Gears of War 3 Tech Demo

TMC: Gears of War creators showed their latest upgraded to their Unreal game engine at GDC. Take a look at some footage featuring a brumak famous from the Gears of War series.

[Raf1k1]

Nice water effects on the Brumak. Looks really cool.

[socomnick]

I would love it if they did more with the cool destruction they showed off at GDC in 2008. That destruction on that tech demo was more impressive than that on BC2.

[Chubear]

... you guys remember the uber Gears2 tech demo?.. then the final game came out looking like a spit shine version of Gears 1? .. uhm, yeah >.>

[fr0sty]

there's only one issue I have with this demo... there's is hardly any light, and little to no color. such conditions could easily hide poor resolution textures, aliasing (not as many objects visible), etc.

It had some good looking vegetation, but we've seen as good in plenty of games by now, and it definitely wasn't on the level of Uncharted.

[jwatt]

After seeing GOW3 and Alan Wake this demo didn't wow me but it looks very promising though. I just can't wait to see the game as a whole at E3.

[Reibooi]

Personally I don't think this looks all that great. Still has the plastic like look the unreal engine made famous.

There are MUCH better looking games out there both on 360 and PS3. I really don't get the fuss over the Unreal Engine. It's really showing it's age yet alot of people used it and before it was old alot of people still used it despite the fact that it was a buggy mess. I mean there was a reason gears of war online gained the nick name Glitches of War.

[Harry_Manback]

I actually like the style. They need to do something different, especially after Gears 2.

[Anon1974]

I've always been a huge fan of the Gears series. If they can pull of this kind of thing with the in-game engine, that'd be outstanding.

[captain-obvious]

low quality video
we cant judge anything with this

[Lord Vader]

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE !!!

[vhero]

Tech demo.... Well okay.. no doubt 360 fanboys will get wet over this thinking end product can be anything like this which if they do they will be lying to themselves. No console can probably do anything like that right now. Pc could probably manage it.. They used Gears so what?? This was probably running on PC.

[Hoggy1983]

are here to slate another great 360 game. I would take their opnions seriously if they ever said anything positive.

[N4Flamers]

it didnt look bad, but i kept thinking it was going to be a tech demo. I was waiting for the brumak to knock down a tree or something and have it splinter. Oh well, guess I have to wait for the hd video.

[iMad]

Hey Sonydroids you think if you report this story the WORLD will not know about new UNREAL ENGINE updare for Gears of War 3?

you are so desperade...:)

and yeah..keep dreaming it can be possible realtime on PS3...

[mrv321]

A new unreal engine wouldn't upset PS3 fanboys BECAUSE Unreal Engine is ALSO on PS3 :P

You fail.

[carreirabr]

Yes, PS3 owners have the unrealist static lighting, all the (way way too) shinning surfaces, crap jumping in your face texture loading, block models and crap animations too.

[TROLL EATER]

unreal engine is on ps3 too but not the new gears 3 wen its announced xclusive to 360!!!!!!!

[Serjikal_Strike]

F your unreal engine

[cyborg6971]

Does this new tech include online host advantage? If so I'm not interested. For a online community that touts its supposed superiority I find it funny that there is such a thing as host advantage.

[Chubear]

Wow, after 2 sequels and five year span... still looks the same lol

[SonySoldiers]

UNREAL 3 ENGINE = TRUE CINEMATIC CAMERA LENS EFFECTS, REAL LIFE COLORS

UNCHARTED 2 ENGINE = CINEMATIC CAMERA CARTOONISH EFFECTS, OVER SATURATED COLORS FTW!

[NateNater]

So everything you see every single day is just....gray? That's you're perspective of real life? Man you should see a doctor about that.

[cyborg6971]

Imad, I would love to live in the fantasy world your currently in. Answer me this. If the 360 that has been out a year longer than the ps3, why have they been holding back these supposed great graphics? I have the answer, it's because they can't produce them. Otherwise we would have seen them already.

Natal is a bust just like the move. Waggle is for old folks and noobs. So that's not gonna move systems.

