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Dragon Age 2 Xbox 360 vs PS3: Screenshot Comparison

This article compares the Xbox 360 to the PS3 version of Dragon Age 2. Which version looks better?

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Izanagi-no-Okami4795d ago

Who cares anyway? This won't prove nothing. They just need to adjust the contrast before making any comparisons.

bozebo4795d ago

yeah I know what you mean. But the helmet in the first screen is certainly showing a difference in the bloom.

The general white-washed look on the 360 is obviously image manipulation or them not bothering to adjust for different capture methods. (loads of sites do that to deliberately make the ps3 look worse, I think they are doing it out of spite because the 360 is unpopular in eu/germany etc)

HarryMonogenis4795d ago (Edited 4795d ago )

First of all, Germany is in the EU. Secondly, the Xbox 360 isn't unpopular in Europe -- not at all.

The only people I know say that are, wait for it, people OUTSIDE the EU.

I've just taken a glance at those screenshots, and it's become immediately clear to me that they have been manipulated.

SeanRL4795d ago

On a side note, who else thought the demo sucked?

Highlife4795d ago

Agree fight two seconds cut scene fight two seconds cut scene. Rinse and repeat. Everything sucked about that demo.

bozebo4794d ago

what the fuck?
when did I say germany isn't in the eu?

go die you troll idiot

jack_burt0n4794d ago

The 360 version has serious framerate issues throughout the game, you might not end up getting a proper comparison from lens of crap and eurogamer because its such a bad issue.

Just letting ppl know.

Theonik4794d ago

The "White washed look" on the 360 is possibly because of MS manipulating the 360's output to be more shitty TV friendly. This is a well documented fact, devs are provided with a colour conversion table of course.
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
@HarryMonogenis
This depends strictly on which country you are referring to.

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JsonHenry4795d ago (Edited 4795d ago )

Textures and AA are better on the 360 this time around. Weird. I figured the PS3 would have the upper hand like last time.

All you have to do to prove this is use the windows magnifier glass thingy and view the pictures at full size. The jaggies and texture quality are clearly better on the 360.

Disagree all you want. But it doesn't change the facts.

stonecold34795d ago

if you look at the leg on the statue it shows more of it legs than the 360 version but everything else looks the same

Highlife4795d ago

So now it is down to a magnifier to see diferences. If that is the case who the hell cares.

bozebo4794d ago (Edited 4794d ago )

the AA looks better on ps3 and texture res looks exactly the same

The facts have not been changed by your idiocy

highlife, he means the magnifier thingy to allow him to scroll the view on the image 1 to 1 mapped not view it scaled down.

The only real difference between the two is they have some kind of extra post processing shader enabled on the ps3 that does bloom.

The game looks like ass anyway

hackersdelight4794d ago

Why the hell do they need to adjust contrast. Thats manipulating the image. Anyway, its been proven that developers intentionally make the Xbox 360 version look darker in contrast. Read this article.

http://www.lensoftruth.com/...

Kain814795d ago

What is, so STUNNING about a screenshot comparison???

DelbertGrady4795d ago

Nothing. It's just a trick elchficker.de uses to get more hits.

hay4795d ago

Especially since Dragon Age II visuals aren't stunning at all.

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bozebo4795d ago

they both look like ps2 games tbh

The colouring and bloom looks nicer on the ps3 version (not entirely sure why because the 360 would have no problem handling it at all)

Bioware need some better graphics programmers, really. (mass effect only looks good because it is in the unreal engine, duh)

Baka-akaB4795d ago (Edited 4795d ago )

would people stop using that incredibly idiotic line ?

If the ps2 looked like that it would still be around dominating .

As for the second part of the argument , i also find it ridiculous . The design work in me1 and 2 was outstanding , bare issues with modelling one actress .

Most unreal engine games used to look the same and rather generic till stuff like ME and bioshock came along , and started using something else than grey , brown and washed up colors

Imalwaysright4795d ago

The only reason why PS2 isnt dominating is because there arent new high profile games made for it anymore. It doesnt have anything to to with the hardware power.

bozebo4794d ago (Edited 4794d ago )

@baka

that line? it's called exaggeration

stop going around looking for reasons to think things people say are ridiculous because clearly you have a problem that needs some attention

graphics programmers have nothing to do with 3d modelling etc, they make the rendering engine (which is handled by unreal for mass effect and their own programmers in the crappy looking dragon age, hence why they need better ones)

BLACKBOIJONES4795d ago

Oh pls give me a break comparing alL this multiplat games...Let them use the PS3 power and the 360 power and compare then we will c who is really the winner...And we all know its the PS3...not comparing a lame pot.

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Droid Control4795d ago

PS3 has the edge, but to be honest, both games look like crap. They look lik XBox 1 games.

This is unforgiveable.
Bioware need to tep up the graphics in a big way.

Twilightx74795d ago

Somebody obviously hasn't played an Xbox 1 game recently.

SnakeMustDie4795d ago

Don't tell me that the graphics on Xbox 1 games are better.

Izanagi-no-Okami4795d ago

Strange because Mass Effect looks miles better. But i think the amount of detail that Dragon Age has (forests, cities, etc) isn't the same that Mass Effect has, where everything is squared, if you know what i mean.

maxcer4795d ago

@ Droid Control

your post is almost as idiotic as the one above that sates it look like a ps2 game.

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EA Made Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC Free On PC By Retiring The BioWare Points System

Immersed Gamer writes: "In order to replace the oppressive BioWare Points system, EA is making a large portion of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age DLC catalogs free for PC users.

