Killzone 2 And Resident Evil 5 Visual Comparision:The Virtual Is Getting Nauseating

V4vg.com"Earlier we were under the impression of Killzone 2 being the best looking game to debut in the first quarter of 2009, but after playing through the preview build of Resident Evil 5 it so happens that, we've gotten an extremely strong contender that has the audacity to challenge Killzone 2 in almost every front through its bag of visual gimmickry. Here are a few comparison shots from both the games, which actually showcase the volatility of this generation when it comes to visuals."

[Simon_Brezhnev]

hmm re5 looks good but i still think killzone 2 looks better

[Beg For Mercy]

doubt and lets not forget the fact how much killzone 2 has going on at the same time on screen, re5 looks very nice though cant wait to play it

[Carbide7]

RE5 is a good looking game, and I think the only place where it comes close to Killzone 2 in visuals is when it comes to the character models, and they need to look better, it is a third person shooter. You're looking at the person throughout the whole game, just like how Killzone 2's weapons look almost on par with Crysis'.
And yea, just take a look at the textures on everything except the characters in RE5, go on, they're not bad looking. But then comparing them to Killzone 2's? Are you serious? It's a Joke.
And if you look carefully, even Killzone 2 has more colour than RE5 at least from what we've seen. And God knows how incredible the last four levels of Killzone 2 will be.

[sahar243]

played both and killzone 2 looks way better

[HighDefinition]

Killzone 2 - Best looking exclusive title.

Re5 - Best looking multiplatform title.

[thor]

RE5 looks very good. But its engine is much more traditional than KZ2's. KZ2 manages amazing dynamic lighting and shadows - from a technical standpoint there is no comparison. KZ2 wins by a mile.

RE5 manages to hold up by being quite dark, having high-res textures, nice effects and cleverly designed lighting that doesn't need to all be dynamic. But the animations are much worse. I saw a gif where two zombies got punched - they flew in different directions, but the animation was exactly the same. It looks wrong. The way the enemies move around is clumsy when they start trying to get past each other and you.

This is a crude attempt to downplay KZ2's graphics. KZ2 is so far ahead of everything else, RE5 is not. RE5 is about on the level of Gears 2 technically; it doesn't do anything special, but it does everything well and then puts a load of post-processing on at the end to blur out any inconsistencies/make it look nicer.

[elorm9]

The screenshots don't do any of these games justice :|

[sonarus]

until i see with my own eyes i am not giving R5 any visual credit. RE5 looks good but it hasn't impressed like KZ2 visuals have. Anyway, i have both games pre ordered but i seem to have low expectations for RE5 for some reason. I need to play the demo myself before i can guage which game looks better.

Right now i really don't see RE5 looking better than MGS4. Perhaps they are in the same range but certainly not in the same range as KZ2. MGS4 and KZ2 visuals i have seen for myself. Until i see RE5 for myself i can't judge. One thing thats for sure is they are all damn good looking games

[joydestroy]

RE5 looks wayyy cleaner, but the dirty look is what GG was going for in KZ2.

[JokesOnYou]

I guess these KZ2 shots must be old then, cause those RE5 pics look a bit better imo, their just sharper and the the charachter models are really amazing. Well they are totally different games, but I laugh at those who say RE5 visuals are NOT on the same level....yeah OK, now take off the sony goggles=

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JOY

vvvvv well sonarus, I don't see anything wrong with those comparison pics, I think they both look great, however I do agree that the best way to judge is to PLAY them for yourself....I WILL DO THAT.

[sonarus]

If you are going to pick an RE5 pic to compare i think you chose a poor sample. Like i said i will have to see the game for myself to be able to judge accurately. But based on what i have seen so far KZ2>MGS4>/=/<RE5

You can really only give RE5 props for character models but character model graphics aren't enough imo. MGS4 probably had best character models from last yr

[Sarcasm]

The screen shots of both games sucks. The Killzone 2 one's are even blurrier, and a couple of those were from the 2007 build.