A slim 360 obviously would be a mistake, I mean if anything they should make a bigger model with fans and make it liquid cooled so that's not gonna happen.

A new driving sim with day night driving and weather better than gt5. Once again gt5 has that. Not a biggie.

Halo best open world graphics. I doubt it. It'll be with fog all night maps and flashlights to hide the lack of good graphics like alan wake.

360 dev community pull the trigger. What 360 dev community? What do they have like 2 1st party devs. You made me LOL with that one.

Greenburg playing all of his cards. I think he's played them all back in 07. The only thing he can do now is bluff, or fluff which he is better at anyway.

[avengers1978]

While the video is impressive you must realize that this is cgi and not game play footage, Gears 3 probably won't be out until 2011, and I'll wait until they show gameplay footage. Standard DVD will most likely limit the game. Gears 1 was far better then Gears 2, If this video is showing gameplay then what would you expect but an hour long game, and gimped multiplayer.

[SOAD]

This looks impressive. I wonder if Gears of War 3 will be on 360. Amidst the quotes,there is a confusion about whether it will be on this gen of consoles or next generation.

[Serjikal_Strike]

you look familiar?

[SOAD]

I have one of those faces.

[tripewire]

Saw him solo a few years ago.

SOAD is better....

[Mista T]

that darkness really hides how weak the unreal engine is

Edit: lol look up, the mods went on a comment killstreak :P

[Silly gameAr]

Looks awesome. I hope we have some Gears 3 info soon.

[Daishi]

Graphics could be Gears 1 for all I care, I want gameplay!

[El_Colombiano]

Graphics will be Gears 1.

[multipayer]

I hope they bring back the server list though, I feel like I've been missing out on one of the greatest multiplayer games ever because of crappy matchmaking... My 48 hour trial has sense expired, leaving me wondering wtf people use gold for, I'm going to get a non-plagued-by-matchmaking PC copy to tide me over.

Problem being they still improved gameplay ALOT in Gears 2, bullets slow down enemies, chainsaw duels, hostages, can you even stick grenades to walls in gears 1? The walls even exploded and mixed with the giblets. :(

[Noob]

Horrible quality.

[Satan The Gamer]

LOL @ at anybody that thinks Gears 3 will be on the 360. Xbots are going to have to wait for the 720 lol.

[TheXgamerLive]

Sorry stan, someone accidentally listed you wrong, sorry stan.

[nilamo]

Lol this video is pretty much proof enough we'll see gears of war 3 on the 360. BTW GT5 = ps4 launch title

[sashimi]

youtube quality, nuff said.

[Mista T]

that's really not an excuse anymore because they've introduced hd, if you have low res than that is the viewer's fault not youtube

though there's no hd option on this vid the res of the screen helps, trust me, mine is 1920 x 1200

[sashimi]

yeah i know mista T but even some HD videos look like crap although i do see some nice high res. videos on youtube but those are usually japanese videos.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

Wasn't ready for that.Epic knows that the stakes are being raised,so they better have an ace up their sleeve for E3! Either way,pretty impressive.

[execution17]

but you never know most likely its just CGI and look like what Gears2 should of looked like... im guessing

[Godmars290]

Now we just need to see actual in-game gameplay.

[Mista T]

not impressed, at least not everything looks shiny now I'll give them that, it still looks a bit too shiny

[robotnik]

it looks too dark now, what the ...?

[theIMP]

Everything is soaking wet dumbass, it would be all shiny. I pity you fool.

[robotnik]

LOL TOO DARK

Guess they are trying to hide the bugs that the flopbox has trying to move big quality graphics ;)

[VINNIEPAZ]

Were is that article again about Sony fanboys. Man, you guys are the worst.

[damnightmare]

Terrible quality

N4PS3G and his terrible blogspot are so boring lol

[Minokichi]

ok ummm i have notice something about epic every time Sony raises the bar u don't hear from epic for a while then god of war is about to drop and here they come to say hey look at us lol its wild to me i'm just saying it seems they are trying to keep u bots caught up i guess

[bligmerk]

Really dark and blurry, still has the distinctive shininess that characterizes Unreal Engine 3. The lighting wasn't even that good, it doesn't have the environmental quality of moonlight. As a tech demo, it is a fail.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Tech demo was already in the internet months ago.

