"WOW factor" in next gen games - ur take !!!

Just curious about this:

Which was the first game that you played in ur next-gen console that totally blow u out of ur couch and made you think that the next gen age of gaming was finally upon us ???

I loved the player animations in NBA 2K7, internal view of PGR3, GOW level details, many enemies in the battlefield of Gengi, and crash physics for F1 for PS3, lighting effect in COD 3.

And you ? any memorable next gen moment ?

Nothing this generation has made me go "WOW!" The last console game to impress me with graphics was Soul Calibur and the last PC game was the original Unreal. In my mind, 1998-2001 was really one of the last golden ages of gaming.

These days I care more about how fun a game is than how it looks, but what's fun for me is not necessarily fun for others.

Graphically, I think fluid animations are the most important in the wow factor. Red Orchestra, although having horrible movement animations the reload animations were amazing.

Features:

Giant Mecha Warfare Comes to Life!- For the first time ever, giant mecha will
engage in hand to hand combat with beam sabers, heat hawks and other melee
weapons never before seen in the genre.
The battlefield of the future, now! -Jump into the cockpit of your war machine
and experience first hand what mobile suit warfare in the Universal Century feels
like as you battle in a host of vehicles and mobile suits, or engage in small unit
infantry tactics as you pit your wits and body against the mightiest war machines
ever created.
Fight the One Year War like never before! -Engage enemies on the
battlefields of the One Year War any way you want --on foot, in vehicles and in a
wide array of mecha.
Fight on the frontlines, online! - Online play brings mobile suit warfare to life
like never before. Fight in teams through multiple scenarios and battlefields.
Total Immersion! - Immerse yourself in the world of the Universal Century.
Dramatic cockpit views, exquisitely detailed Mobile Suits and vehicles modeled
down to the differences in ejection systems and boarding protocols. Using the
power of the XBOX 360, view Mobile Suits and environments in unparalleled
detail, right down to the rust and damage from combat, all in HDTV resolution.
Robust customization options! - Customize your mobile suit in near limitless
ways. Determine weapon load outs from a huge arsenal and fully utilize your sensor suite

Wii Sports.

Wii Sports.

 

phatkav

[QUOTE="phatkav"]

Wii Sports.

 

Kayrod29

Mind explain the LMAO. I see the game a truly next-gen game.  

[QUOTE="phatkav"]

Wii Sports.

 

Kayrod29

[QUOTE="phatkav"]

Wii Sports.

 

Kayrod29

Actually holding the controller and swinging it to gesture ingame was actually pretty impressive when I first got the console set up.  I haven't seen anything that impressed me graphically to the point I couldn't believe my eyes since the Dreamcast days, I find you lot getting boners over HD graphics just as laughable as you find somebody enjoying a game for innovatiion in control.

[QUOTE="Kayrod29"][QUOTE="phatkav"]

Wii Sports.

phatkav

Mind explain the LMAO. I see the game a truly next-gen game.

3. Nothing about Wii sports was next-gen, it's all been done before, just a crappier version of Wii Sports.

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[QUOTE="Kayrod29"][QUOTE="phatkav"]

Wii Sports.

 

Citizen_Zero

Its the same feeling you get when playing a lame arcade batting cage game. 

3. Nothing about Wii sports was next-gen, it's all been done before, just a crappier version of Wii Sports.Stabby2486

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[QUOTE="Citizen_Zero"][QUOTE="Kayrod29"][QUOTE="phatkav"]

Wii Sports.

 

callmewaffle

Its the same feeling you get when playing a lame arcade batting cage game. 

The only next-gen game which has impressed me to the point that I giggled with glee was Spore. Watch this 35 minute demonstrative video. The second the Maxis player pulled the camera out so far that a simple row of planets turned to an entire galaxy, which in turn turned into a whole nebula, was simply gobsmacking.

I do agree with many of you saying that new graphic chipset are the main reason for the WOW factor for this new gen of games.

I do believe however that the only way for these games to completely detach themselves for the last gen will be when new and 

improved middleware will allow developers to achieve things like the following:

Advanced AI routines (looking forward to see how Crysis enemy AI is going to behave...)

Advanced Physical interaction with the environment  .. a al Ageia Physix .. where fluids behave like real fluids (KillZone 2 maybe ?)

Advances Ragdoll movements ... I believe the new Naughty Dog games is going to sport that one 

Steady frame rate (cannot believe we still see framerates drop here and there ....)

Realtime deformation with non simulated physical models.

.. once all of the above will become standard I am sure we will fully be inside the new age of gaming ... (I am sure more stuff can 

be added to this list ...)

Peace. 

Before i got a X360 i dropped out of gaming for a while so i was far form up to date on stuff, so the game that made me go WOW OMG!!!! Was CoD2 for X360 but now it's meh, the game i really want this year is "Mobile Ops:The one year war" this game is already making me go WOW, OMG, HOLY CRAP, SWEET!!!!!


7 month old pix. TBA 2007, Rummor Summer of 07

Features:

Giant Mecha Warfare Comes to Life!- For the first time ever, giant mecha will
engage in hand to hand combat with beam sabers, heat hawks and other melee
weapons never before seen in the genre.
The battlefield of the future, now! -Jump into the cockpit of your war machine
and experience first hand what mobile suit warfare in the Universal Century feels
like as you battle in a host of vehicles and mobile suits, or engage in small unit
infantry tactics as you pit your wits and body against the mightiest war machines
ever created.
Fight the One Year War like never before! -Engage enemies on the
battlefields of the One Year War any way you want --on foot, in vehicles and in a
wide array of mecha.
Fight on the frontlines, online! - Online play brings mobile suit warfare to life
like never before. Fight in teams through multiple scenarios and battlefields.
Total Immersion! - Immerse yourself in the world of the Universal Century.
Dramatic cockpit views, exquisitely detailed Mobile Suits and vehicles modeled
down to the differences in ejection systems and boarding protocols. Using the
power of the XBOX 360, view Mobile Suits and environments in unparalleled
detail, right down to the rust and damage from combat, all in HDTV resolution.
Robust customization options! - Customize your mobile suit in near limitless
ways. Determine weapon load outs from a huge arsenal and fully utilize your sensor suite

Citizen_Zero

Biggest WOW moments for me were:

SNES-playing mario world for the first time

PS1-Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid

N64-Goldeneye 007

PS2-Final Fantasy X

Wii-Wii Sports, Zelda

Okay I'll explain: Here's the TC's question: Which was the first game that you played in ur next-gen console that totally blow u out of ur couch and made you think that the next gen age of gaming was finally upon us 1. Wii is not next-gen, Nintendo said that themselves 2. Wii Sports doesn't look next-gen at all 3. Nothing about Wii sports was next-gen, it's all been done before, just a crappier version of Wii Sports.Kayrod29

1. Wii is next-gen

2. It's not always the look

3. Actually everything about it was next-gen.  

Gears of War, especially in the rain

 Wii Sports

Perfect Dark Zero

 Kameo

In Xbox 360 games looking at the pixeless textures is really fun 

Surfing the Channels in the Wii Menu.
Having the character match his gun to my hand in Red Steel.
Everything in Warioware.

About a year and a half ago, for the DS. It was petting the dog for the first time in Nintendogs.

Great, fluid animation. And dynamic lighting.

Also, advanced, realistic physics.