If they're going to do a comparison, at least use the latest and direct feed screen shots. Then again, a no-name website won't have any copies to RE5 OR Killzone 2.

Needless to say, RE5 is actually a very amazing looking game. The detail, animations, and overall graphics is superb. The only thing that bothers me about it is the overall yellowish tone (which I know they're trying to convey it's from Haiti).

[gametheory]

That opinion is expected from you, so nobody cares.

[Danja]

thats exactly what I was thinking also some of these KZ2 shots are from the old build ...we have all seen the videos and screen shoots to know that KZ2 looks way better than what was presented in this comparison.

RE:5 character models looks great but falls short of the promise made by the director who stated that "Character models will be so detailed that we will be able to see up to the details of each strand of hair.."

[Richdad]

Thats coming from an Xbox fanboy, the difference is there no lies but atleast RE5 manages to look such that it looks of same generation of consoles. Killzone 2 is way good looking i heard some guys complaining running Crysis in Nvidia GTX295 and Killzone 2 is comparable and run fine at sold 30 fps@720p with no hackles on a PS3. What could be much better.... peace.

[lordgodalming]

This is wildly off topic, but RE5 is set in Africa. Haiti shares an island with the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.

Back on topic, you hit the nail on the head otherwise. Low-res shots from both games don't do any favors for anyone. But I'd even go a step further than you and say that if you really want to compare (without having TVs running the games side-by-side) you'd have to put up HD direct-feed video to see the games in motion.

[Information Minister]

And it's not just the fact that they used an old build, but also that the screenshots for KZ2 are in low res.

[pixelsword]

RE5 doesn't even look better than MGS4 but in a few areas, although in saying that, I'm obviously saying that RE5 looks great, just not as good as K2

[Why dis]

Dissagree. Its the other way around for me.

[solidjun5]

yea, that's expected from a fanboy like you. Ofcourse you wouldn't see anything wrong with those pictures, since you're goggles are always on.

[zdudynot]

wrong again

[sonarus]

Majority of those are from cut scenes. Game engine cut scenes but cut scenes none the less. KZ2 visual quality between cut scenes and gameplay don't change since most of the cut scenes are done from fps view point and there is a seamless transition between cut scene and gameplay.

With a cut scene you don't have to worry about A.I. and stuff. Uncharted and MGS4 game engine cut scenes looked noticably better than actual gameplay i suspect RE5 is the same

[KRUSSIDULL]

Also remeber what engine RE5 Uses... Dead Rising

[Blademask]

Wheres all the Gears2 shots? Its a sad day when a console can't even defend itself with any exclusives.

Im just saying. Tons of trash was talked about how amazing Gears2 looked, how its the graphical king blah blah blah.. now Resident Evil 5 is the backdrop of the graphical comparisons?

Can the two games even be compared? The detail in KZ2 alone kills off Re5, but I guess considering they didn't have the time to put into a multiplatform Re5 it holds its own pretty well..

But a game focused on smaller action/sets cant really be compared can it? RE wasn't ever really known for its huge vistas... or polygonal detail, lighting...fx... It just seems like people want to throw something at KZ2, since theres no exclusives. Re5 will have to do.. but i honestly think Fear2 is a better VS to Killzone2. They both use some serious post processing.

really people? Re5(multiplat) vs Killzone2? why is this thing over 100 replies..

[The Lazy One]

don't be dumb. No 360 exclusive has had the budget of killzone 2, and only one has had even close to a similar timeframe, and it's not out yet.

@article: RE5 looks a lot better than I expected it to from the demo last year. I'd say they're much more comparable than you'd think, which is more a statement to the quality of RE5 than a discredit to KZ2.

PS: HOLY BALLS MOTORCYCLING ZOMBIES!

[CrazzyMan]

I mean come on, why not compare 3rd person shooters with 3rd person shooters, while FPS with FPS?
Why not compare RE5 to Gears 2 or Uncharted 2? Why with KZ2? Because in both genres you are shooting? Then, we should probably compare also to Ratchet and Clank? There are also shooting elememets.))

