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#151 Rikusaki
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[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]

[QUOTE="TheRealMC01"]Mass Effect. I don't understand how people forget about that game...ZimpanX

Mass Effect on 360 has two huge issues that hold it back in a discussion like this (though it still deserves to be in), which is framerate and texture pop-in. If you look at games like MGS4 and Ratchet & Clank, pop-in is completely non-existant and the framerate is very smooth even with tons going on both on and off-screen.

Other than those two problems, Mass Effect is pretty amazing graphically. Stunning art design, lighting quality and character models, especially.



You're right but other games like Gears of War, Uncharted and UT3 also suffers from texture pop-ins so I don't think it should be "disqualified" as one of the best looking games for that reason.
Also while MGS4 looks amazing it also has some technical shortcomings like low-res shadows and some places have pretty weak lightning and lack of bump mapped textures and also often takes place in fairly small areas with loading screens in between instead of trying to stream most of the experience and "only" running at 30 fps (though very stable). Don't get me wrong though the aesthetics and art design in this game is near flawless and the character models looks awesome too with great animations. All I'm saying is that I think there are a few technically more impressive games out there other than MGS4, but it's definitely one of the best looking ones.
This game however is the king of sound. I've never experienced a game with this spectacular sound mixing not to mention the awesome soundtrack.

Mass Effect uses UE3.

I you like Mass Effect, just vote for Gears of War.

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#152 krp008
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Winner:

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BioShockOwnz

Kameo looks better and its a 06 launch title

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#153 Snowboarder99
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MGS4. Game looks amazing imo. Uncharted a close second
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#154 krp008
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MGS4 imo. Game looks amazing imo. Uncharted a close secondSnowboarder99

MGS4 looks good by no means, but nowhere near the best. Id say Gears is still king

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#155 DonPerian
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Metal Gear Solid 4 looks the most appealing to me. All are great, though.
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#156 deactivated-57a12126af02c
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YEA

MGS4 is winning, followed by Uncharted.

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#157 krp008
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YEA

MGS4 is winning, followed by Uncharted.

kool-aids

Says who? The guy with the MGS avator and who only owns a PS3? :roll:

As i said before. In a month BIA: Hell's Highway will be the best, bar none.

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#158 Rikusaki
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[QUOTE="Snowboarder99"]MGS4 imo. Game looks amazing imo. Uncharted a close secondkrp008

MGS4 looks good by no means, but nowhere near the best. Id say Gears is still king

I don't think Gears was ever King....

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#159 Rikusaki
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[QUOTE="kool-aids"]

YEA

MGS4 is winning, followed by Uncharted.

krp008

Says who? The guy with the MGS avator and who only owns a PS3? :roll:

As i said before. In a month BIA: Hell's Highway will be the best, bar none.

Says the poll.

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#160 krp008
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[QUOTE="krp008"]

[QUOTE="Snowboarder99"]MGS4 imo. Game looks amazing imo. Uncharted a close secondRikusaki

MGS4 looks good by no means, but nowhere near the best. Id say Gears is still king

I don't think Gears was ever King....

You cant be serious :|

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#161 Rikusaki
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Ratchet fans can just vote for Uncharted, k?

Naughty Dog and Insomniac are like firends.

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#162 dru26
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MGS4, hands down.
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#163 yellowandmushy
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Kameo looks better and its a 06 launch title

krp008
You cant be serious :|
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#164 deactivated-57a12126af02c
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[QUOTE="kool-aids"]

YEA

MGS4 is winning, followed by Uncharted.

krp008

Says who? The guy with the MGS avator and who only owns a PS3? :roll:

As i said before. In a month BIA: Hell's Highway will be the best, bar none.

I own a 360, my GT is in my sig, if you dont believe me, I can go and play some gears later.

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#165 the1stmoonfly
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Mass Effect. I don't understand how people forget about that game...TheRealMC01
Same way they forget about Biochock and Oblivion and all those others. To be honest I dont think their is enough of a difference to warrant these debates but people seem to feel the need to represent their favorite machines.
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#166 ZimpanX
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Mass Effect uses UE3.

I you like Mass Effect, just vote for Gears of War.

Rikusaki

Huh? That makes no sense at all, games don't look good by default just because they use the same engine as a game that does. Sure in this case both games look good and use the same engine, but do they look the same? Hell no.

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#167 Rhys555
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Uncharted > MGS4.

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#168 the1stmoonfly
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[QUOTE="Rikusaki"]Mass Effect uses UE3.

I you like Mass Effect, just vote for Gears of War.

ZimpanX

Huh? That makes no sense at all, games don't look good by default just because they use the same engine as a game that does. Sure in this case both games look good and use the same engine, but do they look the same? Hell no.

I think this shows how graphical styling so often gets confused with graphics. All games are throwing similar ploygon counts around with similar effects and texture maps. There isnt enough difference in pure power terms to seperate any of the best console games, its just a case of how well a game looks in terms of art direction or animations etc IMO. These debates never really prove anything or end the arguments.
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#169 rumtumtugger
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Great comparison.
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#170 Rikusaki
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Metal Gear Solid 4 has pulled a significant lead on Uncharted.

