Quantum Theory In Game Shots

in game shots of the newly announced ps3 exclusive Quantum Theory.

[socomnick]

Meh

[Wildarmsjecht]

YOU STAY IN THAT FORUM!

[thor]

More like HAHAHAHAHA CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE THEY ARE RELEASING THIS JUNK!!

This game looks absolute garbage at the moment and unless something changes it's going to flop hard.

[pwnsause]

relax, we dont even know what the game is about, we havent even seen real gameplay yet. Lets judge after Tecmo shows the goods. I'm still surprised though they are making a PS3 game that's exclusive for the console for now.

[thor]

It is SO obvious that this is a Japanese game company some of whose members enjoyed playing gears of war and then said "we can make that it'll sell really well" - but they don't have any experience with the genre. There isn't really any more room for shooters as it is, and the only ones that get noticed are the sequels and games with great graphics. They have put this game so close to gears in terms of art direction and gameplay that gears makes it look hopeless.

[HighDefinition]

This looks BAD to you.

[thor]

You could say that.

Maybe it is because I have done some 3D modelling, or maybe it's because I notice flaws in graphics before I notice the detail, or maybe it's just because I really don't like the art direction, but this game looks technically very poor. Look at the lack of detail in the environment. Look at the poor quality textures. Look at the terrible particle effects. Look at the low-poly characters. Look at the bland, bland floor.

There's something that looks very bad about these images as well, I can't quite put my finger on it. Might be the complete lack of any anti-aliasing, might be the simplistic shader effects, might be the lack of polish or it might be a combination of all the above factors. If you compare this game to any graphical powerhouse on 360 or PS3 it looks like a last-gen game.

[leila01]

Looks like Gears of War, for Queers.

[DiabloRising]

Hey Thor, nice to see someone else who is a fellow artist. Do you prefer Maya or Max?

Also, had to ask... do you find it funny people compare graphics all the time in such laymans terms, without ever taking time to discuss the pros and cons of each element? Such as art direction, character design, lighting, etc. All I ever hear is "ZOMG look at teh texturs!"

[LightningPS3PS3]

But right now I'm branding this game Gears of War meets Final Fantasy X.

If it delivers I think I have a new favorite game.

[supahbad]

wow thor, you think being such a modern day michaelangelo you would have realised we don't even know how long this has been in developement, and they probably haven't even began to think about the kind of polishing you're talking about because they probably started work on it four-five months before NG2 went gold

[thor]

Lol I use Blender - free software FTW.

No seriously Blender is great software - when I first started using it to now you can see a VAST improvement and the number of features added (things like SSS and fluid dynamics, Softbody dynamics, strands for rendering hair and fur, it didn't even have a built in raytracer when I used it first) is amazing.

And yeah I do find it funny that people compare graphics in very simple terms and throwing in a technical term just to try to back up their argument. People seem to overlook the most technically impressive games. For instance, I think that Wipeout HD has some of the best graphics ever seen on a console. It runs at 1080p/60FPS, there are hardly any jaggies, the whole thing is incredibly polished, the art style is fantastic and the particle effects are so well designed I think they beat crysis's. The graphics of that game couldn't really be any better - you can say there's not many ships on-screen but for the gameplay to remain the same the graphics can't be improved much more.

Now take a game like uncharted - now there are a couple of things wrong with that game graphically - the aliasing is terrible, the foliage looks weak up-close, the environment looks pretty but it's very linear and the areas are actually quite small, and the shaders seem quite basic (though might be an art style thing). But everyone seems to hail Uncharted as having some of the best graphics on consoles, and technically I don't think it does.

[CaptainHowdy]

I'm sorry, and WHO again was the first gears for?...dripping with machismo and steroid pumped testosterone? (oh....and "brotherly love")

[leila01]

I hate Gears, FPS or Third person shooters. But I think the main character in Gears really looks manly and cool. This one just looks... gay, from what I've seen.
That's just my opinion though.

