Is it me or does Battlefield 3 look terrible on consoles?

So... I've been playing the BF3 beta on XBOX today and the game is ok I guess, though there are no vehicles in the demo map and I don't like the fact they dumbed down sniping.

What really shocked me are the graphics, look:

Why does it loook so bad? Everything is in low resolution, the characters and objects are made of an incredibly low amount of polygons, there are graphical glitches everywhere, visible texture seams, pop-up, screen tearing. Try walking up to a tree and zoom in, see what I mean: you can see the tree is made of a few huge polygons stacked up on top of each other.

I know it's a beta, but the game comes out in a month, I don't think the final game will be much different (also considering the Bad Company 2 beta was identical to the final release).

If you can, BUY IT ON PC!

Sigh :(

If you are zooming in to look at a tree in a battlefield game, you are not doing it right.

I will download the pc versoin and the ps3 version tonight, and do a comparison.

If you are zooming in to look at a tree in a battlefield game, you are not doing it rightS0lidSnake

There's a reason why PC Gamers keep saying consoles are holding graphics back. BF3 is one example.trastamad03

What did you expect? It's a PC port with many features removed and it's tech toned down. For amazing looking graphics on consoles stick with Killzone 3, UC2 (I hadn't played or seen 3 in action), Gears Of War 3 or even more artsy games like Child Of Eden or El Shaddai.

Graphics look good to me, sure there's pop in textures but its not surprising; almost everyone knew the game won't look as good on consoles compared to the trailers they've shown for the PC version.

it actually looks worse than BC2.

[QUOTE="trastamad03"]There's a reason why PC Gamers keep saying consoles are holding graphics back. BF3 is one example.Chris_Williams

I have pre ordered this game for the PS3 .. shall I cancel it :S:S:S

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="trastamad03"]There's a reason why PC Gamers keep saying consoles are holding graphics back. BF3 is one example.gameguy6700

Mutliplayer looks as good as any other shooters. It just looks bad because they advertise the PC version. If the PC verison was never shown as the "marketed" video the way Squaresoft use to use CG for FF then no one will really think the game looks like crap. Its graphics is on par with most games if not better. Can't say that for the beta as a whole however...its crap.

[QUOTE="trastamad03"]There's a reason why PC Gamers keep saying consoles are holding graphics back. BF3 is one example.Chris_Williams

True but the fact that consoles exist means dev's make games for them and not PC cos they make more money at it. Perfectly fine I don't care. But if you think about it, if Epic and Naughty Dog and all other dev's made games ONLY for PC imagine what they could look like? They can make games look THAT good on such old hardware, imagine what they could do with newer hardware. Dev's wouldn't have to scale things back as much and port them if consoles didn't exist

I have played it on PS3 and I do not remember it looking as bad as your pictures suggest.

I just played the beta on the ps3 and really, I don't see a problem with it. It looks better than BC2, and since the BC2 servers didn't work for me I'm rather excited to be getting this game, or skyrim, or dark souls, and well yeah, good thing it's the only fps this winter.

It looks the same to me. ALL games look the same as their PC. ps3. 360 versiions. Its only when you over analyze everything do you notice the differences but for the most part it looks identical.

It's all about gameplay. Don't know why anyone would buy the game just for the graphics. :?ExoticAnimal

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"]It's all about gameplay. Don't know why anyone would buy the game just for the graphics. :?Black_Knight_00

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"]It's all about gameplay. Don't know why anyone would buy the game just for the graphics. :?ExoticAnimal

Pretty much.

I admit that they aren't "make you weep" graphics, but by no means do I think it looks bad at all. Given the size and scale of the game, I think it looks pretty good.

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"][QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] I agree, but there's such a thing as minimum standardsGemini_Red

Pretty much.

I admit that they aren't "make you weep" graphics, but by no means do I think it looks bad at all. Given the size and scale of the game, I think it looks pretty good.

Well tbf to BlackKnight, when this is the first screenshot you release for the game, the expectations become higher.

Well tbf to BlackKnight, when this is the first screenshot you release for the game, the expectations become higher.

S0lidSnake

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

Well tbf to BlackKnight, when this is the first screenshot you release for the game, the expectations become higher.

