Gears of War 4 Will Be "Graphical Showcase" on Xbox One

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"Like how the original Gears of War was a visual showcase for the Xbox 360, Gears of War 4 will be a graphical showcase for the Xbox One," Fergusson said.

Looks like Gears 4 might be the game which will change Xbox One's destiny if done right. No doubt Xbox players will be eagerly anticipating the game now.

Thoughts Warriors? :)

Not if it tries to push 60fps in single player. Halo 5 suffered greatly visually for that.

30fps for campaign and 60fps for MP. Of course the PC version can go all out...

So what's that, like medium settings?

Didn't Gears have like, pre-baked lighting and very few characters on the screen?

Something tells me they should focus on gameplay too..

The E3 showing didn't look bad, it just looked boring. They can create atmosphere well, they need to clean up that gameplay though.

It looked really underwhelming at Gamescom or e3, wherever it was shown. Scalebound looks to be that game, if they just get it running smoothly and decrease pop up.

Then it'll come to PC and look like a mid range PC game at best.

What he meant is 'Gears 4 will be a graphical showcase' but what he didn't mention (again, to give hope for those that are stuck with the Xbone in 2016) is that the "showcase" part of his sentence will only be present on PC and the "Gears of War 4" part will be on both.

Guess that means the campaign won't be 60fps.

I don't want the game to be a showcase, just want it to be good. Right now it's off my radar.

Didn't they say the same thing regarding Halo 5? I'll believe it when I see it.

No it wont, not like Gears 1, those graphics were mind blowing and nobody had to tell me.

When i first watch E3 footage it was too much dark and i couldnot see anything.

It'll be so dark that you won't be able to see the amazing graphics underneath!

The darkness adds to the graphical power!

Most likely graphically impressive, "showcase"? doubtful! Quantum Break will already have been released on xbox one which pretty much tops out what xbox one can deliver in terms of a "showcase" for graphics on the system.

This is just PR for the game, and really old and useless PR. Gears just needs to be a really great game. The Order and Drive Club were already graphical showcases for PS4 but they didn't exactly set the world on fire in terms of reception and the same for Ryse on xbox one.

This generation the whole "omg the graphics" argument for games isn't going to win a game as much credibility as it did last generation, case in point GTAV is one of the highest selling games of this generation-and it's a cross gen game, Bloodborne which only looks like a high end last gen game and Bayonetta 2 which got rave reviews ect but is a Wii U exclusive.

Oh geez, here we go again...

@indzman: I think you're reaching.

Hopefully they have something at E3 to wet our appetites.

Maybe if you are talking about 2012 medium setting...lol

Yep and fake effect to,they even use spinning textures to simulate fire not even the damn PS 1 did that..

I recorded a video on my own 360 and posted it here the denial was astronomical..lol

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@lamprey263: Since Gears Judgement aged very well and looks almost like a current Gen title, here's hoping Gears 4 will also deliver on that front.

Too bad People Can Fly isn't making this one, they seem to have a great grasp on what makes a shooter fun. But last year's E3 gameplay presentation looks like presented a modest expectation, nothing too unbelievable of what it was capable of delivering graphically. Hopefully they're ever bit as talented in how they engineer the gameplay.

You still have that video?

oh boy, we all know the cloud and Dx12 will make it current gen 8 console graphics king!

@indzman: It's just PR, they said the same thing about Halo 5.

I'm more worried about the brand new developer living up to the GeoW series. I'm sure the new developer's GeoW 4 will look fine though. TBH, it's the actual gameplay I'm worried about. I don't think it will be bad, but just merely phoned in and tired. GeoW was already getting stale before a new developer was on it, now a new untested developer has the reigns.

@indzman: You said something aling the lines that Gears4 will be such the ultimate game that it will save the X1.

I doubt that.

A lot.

I'll believe it when I see it.

It can't be a graphical showcase with PotatoBox One's specs.

I wonder what crazy resolution we will see next. Im a fan of the 1008p we have with The Division. 792p was fun too.

Graphical showcase on the xbox one? HAHAHA

that's a good one.

Please bring back the quality gameplay of Gears 1 and the MP of gears 3.

Graphics can be second to that :)

So thankful to be me. None of this graphical shit matters all that much to me. I am interested in learning more about the setting (is it Sera, has it been rebuilt?), who/what is being fought, is it another organized military like the Locust or is it like Aliens, just a massive number of Xenomorphs that attack like waves of ants.

I'm sure it will be a gorgeous game. Gears 1 when released was one of the best looking consoles games if not the best looking at it time. I don't think Gears will be the best looking but I expect it to be one of the best using Unreal 4 engine and hopefully going back to it's roots and stay away from Gears Judgement style. I'm looking forward to seeing what Gears 4 brings to the Xbox.

@casharmy:

Well said.

to be honest U4 spoiled this for me. Gears can't do anyhting especially after the pathetic last trailer.

And Quantum Break for xbox one seems far more ambitious graphically. How's Gear's formula going to be a "showcase" after UC4 and QB peak graphics for each system in like 2 months?

It's not like Gears 4 is going to be open world like Horizon to give a different type of graphical impressiveness, it's a traditional linear 3rd person shooter with cinematic cut scenes, exploding barrels, scripted events, set pieces and canned dialog. Could still be a great game but graphical showcase it won't really be.

Nah, it won't.

Not even a great game ... it is good but not great even ... the latest trailer didn't emphasize anything about the game in any department.

Variable resolution and adaptive vsync confirmed?

Gotta get those nice screenshots somehow.

The developer stand up sucks.

I doubt that will be a problem...see QB PC announcement for further info.

You guys are suckers for hype. Easy pickin's.

Show, don't tell.

Also I have trouble believing this since it's not Epic Games developing.

I would not be surprised if God Of War IV and Detroit Become Human surpass Uncharted 4's visuals. Granted both will likely be smaller games, but Santa Monica and Quantic Dream are very talented. God Of War III and Beyond Two Souls are two of the best looking games on PS3.

Sadly they'd need to pull some kind of rabbit out of the hat to make it both run great and look great, 60fps is out of the question. I'll be impressed if it's steady 30fps 1080p and not a full corridor game.

So much bitterness and salt in this thread

lol Gears, the most bland and dull game series out there.

when it released it was the best looking game on any platform for a while, the 360's only Graphics king.