[mikeslemonade]

This is probably a PS3 exclusive just because Tecmo could not get permisson to bring such a similiar game like Gears for the 360. Microsoft would never allow that. When this game releases it will aleast match the visuals of Gears 2. Granted there is less objects in this game but they are nicely done with not that many jaggies.

[DiabloRising]

I hear ya. I'd love actual discussions on the pros and cons of game visuals instead of "MGS4 looks better than Gears." How? Why? There is so, so so much more to a game than just texture fidelity. Howabout the fact that Gears 2 looks to have distance fog and simple geometry? Or the fact that Uncharted has screen tearing and aliasing? There's more to it than just "graphics" and that's why I laugh my ass off when people who have no clue what they are talking about start arguing which looks better.

[Altis1]

Looks like the next "Army of Two" in attempting to recreate what Gears has perfected but failing in the end.

[juuken]

What's the matter?
Afraid that this game might be a contender for Gears of War? :D

[nieto2]

the first comment I saw was the one from socomnick. retarded nick and comment BTW, but then i saw the screens and my thinking it's exactly the same. graphics = meh. ;-0

[TheWickedOne]

IMO it looks awesome.

[thor]

I can understand if you like the art style, that's personal preference. (I hate the art style of this game but hey). But you cannot possibly say that this game is technically impressive from a graphical standpoint. It is lightyears behind Gears, MGS4, Killzone 2 and even your average movie-to-game conversion looks better than this. I know the graphics will probably improve but they should not have released these screens/pre-rendered video interspersed with actual gameplay footage.

[beast]

LOL. I like you , after suffering with Detroit lions, I needed a laugh and son you just gave me one. I enjoy clowns

[Roukuko]

its a beta build the grahpics dont matter yet

[thor]

The graphics may not matter yet, but why are they releasing those screens if they look so bad? Screens are meant to be released to hype people about the game and these put me off. The gameplay, presumably, matters - but the game is a new IP from a dev that hasn't made this type of game before. It's ripped straight from gears of war and even if they perfected the shooting and cover mechanics with graphics like that it wouldn't even come close.

[chanto23]

at least visually so far...but the developers said it was the japanese answer to Gears so i'm interested in how the gameplay will be...

[Roukuko]

well if its ment to be a jap shooter then grahpics dont matter that much, because they dont care about grahpics over there its all about gameplay. Also besides steriod chars this game looks nothing like gears its probly gonna play more like unreal.

[pwnsause]

although i do agree with thor about a lot of things, lets give them time and see what they can do with this game. in my opinion, im starting to get tired of Gears controls.

[supahbad]

i think everyone has to admit that the big boss guy looks tight as hell

[mfwahwah]

@thor

I was going to enjoy posting in this article, but you're comments literally make me want to scratch my eyes out. You're the kind of person that makes me rage.

[Shadow Man]

looks familiar.

[Draperc]

Reminds me of gears of war...... the graphics look......well, not very good to me, I think I'll skip this game and pre order killzone 2 instead. I don't feel like playing a japanese version of gears of war. =/

[eric100]

the game has color and looks better

100% ingame shot (reticle in the middle)
http://ps3.gamespy.com/dor/...

[solidt12]

looks pretty good. I like the art direction and I am a sucker for third person action/shooters.

[CaitSith]

<3_<3.....
TPS games are really exciting.
Well, any shooter genre for that matter.
I might get this game.

HOT GIRL + TPS = heh heh heh...LOL jkjkjk I have my girl to keep me company anyways...She'll be busy with LBP. Damn, gonna fight for the controller again..Need to get another controller.

laters.

[Imallvol7]

this could sink or swim. a good Japanese shooter with great story for the win!

[ThanatosDMC]

It looks like a rip off from Gears then implanting it on a DMC1 setting.

[meepmoopmeep]

it looks pretty cool, like a JPN version of Gears

i'm liking the art direction so far.

[razer]

"it looks pretty cool, like a poor mans JPN version of Gears"

Fixed that for you.

[The gaming GOD]

"trolling is what I do best baby"

Fixed that for you

[pansenbaer]

HA! Owned...

