Mass Effect 2 PC: Next Generation Comparison?

Looks nice but there's more significant differences in other games.

Try comparing Metro 2033 on PC to the 360 version. :Pferret-gamer

Looks nice but there's more significant differences in other games.

Mystic-G

ME2 in my 360 looks good enough. And I rather play it with a controller than with a mouse/keyboard because it just feels better.

Is ME another game from EA that has no AA then? I only own the series on the 360 so I wouldn't know. Multiplats look a hell of a lot better in 1080P with AFx16 though I agree.

FO:NV is a better example :) Im playing it atm maxed out except I did turn AA down because it looked blurry to my eyes, its a completely different experience even if it is a terrible port (good job the community fixed it here and there).

not even a half gen difference

ME2 in my 360 looks good enough. And I rather play it with a controller than with a mouse/keyboard because it just feels better.

padaporra

not even a half gen difference

Harisemo

That's how I felt with Crysis 2 on PC compared to Crysis 2 on PS3. I should fire up the PS3 version now after seeing the DX11 patch LOL.

I think the hyperbole used by PC gamers is hillarious. Most multiplats DO NOT look a generation better, and even games like Metro 2033 look one generation better at best. Saying multiplats look at least 2 generations better is silly at best. You're saying the difference is greater than the difference between MGS1 and MGS4.

Maybe 2 generations in hardware, but definitely not in games. Crysis, fully modded, looks like real life and infinitely better than Uncharted 3. I think that, most definitely, is half a generation ahead (like say the difference between a Dreamcast game and a Xbox).

ME2 in my 360 looks good enough. And I rather play it with a controller than with a mouse/keyboard because it just feels better.

padaporra

Play it with a controller on a PC.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594686117135443332/2365C20BED92EE57FBC7C5F05CE25474DBFA1AA5/ Fallout:NV PC as another example.ehussein1379

Is that supposed to be impressive or something? :|

No AA? Disappointing.GhoX

[QUOTE="GhoX"]No AA? Disappointing.ehussein1379

[QUOTE="ehussein1379"][QUOTE="GhoX"]No AA? Disappointing.GhoX

[QUOTE="ehussein1379"]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594686117135443332/2365C20BED92EE57FBC7C5F05CE25474DBFA1AA5/ Fallout:NV PC as another example.RawDeal_basic

Is that supposed to be impressive or something? :|

ME2 ain't much better. It has horrible textures and plastic look to it.

So what? Mass Effect 2 is still a great looking game.

Come on, Metro 2033 or Bad Company 2 are much better examples. And they don't look "2 generations ahead" at all.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]Try comparing Metro 2033 on PC to the 360 version. :Plawlessx

Man Mass Effect is a terrible example, if there were any game that could have benefited from higher res textures and better AA this was it. I am disapointed every because I know that it should be better. Not only that, but there is no mod support so i can't even get better textures from mods. Feels bad man...

Man Mass Effect is a terrible example, if there were any game that could have benefited from higher res textures and better AA this was it. I am disapointed every because I know that it should be better. Not only that, but there is no mod support so i can't even get better textures from mods. Feels bad man...

marq4porsche

You didn't force AA through your GPU did you. That's really a must with this game.

ME2 in my 360 looks good enough. And I rather play it with a controller than with a mouse/keyboard because it just feels better.

padaporra

You had to ruin it with the controller thing. You could have said I prefer the couch, or a big TV.

Just take your 360 controller and plug it in your PC. It will work just fine.

Looks the same to me. I'd rather play on my 50-inch TV sitting comfortably on my couch.

ME2 in my 360 looks good enough. And I rather play it with a controller than with a mouse/keyboard because it just feels better.

padaporra

Stupid excuse not to play the better version. As i recall, you cant use xbox controller for ME2 but theres always xpadder or any software that mimics keyboard/mouse to a controller.

It doesn't look two generations ahead, but it does look substantially better on PC. Especially if you force anti-aliasing. In my opinion the lack of anti-aliasing on the consoles hurts the game's graphics more than anything.

When you clean up the jaggies, have better texture filtering, higher resolution, and a much smoother framerate it really does have a big impact in how good the game looks.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]Try comparing Metro 2033 on PC to the 360 version. :Pharry_james_pot

The consoles are at least ~2 generations behind a modern PC. But does that translate to multiplat games? Yes. After playing ME2 on PS3 I bought it for PC, check out this screenshot: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595814531166580800/5EEA5CAAD8374C2CB85C4F5208678D323F04C447/ [sorry can't link] I went to the same location on my PS3, the difference is incredible. So much more detail, more fluid and more immersive on the PC side. I don't know how you consolers do it, but grats!ehussein1379

Its more like 6 now

[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"][QUOTE="lawlessx"] or bad company 2;)

mitu123

so..much..different.

Oh you're just being silly. ME2 is one of the worst PC/360 multiplats to use as an example.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-tech-analysis-mass-effect-2-article?page=2

Oh you're just being silly. ME2 is one of the worst PC/360 multiplats to use as an example.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-tech-analysis-mass-effect-2-article?page=2

gamecubepad

Yeah, ME2 is mostly just res and framerate and a bit better shadowing, almost a direct port. But luckly mods can help with those character models :P

If you actually play both versions instead of just looking at screenshots I am sure you will notice quite a big difference.

kalipekona

Hee hee. I started with the PC version and later picked up the 360 version. I even downloaded ripped 3dsmax files and rendered them in C4D with GI, AO, and caustics. That was barely a gen difference. 3dsmax and mental ray would have probably made a bigger difference, but I'm not that savvy when it comes to 3D rendering.

Watch the HD vid comparison in the link I provided.

[QUOTE="Mystic-G"]

Looks nice but there's more significant differences in other games.

ehussein1379

Mass Effect 2 relies on wide-ranged color scheme to look good, but technically the graphics are worse than RTS such as Dawn Of War 2 and Starcraft 2.

I don't recall Me2 having SSAO, dynamic lighting, POM, Global Illumination (I might be wrong on that), true HDR.

Don't get me wrong but even Starcraft 2 has Parrallax Occlusion Mapping, Specular Maps, SSAO, true HDR and it runs just as good as ME2.

Both don't have native AA though. However, AA is far less important in an RTS than it is in a third-person perspective game like ME2.

For a PC game, ME2 is graphically disappointing. It was my 2010 GOTY though.

[QUOTE="DarthBilf"]

I think the hyperbole used by PC gamers is hillarious. Most multiplats DO NOT look a generation better, and even games like Metro 2033 look one generation better at best. Saying multiplats look at least 2 generations better is silly at best. You're saying the difference is greater than the difference between MGS1 and MGS4.

ehussein1379