What is "the look" of the next generation?

Neogef Member writes:

This generation has a very distinct look. I'm not sure if technology or fashion driving is driving the whole generation to feel similar - is it because of shaders available, certain post-processing effects being cheap, or just because everyone feels that this is the right look now.

[TrevorPhillips]

PS3 has the power i mean look at killzone 2 its close to the first trailer we saw and the game is only using 4 cores out of 8 imagine using all 8

[C_SoL]

then you'll know that u can only use 7 of the 8 cores......you can't use all 8....1 is reserved 4 the system......

[Pizza The Hut]

that commercial where it showed the player inhale the nanobot version of the playstation game and experience gaming as real life..? now that to me would be TRUE Next Gen Gaming lol ..lol

[C_SoL]

hopefully I'll be reincarnated........90 years later.......(blow up dolls are a thing in the past, now we have robot prostitute's) fuk ya......that would be the day..........

[TrevorPhillips]

yea i remember seeing that

[TrevorPhillips]

i cant wait till killzone 2 gonna freakn own :)

[sunnygrg]

where the hell are Uncharted and R&C? They deserve to be right on top of some of those.

[C_SoL]

their in there....flip to the next pages..........

[LJWooly]

As long as it suits the game, it's fine. But, looking at all those screenshots together is sort of depressing...

[crimsonfox]

complaint is people wanting a game with PERFECT graphics now.
with games like uncharted and gears i can see why people would assume all games will look like this and complain if they see other.

well im just saying people need to stop thinking
(casual gamers)
that good graphics means its a good game that's not always the case im not saying that games with good graphics suck but people need to see things differently.

haha i just realized i kind of went out of topic...or did i???

[N4g_null]

PERFECT graphics, no such thing yet I think it's mostly PC gamers wanting PC like graphics on consoles. The power is just fine where it is. Yes we could use some more shader pipelines and a polygon count boost would be sweet yet. I think the main problem is the tools. I know most of the professional and widely used tools yet I know for a fact that these tools are way over the head of most starting artist. These tools also have an artificial unlimited feeling to them. It's as if you can do some things then you find out that you can't.

I think that's the main problem. Back in the days of 2d you knew up front all of your limits period. Even in the early days of 3d it was like this. I think the good enough or impressive graphics and effects are a moving target because of what is being promised mostly by SONY with the idea that the true power is untapped. It's keeping them in the game but I wonder if the HD market would be ok with a radically different art styles?

I think the best of this gen is yet to come and the big guns will stop pushing the tech and start pushing the style. This gen may last longer than you think because of this. A smart console maker would build a machine only when they can almost reach mass market prices yet build BC in and also performance sliders for their next gen.

If you want to see what next gen could look like just go here
http://www.zbrushcentral.co...
Or any 3d portal.

There simply is not enough skillful experimenting artist out there. You will see lots of trolls and marines but this is made because they want to impress future employers. So part of the problem is the people who control what gets made. System upgrade will not fix that problem.

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

For me, the first and best game that set itself apart from the PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube era in graphics, sound, and gameplay would easily be F.E.A.R.

The graphics were clean and crisp, with a lot of special effects, while the sound was frightening and creepy, which really set the mood of the game. The added slow-mo gameplay made the eye candy and sound even more enjoyable, along with a diverse selection of weapons, including a plasma gun that stripped flesh down to the bone in one shot, after which the body would be seen and heard steaming(sssssss...) But most of all lets not forget the coolest weapon, your fists and feet.

Next gen isn't just what a game looks, sounds, and plays like though. A next gen game is deemed so, when its immediately apparent that the game is beyond what current hardware can achieve, and you MUST HAVE IT.

(FYI, I know FEAR sucked on the PS3 and 360, keep in mind I'm talking about the initial reaction of FEAR, which was released on the PC a year before the PS3 and 360 version. At that time the only thing that could compare with FEAR was Quake 4, which blew chunks IMO.)

[N4g_null]

I don't think we have pushed the limits enough. You can still do some stuff in the UT3 engine that are beautiful but would kill your frame rate on consoles. Some of the stuff in direct x 10 hasn't even really been explored yet. Another thing is only certain things are acceptable right now.

My favorite look would be some thing crossed between Todds spawn work and maybe battle chasers. It's going to be japan that breaks the "realism" problem I believe. Design is always better than realism because realism takes less though and is less exciting when you have the tools. Subsurface scattering bloom HDRI reflections all of that stuff is only settings away.

Over detailing stuff is also a big problem with this gen. It really sucks to look at great graphics and be handed the control of a wheel chair. Power will not win this gen as it has never truly won any gen. Style crushed all comers. This is what console gaming is about.

[gumgum99]

yeah, I can see it all on the headlines now:

PRESS AT E3 BECAME FURIOUS FOR SHOWING "REAL PEOPLE" THROUGHOUT ITS TRAILER LINEUP

haha one could only dream