IGN gives best graphics to gears of war2.

There were a lot of beautiful looking games at E3 2008, but none held our eye as long as Gears of War 2. Some very deserving titles made our short list, but at the end of the day, it was Epic's uncanny ability to squeeze magic out of the (upgraded) Unreal Engine 3 that wowed us most.

From the updated soft-body physics to the fantastic water effects and realistic cover destruction, Gears 2 reminded us why Tim Sweeney and the tech team at Epic are some of the best in the business. Not only does Gears 2 look pretty in pictures and HD videos, it also runs like a dream. In our lengthy time playing the Horde co-op mode at a Microsoft event at E3, we saw no slowdown, tearing, crashes or hiccups whatsoever. Here's hoping the finished product looks as good on launch day as it did in L.A.

Wow didnt see that one. j/k

Best looking console game this year that is.

Still Crysis warhead beats it.

I still think Killzone 2 looks better.

IGN got paid, nuff said...jdt532

IGN got paid, nuff said...jdt532

Eh..I read your post and thought of typing something to show how you are an example of denial at it's highest. But I'll just say...meh

To be expected, greatest game of 2006 and now it's looking to be the greatest game of 2008. Don't let me down Epic.CreepyBacon

I see someone's already forgot about MGS4.

[QUOTE="CreepyBacon"]To be expected, greatest game of 2006 and now it's looking to be the greatest game of 2008. Don't let me down Epic.W1NGMAN-

I see someone's already forgot about MGS4.

He said greatest game not movie. Besides that would be Batman TDK not MGS4 anyways.

[QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

[QUOTE="CreepyBacon"]To be expected, greatest game of 2006 and now it's looking to be the greatest game of 2008. Don't let me down Epic.L1qu1dSword

I see someone's already forgot about MGS4.

He said greatest game not movie. Besides that would be Batman TDK not MGS4 anyways.

[QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

[QUOTE="CreepyBacon"]To be expected, greatest game of 2006 and now it's looking to be the greatest game of 2008. Don't let me down Epic.L1qu1dSword

I see someone's already forgot about MGS4.

He said greatest game not movie. Besides that would be Batman TDK not MGS4 anyways.

Gears 2 will beat MGS4's score of 92% on Gamerankings as well.

Anyway, that's nice. But personally, I disagree vehemently. For one, Crysis: Warhead is obviously running on a superior engine from a technical point of view, additionally they managed to get Crysis: Warhead to run very well on a low end Dell which is something rather impressive imho. Secondly, I believe that both Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 both look better than Gears of War 2.

Edit: The last sentence, I mean on consoles.

Anyway, that's nice. But personally, I disagree vehemently. For one, Crysis: Warhead is obviously running on a superior engine from a technical point of view, additionally they managed to get Crysis: Warhead to run very well on a low end Dell which is something rather impressive imho. Secondly, I believe that both Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 both look better than Gears of War 2.thrones

I agree that Crysis has a superior engine which to me its mind boggling that GEOW2 actually looks better. Its an amazing achievement for sure. RE5 comes close but KZ2???

[QUOTE="L1qu1dSword"][QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

[QUOTE="CreepyBacon"]To be expected, greatest game of 2006 and now it's looking to be the greatest game of 2008. Don't let me down Epic.bungie93

I see someone's already forgot about MGS4.

He said greatest game not movie. Besides that would be Batman TDK not MGS4 anyways.

Gears 2 will beat MGS4's score of 92% on Gamerankings as well.

That comment alone made you sound like a pure fanboy who is just plain jealous of MGS4's great scores. How do you even know Gears 2 will be that good. Gamerankings isnt even as good as metacritic anyway. Metacritic has more reviews than gamerankings. MGS4 has a 94 FYI.

Best looking console game this year that is.

Still Crysis warhead beats it.

AtrumRegina

[QUOTE="thrones"]Anyway, that's nice. But personally, I disagree vehemently. For one, Crysis: Warhead is obviously running on a superior engine from a technical point of view, additionally they managed to get Crysis: Warhead to run very well on a low end Dell which is something rather impressive imho. Secondly, I believe that both Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 both look better than Gears of War 2.L1qu1dSword

I agree that Crysis has a superior engine which to me its mind boggling that GEOW2 actually looks better. Its an amazing achievement for sure. RE5 comes close but KZ2???

[QUOTE="AtrumRegina"]

Best looking console game this year that is.

Still Crysis warhead beats it.

killab2oo5

It's best technical graphics, not art style.