But looks good.

[The real killer]

Looks cool, GEOW was always a good game and part 3 will be better than part 2, i hope.

We have to wait to watch in HD.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

:)

[bjornbear]

-_-

[beans]

Simply incredible!

[jkhan]

My issue is the tech demos before gears 2 release were pretty impressive. Specially the water and how the ripple effects and how the promise of 100+ enemies on screen, soft body physic, dynamic lights and shadows etc. but the final game didn't look anything like that & scene where they showed 100+ enemies on screen, that was just dumb ai running forward and u can shoot them. Gears 2 was an impressive looking game but it wasn't as good as gears 1. Gears of War 1 in my opinion is one of the best game this gen. It was the first game to put a benchmark on graphics this gen.

[nilamo]

I don't understand what's the problem. The gears of war 2 tech demo looked exactly like the final version of the game. No one ever said the 100+ enemies would be smart AI. You would get massacred in 10 seconds if you fough against 100+ enemies who can all take cover, flank you, nade you etc. The meat cube was implemented in a way no one would have expected and it looked awesome.

tech demo

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Here is an example to show the water tech is the same in the final version

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

And here is a good example of the new lighting tech with ambient occlusion

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[megacheak]

I think that many who criticize the graphics in gears of war 2, not played a game on this (or at least not all seen). gears of war 2 has everything (almost) as shown in the technical demonstration. Simply, depending on the design of different locations, different graphics effects are applied in different places ... to appreciate the game in full scale, you need to see all locations. And in terms of graphics gears of war 2 was much higher than the first part.
nilamo - you're absolutely right.

[A change in the wind]

Yawn. Looks exactly like Gears 2.

[NateNater]

Sooo much grayyyy

[nilamo]

You are posting in the wrong article, this is about gears not killzone 2.

[MGOelite]

so when you watch this video you see an entire palet of colour?????? you keep day dreaming bot

[nilamo]

When you play killzone 2 from start to finish do you see the entire colour palette being used?????

[NateNater]

When you play gears of war 2 from start to finish do you see the entire colour palette being used?????

[kingjoker34]

It seems you guys are forgetting the massive title called UNCHARTED 2.
YOu guysa re trying to catch up to uncharted 1 right now.

so first it was
uncharted 1
then metal gear solid
then killzone 2
then uncharted 2
then god of war 3
then gran tourismo 5
then the last guardian

then it will be killzone 3.

sorry but even if you say that this game looks better then ps3 games, which is does not, we still have games to look forward to with better graphics. when you guys get your graphics title like alan wake which to 5 years to make ps3 will have set the bar miles higher. sorry bots.

im looking forward to uncharted 3/killzone3/ next santa monica game

bots are so pathetic.

[infamousinfolite]

Someone is going to nitpick the heck outta those games you just mention and then they'll say their games are better than the aforemention game noted above. Yep

[ironmonkey]

not impressed at all

[00]

I just saw I black screen and heard monster noises. I think it's time for a new monitor :(

[Sevir04]

This engine is washed up... Lost planet 2 looks better than this and it isn't using UE3... sadly... i just cant get excited... people will call it incredible... but I've seen this all before.. as a technical demonstration of power they cant use this to say they are the king of any graphics crown... Alan Wake beats the panties off the UE3...

Not impressed... not impressed.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

UE3 can still produce fantastic results, Batman Arkham Asylum was one of the best looking games of last year, a game engine can last more than 4 years, just look at some of id's engines or the source engine.

[mrmikew2018]

I expected more, it look like the other Gears, there's nothing new.

[mac4u10]

lol what der fu*k was that, that was underwhelming.

[The real killer]

"The current king is crysis and the next will be crysis 2. There is no point fighting over second place"

NO, Crysis is dethrone by Killzone 2/Uncharted 2 and sure GOW3 is almost fair to Crysis 2.