This is just stupid. Not to mention, that those comparison pics are terrible.

[thewhoopimen]

That is a most retarded assertion/excuse I have ever heard. Of the two companies, who's got more cash? MS. Who paid 50 mill for DLC and 30 mil for a Halo3 marketing campaign? 60 mil is a drop in the bucket for MS. You know it, and so does everyone who has any sense. It's clearly not a monetary issue and more of a tech limitations issue. Not saying that the 360 can't churn out something that nice... but it seems MS doesn't have the programming team capable of it.

PS and let us not forget there is NO weather modeling or particle physics ins Re5. Polygon wise, it may be similar to KZ2, but physics/lighting wise, it is far and away inferior.

[RemmM]

I just played Resident Evil 5, and the graphics stll aren't impressive.. its decent I would say? Even the character models don't look so good. Killzone 2 OBVIOUSLY wipes the floor with RE5.

[Pika-pie]

Hmmmm, Nice of them to show hi res Re5 cutscene shots against low res KZ2 game footage. Me thinks this comparison is slightly biased

[The Lazy One]

Yes, I do know how much was put into halo 3's development. Around 30 million dollars were spent on development, and another 30 on advertising (about half the budget of killzone 2 edit: 30 million being half) and took around 3 years to develop.

And who cares how much the was RnD. There's RnD in every game. Chronicles of Riddick did a lot for real time normal mapping, which is now standard, Star Wars: Force unleashed did a butt ton for physics, probably soon to be standard, idTech 5 will do a lot for texture quality, probably eventually to be standard, Halo 2 did a lot for streamlining the online experience, still one of the best and many features now standard.

Every game does RnD that carries over to other games. It's one of the biggest reasons they hold GDC every year.

It's a better excuse than not having one at all, and being sony I would have done the same thing a lot sooner, but it's not an excuse good enough to warrant what Blademask said and definitely not what he was implying.

[Kleptic]

jonondaspot...great posts...and I agree with everything...

Killzone 2's development budget was for a lot more than just a game...it involved nearly every aspect of Sony's internal development network...and was almost entirely R&D for proprietary middleware that will be used, and given to 3rd parties, for the remainder of this generation...

the EDGE toolset Sony discussed at GDC in 2007 focused eniterly on this...it was using tech pioneered by ND, Insomniac, and a few others...but MOSTLY from GG's work with the engine for killzone 2...harrison specified exactly that...GG, as a studio, went from 54 developers after killzone 1 released...to 135 in house the day development of killzone 2 began...that does not include any contract employees...just full time local staff in Amsterdam...

But we know nothing of what Capcom has done with RE5...as RE is a MAJOR franchise...and could easily have a development budget and personel count higher than killzone 2...but one thing is absolutely certain...RE5 is not set to push any boundaries in terms of tech...its a HD game with high poly character models...and relatively simply everything else...

and that is the point...people come on here as arm chair critics and go back and forth over screen shots...actually telling themselves they have come to any real conclusion having not played either game...

show videos of these 2 games if you don't believe me...I'm sitting here wondering where the procedural wind in RE5 is...where is the dynamic lighting, with hundreds of sources on screen at once, as apposed to the standard single source 'baked' lighting that RE5 is using?...why do enemies in Re5 all have a similar animation set, especially in the way they react to input from your weapon?...

PS3 or 360 fan...you are nothing more than ignorant if you think RE5 stands close to killzone 2 in any real tech areas...however tech is tricky, because it involves actually seeing the game in motion to come to any real conclusions...you could put screenshots of halo 3 up against these muddy (assuming it wasn't a character model from halo 3...yikes...) killzone 2 shots and have the ignorant believing halo 3 is superior...

