FEAR 2 Graphics Comparison (Eurogamer)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin-triple-format-face-off-article

First off, before the hermits come in and say, "PC IS THE WINNUH!" We know. We hear it all the time, and it's no different this time, either.

Now, as far as the console versions go, here's a couple of points:

360 version has 4X MSAA, and Ambient Occlusion, the PS3 versions does not.

360 has a consistant framerate. The PS3 version does not. I believe Eurogamer compared the PS3 version of FEAR 2 to the PS3 version of BioShock, and can hinder gameplay.

However, in the end, both versions look good.

My brother is playing the 360 version now.It's not bad.Lto_thaG

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"]My brother is playing the 360 version now.It's not bad.MortalDecay

they look damn near identical to me. BigBadLanTerN

[QUOTE="BigBadLanTerN"]they look damn near identical to me. MortalDecay

I dunno about the graphics between the PS3 and 360 versions, but the PS3 framerate was awful.

I'm glad I'm getting the PC version.

I haven't played the 360 version, but surely it can't be as bad as the PS3 one. I'm surprised at how bad it is. Normally multiplats these days are near identical.

[QUOTE="MortalDecay"][QUOTE="BigBadLanTerN"]they look damn near identical to me. MasterDefender3

Edit:Saw it again the ps3 does slow down a couple of times

I dunno about the graphics between the PS3 and 360 versions, but the PS3 framerate was awful.

I'm glad I'm getting the PC version.

I haven't played the 360 version, but surely it can't be as bad as the PS3 one. I'm surprised at how bad it is. Normally multiplats these days are near identical.

They should have taken a look at the textures better, when a friend and I compared the PC version to PS3 the texture differences were horrendous. In the case of a mattress the PC one had a fabric pattern while the PS3 was; well a smudge essentially.AnnoyedDragon

[QUOTE="MortalDecay"][QUOTE="BigBadLanTerN"]they look damn near identical to me. MasterDefender3

I find it funny how last gen multi-plats had huge differences between each platform and nobody cared. Now that the PS3 and 360 have multi-plats that are damn near identical people are so obsessed with declaring a winner. Guess what guys, the difference between multi-plats this generation is so small that the quality and type of TV you have makes a bigger difference. I have my PS3 hooked up to a 52 inch Sony Bravia and my cousin has his 360 hooked up to an Olevia TV. To this day he swears that all the multi-plats look better on the PS3 just because everything looks so crisp and vibrant on my TV while the 360 games look more washed out and less sharp on his tv. We've played Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, Fallout 3, the Resident Evil demo on both systems and they all look better on my PS3 then his 360. Last gen, it didn't matter what TV you had, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, GTA all looked better on the Xbox then the PS2.AppleBlade

No surprises, multiplats tend to look a bit better on 360. Multi system owners know which to get :P But ultimately, a nice gaming rig pwns both.Master-Thief-09

It comes down to the settings of the TV and the PS3 system which have to be set right and if they are the games are 97%-100% identical. Most of these comparisons are with the PS3s RGB set as limited insteead of Full and Full adds a lot of color and the other setting is contrast/brightness of the TV. When you look at most every multiplat comparisons the only real difference is the brightness of the PS3 video is higher than the 360s video and that is the case with this FEAR 2 comparison as well.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin-triple-format-face-off-article

First off, before the hermits come in and say, "PC IS THE WINNUH!" We know. We hear it all the time, and it's no different this time, either.

Now, as far as the console versions go, here's a couple of points:

360 version has 4X MSAA, and Ambient Occlusion, the PS3 versions does not.

360 has a consistant framerate. The PS3 version does not. I believe Eurogamer compared the PS3 version of FEAR 2 to the PS3 version of BioShock, and can hinder gameplay.

However, in the end, both versions look good.

MortalDecay

It's been concluded for about 6 months now that all multiplats on 360 and PS3 look and play 97%-100% identically so these threads can stop. The last 5 biggest multiplats I've played on each and I can't see any difference unless it has to do with the settings on the TV or the system that need to be adjusted. Devs shoot to make them identical in every way these days and they're succeeding.patriots7672

[QUOTE="Master-Thief-09"]No surprises, multiplats tend to look a bit better on 360. Multi system owners know which to get :P But ultimately, a nice gaming rig pwns both.patriots7672

It comes down to the settings of the TV and the PS3 system which have to be set right and if they are the games are 97%-100% identical. Most of these comparisons are with the PS3s RGB set as limited insteead of Full and Full adds a lot of color and the other setting is contrast/brightness of the TV. When you look at most every multiplat comparisons the only real difference is the brightness of the PS3 video is higher than the 360s video and that is the case with this FEAR 2 comparison as well.

[QUOTE="AnnoyedDragon"]They should have taken a look at the textures better, when a friend and I compared the PC version to PS3 the texture differences were horrendous. In the case of a mattress the PC one had a fabric pattern while the PS3 was; well a smudge essentially.Einhanderkiller

As I said there is something up with the textures in the PS3 version, god knows what they did to result in them looking like that and still have the game running slow.

