Which improvement is more ignored?: Gears 3's lighting or KZ3's textures?

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This whole mumbo jumbo about Gears 3 and KZ3 looking exactly like their previous installments is getting a bit old, so to set the record straight for both, I've created this thread. Now discuss.

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This whole mumbo jumbo about Gears 3 and KZ3 looking exactly like their previous installments is getting a bit old, so to set the record straight for both, I've created this thread. Now discuss.

nervmeister

So there still using the same game engines right? No attempt to rebuild it based on anything to make it look 2 times better? Maybe at least make it look just as good as Crysis 1 by now?

These little visual updates mean almost nothing.

kz3 has colors? MFDOOM1983

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSEt_KRXQis&feature=player_embedded

Looks noticeably less monochromatic than KZ2.

[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"]kz3 has colors? nervmeister

[QUOTE="nervmeister"][QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"]kz3 has colors? MFDOOM1983

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[QUOTE="nervmeister"] If the latest trailer is anything to go by, then yes.nervmeister

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[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"] green lights:shock:

MFDOOM1983

[QUOTE="nervmeister"][QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"]kz3 has colors? MFDOOM1983

Lol. Hey c'mon, Guerilla Games are really pushing the boat out when it comes to them trying to intricately juxtapose a blend of colors without ruining their iconic synthetic, fake gritty artstyle. :P

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[QUOTE="nervmeister"] If the latest trailer is anything to go by, then yes. WhenCicadasCry

Lol. Hey c'mon, Guerilla Games are really pushing the boat out when it comes to them trying to intricately juxtapose a blend of colors without ruining their iconic synthetic, fake gritty artstyle. :P

Art can't be faked. :|

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[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"] green lights:shock:

BigBoss154

Lol. Hey c'mon, Guerilla Games are really pushing the boat out when it comes to them trying to intricately juxtapose a blend of colors without ruining their iconic synthetic, fake gritty artstyle. :P

Art can't be faked. :|

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[QUOTE="nervmeister"] If the latest trailer is anything to go by, then yes. WhenCicadasCry

Lol. Hey c'mon, Guerilla Games are really pushing the boat out when it comes to them trying to intricately juxtapose a blend of colors without ruining their iconic synthetic, fake gritty artstyle. :P

Unreal Engine 3 use to have trouble handling alot of dynamic shadows, and when devs tried it hurt performance and looked very grainy. The lighting and shadows have come along way since the first Gears in both quality and performance.

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^^topic^^

This whole mumbo jumbo about Gears 3 and KZ3 looking exactly like their previous installments is getting a bit old, so to set the record straight for both, I've created this thread. Now discuss.

Cronik959

So there still using the same game engines right? No attempt to rebuild it based on anything to make it look 2 times better? Maybe at least make it look just as good as Crysis 1 by now?

These little visual updates mean almost nothing.

There will never be a current gen console game that reaches anywhere near the graphical level of Crysis or many other PC games.

This is because consoles use fixed hardware and their biggest weakness is low RAM, VRAM and memory bandwidth+speed.

^^topic^^

This whole mumbo jumbo about Gears 3 and KZ3 looking exactly like their previous installments is getting a bit old, so to set the record straight for both, I've created this thread. Now discuss.

^^topic^^

This whole mumbo jumbo about Gears 3 and KZ3 looking exactly like their previous installments is getting a bit old, so to set the record straight for both, I've created this thread. Now discuss.

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This whole mumbo jumbo about Gears 3 and KZ3 looking exactly like their previous installments is getting a bit old, so to set the record straight for both, I've created this thread. Now discuss.

[QUOTE="justsayin117"][QUOTE="nervmeister"]

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This whole mumbo jumbo about Gears 3 and KZ3 looking exactly like their previous installments is getting a bit old, so to set the record straight for both, I've created this thread. Now discuss.

ferret-gamer

They're ignored because they are not important.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="justsayin117"] The fact that Gears 2 's UE3 lacked so much tech that modern gaming tech is becomed accustomed to for years, Gears 3 finally adding those tech features makes it a substantial improvement over Gears 2, but KZ3's graphical engine still trounces UE3.5 on consoles, espicially with KZ3 adding MLAA, Global illumination, etciMojo786_PSN

It was a great game though. Then Japanese developers look over and go "oh, games with a good story are bad". Then we get game like Quantum Theory that gate a 2.5/10.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="justsayin117"] The fact that Gears 2 's UE3 lacked so much tech that modern gaming tech is becomed accustomed to for years, Gears 3 finally adding those tech features makes it a substantial improvement over Gears 2, but KZ3's graphical engine still trounces UE3.5 on consoles, espicially with KZ3 adding MLAA, Global illumination, etciMojo786_PSN