but you put any game in motion...you start to see what is really going on...you look at killzone 2 in motion...and it does several key things tech wise that NOT ONE SINGLE GAME comes close to...its exactly why the comparisons to Crysis were pointless..as yeah...you put a 1600x1200 pic of Crysis up against a 1280x 720 killzone 2 shot...and its obvious which is going to be clearer...but when you start illustrating what the hit response system does through video...or how the procedural wind realistically effects real-time particle effects (blood, dust, explosions, sparks, etc.)...or hundreds of real lights casting everywhere...all creating correct shadows on character models and the environmental geometry...and nothing is remotely close...just 5 seconds of a player blasting an enemy pointblank with an smg in killzone2...watching a fully detailed character model jiggle and react to each an every bullet independantly, with real time light casted from the muzzle flash...with real time lights everywhere else still visible on screen, including the goggles of the enemy, and lightning bolts from the sky...which is all moving with real calculation from procedural wind being fully rendered...quickly illustrates how there simply is no comparison...

the strongest points of killzone 2 CANNOT be justified by screen shots...period...its just funny that killzone 2 can hold its own in character model detail, event though it does all this other stuff on top of it...watch videos of both...if you come out the other side still thinking RE5 is close on a tech scale (not art direction, there is a difference...don't come back whining about killzone 2 being too dark, or that one level looked similar to another...that is a seperate issue)...i would love to hear a credible reason on why...

[lordgodalming]

"It's a better excuse than not having one at all."

Dude, why do you (or anyone) NEED an excuse? KZ2 was meant to be a graphical showpiece for the PS3, and it is. RE5 was meant to cash in on the amazing success of RE4, and it will. KZ2 SHOULD look better than RE5 or anything else that has come out before. That's a big part of the game's identity.

So the PS3 has some better looking-games than the 360. So effing what? It's a newer, more expensive console with seven processors under its hood. That doesn't mean the 360 blows now or doesn't have good games anymore.

Holy gravy, it's time we stop letting obvious flamebait like this story divide us and keep us from our shared favorite hobby. I've said this so many times that it's almost becoming my catchphrase on here, but I'll say it again: game on.

[soxfan2005]

MS has nothing to defend itself with? How about this - a $200 console can produce graphics nearly on par with a $400 console's best game? Graphics have NEVER decided the winner of a console war anyway.

[cmrbe]

Yes graphics donsen't win console wars. Its varied exclusive game selection which Sony beats both Nin and MS.

[The Lazy One]

I'm a business person and an amateur game designer. You might not care about the budget, but this is my future career field. It's not just a hobby I go mess around with with my friends when I go home.

For someone so ready to call someone a fanboy, you really are a hypocrite.

http://www.n4g.com/up/46586...

"sales punged? so did the funding for the old rid program. I like sony and would prefer ms crash and burn but alleyinsider is pure trash"

"apparently we cant. so get ready. later this year ms is going to really start to drop. when they do they'll spend the next 2 years talking about next gen in order to try and stop people from shifting to the sony camp."

"karl, did it ever occur to you that you get disagrres because you are an ass and people hate you? this will come as a shock to you but youre a jerk and most people cant stand you. you can play persecution platypus if you want but the only thing you have right is the puss part. the fact is you are an idiot most people cant tolerate so it shouldnt be a surprise no one cares for any of the crap spewing out of you suck when you open your flap."

"even worse, you wont own up to the fact ms sinks less and less money into quality and only worries about slicking the consumer out of a buck. they wouldna offered the 3 year warranty if they werent staring down the barrel of a mandatory 360 recall. even that was about saving their own ass."

"ravenshield (spelled it right for you) you are an idiot. ms copied the ps1/ps2. what a moron. "

lastly

"what a ridiculous troll comment"

quoted for irony.

It's people like you that make people hate N4G. troll more elsewheres.

edit: for others, I have always thought that killzone 2 was an exceptional looking game and never doubted it's gameplay since seeing an actual gameplay video. That doesn't change the fact that it's development time and cost are enormous.

edit2: tell me one thing I "invented to attack sony" without detracting and i will gladly detract it.

[rockleex]

http://allgamesbeta.wordpre...

You'll see which game looks better... MUCH better. ^_^

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Well for me it's Killzone 2 > Resident Evil > Metal Gear Solid 4 > Gears of War 2.

