looks like a post got moderated. I was just reading this thread until I noticed a previous post vanish after refreshing the page. This website is ridiculous.
The witcher opening scene God of war 3 uncharted 2 Mass effect 2 GEARS OF WAR SERIES Crysis series Metal gear series Witcher 2 Resident evil 4-5 Newer Final fantasy games Heavenly sword Splinter cell conviction I mean seriously, are you that hardcore of a fan that you cant realize how silly this is getting?
[QUOTE="malebog123"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] Games like N:TW or WiC don't always look that good. SC2 consistently looks polished and the character portraits + cinematics are breathtaking.KHAndAnime
it all comes down to "polish" huh? that's all I hear about starcraft2 these days, polish this and polish that. Portraits are breathtaking? sounds like you haven't been gaming long. Once again, we all know that starcraft 2 is a great game, and as much as I like the game, I know when to call it quits, but stop overrating its features. In this generation of gaming, simple things such as "amazing" cinematics and cut-scenes are now the norm. I can list about 25 games this gen that simply blow away starcraft 2's cutscenes. chill dude
You're telling me to chill? I've been PC Gaming before Starcraft 1 came out. Play as many games as me and maybe you'll know what you're talking about one day.
EDIT: Heck, what does Muramasa have to do with Starcraft 2's portraits? Starcraft 2's portraits aren't clips of 2-D artwork, they're ingame 3D renders.
Chill. My point is this, starcraft 2 is a visually attractive game, but nothing jaw dropping or stunning. It has most of the bells and whistles that we've come to "EXPECT" from a modern game, but nothing surprising. Cutscenes? we've seen better. Cinematics? we've seen better movie like experiences even on consoles. Detail and animation? Starcraft 2's got that and they are impressive, but again, nothing to topple others in the genre, when there are other RTS games fully designed and developed with combat animations as top priority such as dawn of war 2 (and the heavy emphasis on melee). To prove my point, pit two melee characters from dawn of war 2 together and zoom in---it's like a dance of death. Ever played the old rts battle realms? that was another game with a heavy emphasis on combat animations. Again, I like starcraft 2, but I know what it is and what it isn't, and most blizzard games, it's got nice artistic direction but it is not the best looking rts out there.
Seriously though, picking SC2 makes no sense to me. The game looks beautiful from what I've seen, but to choose it's visuals over something stunning (like N:TW or WiC) doesn't seem objective. To me it's like choosing SMG2 over Crysis, there's similar arguments to be made but in the end no one would take you seriously after arguing it.
I suppose I'll have to wait for my copy in the mail, before I can say anything objective myself. It's just that, unless playing the game is much different than the screenshots, saying SC2 has the best graphics seems absurd.
Games like N:TW or WiC don't always look that good. SC2 consistently looks polished and the character portraits + cinematics are breathtaking. it all comes down to "polish" huh? that's all I hear about starcraft2 these days, polish this and polish that. Portraits are breathtaking? sounds like you haven't been gaming long. Once again, we all know that starcraft 2 is a great game, and as much as I like the game, I know when to call it quits, but stop overrating its features. In this generation of gaming, simple things such as "amazing" cinematics and cut-scenes are now the norm. I can list about 25 games this gen that simply blow away starcraft 2's cutscenes. chill dude
Yes they are :D Or are you trying to say someone who finds sc2 to be them most visually appealing rts is infact wrong and in something as highly subjective as visuals theres is only one clear answer? Blizzard created a very appealing games thanks to a great artstyle. Fact is raw technical power is not needed to create a visually appealing game or are you going to say a game like mario galaxy 2 is ugly cause its on the low tech wii? Infact this entire poll proves that point people are voting for reletively low tech rts if raw technical graphics is all that matteres everyone would pick the last option and say one of the total war games as those are the crysis of the rts wolrd and if the poll was about the most techincally advanced rts it would be the only right answer but since this is about visuals there is no clear cut answer.
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. Look, there is a fine line between liking a game, and LIKING a game TO SELF DELUSION. The poll clearly states, "Best RTS visuals to date" not "best artistic direction or best low tech looking game" Your logic is flawed, no one ever claimed starcraft 2 is ugly, but visually, it pales in comparison to some of the better looking games out there with far more detail. Try to think before you post.
Your confusing technical graphics with visuals which is a combination of art $tyle and the graphical tech. As for which game looks better visually to a person is highly subjective. And if we are to take your definition of visuals that only tech matters when deciding which game has the better visuals then are you honestly going to tell me a game like company of heroes is more deserving of votes that visually other games pale in comparasion to it? CoH was amazing when it came out but the game is 4 years old now its title for rts graphics king has long been handed down there are rts with far more detial like napoleon total war . I don't see why you would single sc2 as the only offender of this as compared to something like napoleon total war none of the games should be getting any votes there not as techincally advanced as that game
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