[infamousinfolite]

I feel sorry for you I thought PS3 fanboys didn't wear foggles (fanboy goggles)

[dirthurts]

You have never played Crysis. That or your blinded by the Sony light...
Probably both.

[tripewire]

I think what he meant to say was "Some aspects of KZ2, UC2 and GOW3 are comparable to/marginally better than similar aspects in Crysis"

We all know Consoles will never have the resolution or ram of a high end current PC. It's a testament to the hardware though, to have PS3 games even been compared to High end PC graphics.

[Obama]

I played crisis on the highest resolution and settings and me thinks GOW3 surely beats it in graphics.

[RagTagBnd445]

It is still hard to believe someone really think a console game can look better than Crysis. I'm sorry, Uncharted 2 had very good graphics but they never touched Crysis, nor will GOW3, GT5 or KZ3.
Then add the fact that Crysis can be modded, and we have a game that is superior in terms of graphics.

[CryWolf]

Yea its proof that the facts are Unreal engine 3 graphics are still the same after 5 years with Gears of War and its been 3 years since Gears of War 2 came out but the Unreal engine 3.25 still looks the same from first Gears game bots.

[tripewire]

heh....

Funny that the CG cutscene doesnt look half as good as God Of Graphics...err... War gameplay.

[Hitman0769]

Cool I want to see a new Unreal Engine...

[NinjaSp33d]

why are guys in here oh yeah thats right no games to play just hating on another 360 game =)

[awesomeperson]

Ahh, so if we're on here due to us not having any games, and your also on here, that infers YOU have no games.

By the way, I don't play games 24/7.

[Tony-A]

No games....

Is that why you're here? You're implying that fanboys are in here because they have no games to play... yet you're posting in the same place... about fanboys.

[OhMyGandhi]

that's some of the stiffest animation I've seen in a long time.

Otherwise, great water effects and lighting.

[bacrec1]

Well i think the picture quality of the video was to blurry to pass judgment. I need to see some clear HD legitimate footage first.

[NinjaSp33d]

i do have games unlike other people on here

[cyborg6971]

Name em

[NateNater]

He can't because he doesn't have any lol

[PS3warlock]

looks cool wonder if next gears cinematics will look like that.

[rezzah]

NOw only if they can match ingame quiality with this vid. KZ2 did it with the pictures in 2005, GOW3 with the trailer everyone thought was cg.

[zeppelin420]

haha when the Brumak stepped down it totally reminded me of Jurassic Park!

[pixelsword]

the graphics in this demoare nice, but we really can't say that Gears 3 will look like that yet.

Although it really doesn't say that it's running on the PC, 360, or even the PS3, there's no reason to doubt that it can't look like that on both the PC or consoles.

We should just hold our horses and let's see what's what at the end of the day.

[amogrr]

Looks like Bowser :P

[xer0]

lol - I could hardly see anything in that tech demo. IF they wanted to prove how good the engine is - they should have done this demo under day light conditions.

EPIC are really fanning peoples hopes with this.

Also - was this a tech demo done on PC or Xbox 360?

[iPirates]

maybe it was the poor video quality, but put that beside gears2 and i would not be able to distinguish between the two.

more please.

[djtek184]

Looks like gears 1 all over again

[tudors]

This tech demo reminds me a bit of the GOW3 tech demo which was also dark, but you know what I think this little snippet looks great, and some of you guys just remind me of why this story was submitted http://n4g.com/News-491193....

[Blackcanary]

I'm SORRY but on this site the 360 lot and the Sony lot are as bad as each other.

[GMWPS3]

This would be really cool if it's an accurate representation of Gears of War 3. Though I believe this is what Gears of War 4 will look like on the Xbox 720 or 360 2 etc...

[Blackcanary]

was a clear video.

[level 360]

Still one of the best games on the XBox360., will be waiting in anticipation about the story behind Marcus's father turning to the darkside...

[The_Zeitgeist]

This isn't very impressive.

[cpuchess]

I like Gears but I didn't see anything special about that...