[ravinash]

Two great games, I'm just sorry that I'm on holiday for 5 weeks and won't be back in time to play these.
Graphics wise the place I think RE5 falls down is its too clean.
Killzone 2 the characters all look like they have been rolling in the dirt while Chris Redfield barely has a scratch on him.

[MNicholas]

KZ2 has vastly superior graphics. The lighting, models, physics, textures, etc are all superior. KZ2 is actually a hell of a lot "cleaner" than RE5. These shots are poorly selected because they feature motion blur, which softens the image. A better comparison would be Uncharted, althought that too is superior to RE5 in almost every area. The one metric that favors RE5 over Uncharted is the number of enemies on screen.

[plain rice]

"It's a better excuse than not having one at all"

That's the most dumbest thing I've ever heard this week.

The retardation level of this site is amazing.

[DaTruth]

As for the budgets, MS spends 50 mil on DLC, Why not on a game? Because MS makes games to sell and make profit. Sony spends tons of money on Aibo, why? Obviously Sony knows they will not make any money off Aibo. So why do they do what they do? Sony likes to make cool $hit for the fu(k of it. That's why I go with Sony, they aren't just in it for the money.

[robert0267]

I don't think pictures really do a games graphics justice you have to actually play the game to really judge the graphics.

[bigman7387]

I'd just like to point out that this is possibly the longest thread on one single comment I have ever seen on N4G, taking into account the length of some of these nove...comments.

That is all.

kthanxbai

[ThanatosDMC]

Both Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 combined, mixed, bred together cannot compare to this visually gratifying video. Mind you it's on youtube and it's leaps and bounds better than the two games.

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

[Sarcasm]

"The retardation level of this site is amazing. "

LOL

[Consoldtobots]

once people play resi 5 they will realize how silly this comparison is.
The game plays like DOG POO, I played it for 5 mins got to the first few zombies and saw them just walk right past me while I was shooting them and they kept walking past me. TUrned off and doubt I will play it again. I already ran through resi 4, I dont need to it again in hi-def.

[Blademask]

Gametrailers called Uncharted the best looking console game out, and 2 looks better than the first.

Why does Heavy Rain look phenomenal? Why does a Gran Turismo Game demo look better than anything the 360 has produced in 3 years? Same with MGS4. You can pretend the Unreal Engine holds anything on the games i've mentioned, but the world as well as the development community would be there with me, laughing at you.

Why doesn't Alan Wake compete with any of the mentioned titles in anyway shape or form graphically? We saw a tech demo and a teaser trailer that looks like it was made in 2005,

more excuses from the 360 community. BUH BUH Budget. Sony spends money where it counts, not on DLC. Maybe if MS wasn't busy buying PS3 exclusives, they would have a game worth mentioning when we are talking about graphics. WHen talking about graphics, its best if the 360 community avoid conversations.

[DELTABOY04]

re5 looks really good..but, not killzone good

[BananaSlug]

you would think RE5 could look better than KZ2

how much processing power can ZOMBIE AI be using up?

[theKiller]

the comparison is not fair yet RE5 couldnt beat KZ2!!

if u focus on killzone 2 screen shots u will see that they took it from the worst settings,resolution and bad TV while RE5 is taken from a better environment(settings and TV)

[Ryangp]

Killzone 2 is going to kick ass!

[THC CELL]

This game should be vs mgs4 not Killzone

Both ps3 games are winners

Re5 looks nice but not the best of Killzone and Mgs4

[BLUR111]

Resident Evil 5 rapes MGS4 in graphics

[Helghast Slayer]

What am i hearing? You seriously think that R5 looks better than MGS4? Man your blind, MGS4 pisses on RE5 bro. Oh yeah i see now. You 360 loyalists are scrambling for a game that you can call quality on you scumboxpleasefixme huh? Well guess what, NOT GONNA HAPPEN lol.

