing.

[smashcrashbash]

Very well said. You said exactly what I have been thinking. We haven't even seen all of Sony's PS4 games, they aren't even finished yet and the thing they were using wasn't even the full system.And yet people keep going on about how the games don't look next gen. How about we wait until we see the actual games instead of demos and trailer and THEN we can have conversations about how next gen they are or they aren't.We don't even know what else they have in store for us. And what was wrong with Driver's Club.That looked pretty impressive to me. Pure car porn to be able to actually slide into the driver's seat and buckle up

[KShinigami]

People are actually not even reading the article which states the the graphical leap was impressive but there was 'a lack of innovation in them'.

edit: you cant just read the title.

[kenshiro100]

What did they expect exactly? I don't get what they wanted to see. That's why people disagree with them.

[ILive]

Like the person above said: what is next gen? What do people really want from consoles? Like I have always said: gameplay will never evolve faster than graphics, and that is true. All that matters is if a game is fun enough to you, and no one else. All genres will always be fresh because new generation of gamers will always emerge. Next gen consoles wont be taking your kids to school, or writing your college essay.

[KShinigami]

I didn't say that i agree with the article but I just dont like people saying something false like how many people are trying to justify the graphical ability.

[die_fiend]

"Word of a new Final Fantasy being in development did provide an opportunity for Square Enix's presence on stage to have some real significance, but forcing us to weight for E3 to learn anything about it was a cruel tease for series fans who were hoping to hear about the status of Versus XIII."

Weight?! Thank God this heap of shit site is going away

[imdaboss1]

Games not even out and the demo they should was amazing..1up trying to get hits to their website

[bunfighterii]

Nobody reads them anyway.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

They don't "lack" the next-gen feel. Everyone is just expecting too much from next-gen.

[Mounce]

Just tell 1up this:

Xbox 360 Launch.

Perfect Dark Zero visuals? Bitch please.

[BullyMangler]

you : Even though I enjoy crushing illogical into oblivion, and do so at a daily basis

ME: your link of fail proof was just a bunch of smoke and lazers, hoh hohh

YOU: Your article got pulled off and Failed.

Who's the failure? :) That's right. You. Have fun being a Fail-submitter, 13 year old! :D

ME: that means poop. plus, it was a vid, not an article buddy, and a pretty old one. so ha! it being taken down = nothing, its normal when something happens like that , plus i had a bunch of approves, more so than fanboy complaints . .haa ha haaaa . . . you must have better proof than you did. no? you better block me boy, kuz you suck at complaining.

p.s. you lose because you are upset . .hua haaa . .. faiL!

[brave27heart]

Yes because the huge barrage of videos, trailers, in game footage and screen shots we've seen is enough to base our opinion off. Morons

[Arai]

You're spot on, I was just about to write that also and flag this article as lame.

And this is what they call *professional* journalism?

[Chaostar]

The thing about revealing a next gen console first is that you have to go up against peoples unrealistic expectation of what they think next gen should be.

Whatever expectations you have it's still too early to say one way or another if the difference in the games is enough to justify new hardware. Especially since we cannot compare it to anything releasing on the next Xbox as we have no details yet.

Anyway, jumping in with an opinion now is like hitting the quiz show buzzer before you've heard the question.

[NewMonday]

the best comment I read in weeks

*Intelligent* BubbleUp

[GalacticEmpire]

Yup, 1up are definitely a few peices short of their jigsaw puzzle and they're claiming it looks nothing like what's on the front of the box.

[MikeMyers]

Sony showed what they needed to show while giving hints to the possibilities with the new controller and what Gaikai will do.

I think the graphics are what i expected, Killzone looked very good. I too thought the game was more of the same old stuff and wanted to see some innovation. But it's always a fine line of staying true to its roots and pushing forward into new gameplay elements. Either way you're right, it's far too early to draw any conclusions about how the next gen 'feel' will be. I know they are pushing social and sharing features.

[Gimmemorebubblez]

Well I think that we are in in the 2nd generation of the HD generation. The Ps3 had a few games running at 60 fps at 1080p(WipeoutHD) but the Ps4 will ensure those become the standard. I personally think the jump between the Ps3 and Ps4 will be similar to PsOne to Ps2 but not Ps2 to Ps3 because when you here the PC master race brag how there rig is 15 times more powerful than the Ps3 they have no games that look 15 times as good as the Last of Us. I think the next major leap comparable to Ps2 to Ps3 will be the 4k and 8k and full digital distribution when the Ps5 releases.