[pansenbaer]

Wow. 5 disagrees because I though "trolling is what I do best baby" was funny... I see the 360 fanboys are out tonight.

[Panthers]

Lookin Good!

[Heaven_Or_Hell]

Low-Res and Aliasing I'm Here =D

[eric100]

http://www.gametrailers.com...

[Heaven_Or_Hell]

CGI ;)

[eric100]

http://ps3.gamespy.com/dor/...

do u see the reticle in the middle

sucks to be an XBot

@bastard below
u are giving Montreal a bad
remove ur XCOC from ur mouth

[Montrealien]

Biggest joke on N4G, nasim! lol

new account, coming soon.

/on topic

This game does look great though, can't wait for more info. But as nasim and his 100+ accounts would say, these screens are bullshots. But as a hypocrite, it's nothing new to see him skip this fact for these games.

[Montrealien]

ahhh, troll does not like getting trolled....boo!

[Whoooop]

Well considering those are the first screenshots released and the game was announced for the first time this TGS, they look pretty good.

Still, the game doesn't appeal to me at all...

[IzKyD1331]

http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje...

they better clean the floor textures

[juuken]

Yeah, it looks too...flat. :/

[ICUP]

Look O.K.

Too early to tell.

[ProfessionalTroll]

Looks better than 99% of xbox 360 games

[bouncybullet]

Actually,
It looks like Gears of War and Too Human had a bastard child.

[LightningPS3PS3]

Like a shooter but with RPG like art.

Usually most shooters go for the rough and tough style, you don't see too many shooters with characters looking like Castlevania or Final Fantasy all dramatic.

Seriously, from those screen shots it looks like Gears of War meets Final Fantasy or something. That's pretty cool

But still it's too early to know if it's a quality game or not.

[pompeymassive]

People who are slating this are idiots, honestly its just xplop fanboys getting jealous coz its not being released on 360. Its early days yet and to me its looks like this game has awesome potential. The graphics even though very early stages look jaw dropping, just look at the huge boss, the detail is staggering. Something only ps3 is capable of!!!!!!!!!!

[christian hour]

are you high? hes covered in low res textures... Not impresive at all. Unless you were insinuating that only the ps3 is capable of low res textures :P

Haha sorry.

But seriously, I'm not saying anything about this game until I see some gameplay, and maybe more polish down the line. If this is near to the final product, maybe they shouldve just went with the wii or something... I dunno. I havent seen a game look that bad since all them crappy xbox ports released during the 360's launch.

If its not near the final product and the games only been in development for the last 5-6 months and hasnt even hit alpha yet. Well then. Then I'm looking forward to what will come out of this title. I agree with Thor though, the art style doesn't really appeal to me. Something about it... I dunno... Will I even need this game after little big planet anyways!?

[Timesplitter14]

Why can't japanese devs make normal-looking characters? I'm sick of colorful hair and ridiculous armors

[LightningPS3PS3]

That's what it looks like to me at first glance a big buff dude holding a gun like in Gears of War but the art is more like a Japanese RPG.

[tatotiburon]

this is GeoW killer?

FAIl!

why even hiphopgamer wet his pants for this game?

[CaptainHowdy]

The Gears of War killer comes under the title Resistance 2, and the subsequent Gears of War 2 killer is Killzone 2

[zethos56]

I didn't know it was possible for a FPS to be a TPS killer.

[REDZEV]

Graphics look good. Kinda looks like a hybrid of Onimusha and Devil may cry though. They seriously need to change the name.

[Says you]

Going to be better not going to be the same like this.

[MvmntInGrn]

Can someone tell me what is with the ridiculously bulky steroid character trend? Gears started it, they look ridiculous, then Chris Redfield of RE5 got slightly infused with it, now this.

Its just silly, Nathan Hale has the tiniest bit of it in the sequel but at least he still looks human.

Get off the roids.

[fopums]

Uh.............

those are some pretty bland screenshots for what is supposed to rival GEARS as SONYs 3PS.

