Final Fantasy XIII runs in 1080p.

Those who have their hands on the Final Fantasy XIII demo, which came bundled with the special edition Advent Children Complete, have been reporting an interesting aspect of the game. It runs in 1080p! Most current generation games run in 720p, and if you have a PS3 hooked up to a 1080p TV, then in the settings you can check off all the resolutions so that the PS3 auto detects what the game wants to be output as. If all the check boxes are selected, then a game like Uncharted will run at its native resolution of 720p, while a game like Super Stardust HD will run at 1080p. Now that most of the technical jargon has been explained, here is what is interesting about the FF XIII demo. The PS3 chooses to run the demo at 1080p, which means that the supported resolutions for FF XIII are 480p/720p/1080i/1080p. Having said this, just because the game supports a 1080p resolution, does not mean that it is running at a native 1080p, but rather an upscaled 720p. Metal Gear Solid 4 is an example of this (though the game actually ran at 1024x768 and then upscaled). However, there are some aspects of the demo which appear to be running at a native 1080p, not an upscaled 720p.FF-XIIInet

So it's all speculation that it's running native? When the full game releases, it'll be 1080p upscaled. Best believe it.

[QUOTE="FF-XIIInet"]Those who have their hands on the Final Fantasy XIII demo, which came bundled with the special edition Advent Children Complete, have been reporting an interesting aspect of the game. It runs in 1080p! Most current generation games run in 720p, and if you have a PS3 hooked up to a 1080p TV, then in the settings you can check off all the resolutions so that the PS3 auto detects what the game wants to be output as. If all the check boxes are selected, then a game like Uncharted will run at its native resolution of 720p, while a game like Super Stardust HD will run at 1080p. Now that most of the technical jargon has been explained, here is what is interesting about the FF XIII demo. The PS3 chooses to run the demo at 1080p, which means that the supported resolutions for FF XIII are 480p/720p/1080i/1080p. Having said this, just because the game supports a 1080p resolution, does not mean that it is running at a native 1080p, but rather an upscaled 720p. Metal Gear Solid 4 is an example of this (though the game actually ran at 1024x768 and then upscaled). However, there are some aspects of the demo which appear to be running at a native 1080p, not an upscaled 720p.Rockman999

Thanks, now it is obvious why it looks so far behind Lost Odyssey visually, they should have gone for 720p and add shaders and polygons instead of cutting back and have so last gen charatcers

Native? I dont think so.

ideally, it should be 1080p considering they've had all this time to figure it out. But we'll see I guess....

Seriously....does it really matter if it runs at 1080p or not?....I mean seriously is 720 THAT bad?....jeez

I bet Unscaled. More important: Does it supports 1080i?loco145

The 10 dollar question; Is it actually natively rendered IN 1080p or merely upscaled?Vandalvideo

[QUOTE="loco145"]I bet Unscaled. More important: Does it supports 1080i?SemiMaster

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]The 10 dollar question; Is it actually natively rendered IN 1080p or merely upscaled?C_BozkurT_C

did anyone even read the article?

the CGI cutscenes run at 1080p, the game runs at 720p

Something like this just might change whether I buy it on 360 or PS3. The tv that my 360 is on only goes up to 720p, but I can play it whenever I want. The tv that my ps3 is on is in the living room(can't play when someone is watching tv) but it runs in 1080p. I still haven't decided.

Once you are playing on an HDTV there is hardly any difference between 720P, 1080i or 1080P. I don't see it on my 46"Jamex1987

Maybe you haven't seen native 1080p yet, i see a huge difference when i run crysis in 1080p on my 40" Sony Bravia HDTV

Wow, that will look really impressive on my SDTV :roll:

[QUOTE="SemiMaster"][QUOTE="loco145"]I bet Unscaled. More important: Does it supports 1080i?kidonre

Not on my HD CRT TV...

I'm putting my bets on it being 720p upscaled.

Once you are playing on an HDTV there is hardly any difference between 720P, 1080i or 1080P. I don't see it on my 46"Jamex1987

I bet Unscaled. More important: Does it supports 1080i?loco145

Did you mean you were betting that its running Natively 1080p when you said Unscaled, or did you mean Upscaled?

As far as your question: Any game that supports 1080p will display correctly in 1080i.

[QUOTE="C_BozkurT_C"][QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]The 10 dollar question; Is it actually natively rendered IN 1080p or merely upscaled?Zero5000X

Well, no. But with the PS3 version being the lead console with a considerable headstart in development I could see the possibility. Actually, I could also see Microsoft throwing a fit about that. They already cannot be too hapy about SE's comments that they'll do their best to make the 360 version look as close as possible to the PS3...

The cutscenes will probably be 1080p native while the rest of the game is upscaled. I doubt the X360 will have 1080p native in the cutscenes, because that would take up a lot more space.