[QUOTE="AppleBlade"]I find it funny how last gen multi-plats had huge differences between each platform and nobody cared. Now that the PS3 and 360 have multi-plats that are damn near identical people are so obsessed with declaring a winner. Guess what guys, the difference between multi-plats this generation is so small that the quality and type of TV you have makes a bigger difference. I have my PS3 hooked up to a 52 inch Sony Bravia and my cousin has his 360 hooked up to an Olevia TV. To this day he swears that all the multi-plats look better on the PS3 just because everything looks so crisp and vibrant on my TV while the 360 games look more washed out and less sharp on his tv. We've played Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, Fallout 3, the Resident Evil demo on both systems and they all look better on my PS3 then his 360. Last gen, it didn't matter what TV you had, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, GTA all looked better on the Xbox then the PS2.SmokeyMcMuffin

My answer to you is MGS 4 won best game and graphics of 2008. Uncharted also had better graphics than any 360 game and now KZ 2 is right up there. The multiplats are identical because the devs don't care to utilize and focus on the PS3s power when making multiplats. And the PS3 is only around $100 more and it comes with WiFi, a web browser, rechargeable controllers, and uses a more expensive bluray drive that uses ultra high quality and capacity discs that are also unscratchable. Also the PS3 has a way far less failure rate as I know with 3 PS3s and they've all performed flawlessly and when I had a 360 it failed twice so I E-bayed the replacement MS sent me.

[QUOTE="patriots7672"]It's been concluded for about 6 months now that all multiplats on 360 and PS3 look and play 97%-100% identically so these threads can stop. The last 5 biggest multiplats I've played on each and I can't see any difference unless it has to do with the settings on the TV or the system that need to be adjusted. Devs shoot to make them identical in every way these days and they're succeeding.MortalDecay

You DO know some multiplats look BETTER on the PS3? Which means the quality depends on the developers.

They both have the same scores.So in the end it means that all this is nitpicking.The average joe cant even tell the difference.Same was with gta4,dmc4 and tons of other multiplats where people nitpick.-hells-

[QUOTE="MortalDecay"][QUOTE="patriots7672"]It's been concluded for about 6 months now that all multiplats on 360 and PS3 look and play 97%-100% identically so these threads can stop. The last 5 biggest multiplats I've played on each and I can't see any difference unless it has to do with the settings on the TV or the system that need to be adjusted. Devs shoot to make them identical in every way these days and they're succeeding.masterflame10

You DO know some multiplats look BETTER on the PS3? Which means the quality depends on the developers.

Once again the 360 proves itself as thebetter console and once again Sony fans leap in here makng up excuses. :)

Typical, just accept the 360 has the edge on games..it's no big deal ...you still habe your cell to look at.

[QUOTE="SmokeyMcMuffin"][QUOTE="AppleBlade"]I find it funny how last gen multi-plats had huge differences between each platform and nobody cared. Now that the PS3 and 360 have multi-plats that are damn near identical people are so obsessed with declaring a winner. Guess what guys, the difference between multi-plats this generation is so small that the quality and type of TV you have makes a bigger difference. I have my PS3 hooked up to a 52 inch Sony Bravia and my cousin has his 360 hooked up to an Olevia TV. To this day he swears that all the multi-plats look better on the PS3 just because everything looks so crisp and vibrant on my TV while the 360 games look more washed out and less sharp on his tv. We've played Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, Fallout 3, the Resident Evil demo on both systems and they all look better on my PS3 then his 360. Last gen, it didn't matter what TV you had, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, GTA all looked better on the Xbox then the PS2.patriots7672

My answer to you is MGS 4 won best game and graphics of 2008. Uncharted also had better graphics than any 360 game and now KZ 2 is right up there. The multiplats are identical because the devs don't care to utilize and focus on the PS3s power when making multiplats. And the PS3 is only around $100 more and it comes with WiFi, a web browser, rechargeable controllers, and uses a more expensive bluray drive that uses ultra high quality and capacity discs that are also unscratchable. Also the PS3 has a way far less failure rate as I know with 3 PS3s and they've all performed flawlessly and when I had a 360 it failed twice so I E-bayed the replacement MS sent me.

Sony used you as a pawn in the HD movie format war, nothing more.

Resident Evil 5 on the 360 looks better than Uncharted, and MGS4. It even looks to be on par with KZ2. And from the videos I have seen the 360 version looks better than the PS3 version. What a shocker.

What was your Gamertag?

By the way, I love how you changed the subject, since you had nothing on the subject at hand.

I played both fear2 demos (I have the ps3 and 360 hocked up to the same pioneer Kuro) and the 360 version clearly looks/runs better.

And stop with the full/limited-rgb setting bull excuse. The 360 has the same options. (standard=limited and extended = full) Full is often the wrong choice for a tv, while it's the right choice for a pc-monitor.

On another note, the 360 version of sf4 is also superior compared to the ps3 version.