I mean did we need an overly buff guy with stupid tattoos? I thought Reaper from UT3 was uninspired *cough*Dom with face tat*cough*.....

but who knows, maybe they are early build and a few months down the road I will be saying ZoMG Quantum Theory!!1!

[HairyBrownSack]

What a garbage-looking game. Trying too hard to be Gears, yet looking very ugly.

Must be Asian devs. Those guy's are still playing catch-up with us Americans.

Poooor ps3 counterfeit FLOPS like Wannabe Halo Constipation 2 :(

[ReaperXL7]

The Japanese are usually better at crafting stories better than the west, and the west is usually better at curing an icthy trigger finger.

If Tecmo is able to get the gunplay down and touch up the graphics the game could be pretty awesome, It makes me think of a mix of Gears, and Devil May Cry.

It's still pretty early in development so we will just have to wait and see how it turns out when it gets closer to release, so far though I will say that I am atleast interested to see how it turns out.

[Aquanox]

It looks good but that comparison to Gears of War 2 killed it. The best shots aren't in game and while it's kinda rich in color it's pretty average in overall detail.

An exclusive by TECMO at this moment, shouldn't be something to be too excited about, remember the company is in big financial and legal trouble now.

[Maxned]

This is a cheap Gears of War rip-off that Ps3 Fanboys are trying to hype even though it will F A I L. Just like the way they hyped Lair and Haze (Halo-Killer, Lol)

All aboard the FAIL TRAIN

[fopums]

I dont see much hyping in here champ.

open zone ------>

[juuken]

Why can't you talk about the game normally like a human being?

THE GAME ISN'T EVEN OUT YET, THIS IS IN IT'S EARLIEST STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALREADY YOU'RE JUDGING IT.

Are you kidding me?

[equax]

It may be a gears of war rip-off but I would still play it.

[abczby]

Are you all blind and retarded? If you look at the 3 only in-game screen-shots that there are, the graphics are absolutely horrendous. It actually looks like it might have the worst graphics of all of the games that have come out so far this generation. Whoever posted the CGI trailer for the game and said the graphics are better than Gears of War you are a dumbsh*t. I can't stand all the PS3-FanFags on N4G it makes me want to go do a mass killing.

[NickIni]

Then why comment, or even view a PS3 news topic? Lol, if anyone's retarded, it's you.

[Peow]

Eh the games... not my style. It looks like a ripoff of Gears of War. I don't like Gears either. The only game that can have guys pumped up with 'roids and say cheesy lines is Duke Nukem.

Is this game using UE3? The textures look "too" smooth, in a bad way. The sixth image, the guys arm looks like its made of metal or something.If this game is coming out in late '09 I may try it, but I doubt it. Too many good games coming out as is.

[ZILLA]

this game looks amazing,cant wait to get my hands on it.PLAY B3YOND!!!

[GUNS N SWORDS]

that's nice to hear

however what would have people said if this game had not been a ps3 exclusive but rather a 360 exclusive. what would have you'd said then?

http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje...

[rhood022]

You don't see positive comments. You see those who say:

"looks good, but I'll wait until it's further in development to make a decision on it."

Then there are the 360 fanboys who:

are ripping on the game and mocking some imaginary claim, mostly in their own heads, that it is a "Gears killer."

At least be honest.

[moses]

I think more then a few people need their eyes checked. Although we haven't really seen gameplay for this game yet, and can't judge it, the graphics so far are...well..a mess to tell the truth. The textures are really low resolution, the textures on the guys "armor" are mirrored and look awkward, the modeling is low quality, and the AA is absolutely non existent.

I'm not saying this to bash the PS3, almost all PS3 games look better then this does now, I'm really surprised that a nextgen game this late in the gen looks this bad. Let's all hope this is pre-alpha :3.

[juuken]

Yeah, needs more work.

[LightningPS3PS3]

it doesn't look that bad. There's only so much you can tell from a screen shot. But you're already saying it looks like total garbage and it doesn't.