So to sum up the Ps4 is next gen but is more of continuation of the HD generation. Just like the Ps2 was a improvement over the PsOne but not as revolutionary as the Ps2 to Ps3.
The Ps4 has evolutionary graphics but revolutionary social features.

[SugarSoSweet]

Well said that's exactly what I was saying about to my brother

PS2 was a refinement of the PS1 not bringing any revolutionary features to the table.

PS4 is a refinement of the PS3.. or HD era

[zebramocha]

@gimme I disagree,these are first gen games running on unfinalised hardware and the games look like the cut scenes of current gen games,I believe as time passes,that's when we'll see a difference.

[Gimmemorebubblez]

You are entitled to your own opinion but whether you like it or not we are still in the HD generation, we will not see games running on ps4 at 4k at 60fps. The basis of my argument is that the Ps4 will do what the Ps3 could only just manage, with little problem. We will see better effects, more characters on screen, better draw distance etc. The jump from Ps3 to Ps4 is simialiar to the jump from the PsOne to Ps2 but won't be as noticeable as Ps2 to Ps3.

[coolmast3r]

Actually, we have one. This game's called Crysis 3.

[r21]

Dont they know that all the footage in inFamous: Second Son was all in-game?

[MidnytRain]

I read it was a mix.

[Hicken]

It was a mix of gameplay and cutscenes, but it WAS all in-game.

[vividi]

1up is on a roll, yeah baby !!!

[godofboobees]

Oh 1up. Sucks that you guys are shutting down. How will you ever pay for a ps4?

[GreenRanger]

1up must have been expecting the graphics to look like real life, or better.

[Felonycarclub8]

Lack a desire of next gen? Huh okay,So what is next gen supposed to be?

[Eamon]

I agree in a way. We all expected a leap in presentation and graphic quality.

When PS3 and Xbox 360 first revealed a huge leap in visuals, it was mindblowing because we had not seen it before and also because we all knew the huge constraints older consoles had on visuals. PS3 especially managed to produce amazing graphical games like Uncharted, Heavy Rain etc. These are very close to real life visuals.

So seeing another leap in graphics was not surprising here. The only presentation that impressed me was Watch Dogs. Because right now, I want to see how an upgrade in hardware can change the way we play games. Watch Dogs showed of gameplay designs that were impossible to accomplish on older hardware. I hope to see more creative ideas come in the next-gen era. Kojima seems to be planning something.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

I get what you mean about Watch Dogs.
I'm not too bothered about the graphics upgrade if I'm honest (still, not complaining). I'm more looking forward to things like improved AI and more enemies on screen, little details and so on which they kinda demonstrated with the falling blue bricks in the tech demo. I think we're going to see some very interesting things at this years E3, the PS4 conference was only a small demonstration really.

[DigitalRaptor]

"Watch Dogs showed of gameplay designs that were impossible to accomplish on older hardware"

But Watch Dogs is coming to PS3 and 360, right?

[Eamon]

It appears you are correct. The 2 demos we saw however were run on PC/Next-gen hardware.

So I wonder what the differences between current and next-gen version will be.

[Hanso]

just wait for GoW4 from Santa Monica this one will truly blow us away!

[cleverusername]

Another 'expert' heard from! Looks like somebody aint getting the attention they're craving! Get a girl(or boy)friend instead!!

[josephayal]

Give the PS4 some time, and you will se the beauty that comes out of it

[cyberninja]

Lol 1up, usually i feel sad when people lose jobs, but not in your case. Rip wankers.

[Garrison]

1UP's Articles aim to create doubt and consumer fear, but fail hard to change anyone's mind.

[nix]

the site is still running?

[-Falaut-]

Wonder how the back of the newspaper looks nowadays. Maybe some of the boys at 1UP could start writing blogs about that.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

How about waiting until E3 before you question the lack of 'next-gen feel'?

[Bathyj]

Cos I'm sure we've seen all of the ps4 launch games as well as everything it has to offer, right?

[_LarZen_]

"takes the word E3 and hit's it in the head of the article writer"

[KillrateOmega]

Well what do you, 1up? They are the VERY first of what the next-gen can and will offer us. The devs are still familiarizing themselves with the new equipment and have yet to reach a point of full optimization.

Give it 1-2 years before we start seeing what these new consoles can REALLY offer us in terms of gaming.

[triplev16]

What feeling were they expecting? Have they played any of these? I thought the games looked really good to be honest. Until launch gets closer I guess we'll have to put up with these kinds of articles.

