To people who say stalker doesnt look good [56k]

It does, and looks better than Half Life 2, contrary to popular belief.

it still doesn't look "good". its running on an engine they made like 4 years ago. It looks ok for a 4 year old engine but there are far better looking games out right now. So if there are games out that look better wouldn't that mean that STALKER doesn't look "good"XBSHX

 just cause there are better looking games, doesnt mean another game looks bad.

Stalker just doesnt look like its graphically better because of the style, but it is. 

Your playing on a super computer so it helps. Most of us still have crappy computers. I play medium.

Oh and can i borrow your computer? I swear I'll give it right back :twisted:

it still doesn't look "good". its running on an engine they made like 4 years ago. It looks ok for a 4 year old engine but there are far better looking games out right now. So if there are games out that look better wouldn't that mean that STALKER doesn't look "good"XBSHX

not many games look much better than this. FEAR sure doesnt, Oblivion does yeah. Yeah it helps that i play on a great pc, but any game wont look good if you dont play it on low. Look at low oblivion screens. You cant find many pc game screens that look better than what i posted.

it still doesn't look "good".XBSHX

your telling me those screens i posted dont look good? 

Looks bad. Letesmetty

 then what looks good for you?

[QUOTE="Letesmetty"]Looks bad. way2funny

then what looks good for you?

Looks cool, but it all looks to concrete and texturised.Theguywithshirt

Still looks better than half of all the ps3 and 360 games. And thats the style of the graphics, it gives the game an abondended, creepy look

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[QUOTE="Letesmetty"]Looks bad. Letesmetty

then what looks good for you?

then this should look good, unless your blind, or you have a really crappy pc 

You people give way too much importance to the technical aspect of graphics. I for one appreciate great artistic direction much more, and it seems like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. delivers on that category.

 A game doesn't have to be cutting-edge to look good.

You people give way too much importance to the technical aspect of graphics. I for one appreciate great artistic direction much more, and it seems like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. delivers on that category.

A game doesn't have to be cutting-edge to look good.

SYdoggXxX

I agree, STALKER isnt cutting edge, but it does look very darn good, and it has an art style that sets a mood very appropriate for the story of the game. But its just not right when people say that this game looks crappy, cause it doesnt look crappy, it looks very good 

ya....It still doesn't look that good and I have the game. Not only that the performance optimization on this game is absolutely disgusting. onemic

I have the game too, thats where the screen shots game from.  

This game looks like absolute **** Oh, maby your mixing up hl2 with hl1, easy mistake.douglassaisho

your telling me the screens I posted look like ****? 

You people give way too much importance to the technical aspect of graphics. I for one appreciate great artistic direction much more, and it seems like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. delivers on that category.

 A game doesn't have to be cutting-edge to look good.

SYdoggXxX

it still doesn't look "good". its running on an engine they made like 4 years ago. It looks ok for a 4 year old engine but there are far better looking games out right now. So if there are games out that look better wouldn't that mean that STALKER doesn't look "good"XBSHX

It does, and looks better than Half Life 2, contrary to popular belief.

 

 

 

 

way2funny

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[QUOTE="Letesmetty"]Looks bad. Letesmetty

then what looks good for you?

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[QUOTE="Letesmetty"]Looks bad. PredatorRules

then what looks good for you?

 vegas, yes, but FEAR? fear just has nice gore, and the textures are a lot better in stalker. THe lighting puts FEAR to shame as well

ya....It still doesn't look that good and I have the game. Not only that the performance optimization on this game is absolutely disgusting. onemic

I think what many people are saying is; it looks good, but not as good as it should for this gen.F4ll3n_1

the character models are pretty shoddy, but the urban textures - especially bricks - are simply the best i've ever seen in a game, the lighting is good (especially on lightning - best weather effects i've seen in a game) and the shadows are astounding

and, considering that it's a large, open environment - not the confined corridor shooter, where more visual effort can be focused into a smaller area - the game is pretty amazing looking i'd say

but, as for the main pro argument i'm seeing here - that it looks better than half life 2 - yeah, so what? half life 2 is from 2004... it's an amazing looking game, but there's better out there

i'd call it a great looking game, but whatever - beauty is subjective, it's pointless arguing over it, even if technically possible

Check out some of the screenshots in this thread, I was really impressed when I saw them.

Edit: Oops forget linky : http://www.overclock.net/pc-games/171114-official-s-t-l-k-e-2.html?highlight=s.t.a.l.k.e.r.+screenshots 

It looks good, just not as good as someone would expect for a game that's been in development for 6 years. To me the graphics are similar and on par with Thief Deadly Shadows, which is going on 3 years old. They are a notch behind HL2.  But in no way do I think that stalker's graphics look bad.

I have been playing the game with various settings from max to medium. The main difference is the dynamic lighting which looks impressive, but the rest of the graphics are definately still a couple years behind.

If you look at some screens from 5 years ago, it's interesting to see that they are nearly the same quality as the final release now. 5 years ago, this game would have blown all of its competition out of the water. 

Here are some screens from 2002:

This game looks like absolute **** Oh, maby your mixing up hl2 with hl1, easy mistake.douglassaisho

You have no taste.

I suppose that you are going to say that Big Rigs is the best looking game ever?

Yes I agree, Stalker's graphics and style are excellent. Not perfect, some of the models are a bit dated, but overall it's very nice, especially the textures.

here are some more screens-

textures are nice but the polygon count looks low as HL1 lolTerrorantula

It does, and looks better than Half Life 2, contrary to popular belief.

 

 

 

 

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