I appreciate your comment. It's very rare for a PC gamer to admit when a console game looks phenomenal.
Notice the ray tracing on the streets from the neon lighting. Killzone also uses real-time ray tracing. I cannot believe in this day and age we are seeing ray tracing make its way into games. Totally amazing that technology has come this far from the bleeps and bloops we had just 20 years ago.
Yes thanks for being honest about it. Its rare to see PC players actually acknowledge games on other formats. I - as an old PC gamer - feel happy seeing this post and i hope you'll have a great gaming year. :)
Hmmm. Back to the old comparison are we not? The difference over time for launch and end games will be far,far,less:
1. The PS4 uses x86 architecture which has been the default for PC's for a few years, therfore developers are highly used to it rather than they were to the cell processor in the ps3 or the PowerPC for the 360. The powerPC and cell required YEARS just to learn it, to simply learn it but the thing is we have already learned and exploited x86 architecture very far.
2. Diminishing returns, the difference between 5,000 and 20,000 polygons IS HUGELY NOTICEABLE, (4x), but from 20,000 to 80,000 its only a slight improvement http://i.imgur.com/aFKEttJ....
3. Development price, if graphics become so outstandingly realistic they will cost the developers far, far more to produce.
If you ask me this gen we WILL get closer to photorealistic but we will still be far,far away. Im guessing the first photorealistic game will be produced around the early 20's (i.e. 2020-2025)
No, they upgraded the compute commands the GPU can handle to 64 from 8 so the CPU can offload tasks to it (kinda like the ps3 where the cell was used to alleviate the GPU, but the opposite paradigm), developers are barely tapping into that as of yet.
It's going to take less time to get to know PS4, but there will be the same potential for improvement if not much more over time. This isn't even its final form.
About diminishing returns, if we indeed have reached a point where mesh geometries and polygonal count aren't so relevant anymore, it also means more resources will be allocated in other systems, like lighting. This is already happening.
Don't think you get how small and compressed affects the image quality. Judging a game by these screens would be like judging a game by watching a Youtube video in 480p.
That would be like saying omg game X has no jaggies whatsoever based on a low quality video.
I'd rather wait for proper screens before I start going ooh aaah.
"Don't think you get how small and compressed affects the image quality. Judging a game by these screens would be like judging a game by watching a Youtube video in 480p."
Exaggeration much? Those screens are 720p. Also a 480p Youtube video looks much worse than a 480p screenshot.
Look at the images linked by sack boy 305 at the top of the page nothing small or compressed about them and they look down right amazing! This game is definitely on my must buy list.
We have seen enough of this game to realize it is beautiful. Who cares if these screens are compressed when we've seen other screens and actual in-game graphics and gameplay? The game is jaw droppingly gorgeous
Dead Rising 3 is a fun game. I think next dead rising game will look a lot better then dr3 considering they had to rush the game out for launch. And I wonder how Watch Dogs will look like when it releases next year.
That's what impresses me the most. That it's one of the best looking games despite being open world. Those neon powers look absolutely amazing. Kinda makes me want to have a bullet-time function just to see it in slow-motion.
Needless to say that the gameplay will also be top notch. Infamous was one of my favorite series this gen. Glad they decided to continue the series on the PS4.
Eh, if you want particle effects then you should check out some Physx supported games like Planetside 2.I'd say it has SS beat. Pretty cool actually, check it out if you haven't already:
Simply B E A U T I F U L
Neon looks so good :o
Incredible.
Very nice indeed.
Just found this image and thought I'd share it..
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ALSO, looking forward to playing this stunning game!