[goldwyncq]

Everyone should stop with the "next gen" crap. The PS3 didn't seem like next gen back in 2006 before either, but now look at it. Stop judging a console that hasn't been released yet for goodness sake!

[jakmckratos]

I literally can't look at any PS3 game now because I'm disgusted that it isn't knack....this is awful seeing as how GoW, Bioshock, and Tomb Raider come out this month..

[SOULJER]

Good thing your guys are closing, because this site hardly ever had anything you can call video game news. Peace out fags.

[SuperbVillain]

its only the start calm down.rainbow 6 didn't look super next gen,but the graphics def got better as time went.

[ajax17]

Watch Dogs feels pretty next gen to me. I guess this guy is expecting a super computer...

[DwightOwen]

I thought Knack looked pretty "next-gen" with its physics, even if the aesthetic doesn't appeal to everyone.

[linkenski]

Yeah well it didn't look like that massive leap over the current gen graphics, like when they announced the PS3, and when you compared that to the PS2 graphics, but i'm just friggin stoked to see how large and detailed open world games can be now!

[lovegames718]

So many double standards, so many fanboy sites and so many haters....

1up, meta critic and a whole slew of sites suffer frm this disease and its a shame.

Either way Kz, Knack, Watch Dogs and Deep Down all to me yelled nxt gen for diff reasons. Many visually, some because of dfaw distances, scope, detail, and a game like Watch dogs feeling so alive. Drive club looked great but nxt gen hit me when he was sent an invite and hopped right in the game seamlessly. Also when i saw the ability to take over someones game. AAs you see many thngs screamed nxt gen to me.

The problem with ppl is thy want to see what thy want to see based off prejudice towards Sony, but i saw alot of nxt gen goodies . Props to Sony for stepping it up. Thank god Nintendo doesnt have a monopoly on gaming if not wed be stuck two gens back. Thats not trolling just true.

[annus]

I'd say the double standard is that people thought the original showing of watch dogs was running on PS3. Now, nothing has changed and it's next gen material.

[H3ADWOUND81]

Give em a chance, people are too quick to judge.. Rome wasn't built in a day.. They've shown you the foundations, but the end product has the potential to be magnificent..

[Xtremist]

PS1 : 1st Gen blocky graphics
PS2 : 2nd Gen blocky graphics
----------------------------- ----------
PS3 : 1st Gen Hyper-Realistic graphics
PS4 : 2nd Gen Hyper-Realistic graphics

During this generation of consoles the Digital Interactive Worlds will be depicted with:

1. CG like cartoony graphics
2. extremely detailed Hyper-Realistic graphics
3. pseydo-PhotoRealistic graphics
----------------------------- -----------

PS5 : 1st Gen Photo-Realistic graphics

and so on, and so on...

[JonnyBigBoss]

Yeah, giant enemy crabs, riiiiidge racer, and Africa definitely filled us with next-gen anticipation last time.

[Zool 08]

I suspect that some of the games demoed on the PS4 started life with the PS3 in mind, for example Killzone SF Guerilla said (rumored) that they only had 1.5gb of ram to play with, so that tells me by the time Sony had the full specs, it gave them little time to take full advantage of the hardware at the time of the announcement, so before these idiot journalist start jumping to conclusion why not wait till E3 to see what the PS4 is truly capable of. Then make your judgement.

[DivineAssault]

The games definitely look nx gen to me.. I dont know how they "feel" cuz ive never played em but im sure they will "feel" just fine.. The network options will "feel" nx gen when your sharing game footage & using/browsing network applications.. PS3/360 couldnt handle those games shown at the presentation.. I know theyre getting ports of games like watchdogs or whatever but they wont be on the same level of performance & visuals.. Slow down, screen tears, pop ins, etc will plague those games on current gen machines.. Its only the beginning too..

I remember both PS2 & PS3 having the same games like Star Wars:TFU & a few others during the transition.. Its only natural for it to be that way & it has been that way since the 80s.. Battle Toads for example was on NES & Genisis during the transition 8-bit to 16-bit.. Pacman was on Atari & NES so whats new here? KZ shadow fall CANNOT be done on PS3 w/o some major downscaling so its a nx gen game.. Native 1080p is only on a handful of titles this gen too so those games are nx gen w/o a doubt

[worldwidegaming]

There is no huge learning curve.
In fact its much easier to make a game compared to last gen.
If games suck it will no longer be the Consoles fault but the studio for lacking the skill to take advantage.
The massive leap will be games that look as good as a PC that costs $1000s. This can be done due to games being made for a specific system. no need to wait 1 or 2 years because these companies now have it way easier!
(No more Cell is hard to program or the programmers are just stupid arguments.)

