biggest Graphical leap? PS1 to PS2, or PS2 to PS3?

In your opinon, which of these generations do you think saw the biggest Graphical leap compared to the previous gen? Honestly, I remember being floored by the PS2 compared to the PS1, espeacilly with that MGS 2 trailer. PS1 was kinda this rough beginning 3-D, but PS2 really was where it was realized.

Well, the PS3 "graphical leap" wasn't really realized until about a year after the PS3 was released. The launch titles were very underwhelming. Same for the Xbox 360.

Nah.... 3D games went mainstream with the N64

I think the graphical leap between the PS2 & PS3 is larger.

From PS1 to PS2 was more noticeable, but the jump from PS2 to PS3 is bigger if you want to get technical.

Well, the PS3 "graphical leap" wasn't really realized until about a year after the PS3 was released. The launch titles were very underwhelming. Same for the Xbox 360.

hockeyruler12

Yeah, while a great game, resistence didnt exactly look all that great. Kameo did look really great though for the time.

Hmm... I say PS1 to PS2.

Well, the PS3 "graphical leap" wasn't really realized until about a year after the PS3 was released. The launch titles were very underwhelming. Same for the Xbox 360.

hockeyruler12

Wrong! If you played XBOX, and then got a 360 and put a disc in that said "Kameo: Elements of Power" in the drive on launch day (and your 360 didn't break), then you saw the graphical leap.

last generation to this generation. By far.

Well from what I remember when the PS2 first launched, a lot of people were disappointed with the graphics because Sony over hyped the damn thing to have PIXAR quality graphics.iammason

And SONY overhyped the PS3. Seems to always happen with them. I like MS tactic of "Underpromise, Over Deliver"

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Rikusaki

That was donkey knog 64 but here is crash 3. With full face animations to boot.

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Rikusaki

PS1 to PS2 to PS3...

he's saying its obvious that the jump from PS2 to PS3 is a MUCH bigger leap... and he's absolutely correct.

Aside from a few 2D games most PS1 games look like garbage by todays standards. Atleast PS2 games don't make your eyes bleed.

PS1 to PS2, obviously. With the PS2 came the more frequent use of lip syncing(or moving mouths in general which wasn't common on the original Playstation to begin with), motion capturing, cel shading, bloom, lens flair and alot of other cool new graphfical tricks. Some PS2 game even supported progressive scan. All the PS3 has been about is just polishing whats already established, HD and upping the amount of on screen characters and bigger environments.vashkey

uhhh dat one to dat one

[QUOTE="iammason"]Well from what I remember when the PS2 first launched, a lot of people were disappointed with the graphics because Sony over hyped the damn thing to have PIXAR quality graphics.XboximusPrime

And SONY overhyped the PS3. Seems to always happen with them. I like MS tactic of "Underpromise, Over Deliver"

Definitely PS1 to PS2. The PS1 was generally pretty ugly graphically, even compared to the N64+Hi-Res mode. With the PS2, characters and environments finally started to resemble and reflect reality.

Many late-gen PS2 games still look quite spectacular if you have component cables or play on a small, standard definition TV.

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Definitely PS1 to PS2. The PS1 was generally pretty ugly graphically, even compared to the N64+Hi-Res mode. With the PS2, characters and environments finally started to resemble and reflect reality.

Many late-gen PS2 games still look quite spectacular if you have component cables or play on a small, standard definition TV.

SakusEnvoy

N64 looked like a bunch of blocks. PS1 atleast had regular looking character models.

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If you stop for a second and allow yourself to remember the past instead of staying in the present (a time where you can still be impressed by visuals) you'll realise that the differences between the Ps1 and PS2 were immense and just logically far greater. Facial animations/visible emotions, lip syncing? during the Ps1 era these were a rarity if not non existant. Draw distance? please..