It looks like Uncharted will not be able to catch up.

is now the new Console Graphics King.

Thank you for voting.

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#171 Rikusaki
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Uncharted > MGS4.

Rhys555

Yeah, I agree...but It looks like MGS4 won the poll.

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#172 Phenom316
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Hm, interesting responces

I cant deside between MGS4 n Uncharted but if i had to pick one, i would pick MGS4 because i havent rly looked at good UNcharted screens

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#173 Rikusaki
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Mass Effect. I don't understand how people forget about that game...TheRealMC01

Yeah me too. Mass Effect was so good.

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#174 haziqonfire
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All of those games look good, it doesn't matter which is "the graphics king".
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#175 Rikusaki
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All of those games look good, it doesn't matter which is "the graphics king". Haziqonfire

Yes it does!! :D

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#176 hongkingkong
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GT5>MGS4>Uncharted>Gears
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#177 Rikusaki
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GT5>MGS4>Uncharted>Gearshongkingkong

Gran Turismo 5 is definately the most photorealistic console game.

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#178 munkeypoo45
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mgs4!!! XD
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#179 shoeman12
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gears is still the undisputed king.
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#180 jbz7890
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This has to be the worst comparison I have seen on Gamespot. Many of the pictures are off-screen. Several aren't even in-game or in-cutscene.

Gears of War is the most technically impressive of all the games here. Why? Because its running on the Unreal Engine 3, the the brain child of one of the leading graphics programmers, Tim Sweeney. No Japanese game will ever have more advanced graphics than a contemporary game from Tim Sweeney or John Carmack.

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#181 Gamersince81
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MGS4 farts on every console game to date with its technical graphics!! Pray GEARS 2 or killzone 2 can overpower the force that is MGS4!!!
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#182 humber_matus
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gears is still the undisputed king.shoeman12

undisputed even tho it placed third here?

delusional much?

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#183 humber_matus
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This has to be the worst comparison I have seen on Gamespot. Many of the pictures are off-screen. Several aren't even in-game or in-cutscene.

Gears of War is the most technically impressive of all the games here. Why? Because its running on the Unreal Engine 3, the the brain child of one of the leading graphics programmers, Tim Sweeney. No Japanese game will ever have more advanced graphics than a contemporary game from Tim Sweeney or John Carmack.

jbz7890

so its has the best graphics because the engine was made by Tim Sweene, any lemming wanna slap some sense into their kind?

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#184 thrones
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This has to be the worst comparison I have seen on Gamespot. Many of the pictures are off-screen. Several aren't even in-game or in-cutscene.

Gears of War is the most technically impressive of all the games here. Why? Because its running on the Unreal Engine 3, the the brain child of one of the leading graphics programmers, Tim Sweeney. No Japanese game will ever have more advanced graphics than a contemporary game from Tim Sweeney or John Carmack.

jbz7890

Resident Evil 5 looks rather more impressive than any other console game, to be honest.

Also, just because they're Japanese they can't have advanced graphical technology despite having been in the lead for the last several generations? Admittedly Japan has dropped the technical prowess side this generation, but Resident Evil 5 should turn that around.

Also, doesn't matter how impressive the technology is, it's how the game looks and not the underlying technology. In addition, I didn't even look at those screenshots when making any judgement because I've played all of those games already.

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#185 jbz7890
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[QUOTE="jbz7890"]

This has to be the worst comparison I have seen on Gamespot. Many of the pictures are off-screen. Several aren't even in-game or in-cutscene.

Gears of War is the most technically impressive of all the games here. Why? Because its running on the Unreal Engine 3, the the brain child of one of the leading graphics programmers, Tim Sweeney. No Japanese game will ever have more advanced graphics than a contemporary game from Tim Sweeney or John Carmack.

thrones

Resident Evil 5 looks rather more impressive than any other console game, to be honest.

Also, just because they're Japanese they can't have advanced graphical technology despite having been in the lead for the last several generations? Admittedly Japan has dropped the technical prowess side this generation, but Resident Evil 5 should turn that around.

Also, doesn't matter how impressive the technology is, it's how the game looks and not the underlying technology. In addition, I didn't even look at those screenshots when making any judgement because I've played all of those games already.

American developers have always been ahead in graphics. I think it comes from their PC gaming heritage. Japanese developers have always focused on consoles, while all American developers started on computers. American developers just make better graphics, I'm not going to argue this anymore because it is a fact, and if it isn't apparent to you now, then it probably never will be.

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#186 thrones
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[QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="jbz7890"]

This has to be the worst comparison I have seen on Gamespot. Many of the pictures are off-screen. Several aren't even in-game or in-cutscene.

Gears of War is the most technically impressive of all the games here. Why? Because its running on the Unreal Engine 3, the the brain child of one of the leading graphics programmers, Tim Sweeney. No Japanese game will ever have more advanced graphics than a contemporary game from Tim Sweeney or John Carmack.

jbz7890

Resident Evil 5 looks rather more impressive than any other console game, to be honest.