[BLUR111]

bro, I just played both parts of the demo and I own MGS4

I fuc*ing know what im talking about you are just saying what you're saying cause you ARE a SONYFANBOY.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

GUESS WHAT??? We(PS3 owners)get BOTH Games!!! ;-P ;-P ;-P

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I was reading the 'Forums' bit on this site the other week and Laughing my head off at a RE5 looks better than KZ2 comments by the xBots Resident Evil Zombie Lemmings on this!!! ;-D KEEP DREAMING!!!

[Aquanox]

Judging by the stills, Resident Evil 5 looks cleaner than Killzone 2.

However, Killzone beauty doesn't lay in texture detail but in lightning, phsysics and particle effects.

Said this, we would need to wait until we see both titles in MOTION to judge properly. From these stills we can only say that RE5 looks much sharper in terms of texturing detail.

[theKiller]

KZ2 screen shots is taken by the worst settings and TV while RE5 is taken from a better settings and TV yet it cant beat KZ2!

[radzy]

(removes pre-order)

[na2ru1]

Res5 has a similar art direction to MGS4's 1st level with it's brown colour palette. I believe Res5 will have it's levels sectioned out just like MGS and Res4. This allows it to maintain here detailed texture quality. They're both 3rd person action genre.

Wait...why is it being compared to an FPS that streamlines its level loadup times that has large scale levels and a completely different art direction?

Out of MGS and Res5, its a matter of opinion. I can say MGS looks better because of its neat, clean, tidy and non repetitive level design. I could say Res5 looks better because of the facial detail, texture, character model detail, smoke and particle effects etc.

[NewZealander]

i just played the RE5 demo and it is pretty damn good, it shows up alot of other games including gears and mgs.

[die_fiend]

Yeah, quite odd to compare a multiplat with the best looking exclusive thus far...either way, I think Res 5 fares pretty well. I'd say it's better than Gears 2 which is a good looking game, and thus, probably the best looking gmae on the 360. And the demo is immense!

[82211986]

does not say which looks better or plays better(Which is not possible from any god forsaken angle), it just shows the versatility of today's generation of pulling off surrealistic visuals.

[die_fiend]

Not much of a comparison then...

[Hellsvacancy]

Stupid camparison

How about Road Rash vs Gran Turismo 5

[Carbide7]

Haha, Road Rash, good times.

[vasilisk]

I still have my 3DO and a copy of Road Rash, great game and even greater soundtrack

[wollie]

God i love road rash, still have it in the BIG playstation box... if you know what i mean then you are cool.

[Pennywise]

Vasilik, I popped in Road Rash for 3D0 about a month or so ago... How dated that game was!! The soundtrack was still top notch.

I wish they would make a new road rash... that is a game I would love to see this gen.

[no-spin]

it seems RE5 is in the same league as Crisis .

[Fishy Fingers]

Beta Vs Demo, Killzone kills it for me, far better artistically and technically.

Also, some of those "comparisons" are absolutely terrible quality, unless their native direct-feed whats the point in even looking?

[Jager]

Should have better pics for comparisons... not these low rez low pixel crap...

Edit: Some are good pics, but others are not.

[Dimitri]

This visual comparison was brought up by XBOX 360 fanboys.

No offence but no game so far looks as good as Resident Evil 5 on XBOX 360. Now they are trying to say that Resident Evil 5 looks better than Killzone 2.

Its simple.. jealousy.

[BLUR111]

No its probably because they are the 2 best looking games in 09

the things you say is why fanboys like you are called droids

[Dimitri]

Yea im a biggest SONY fanboy which is why I also own a 360.
XBOX is cool for the party system and that you can chat with many players. But when it comes to games its a catastrophy this year, completely nothing is coming for XBOX. Face it.. you blind retarded fanboy.

[Sasanova]

if it wasnt jealousy, maybe they would compare kz2 to heavy rain, wouldnt you think so? ofcourse its xbots comparing...this is the same crap they did with gears2 and mgs4...its obvious which game had better graphics, but they just had to argue about it...

you people obviously didnt play coop mode in RE5, because that game looks good, but nothing compared to kz2...noooothing...