[QUOTE="vashkey"]PS1 to PS2, obviously. With the PS2 came the more frequent use of lip syncing(or moving mouths in general which wasn't common on the original Playstation to begin with), motion capturing, cel shading, bloom, lens flair and alot of other cool new graphfical tricks. Some PS2 game even supported progressive scan. All the PS3 has been about is just polishing whats already established, HD and upping the amount of on screen characters and bigger environments.nhh18

Some PS2 games still look fairly impressive today.

Shadow of the Colossus

Final Fantasy XII

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Honestly, this gen has probably seen the smallest leap in graphical quality and thats probably because now developers need to make the content in higher resolutions. So it takes alot more effort just to put out the same sort of quality content.

last gen was all about geometry

this gen it's all about textures and lighting

imo the leap from PS1/N64 to last gen was a bigger leap, and lots of last gen games still look really damn good, been playing metroid prime 1 lately and it still looks really good

In your opinon, which of these generations do you think saw the biggest Graphical leap compared to the previous gen? Honestly, I remember being floored by the PS2 compared to the PS1, espeacilly with that MGS 2 trailer. PS1 was kinda this rough beginning 3-D, but PS2 really was where it was realized.

XboximusPrime

PS1 to PS2.

PS3 from PS2 was a major graphical leap, and a major stepback in gameplay.

last gen was all about geometry

this gen it's all about textures and lighting

imo the leap from PS1/N64 to last gen was a bigger leap, and lots of last gen games still look really damn good, been playing metroid prime 1 lately and it still looks really good

88mphSlayer

PS1 to PS2. Last gen was the first gen when full 3D graphics could be made to look very realistic. Even Resident Evil, one of the PS1's nicest looking gamesdidn't look anywhere near as good and it had static environments.

If you stop for a second and allow yourself to remember the past instead of staying in the present (a time where you can still be impressed by visuals) you'll realise that the differences between the Ps1 and PS2 were immense and just logically far greater. Facial animations/visible emotions, lip syncing? during the Ps1 era these were a rarity if not non existant. Draw distance? please..

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Ps1

MGS2

ps3

The leap is big on all gens.

[QUOTE="iammason"]Well from what I remember when the PS2 first launched, a lot of people were disappointed with the graphics because Sony over hyped the damn thing to have PIXAR quality graphics.XboximusPrime

And SONY overhyped the PS3. Seems to always happen with them. I like MS tactic of "Underpromise, Over Deliver"

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last gen was all about geometry

this gen it's all about textures and lighting

imo the leap from PS1/N64 to last gen was a bigger leap, and lots of last gen games still look really damn good, been playing metroid prime 1 lately and it still looks really good

Midnightshade29

PS1 to PS2 was HUGE leap, but so is the leap from PS2 to PS3. The only thing about this gen is that it's the current gen and it's still young.

So from the current standpoint, PS1 to PS2 was a far bigger leap than last gen to current gen.

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If you stop for a second and allow yourself to remember the past instead of staying in the present (a time where you can still be impressed by visuals) you'll realise that the differences between the Ps1 and PS2 were immense and just logically far greater. Facial animations/visible emotions, lip syncing? during the Ps1 era these were a rarity if not non existant. Draw distance? please..

Midnightshade29

They aren't bullshots o_O they are just compressed. Kinda hard to see jaggies when your screen shots are smaller then the actual resolution, regardless the point is still made when you look at the textures and faces, when you consider the fact that they actually have recognizable facial features in the PS2 shots then you kinda get the point. As for the PS1 shots, I played these titles at launch, they looked that ugly if not worse.

I think PS1 to PS2.

When the PS2 was first released, there wasn't really much of a difference, but then Konami released MGS2...and wow. That was the first game on the PS2 to really show its potential. Hell, it still impresses me even today. And it was released just 1 year after the PS2 (PS2 in 2000, MGS2 on 2001). Definitely in the top 5 best looking PS2 games, IMO.

PS3 from PS2 was a major graphical leap, and a major stepback in gameplay.

garathe_den

ps1 to ps2 by far. The only thing ps3 does is play games in higher resolution and add some shadow/lightning. If I play wii games on my pc in hd it's almost as good looking as xbox360/ps3 games.