[QUOTE="Rockman999"][QUOTE="FF-XIIInet"]Those who have their hands on the Final Fantasy XIII demo, which came bundled with the special edition Advent Children Complete, have been reporting an interesting aspect of the game. It runs in 1080p! Most current generation games run in 720p, and if you have a PS3 hooked up to a 1080p TV, then in the settings you can check off all the resolutions so that the PS3 auto detects what the game wants to be output as. If all the check boxes are selected, then a game like Uncharted will run at its native resolution of 720p, while a game like Super Stardust HD will run at 1080p. Now that most of the technical jargon has been explained, here is what is interesting about the FF XIII demo. The PS3 chooses to run the demo at 1080p, which means that the supported resolutions for FF XIII are 480p/720p/1080i/1080p. Having said this, just because the game supports a 1080p resolution, does not mean that it is running at a native 1080p, but rather an upscaled 720p. Metal Gear Solid 4 is an example of this (though the game actually ran at 1024x768 and then upscaled). However, there are some aspects of the demo which appear to be running at a native 1080p, not an upscaled 720p.obamanian

Thanks, now it is obvious why it looks so far behind Lost Odyssey visually, they should have gone for 720p and add shaders and polygons instead of cutting back and have so last gen charatcers

it will probably run upscaled and the 360 version will handle it just fine...

it will probably run upscaled and the 360 version will handle it just fine...

alextherussian

Just looked at an April 8th Kokatu article that quotes Toriyama saying that the game is currently runnning at 720p and 30 fps. That should settle that :)

[QUOTE="obamanian"]

[QUOTE="Rockman999"] more after the link This makes me even more excited for the game:).I wonder how the 360 version will fare.What do you think about this?alextherussian

Thanks, now it is obvious why it looks so far behind Lost Odyssey visually, they should have gone for 720p and add shaders and polygons instead of cutting back and have so last gen charatcers

FF13 characters are lower polygon, and have not nearly the effects, shaders and lighting of LO ones like the below

Unless someone posts a in game pic to prove otherwise, look at how stunning the armor, lighting, polygon counts (everything is round) etc look below

And that is completly in game, no cut-scene

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]The 10 dollar question; Is it actually natively rendered IN 1080p or merely upscaled?C_BozkurT_C

I think the Japan version will be 1080p, and we will get the upscaled version just like the 360 to accommodate it.

Edit: But we will see when it drops next year!

[QUOTE="Rockman999"][QUOTE="FF-XIIInet"]Those who have their hands on the Final Fantasy XIII demo, which came bundled with the special edition Advent Children Complete, have been reporting an interesting aspect of the game. It runs in 1080p! Most current generation games run in 720p, and if you have a PS3 hooked up to a 1080p TV, then in the settings you can check off all the resolutions so that the PS3 auto detects what the game wants to be output as. If all the check boxes are selected, then a game like Uncharted will run at its native resolution of 720p, while a game like Super Stardust HD will run at 1080p. Now that most of the technical jargon has been explained, here is what is interesting about the FF XIII demo. The PS3 chooses to run the demo at 1080p, which means that the supported resolutions for FF XIII are 480p/720p/1080i/1080p. Having said this, just because the game supports a 1080p resolution, does not mean that it is running at a native 1080p, but rather an upscaled 720p. Metal Gear Solid 4 is an example of this (though the game actually ran at 1024x768 and then upscaled). However, there are some aspects of the demo which appear to be running at a native 1080p, not an upscaled 720p.obamanian

Thanks, now it is obvious why it looks so far behind Lost Odyssey visually, they should have gone for 720p and add shaders and polygons instead of cutting back and have so last gen charatcers

Nothing about the appearance of this game suggests 1080p to me, 1080p requires butchering resources on consoles to accommodate the requirements of the resolution.

[QUOTE="alextherussian"][QUOTE="obamanian"]

Thanks, now it is obvious why it looks so far behind Lost Odyssey visually, they should have gone for 720p and add shaders and polygons instead of cutting back and have so last gen charatcers

obamanian

FF13 characters are lower polygon, and have not nearly the effects, shaders and lighting of LO ones like the below

Unless someone posts a in game pic to prove otherwise, look at how stunning the armor, lighting, polygon counts (everything is round) etc look below

And that is completly in game, no cut-scene

Looks average, but with a bunch of DOF thrown in.

i only have a 32" display so anything about 720p is pointless

[QUOTE="obamanian"]

[QUOTE="Rockman999"] more after the link This makes me even more excited for the game:).I wonder how the 360 version will fare.What do you think about this?jasonharris48

Thanks, now it is obvious why it looks so far behind Lost Odyssey visually, they should have gone for 720p and add shaders and polygons instead of cutting back and have so last gen charatcers

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[QUOTE="obamanian"]

Thanks, now it is obvious why it looks so far behind Lost Odyssey visually, they should have gone for 720p and add shaders and polygons instead of cutting back and have so last gen charatcers

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