STALKER clear skies has fantastic graphics(56k)

nice to see this one getting such a huge graphical boost despite the first one being so outdated graphiclly. They also have added some more advanced effects like depth of field and motion blur...But really at the end, its the art style and atmosphere that will be fantastic about this game.

and as Kotoku did in fact point, the sky isnt really clear at all.

motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releasemingo123

its due in 2008....they are reusing the engine this time, which was the hardest thing to create in STALKER, and I think that now that they got the dynamic" worlds to work in STALKER, it should be a lot faster this time around.

motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releasemingo123

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

I could hardly consider the first game "so outdated graphically" It was outdated yes, but it still used effects that 90% of games still don't use. It may not have been UT3 or Crysis, but it was certainly up there. gamer620

oh yeah, the lighting was top of the line, so were the textures...but the game lacked certain effects that were considered standard at the time, like real AA, motion blur, depth of field...etc.

[QUOTE="mingo123"]motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releaseOntain

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

uncharted looks beautiful :)

[QUOTE="gamer620"]I could hardly consider the first game "so outdated graphically" It was outdated yes, but it still used effects that 90% of games still don't use. It may not have been UT3 or Crysis, but it was certainly up there. cobrax25

oh yeah, the lighting was top of the line, so were the textures...but the game lacked certain effects that were considered standard at the time, like real AA, motion blur, depth of field...etc.

http://www.stalker-game.com/en/screens_frame.php?dir=asc&cur_id=23&game=1&res=2

looks better than most 360/ps3 games i see today. heck what's really outdated is MGS4.

Nice depth-of-field effects.

heck what's really outdated is MGS4. Ontain

Really unnecessary and untrue comment. The TGS 07 trailer on PSN proves you wrong.

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[QUOTE="mingo123"]motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releasemingo123

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

uncharted looks beautiful :)

[QUOTE="Ontain"]heck what's really outdated is MGS4. -Spock-

Really unnecessary and untrue comment. The TGS 07 trailer on PSN proves you wrong.

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[QUOTE="Ontain"]heck what's really outdated is MGS4. karasill

Really unnecessary and untrue comment. The TGS 07 trailer on PSN proves you wrong.

The character models and lighting are some of the best this generation.

Also, link to the interview?

[QUOTE="Ontain"]heck what's really outdated is MGS4. -Spock-

Really unnecessary and untrue comment. The TGS 07 trailer on PSN proves you wrong.

looking just at the visual MGS4 is NOT an all impressive by today's standards. the buildings and streets have a very flat look because they are low poly and have low textures. the thing that makes it less notice able is that the character models are well done and the filter hides some of the background ugliness.

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[QUOTE="Ontain"]heck what's really outdated is MGS4. -Spock-

Really unnecessary and untrue comment. The TGS 07 trailer on PSN proves you wrong.

The character models and lighting are some of the best this generation.

Also, link to the interview?

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[QUOTE="Ontain"]heck what's really outdated is MGS4. Ontain

Really unnecessary and untrue comment. The TGS 07 trailer on PSN proves you wrong.

looking just at the visual MGS4 is NOT an all impressive by today's standards. the buildings and streets have a very flat look because they are low poly and have low textures. the thing that makes it less notice able is that the character models are well done and the filter hides some of the background ugliness.

I'll admit it suffers from low-res textures, but the same can be said for many games today. For example, COD4 - have you ever seen COD4 without post-processing turned on? It's terrible looking. In MGS4, the filters and lighting are good enough to still keep it realistic looking, and the art-style adds tremendously to the overall look of the game. It's by no means outdated or ugly - maybe not as impressive as it once was, i'll admit, but it can still hold its own compared to other games on the market.

i have heard that this is coming to the 360d_40

not STALKER. something else, MAYBE.

Why is it that EVERYONE immediately thinks that if a company announces that it MAY OR MAY NOT be working on consoles (like GSC Game World, CD Projeckt and Crytek) that it AUTOMATICALLY means that their most recent or current project is the one that they would port.... GSC Game World and CD Projeckt haven't even confirmed that they are making a console game AT ALL, let alone ports of their EXTREMELY PC centric titles. And Crytek has said well over 1000 times that the reason they hired PS3 programmers was to PORT THE ENGINE. They may or may not (they won't be clear) have a NEW IP console game but they have made it clear that if they do anything on consoles, it will be a new IP, NOT Crysis.

It looks more polished.....waaah I want the indie feel back.Vandalvideo

So you want the bug-filled, performance hog version back? Just force the anti-aliasing up to 16x and see your FPS drop to single digits!

So this is what happens when you give a good developer tens of millions...

They use that money to make a better game apparently.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]It looks more polished.....waaah I want the indie feel back.Pro_wrestler

So you want the bug-filled, performance hog version back? Just force the anti-aliasing up to 16x and see your FPS drop to single digits!

Hey! there are no "clear skys" in any of those pics!tader-salad

Clear skies are apparently more metaphorical than litteral in this game..one of the factions is the "clear skies" faction.

[QUOTE="tader-salad"]Hey! there are no "clear skys" in any of those pics!cobrax25

Clear skies are apparently more metaphorical than litteral in this game..one of the factions is the "clear skies" faction.

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[QUOTE="tader-salad"]Hey! there are no "clear skys" in any of those pics!PBSnipes

Clear skies are apparently more metaphorical than litteral in this game..one of the factions is the "clear skies" faction.

[QUOTE="mingo123"]motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releaseOntain

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

At least they aren't rushed to the market and filled with bugs like most PC games.

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[QUOTE="mingo123"]motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releaseturgore

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

At least they aren't rushed to the market and filled with bugs like most PC games.

Its kinda hard to claim STALKER was rushed when it was delayed 4 years.

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[QUOTE="mingo123"]motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releaseturgore

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

At least they aren't rushed to the market and filled with bugs like most PC games.

Mass Effect and orange box? hell even, Halo 3 and Gears of War?...... and at least our bugs can get fixed :)

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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]It looks more polished.....waaah I want the indie feel back.Vandalvideo

So you want the bug-filled, performance hog version back? Just force the anti-aliasing up to 16x and see your FPS drop to single digits!

[QUOTE="mingo123"]motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releaseOntain

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]It looks more polished.....waaah I want the indie feel back.Vandalvideo

So you want the bug-filled, performance hog version back? Just force the anti-aliasing up to 16x and see your FPS drop to single digits!

What's wrong with it being polished? Doesn't that mean the game will run better, look better, and feel better? DrinkDuff

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[QUOTE="mingo123"]motion blur makes this game look good + by the time this game is released it will be outdated lol like Stalker...it took ages to releaseDrinkDuff

you thought Stalker looked out dated? i hope you don't play console games then.

... textures aren't crisp?

The gun model textures and character textures but the environmental textures are superb.

Also, if your PC isn't strong enough, explain to me how you have seen STALKER on the highest settings....

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Pro_wrestler"]

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]It looks more polished.....waaah I want the indie feel back.DrinkDuff

So you want the bug-filled, performance hog version back? Just force the anti-aliasing up to 16x and see your FPS drop to single digits!

to tell you the truth, I dont think Stalker would have been a better game with a higher budget, I think that with a bigger budget, they would have never taken most of the risks they took....Can you imagine a game from EA or Ubisoft ever taking the time to model and texture areas in games that most people will never bother to visit? and I mean seriously model, STALKER has more detail than almost every other game I have ever seen.

In some strange way, I think STALKER's unpolished nature even contributed to the game in some ways, it went well with the run down and soviet nature of the game. OF course I would have preffered them removing the bugs....but I cared a lot less about issues in STALKER than in other games.