[a_bro]

damn..1up is going out with a bang.. so many feels...

[scott182]

What is a next gen game anyway? I just like games that are entertaining. Chrono trigger should get a remake...

[Ulf]

What, exactly, defines the "next-gen feel" of titles that don't actually exist yet?

[Tzuno]

You know what is the biggest letdown about those games? Sony should have come with new ip's to the table when they announced ps4 instead they come with sequels.

[Ashunderfire86]

Flamebait article man, just delete it like you throw bad food in the trash. The game shown are not running on PS4 final specs!!! For example, Killzone ShadowFall just used about 1 gig of Ram. If you want to see next gen, watch the Deep Down trailer, and checkout the analysis from Gametrailers, where the experts say that the game is running in real time.

[Theyellowflash30]

Killzone Shadow Fall demo was graphically impressive. But there was nothing in the gameplay demo that screamed next-generation innovation. Killzone 3 doesn't look as good but can do everything from a gameplay standpoint the Killzone Shadow Fall demo did.

Knack looks interesting but it seems like more of a tech demo game. They showed the million balls dropping from a ceiling. Then the game that has a ton of particles falling.

The old man demo, was just that. A old man. Hard to get excited about a floating head from a guy, who's game, Heavy Rain, play like crap with bad quick-time events.

The Deep Down game showed off some impressive graphics but it looked more like a target rendered trailer than an actual game being played, like Killzone Shadow Fall.

Infamous Second Son looked really coo, but I'm waiting for a real, live gameplay demo like Killzone Shadow Fall.

The best thing about the conference was the controller, and social features the PS4 will have. I'm interested to see what Japanese developers do with the technology. I wish we could have seen some new footage of the Final Fantasy Luminous Demo, but I guess that will come later.

[leemo19]

Why is there so much hate lately for Sony? none of those games most likely not close to finishing and their getting smacked on already. Ill wait to judge any of those games until its on my tv and I'm playing them.

[unicronic]

I didn't realize that 1UP had played the PS4 games shown at the recent conference.

[cyclindk]

Lets see:

They look better, check.
Probably play much smoother, check.
Size and numbers of players likely to increase, check.

I KNOW I'm gonna "FEEL" the luxury of suspending any game mid-action and do something else, as well as instant on, check.

Download in background and play-installs be great, check.

All sounds pretty next-genny to me.

[dmonee]

Who cares what they showed. These games are some 8 months out, some will take even longer. There is a lot of time left for polishing, tweaking and delaying. Lastly, most launch titles aren't going seem that next- gen anyway. That's what makes a new piece of hardware great. You get to see its evolution from the beginning, and marvel at what it was capable of in the end. F' 1up.........Haven't liked them since they defected from EGM magazine.

[PurpHerbison]

It really doesn't matter what type of feel the PS4 has. The majority of people who will buy a PS4 will find some sort of defense mechanism to combat any type of criticism.

[ACEMANWISE]

The graphics somewhat looked clay-like in almost every game shown. Killzone looked too colorful for the setting and most games were using the same shade of blue. To me the graphics seemed more colored and cartoony and less serious and dark.

[jjb1981]

As long as its immersive and fun, who cares?

[NeoTribe]

I personally thought killzone looked pretty next gen. They didnt need to make it dark and blurry to make it look good. Im sure battlefield 4 will showcase whats up.

[airforcex]

The PS4 and 720 GPUs don't have the power to feel next gen (on visuals). At this level, you'll see higher frame rates and resolution but that's pretty much it. Even with the optimization of consoles (a benefit), I doubt these games will look better than on a mid-range PC GPU.

[Npugz7]

i disagree!!! current gen can't do what we have seen from the PS4.

[mcknight8279109]

You know whats funny?
How everyone is saying that what was showed doesn't feel or look next gen.....when no one knows what the next gen really is. Because it hasn't started, nor has anyone even played any of these games...Just wait until Holiday 2013 people. Thats when the next gen starts.

[PersonMan]

Can someone please tell me what "next generation gameplay" consists of? What hasn't been done yet?

[ILive]

I mean seriously. People are making assumptions based on bits and pieces of games shown at the event. It just boggles the mind. When the next xbox gets announced, it will be the same thing all over again. If you want what you classify as "next gen," make your own game.