[Statix]

This is probably just another biased no-name website with an agenda that's trying to make it seem like Killzone 2 has an equal technically, in the form of a multiplatform game of all things. In many of those screenshot comparisons, they're using in-game KZ2 shots against embellished devshots from Capcom rendered at impossibly high resolutions.

The fact of the matter is, as pretty as it is, Resident Evil 5 lacks any form of dynamic shadow casting = Killzone 2 wins by default. Any game that uses simple per-character drop shadows in lieu of fully global shadow buffers (i.e., shadows that cast from every object, character, building, leaf, everything) just isn't that impressive anymore.

This is not mentioning the far more impressive destruction and object physics and ragdoll/death animations that Killzone 2 features, which aren't approached by anything we've seen in RE5 thus far.

[thereapersson]

You make an excellent point. To state that the engine that Capcom uses for RE: 5 is anywhere near the one used in Killzone 2, is laughable at best. Both games look good, and this comparison is REALLY arbitrary.

[Mr Tretton]

agreed , this comparisons always reek of BS

[cyclindk]

RE5-

flame effects win
worm creature wins on every level

KZ2-

overall particle and volumetric effects win
overall dynamic lighting win
enemy character model win cuz RE5 added white people zombies and Sadam Hussein zombie guy... dumbazzes!

[AngryHippo]

....yeah I thought that as well. He burst through the window at me....lol.

[Ashton]

i mean RE5 looks good but not KZ2 good.

[peeps]

bit of an unusualy comparison, and i thought the crysis/kz one we saw was odd haha end of the day its impossible to compare two very different games like this, especially as some screenshots may be from a better quality source than the other.

i'm pretty sure when i'm sat at home playing re5 and kz2 i won't be thinking 'hmm which one is graphically more stunning...?'

[Ghyst]

Resident evil 5's demo doesn't even have ragdoll effects of any kind, and doesn't even come close to the realism that killzone 2 has, this isn't even comparable, nice try though.

btw, resident 5 has horrible ps1 controls, tank like, no improvements, just so you know, play the demo you'll see.

[DeZimatoR]

People are actually comparing RE 5's graphics to Killzone 2's?

Hahaha, oh man, people will do anything to try to prove the PS3 doesn't have the best exclusive looking games...

[AshleyRiot]

No doubt. Killzone 2 is a FPS though you get a much closer look at the detail. RE5 is good looking visually just not up to par in overall graphics and detail.

[dylantalon]

comparing bad captured pics of killzone 2 and pics of resident evil 5 isnt a fair comparison.

no game that's on the xbox 360 or a multiplatform game can be compared to killzone 2s graphics, physics and animation.

the fact is that the ps3 is a more powerful console than the xbox 360 and a lot of people dont like hearing the truth.
the ps3s cell chip broadband and the blu ray tech alone can produce things far exceding that of anything the xbox 360 can produce.
so whenever there is a game on the ps3 that utilizes the cell chip and the blu ray to a certain degree, no other console at present will be able to do the same things in that game.

when will gears 2 be fixed?i'm being vocal about bullsh*t as a gamer.why do all these games on this system seems to be plagued with a lot of glitches and slowdowns. i love the gears series but i was sick of problems in the 1st gears and now the 2nd gears has even more problems.
gears 2 is rubbish.

ps. the talon stands for taleneted.

[Why dis]

LOL

Alan Wake and WarHound look better than KZ2. Splinter Cell will look better.

[JBaby343]

Even if that is true Heavy Rain looks better than all the ones you mentioned. Keep trying.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

/Face palm.

[ChilliDemon]

We are lucky gamers. They both look good.

[AngryHippo]

....if you are not going to say Killzone 2 looks better you will get disagrees, end of. Don't bring unbiased comments in here, they are not welcome. lol.

[ChilliDemon]

LOL. Damn me and my unbiased opinions. Sitting on the fence is indeed a dangerous course.