For those of you blissfully unaware, EA and BioWare employed a payment system called BioWare Points on PC to pay for DLCs for titles like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. While PC gamers have been struggling with BioWare point’s unfair conversion rates and extremely scarce and cost-detrimental sales.

Console players have been allowed to purchase content in pieces through the appropriate Sony and Microsoft shops. For real money, and not BioWare monopoly bucks. In turn, console players missed out on some DLC content, such as Mass Effect 2 pre-order bonuses that have been repackaged into a DLC pack."

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TinkerNation647d ago

Great response to Ubisoft and their disgusting behavior. Ubisoft decide to take away DLC from people who paid for it, while EA give it for free to everyone when they realize their system sucks. Who would have thought that EA of all companies would be showing Ubisoft how it should be done (even if this is EA fixing their own mistakes as well).

Mobis-New-Nest647d ago

What goes around comes around and I promise you, Ubisoft will see their actions blow back on them when their diminishing sales numbers and stock taking a hit downward. That's the only way a company learns when they decide to be reactive instead of proactive.

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All BioWare Games Ranked from Worst to Best

BLG writes: "There was a time that BioWare games were the biggest deal in gaming. The Canadian developer’s legacy of all-time classics is well known. Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur’s Gate are some of the biggest names in gaming.

While BioWare’s quality has fallen off lately, there’s no denying the quality of titles in their portfolio. That’s why we’re going to dive in and rank every BioWare game from worst to best. By every, I do mean every BioWare game, even the ones you completely forgot about!"

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Orbilator806d ago

Ranked from worse to even more worse more like, they been on free fall for a fair few years now and I personally don't think any of there earlier games have aged well

autobotdan806d ago

Wow to think at one point in their history they made a Sonic the Hedgehog game..crazy

chicken_in_the_corn806d ago

Anthem is crazy underrated. I really enjoyed it. ME1 is Bioware's best imo

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Michiel1989806d ago

I actually put quite a bit of hours into Anthem but i dont think its underrated. It was a huge mess, server issues, gameplay issues, crashes, no endgame loop, too few different enemies, uninteresting gear. too few dungeons.

It for sure had potential and if they could have managed to keep the same gameplay of the classes but without the rest of the issues, this game could have been huge, but in the state in which it launched it was such a letdown. They partly fixed some of the issues, but it took too long. A grinding game like this needs to hook players from day 1.

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'Dragon Age' and Why It Sucks to Play Cult Favorite Games

Delving into a well-loved game or series years after its release, when it already has an enthusiastic and devoted fanbase, can be incredibly difficult. People can be casually mean on the internet without intending to, and that happens a lot when you say you don’t like something they do. Fans of the franchise take their love of the game very seriously. They’re fervent and devoted, which has its charms, but it can also feel like you’re disappointing them when you decide their thing is not your thing.

Snakeeater25929d ago

All dragon age games are terribly boring

Kerppamaister929d ago

Why'd you play DA2 if you thought 1 was boring?

Snakeeater25929d ago

Because of the reviews, I thought they could do better specially gameplay wise and the third one was even worst

spss11929d ago

I've never been able to complete a Dragon Age game. They always felt too rigid in design. I eventually think "why am I playing this over Witcher 3?" or pretty much any other rpg.

arkard929d ago

The same reason you read a different book, or watch different movies. Different world, characters, lore and story.

jeromeface929d ago

Idk, because maybe you completed the witcher 3? Not all of us like repeating a game over and over just because its the best in genre.

spss11929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

@arkard
Never found the story or lore of DA interesting. Inquisition was just generic evil dude with demon army wants to conquer world and you're the chosen one.

@jeromeface
I've played through Witcher 3 once, at the same time I was playing DA Inquisition. Hence the example. I never finished Inquisition and went on to complete Witcher 3.

Yui_Suzumiya929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

Well the first bored me but I loved 2 and 3. I could never get into The Witcher or Elder Scrolls but I enjoyed those as far as medieval themed RPG's go.

SegaSaturn669929d ago

I played inquisition and thought the story was pretty well done. Voice acting as well.

Lost interest when i found an ultimate weapon that could only be wieldable postgame. Like wtf would they let me even obtain it for?

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phoenixwing929d ago

Is it really a cult following if it's in the millions?

IanTH929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

lol Definitely a fair point. When a game is made and published by one of the largest video game companies on Earth, has at least 12 million sales between DA:O/DA2/DA:I, DA:I noted as being BioWare's most successful launch, and made EA enough money to greenlight a 3rd game? I'm thinking it's tough to argue that's niche :-p

If you take cult following on the face of it - a group of people who are highly dedicated & passionate about something - the author wouldn't be wrong. But they have to know that term is most widely associated with the group being small/the object being obscure, so it can't really apply here.

melons929d ago

Yeah, in what universe is a series with three games, a fourth on the way that's sold millions and is published by EA a "cult favorite"? Next you'll be telling me The Witcher 3 is a plucky and underrated indie.

IanTH928d ago

I've heard about this hidden gem called GTA V...

jznrpg929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

Cult favorite? It’s well known and sold fairly well and they are making a fourth game . I don’t see it anywhere near cult favorite status . I really enjoyed the first game and the third was pretty good (with failed mmo faults you could notice) but the second game was lazily made garbage .

Yui_Suzumiya929d ago

Second was the best game which is the biggest hot take I've ever had, lol

ElvisHuxley929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

Loved the first one, second was pretty good. Couldn't even get through the third one. Don't have high hopes for 4, but hey, nowhere to go but up hopefully.

moomoo319929d ago (Edited 929d ago )

DA: Origins was cool, but I got Mass Effect 2 at the same time and goddayum there was no comparison imo.

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