[BitbyDeath]

The hardware and OS was a huge step forward, that was my main concern.

Games will come in time.

[whamlollypop7]

Is Diablo 3 on PS4 a big deal?

[Twinzclipz]

WTF WHY ALL THIS HATE FOR PLAYSTATION???

[Adolph Fitler]

Morons in here are mentioning Geow's wow effect, when that game didn't even launch until more than a year after 360 did. I mean, what are you people smoking.
Of course it is going to take developers a while to wow us....I mean, the best games on the highest spec pc's aren't really wowing us either, & that is because the hardware on offer is at a technical level beyond developers skills. Now, I am not saying that developers are incompetent, or any such nonsense, I am simply stating the fact, that it takes developers a while to grasp & build up there skills & such, to get the most out of any hardware.
I mean, the CGI in films 5-10 & 15 years ago, looks progressively worse, as you go down the time scale.

Anyway, the PS4 looks awesome, I don't have to see the plastic coating to appreciate what Sony are doing with this beast.....& from a long time PS console fan, they were smart to show games & especially the controller, as that is what actually goes in my hands when playing & such & is the major part of the deal, & it is just changed the right amount for me to love it.
As for the outer shell, well, I'm sure the Sony designers are suave enough to come up with an awesome shape that will both get love & hatred in equal amounts (except on this site, where Sony bashing is a forgone conclusion, to simply get hits).

[Adolph Fitler]

Yes, & wait until Xbox 720 is announced & footage of Halo 5 is shown, & fanboys will treat it like the 2nd coming of jesus, as if Halo 5 will shine & WOW us with outstanding new age, next gen gameplay features, just like Halo 2, Halo 3 & Halo 4 were "SO REVOLUTIONARY" in the gameplay, or graphics, or anything else front....lol. Fanboys are awesome, as they make me pee myself in laughter.

One is here has already stated how he was wowed by GeOW, a carbon copy of Killswitch from a gameplay standpoint...I mean, Gears is a far better looking Killswitch, with aliens, so, the Xbox fanboy that claims PS4's beta footage games didn't impress, as they done nothing original, was the same goose that creamed his Master Chief underpants over Killswitch on the latest Unreal Engine (latest at the time).

[mastershredder]

Next time let us know how the games "feel" when you experience them first hand..oh wait, that's right... 1up, your time is up.

[Thomaticus]

Well the PS4 first round of games will look the worst....lets see what happens with ps4 games during its second year.

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

Why is it always about the graphics with you guys???/rhetorical

Last gen's launch graphics weren't very impressive either. If you bought a luanch console to play Resistance or Perfect Dark that's your bad. I'll wait for at least one killer app to come out to justify my purchase.

[SonyAddict]

N4g is becoming more like IGN,! JESUS!.

[ziggurcat]

sadly, the "desired next-gen feel" these twits are clamouring for would require the PS4 to produce something better than current, high-end PCs... which is a horribly unrealistic expectation.

[madjedi]

Why are websites acting like e3 has come and gone and sony didn't show anything impressive, it's fucking march. You still have e3 and tgs to show stuff.

Sorry but the old man tech demo was incredible, it looked like a real human being. Se finally showed something that made me finally not consider them dead weight to the industry.

And watch dogs looked interesting, killzone looked very good, if the ps4 conference wasn't impressive to you the 720's conference won't be any noteworthy either.

Because you'll see the same 3rd party multiplat games with ms exclusives in place of sony ones. It won't have a next gen feel either.

We have 8-9 months till the consoles hit, short of ms going into full wii mode, ms fans will have their own next gen feelings to get hyped up on.

I only look at one new console and get totally uninterested in it. It's back to both systems bringing out their games and saying this is what we got, now try and top that if you can.

[Wotbot]

I have not seen any lack of Next Gen desire from anyone in the games industry.

The lack of desire comes from story’s like this, let's get rid of the all the negatives as I have no desire for them.

[teo72]

So... It Only does Great Graphics, Shares Everything and all the other nonsence from the playstation meeting. You are right 1UP. That does not sound impressive at all...
(Sarcasm intended)

[microgenius]

its so simple
why would sony show the PS4 capability and eclips the fantastic looking new PS3 exclusives(GOW,TLOU&...) and ruin their sale?
there is no need to rush showing off those games

[konohashin]

So there is an unbiased article that doesnt uselessly praise Sony but has praise and critic and the Sony defence force gets angry. What a suprise LOL

Idiocracy!