[yog-sothot]

technically, GeoW has always been impressive, and the gameplay fun as hell, but the design is really ridiculous. What is this thing ? something from dino riders ? A giant dinosaur (sort of) with missiles on his back ? That's like a 6-years-old dream come true

[jhani]

but can xbox360 pull this kind of graphics?

[stonecold1]

title because didnt they say they wanted the next gears of war 3 be on 720 it might be here next year

[Akagi]

Looks more like a bullshot showcase, IMHO

[bison812]

Something that I would love to see in Gears 3 is the background. I have always loved watching the detail of things going on. It would be hot if your in the jungle and you have to duck behind a tree as a walker comes by.

[Unbornkirkster19]

They really know how to capture those light and dark grays.

[Midgard228]

i think everyone knows its not gonna look like that.

tho it wud be nice if the gears series had some trees and more color than grey and brown/ red.

maybe the game will look like this on the next xbox.

i mean gears 1 filled the disc and they had to cut content, and gears 1 didnt even have that much content, so no way it wud look like this.

[bjornbear]

they are pulling a Killzone 2, now lets hope the final product looks better than that (KZ2 looks sliiightly better than its old CG trailer =)

[RagTagBnd445]

Ok, someone reported all our off topic talk about Crysis being graphics king. Now lets go on topic.

Is this even in game? I really doubt it.

[Inside_out]

WOW, there is no way that is in game...can't be, to GOOD...When the Brumak steps or should I say stomps down, all the water splashes the screen, you see every droplet. You here alot about " deep of field " but here you see it!!!...Look at the tree trunks as he muscles his way thru, the plant life all around moving, reacting to the rain, wind and vibrations of the Brumak walking all the while you see the textures in his skin thru it ALL...lol...The rain falling/sliding off its body...even with bad video, you can see what they are trying to show here...incredible detail and physics from multiple sources...One small light source with flashes of bright lighting to highlight shadows and contrast...LMFAO!!!!...Unreal up for the fight, no doubt...Like I've said before, PS3 fanboys some of the most IGNORANT kids in gaming, only see what they want to see...Epic has passion and skill...All gamers should be happy about this...Now, will we see this tech on consoles, in game...Hmmmm...

[OhMyGandhi]

you know that their NEXT engine tech demo will be just a black screen.
and the tagline would be:"imagine the possibilites".

[DeltaZ3R05]

will get gears of war 3 ....for my pc, like always =D, lol at the xbox fanboys getting all fired up.

[XDF]

So how is Gears of War 2 on PC play like? Tell me about it since you have the game.

[Omega Zues]

"This is not Gears 3. It is a trailer for Epic's UDK."

Old btw.

[jalen247]

Looks really good but I think people are giving this dark and short video too much credit.

I didn't see anything that had a wow factor in this.

Are people really saying that this is impressive.

I have seen 360 games that look better than this video let alone PS3 and PC games.

The pictures with the vegetation that looked like Uncharted jungle levels were more impressive to me than this video.

[makingdamage]

Wow! What a funny looking dinosaur!

[Meryl]

lol this is just CGI, wait until you see Gears 3, only for it to look just like Gears 2, move along bots, your so called power box has failed to produce a exclusive like uncharted 2 or metal gear solid4, not to mention GOW III, enjoy getting owned again for the third year in a row.
IT'S TIME TO JUMP OUT AND PLAY BEYOND!!

[YouAllSuck]

This is a UDK tech demo. This has nothing to do with Gears 3 >_<. Some people need to learn to research before they post news.

[Denethor_II]

I always said Gears 3 should have dinosaurs instead on aliens.

[JJFNIGHTS80]

This intro reminds me of Jurassic Park, when you hear and see the cup of water moving and hearing growling noise.

[TheMutator]

i just piss my pants

[rawd]

I've had turds that looked better then that. Sorry bots

[Azeris]

Maybe it did but Gears 2 came on DVD and still had alot more content and better graphics. I'm gonna assume that's due to advances in rendering, resource management and compression.

I do not see how much room a game supposedly tskes on disc is a blight against future sequels. That vid looks good. Some games have really pushed-Resi 5 I'd say, capcom seem to be good for graphics on all formats. (although they did some terrible jobs on the original Xbox)