Also, just because they're Japanese they can't have advanced graphical technology despite having been in the lead for the last several generations? Admittedly Japan has dropped the technical prowess side this generation, but Resident Evil 5 should turn that around.

Also, doesn't matter how impressive the technology is, it's how the game looks and not the underlying technology. In addition, I didn't even look at those screenshots when making any judgement because I've played all of those games already.

American developers have always been ahead in graphics. I think it comes from their PC gaming heritage. Japanese developers have always focused on consoles, while all American developers started on computers. American developers just make better graphics, I'm not going to argue this anymore because it is a fact, and if it isn't apparent to you now, then it probably never will be.

I'm taking on consoles only, where Japanese developers have had an advantage for a long time - not sure why, they just have with titles like Final Fantasy with brilliant production values leading the charge graphically, but others such as Gran Turismo are also present.

And Crytek, the current gaming graphical boss, are German and NOT American.

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#187 EVOLV3
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It should be clear to everyone now, regardless if its Uncharted or MGS4, PS3 has the console graphics king.
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#188 insanewolfninja
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uncharted has everything except chracter models that goes to mgs 4.
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#189 Gta3-fan334
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Why do people always say MGS4? It's graphics are compareble to COD4's.
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#190 jbz7890
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Why do people always say MGS4? It's graphics are compareble to COD4's.Gta3-fan334

Because system wars is dominated by Cows, and MGS4 is a Sony exclusive. The reality is that many multi-plats destroy MGS4 and Uncharted. Just look at Assassin's Creed. It takes place in a huge non-linear world and still manages to look incredible.

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#191 Gta3-fan334
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[QUOTE="Gta3-fan334"]Why do people always say MGS4? It's graphics are compareble to COD4's.jbz7890

Because system wars is dominated by Cows, and MGS4 is a Sony exclusive. The reality is that many multi-plats destroy MGS4 and Uncharted. Just look at Assassin's Creed. It takes place in a huge non-linear world and still manages to look incredible.

Sad. :(
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#192 Rikusaki
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I think Unreal Engine 3 is boring.... Not enough colors...

This is what I like to see:

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#193 gtawoof
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I want to say Gran Turismo, but it doesnt have much in a game at once other then the track and 16 cars, so it looks beautiful but something like Uncharted has a lot more going on at one time, so I think i'll take that into account and vote Uncharted.

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#194 Rikusaki
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I want to say Gran Turismo, but it doesnt have much in a game at once other then the track and 16 cars, so it looks beautiful but something like Uncharted has a lot more going on at one time, so I think i'll take that into account and vote Uncharted.

shadyd1717

I have a PS3 and I still don't have that game.

I want it now its so beautiful.

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#195 gtawoof
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[QUOTE="shadyd1717"]

I want to say Gran Turismo, but it doesnt have much in a game at once other then the track and 16 cars, so it looks beautiful but something like Uncharted has a lot more going on at one time, so I think i'll take that into account and vote Uncharted.

Rikusaki

I have a PS3 and I still don't have that game.

I want it now its so beautiful.

Which one Gran Turismo or Uncharted? I only have the Prologue demo that I downloaded off the Japanese store, it looks so good, but I want to wait until part 5 so i didnt get Prologue.

If you're talking about Uncharted though you definately need to pick that up, not only does it look amazing, it was the best PS3 game imo before MGS4 came out, Uncharted is amazing imo.

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#196 EVOLV3
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I think Unreal Engine 3 is boring.... Not enough colors...

This is what I like to see:

Rikusaki


And some of this












Heck, even some of this








Sad thing is, lems will yell "Off-screen" but dont realize the game just looks that dam good when you play it.
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#197 Rikusaki
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[QUOTE="Rikusaki"][QUOTE="shadyd1717"]

I want to say Gran Turismo, but it doesnt have much in a game at once other then the track and 16 cars, so it looks beautiful but something like Uncharted has a lot more going on at one time, so I think i'll take that into account and vote Uncharted.

shadyd1717

I have a PS3 and I still don't have that game.

I want it now its so beautiful.

Which one Gran Turismo or Uncharted? I only have the Prologue demo that I downloaded off the Japanese store, it looks so good, but I want to wait until part 5 so i didnt get Prologue.

If you're talking about Uncharted though you definately need to pick that up, not only does it look amazing, it was the best PS3 game imo before MGS4 came out, Uncharted is amazing imo.

Yeah I don't have Uncharted yet.

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#198 gtawoof
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Since we're posting more pictures i'll post a couple more of Uncharted, these arent mine but they look great:

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#199 Rikusaki
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[QUOTE="Rikusaki"]

I think Unreal Engine 3 is boring.... Not enough colors...

This is what I like to see:

EVOLV3



And some of this












Heck, even some of this








Sad thing is, lems will yell "Off-screen" but dont realize the game just looks that dam good when you play it.

I agree.

God thats beautiful.

Ratchet I love you!!!

It actually looks more crisp with direct feed shots!

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#200 Rikusaki
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Since we're posting more pictures i'll post a couple more of Uncharted, these arent mine but they look great:

shadyd1717

Look at these!!