[QUOTE="L1qu1dSword"]

[QUOTE="thrones"]Anyway, that's nice. But personally, I disagree vehemently. For one, Crysis: Warhead is obviously running on a superior engine from a technical point of view, additionally they managed to get Crysis: Warhead to run very well on a low end Dell which is something rather impressive imho. Secondly, I believe that both Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 both look better than Gears of War 2.thrones

I agree that Crysis has a superior engine which to me its mind boggling that GEOW2 actually looks better. Its an amazing achievement for sure. RE5 comes close but KZ2???

[QUOTE="AtrumRegina"]

Best looking console game this year that is.

Still Crysis warhead beats it.

killab2oo5

It's best technical graphics, not art style.

[QUOTE="L1qu1dSword"][QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

[QUOTE="CreepyBacon"]To be expected, greatest game of 2006 and now it's looking to be the greatest game of 2008. Don't let me down Epic.bungie93

I see someone's already forgot about MGS4.

He said greatest game not movie. Besides that would be Batman TDK not MGS4 anyways.

Gears 2 will beat MGS4's score of 92% on Gamerankings as well.

graphics and scores won't make a game a "Masterpiece". Gears doesn't have a history like Metal Gear does. Gears won't be mentioned 10 years later and people would not demand a remake of the game like they did with MGS1. There will always be better looking games. Gears 2 however will never even touch MGS4 in terms of gameplay(3 different cameras, more than 70 weapons + customizations, stealth,...), storyline, Hollywood music, EPIC cutscenes, easter eggs, jokes and awesome characters. Crysis is still the best looking game but doesn't even come a quarter close to Metal Gear's greatness. On the other hand, Gears 2 much like Gears 1 will be an awesome game and will have a great online. But please when you want to compare MGS with another game plz go deeper than just graphics and scores.

Gears 2 is the console graphics king.bungie93

obama clinton

[QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

[QUOTE="CreepyBacon"]To be expected, greatest game of 2006 and now it's looking to be the greatest game of 2008. Don't let me down Epic.L1qu1dSword

I see someone's already forgot about MGS4.

He said greatest game not movie. Besides that would be Batman TDK not MGS4 anyways.

Well this "Movie" out scored GeoW, pretty sad.

it seems not so long ago most of these people was discrediting IGN's bias for MGS4's 10 score...

surely looks good, but i was also impressed lately with RE5... that game is visually stunning...

anyway most hyped games for me this year are Resistance2, LBP & Geow2...

[QUOTE="thrones"]Anyway, that's nice. But personally, I disagree vehemently. For one, Crysis: Warhead is obviously running on a superior engine from a technical point of view, additionally they managed to get Crysis: Warhead to run very well on a low end Dell which is something rather impressive imho. Secondly, I believe that both Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 both look better than Gears of War 2.L1qu1dSword

I agree that Crysis has a superior engine which to me its mind boggling that GEOW2 actually looks better. Its an amazing achievement for sure. RE5 comes close but KZ2???

I agree that your fanboy goggles are quite powerful - but it's mind boggling why you wear them.

IGN got paid, nuff said...jdt532

just like they were paid to give mgs4 a 10/10

Gametrailers said it was KZ2. I'm sure another site will pick a different game. Opinions are fun.mazdero

this is why Graphics Award should just be removed. All games look stunning.

Gametrailers said killzone2 had the best graphics.

Gears of war 2 has pixelated fire and crappy looking smoke and lighting isnt as good as killzone2.

both have crap textures though.

It got "Best graphical technology" not "best graphics".ejstrup

exactly .. if the brain dead fanboys actually read their explanation

they clearly mention that one of the reasons it got the award was because gears2 was able to have over 30 characters on the screen at a single tie without any hiccups like screen tearing, FR slowdowns and such other ****

now i dont care what others say that is truly a huge achievement imo

[QUOTE="ejstrup"]It got "Best graphical technology" not "best graphics".Amit_Raj

exactly .. if the brain dead fanboys actually read their explanation

they clearly mention that one of the reasons it got the award was because gears2 was able to have over 30 characters on the screen at a single tie without any hiccups like screen tearing, FR slowdowns and such other ****

now i dont care what others say that is truly a huge achievement imo

i agree, games should be praised for their technical achievments, because most of the time people tend to notice just the visual aspect of games

[QUOTE="ejstrup"]It got "Best graphical technology" not "best graphics".Amit_Raj

exactly .. if the brain dead fanboys actually read their explanation

they clearly mention that one of the reasons it got the award was because gears2 was able to have over 30 characters on the screen at a single tie without any hiccups like screen tearing, FR slowdowns and such other ****

now i dont care what others say that is truly a huge achievement imo

Exactly, I was getting tired of quoting that IGN were amazed at what epic had achieved with engine. Fanboys are more than happy to mock consoles hardware specs and yet refuse to give devs credit for the graphics they can produce with them.