Could it use more work? Sure. The game is probably still a year off.

But I'm kind of interested because it does look like a Japanese take on Gears of War and I've never seen that before.

If they burrow a lot from the movement and covering system of Gears of War, it's not too hard to make a decent game. I'm actually excited.

Most PS3 fans see potential in it, 360 fans are obviously hating it.

[moses]

I'm not nuts, I'm hoping it's pre-alpha or something, those mirrored textures show me a lazy dev. Also, as I said, I'm not judging this game yet, it has all the potential in the world right now.

Please don't jump to conclusions, I use my PC for gaming, and I own a N64 and PS2, no 360 here.

Edit: Also, I didn't disagree with you, I'll never disagree someone stating their opinion.

[Rob0g0rilla]

It looks too much like Gears. I don't want to play another clone.

[CliffordM Bleszinski]

do you guys seriously think that this game looks better than gears? look at the textures, they are horrible. its not even close to looking as good as gears, but its still in development so i guess they can improve. you have to be blind or a fanboy to think that this game looks better than gears. resistance 2 looks better than this and thats saying something.

[Doppy]

I think everyone need to leave it alone. The game was shown for the first time, and I'm pretty sure it's not coming out until 2009 so there's plenty of time for the game to get a lot better graphically, but looking at image 7 I can't help but to be impressed already.

I liked Gears of War, and I like RPG's, so if it is a Shooter/RPG then we may have a new genre on our hands. Bioshock was the first, and I guess you can say COD 4, and Killzone 2 are using minor RPG elements, but this game could turn out to be something special.

[Halochampian]

uhh.. that wouldn't be a new genre...

[DARKTRINITYxxx]

REDZEV is low on bubbles so hes being nice towards the PS3 lol. Ure a sad xbox troll so ure getting a disagree from me still.

[MAGNUM RAM SUPPORT]

looks to be alot of attention to details.

Sega & Tecmo seem to have gotten some good development time.

[MAGNUM RAM SUPPORT]

answer: its all they ever known for years. Booooooooooring.

What makes you think this game is gears?
Does it frighten you because its not a multiplatform game?
are you emailing microsoft to put a stop to it?

If you haven't heard, the unreal engine 3 will be digitally downloaded
thru psn. That's right you heard me. The playstation network will have is first
FPS game using the unreal engine 3. That game is :

The Punisher : No Mercy

Still holding on to those best graphics for your argument? Dont make me
dismantle you, ship you in a box & shoot your replacement with a shotgun.
gears2 can be downloaded. Why waste a DVD ? Because your stuck with xbox.

[Zerodin]

LOL the level of fail in your post is only equaled by the fail in your eyesight.

[enjoi187]

some pretty sh!tty graphics id say

[equax]

Graphics don't make up the whole game.

[Zerodin]

Looks an awful like like that one game that sucked...Too something...hmmm something human...

[Scanman25]

ummm kinda like if marcus phoenix came out of the closet.this is what you get. LOL. (its a joke dont get all pissy)

[Bluejet]

Well i guess we can all agree that it beats the sh!t out of gears in the color dept. The game engine is actually strong enough to produce more then two colors.

[Shane Kim]

As for now, it looks as bad as gears 2. But since this game has some time to develop, I can only see it become better.

[dorron]

Looks sweet to me ...

[Parapraxis]

My guess... it'll be better than Gears 1 & 2 combined.

(*waits for kneejerk reaction)

[devilhunterx]

This game already wins for having a storyline which is more then "grunt, argh, wooow, shoot, me kill you" story.

[NickIni]

I see some serious potential, I'm keeping my eye out for any news on this game :)

[elorm9]

I think this is probably an early build and they should have enough time to work everything out. Hopefully, they'll have the game running in 1080p like WKC

[blakstarz]

The game looks leaps and bound better than GOW 1 and 2....if those are actual in-game shoots....the gameplay is what remains to be seen.

[Silent]

This game actually looks cool. Just this trailer it itself makes Gears look Qu33r.