360 version runs at 720p x2AA.
ps3 version runs at 720p no AA and drops to 630p no-AA in close-ups.
360 version also has better shadow filtering, and on some stages it looks like the ps3 version has less lightning effects.

Once again the 360 proves itself as thebetter console and once again Sony fans leap in here makng up excuses. :)

Typical, just accept the 360 has the edge on games..it's no big deal ...you still habe your cell to look at.

CreepyBacon

[QUOTE="-hells-"]They both have the same scores.So in the end it means that all this is nitpicking.The average joe cant even tell the difference.Same was with gta4,dmc4 and tons of other multiplats where people nitpick.MortalDecay

[QUOTE="MortalDecay"][QUOTE="-hells-"]They both have the same scores.So in the end it means that all this is nitpicking.The average joe cant even tell the difference.Same was with gta4,dmc4 and tons of other multiplats where people nitpick.-hells-

[QUOTE="Master-Thief-09"]No surprises, multiplats tend to look a bit better on 360. Multi system owners know which to get :P But ultimately, a nice gaming rig pwns both.patriots7672

It comes down to the settings of the TV and the PS3 system which have to be set right and if they are the games are 97%-100% identical. Most of these comparisons are with the PS3s RGB set as limited insteead of Full and Full adds a lot of color and the other setting is contrast/brightness of the TV. When you look at most every multiplat comparisons the only real difference is the brightness of the PS3 video is higher than the 360s video and that is the case with this FEAR 2 comparison as well.

You're having real trouble swallowing the fact 360 multiplats are superior aren't ya?

p.s As mentioned, black level settings are on both consoles and are not always the desireable option (some games don't even map to the full range)

[QUOTE="patriots7672"]

[QUOTE="Master-Thief-09"]No surprises, multiplats tend to look a bit better on 360. Multi system owners know which to get :P But ultimately, a nice gaming rig pwns both.MortalDecay

It comes down to the settings of the TV and the PS3 system which have to be set right and if they are the games are 97%-100% identical. Most of these comparisons are with the PS3s RGB set as limited insteead of Full and Full adds a lot of color and the other setting is contrast/brightness of the TV. When you look at most every multiplat comparisons the only real difference is the brightness of the PS3 video is higher than the 360s video and that is the case with this FEAR 2 comparison as well.

Lemmings you do know that this has really nothing to do with the ps3 but more with the devs right? I mean after Uncharted, Gtp5, MGS4, and soon KZ2, yall really need to stop with these minor issues or issues on games that are really not even worth mentioning. Think most ps3 users understand that if weren't for multiplates lemmings wouldn't have anything to play, so we accept the fact that some may not run as well as other consoles but we as ps3 owners also know that we have exclusives to look forward to that shine on the ps3.

But really to go to these lengths for lemmings to nitpick these games is just crazy. No matter what the pc is the better version, so does that hurt lemmings feeling whether the game was bad or not. I mean heck the pc version just runs over the consoles right, so these minor differences between consoles don't really hurt the games story or gameplay, if it doesn't hurt it when compared to the pc version.

Please just get over these minor things, I mean unless it just makes yall feel better for buying a cheap mans vette and being able to run with a corvette from stop light to stop light even though the corvette is down 2 cylinders, because the garage didn't put the time into the car for it to run right. But we all know when all 8 cylinders are firing and running on 93 octane the real corvette does some amazing things :)

[QUOTE="AppleBlade"]I find it funny how last gen multi-plats had huge differences between each platform and nobody cared. Now that the PS3 and 360 have multi-plats that are damn near identical people are so obsessed with declaring a winner. Guess what guys, the difference between multi-plats this generation is so small that the quality and type of TV you have makes a bigger difference. I have my PS3 hooked up to a 52 inch Sony Bravia and my cousin has his 360 hooked up to an Olevia TV. To this day he swears that all the multi-plats look better on the PS3 just because everything looks so crisp and vibrant on my TV while the 360 games look more washed out and less sharp on his tv. We've played Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, Fallout 3, the Resident Evil demo on both systems and they all look better on my PS3 then his 360. Last gen, it didn't matter what TV you had, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, GTA all looked better on the Xbox then the PS2.SmokeyMcMuffin

Once again the 360 proves itself as thebetter console and once again Sony fans leap in here makng up excuses. :)

Typical, just accept the 360 has the edge on games..it's no big deal ...you still habe your cell to look at.

CreepyBacon

I like this part: "For both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners, F.E.A.R. 2 is something of a miss. For owners of Sony's box, it's pretty much a write-off, not just because of the very poor performance issues, but because it arrives in the same time period as Killzone 2 - a game I've spent a lot of time with recently and is perhaps the most magnificent technical achievement I've seen on the current generation of consoles. In every sense that matters, Guerrilla Games' effort serves to make F.E.A.R. 2 an almost completely redundant release for PS3 players."

So whilst you 360 peeps enjoy yet another average FPS, I'll stick will Killzone 2.

As always, games built for the PC will always look better on the 360. However, games built for the ps3 continue to blow the 360 out the water.