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[QUOTE="ejstrup"]It got "Best graphical technology" not "best graphics".Malta_1980

exactly .. if the brain dead fanboys actually read their explanation

they clearly mention that one of the reasons it got the award was because gears2 was able to have over 30 characters on the screen at a single tie without any hiccups like screen tearing, FR slowdowns and such other ****

now i dont care what others say that is truly a huge achievement imo

i agree, games should be praised for their technical achievments, because most of the time people tend to notice just the visual aspect of games

I now a 2006 title that had over 30 characters on screen. It didn't have "creen tearing, FR slowdowns and such other ****. The name of the game was Resistance. :P

[QUOTE="Malta_1980"][QUOTE="Amit_Raj"]

[QUOTE="ejstrup"]It got "Best graphical technology" not "best graphics".Krigon

exactly .. if the brain dead fanboys actually read their explanation

they clearly mention that one of the reasons it got the award was because gears2 was able to have over 30 characters on the screen at a single tie without any hiccups like screen tearing, FR slowdowns and such other ****

now i dont care what others say that is truly a huge achievement imo

i agree, games should be praised for their technical achievments, because most of the time people tend to notice just the visual aspect of games

I now a 2006 title that had over 30 characters on screen. It didn't have "creen tearing, FR slowdowns and such other ****. The name of the game was Resistance. :P

did the game have the graphical fidelity gears of war 2 has???

Here, I'll leave the typical cow response:

"Everyone knows that Microsoft owns IGN. They have to say Xbox 360 is the best"

"MS pays people to say things like that. Half of IGN's staff is paid by Epic and MS"

"MOO, moo moo moo PS3 moo moo"

Kind of hard to say which game that have better graphic KZ2 our GEOW2. But its definantly those two that are looking best right know.Rip870

IGN -

There were a lot of beautiful looking games at E3 2008, but none held our eye as long as Gears of War 2. Some very deserving titles made our short list, but at the end of the day, it was Epic's uncanny ability to squeeze magic out of the (upgraded) Unreal Engine 3 that wowed us most.

From the updated soft-body physics to the fantastic water effects and realistic cover destruction, Gears 2 reminded us why Tim Sweeney and the tech team at Epic are some of the best in the business. Not only does Gears 2 look pretty in pictures and HD videos, it also runs like a dream. In our lengthy time playing the Horde co-op mode at a Microsoft event at E3, we saw no slowdown, tearing, crashes or hiccups whatsoever. Here's hoping the finished product looks as good on launch day as it did in L.A.

Wow didnt see that one. j/k

360-ps3-wii-pc

I have to see this for myself. Can i get a link because its kinda funny that last week there was a KZ2 thread for the best graphics. Soneone said that they will wait for IGN to say something. Well what do you know, here is an IGN thread.

[QUOTE="360-ps3-wii-pc"]IGN -

There were a lot of beautiful looking games at E3 2008, but none held our eye as long as Gears of War 2. Some very deserving titles made our short list, but at the end of the day, it was Epic's uncanny ability to squeeze magic out of the (upgraded) Unreal Engine 3 that wowed us most.

From the updated soft-body physics to the fantastic water effects and realistic cover destruction, Gears 2 reminded us why Tim Sweeney and the tech team at Epic are some of the best in the business. Not only does Gears 2 look pretty in pictures and HD videos, it also runs like a dream. In our lengthy time playing the Horde co-op mode at a Microsoft event at E3, we saw no slowdown, tearing, crashes or hiccups whatsoever. Here's hoping the finished product looks as good on launch day as it did in L.A.

Wow didnt see that one. j/k

Vectah_Sigma

I have to see this for myself. Can i get a link because its kinda funny that last week there was a KZ2 thread for the best graphics. Soneone said that they will wait for IGN to say something. Well what do you know, here is an IGN thread.

Gears 2 FTW

[QUOTE="360-ps3-wii-pc"]IGN -

There were a lot of beautiful looking games at E3 2008, but none held our eye as long as Gears of War 2. Some very deserving titles made our short list, but at the end of the day, it was Epic's uncanny ability to squeeze magic out of the (upgraded) Unreal Engine 3 that wowed us most.

From the updated soft-body physics to the fantastic water effects and realistic cover destruction, Gears 2 reminded us why Tim Sweeney and the tech team at Epic are some of the best in the business. Not only does Gears 2 look pretty in pictures and HD videos, it also runs like a dream. In our lengthy time playing the Horde co-op mode at a Microsoft event at E3, we saw no slowdown, tearing, crashes or hiccups whatsoever. Here's hoping the finished product looks as good on launch day as it did in L.A.

Wow didnt see that one. j/k

Vectah_Sigma

I have to see this for myself. Can i get a link because its kinda funny that last week there was a KZ2 thread for the best graphics. Soneone said that they will wait for IGN to say something. Well what do you know, here is an IGN thread.