ExoticAnimal

That was ingame, NOT a cutscene, just a random NPC talking to you during gameplay. It was show at E3. (THough it was the PC version)

Theirs worse problems then graphics. If graphics are your biggest gripes then your missing the piont of a words "Beta". The textures are laughable though...

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"][QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] I agree, but there's such a thing as minimum standardsGemini_Red

Pretty much.

I admit that they aren't "make you weep" graphics, but by no means do I think it looks bad at all. Given the size and scale of the game, I think it looks pretty good.

So... I've been playing the BF3 beta on XBOX today and the game is ok I guess, though there are no vehicles in the demo map and I don't like the fact they dumbed down sniping.

What really shocked me are the graphics, look:

Why does it loook so bad? Everything is in low resolution, the characters and objects are made of an incredibly low amount of polygons, there are graphical glitches everywhere, visible texture seams, pop-up, screen tearing. Try walking up to a tree and zoom in, see what I mean: you can see the tree is made of a few huge polygons stacked up on top of each other.

I know it's a beta, but the game comes out in a month, I don't think the final game will be much different (also considering the Bad Company 2 beta was identical to the final release).

If you can, BUY IT ON PC!

Sigh :(

Black_Knight_00

I would just like to say that consoles are not keeping back gaming on the PC or gaming in general. When PC devs make a game for the PC they have to make a game that is scalable for a variety of configurations. Placing the consoles into one of these configurations would not keep the game any more back than a low end gaming PC.

Well, i just played it and it doesn;t look bad. I will have to disagree with BlackKnight here. It looks pretty good in the tunnels actually, there is some fancy stuff going on in there with the lighting, fire and light sources, i would say it's pretty impressive for a huge map. The animation is out of this world, you really have to see it to believe it.

And yes, I did get stabbed a couple of times but the game quickly went into a stabbing animation which lasted a good three to five seconds. In COD you can stab and run through three to five guys in that time. There is terrible hit detection though but that's another story.

I thought it looked absolutely great on my PS3, especially the lighting. Battlefield 3 looks far from terrible on any system, you're just sounding biased. Unless you're talking about the uninspired art design that is, in which case, switching to the PC wont help.

I downloaded this on my PS3, mainly due to limited hard drive space left on my 120gb 360, and BF3 isn't living up to the hype visually as announced. I know this is just the beta, but how much more can they improve in less than 3 weeks? I think they may have fooled us console only gamers into believing those videos were actually 360 videos, which even Gamespot had a few videos up of gameplay footage, claiming it was 360/PS3 footage, and I can tell you it looks nothing like what I saw in those videos. I'm not sour over it, it's just that I had high expectations for it from a visual stand point, not to mention the fact that some of the Dice devs were claiming that they were working miracles with the 360/PS3 hardware, and they were basically giving us a PS4/Xbox720 game to play on current gen consoles! I hope that isn't how next gen consoles are gonna look, if so I'll just stick with what I've got. lol

I thought it looked absolutely great on my PS3, especially the lighting. Battlefield 3 looks far from terrible on any system, you're just sounding biased. Unless you're talking about the uninspired art design that is, in which case, switching to the PC wont help.

brickdoctor

I downloaded this on my PS3, mainly due to limited hard drive space left on my 120gb 360, and BF3 isn't living up to the hype visually as announced. I know this is just the beta, but how much more can they improve in less than 3 weeks? I think they may have fooled us console only gamers into believing those videos were actually 360 videos, which even Gamespot had a few videos up of gameplay footage, claiming it was 360/PS3 footage, and I can tell you it looks nothing like what I saw in those videos. I'm not sour over it, it's just that I had high expectations for it from a visual stand point, not to mention the fact that some of the Dice devs were claiming that they were working miracles with the 360/PS3 hardware, and they were basically giving us a PS4/Xbox720 game to play on current gen consoles! I hope that isn't how next gen consoles are gonna look, if so I'll just stick with what I've got. lol

godzillavskong

I just played the PC version and tbh, it doesnt look that special on the PC either. The game I'm sure will look spectecular in Single Player where it doesn't have to worry about 24 players wrecking s*** up in a huge map.

Here are some screenshots from the PC version, running at 1080p on ULTRA settings.

Well from what I hear the ultra settings aren't really ultra, they're just placeholders before the real game. It will probably look better, but I gotta agree, as good as BF3 looks on PC, its not mindblowing. Its not like Crysis blew me away back in 2007, it looks good but not great and a lot of the power is in the effects ans huge maps with all the players.

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"][QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

Well tbf to BlackKnight, when this is the first screenshot you release for the game, the expectations become higher.

S0lidSnake

That was ingame, NOT a cutscene, just a random NPC talking to you during gameplay. It was show at E3. (THough it was the PC version)

That was likely running at ultra settings, which are not avaliable in the beta and require 2 580s to pull off.

[QUOTE="Gemini_Red"]

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"] The game looks fine tbh. Every game has some sort of low res image in it so nothing new here. Black_Knight_00

Pretty much.

I admit that they aren't "make you weep" graphics, but by no means do I think it looks bad at all. Given the size and scale of the game, I think it looks pretty good.

That's because you haven't actually played the real beta, Caspian Border. That map is amazingly good and brings back the bf2 feel that was missing bc2.

[QUOTE="Gemini_Red"]

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"] The game looks fine tbh. Every game has some sort of low res image in it so nothing new here. Black_Knight_00

Pretty much.

I admit that they aren't "make you weep" graphics, but by no means do I think it looks bad at all. Given the size and scale of the game, I think it looks pretty good.

I'm not so sure about that. In the games I have played there wasn't a lot of knifing going on..mainly due that it seemed to be a challenge to even get close before getting blasted in the face. Not saying you are lying, mind you. I'm sure those who got the beta early really invested in best routes or where to sneak up on someone. I saw one player who was already a lvl 26...2 days at most into the beta. That's just insane. I think once you see more people becoming adjusted to this style of gameplay, the less like CoD it will be. I can say that after getting a couple of games in, getting close enough to stab me is not as easy a feat as it was my first 2 games.

Just give it some time. I understand your complaints, but I think you are being too harsh on it.

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"]

I downloaded this on my PS3, mainly due to limited hard drive space left on my 120gb 360, and BF3 isn't living up to the hype visually as announced. I know this is just the beta, but how much more can they improve in less than 3 weeks? I think they may have fooled us console only gamers into believing those videos were actually 360 videos, which even Gamespot had a few videos up of gameplay footage, claiming it was 360/PS3 footage, and I can tell you it looks nothing like what I saw in those videos. I'm not sour over it, it's just that I had high expectations for it from a visual stand point, not to mention the fact that some of the Dice devs were claiming that they were working miracles with the 360/PS3 hardware, and they were basically giving us a PS4/Xbox720 game to play on current gen consoles! I hope that isn't how next gen consoles are gonna look, if so I'll just stick with what I've got. lol

S0lidSnake

I just played the PC version and tbh, it doesnt look that special on the PC either. The game I'm sure will look spectecular in Single Player where it doesn't have to worry about 24 players wrecking s*** up in a huge map.

Here are some screenshots from the PC version, running at 1080p on ULTRA settings.

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"]

I downloaded this on my PS3, mainly due to limited hard drive space left on my 120gb 360, and BF3 isn't living up to the hype visually as announced. I know this is just the beta, but how much more can they improve in less than 3 weeks? I think they may have fooled us console only gamers into believing those videos were actually 360 videos, which even Gamespot had a few videos up of gameplay footage, claiming it was 360/PS3 footage, and I can tell you it looks nothing like what I saw in those videos. I'm not sour over it, it's just that I had high expectations for it from a visual stand point, not to mention the fact that some of the Dice devs were claiming that they were working miracles with the 360/PS3 hardware, and they were basically giving us a PS4/Xbox720 game to play on current gen consoles! I hope that isn't how next gen consoles are gonna look, if so I'll just stick with what I've got. lol

I just played the PC version and tbh, it doesnt look that special on the PC either. The game I'm sure will look spectecular in Single Player where it doesn't have to worry about 24 players wrecking s*** up in a huge map.

Here are some screenshots from the PC version, running at 1080p on ULTRA settings.