[bee2427]

@Chillidemon - your right about them both looking great and their both first day buys (I even have kz2 preordered already) .. you expressed your opinion nothings wrong with that

@angryhippo - what?? just because people say that one game looks better then another is biased?? so saying gears 2 looks better then Contra is biased? ... we all have opinions not everyone who says one game looks better then another being biased

[Consoldtobots]

so saying Kz2 looks better makes you biased? whatever happened to it just being the TRUTH?

silly fanboys

[meetajhu]

In technical wise Killzone 2 is a complete map loaded in the memory and processed while RE5 is scene by scene and still looking worse than killzone 2. I saw the IGN video and the editor said that Killzone 2 looks almost as good as Crysis but maybe the post processing in Crysis(but nothing can beat Crysis) is better he added " Still its something you haven't seen in console your in for a Gameplay and Graphical treat"

[Carbide7]

So true, I agree. Killzone 2's comparison with Crysis was actually a close one.
People need to compare RE5 to some 360 exclusive.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

At present there aren't any fair comparisons for Killzone 2 I can think of, Crysis is too far ahead in my opinion, but Killzone 2 is far out in front of everything else.

[Ghyst]

A Picture that looks pretty good: resident evil 5

A Full motion game with GREAT animations, with AWESOME graphics: killzone 2.

that's pretty much it.

[snoopgg]

The important things are solid gameplay and level design!!!! I'm sure the graphics in both of these games are stellar. Killzone 2 still gets my knod for all the things that game engine manages to do at one time. It has alot more shat going on in the environmnets.

[Pauloitis]

Great that we are starting to get more than one title with killer graphics, also Gran Turismo is out this year, another contender??????

[Why dis]

Ferrari Project looks better than GT5 lol.

[GarandShooter]

'Ferrari Project looks better than GT5 lol.'

LMFAO....keep dreaming.

[Ghyst]

It has ok graphics, with HORRIBLE controls.

[free3sixty]

RE5 looks really awesome but what the hell is that for a comparsion with KZ2? lol

KZ2 has much more effect at the same time on screen as RE5.

If you look at LBP how realistic it looks or GT5 you wouldnt be able to make a shooter with so many polygons at the same time like in GT5, this gen.

Anyways i also think that RE5 is on par with MGS4.

[Kleptic]

I haven't seen enough of RE5 to know much about it...but many hands on impressions where mixed on the visuals...apparently the opening desert level thing is gorgeous...and it goes drastically down hill from there...with LOTS of corner cutting in terms of lighting and animation...

there was a 30 minute discussion on it on the very last 1up yours podcast...thats all I am going off of...I don't know for sure, as I haven't played it...

interesting though...one thing is arguably certain...the 360's best looking title is going to be multiplatform again...same thing happened with CoD 4, which was only topped by UT3 arguably...then Gears 2...

and blur...don't be an idiot...if you 'own' MGS4...you wouldn't be making such retarded comments about it...MGS4 is still unanimously the reigning visual king...there is NOTHING that 'toasts' MGS4 shown so far in RE5...calling people 'sony fanboys' is going to get you nowhere...its people that come to conclusions off of screenshots that need slapped...

but I guess that is moot...as neither game comes close to killzone 2's lighting or physics...people have been saying that since the first gameplay of killzone 2; you can't just look at screenshots...the damn game should only be viewable in video, or at the very least...gif...i'd love for them to put up a gif comparison, and see how easily killzone 2 pulls away...

[Gobuz]

What a dum article to be honest and a waste of time, just an attention grabber is all it is.

[pickle1234]

Actually RE5 looks better. Wow i'm surprised. Killzone 2 has depressing scenery(too grey). Its not as visually appealing. RE5 looks crisper. The screenshots of RE5 look amazing. More colours as well too.

[meetajhu]

i suggest u buy a PS3 then comment if u have all the consoles!

[GarandShooter]

'Killzone 2 has depressing scenery(too grey).'

Yeah, warzones are always so colorful and carnivalesque, what could they have been thinking?

[Mr_Luke]

RE5 is VERY good, but can't be compared to KZ2... KZ2 is on another planet.

[AngryHippo]

.....Yep its on the Helghast planet Helghan whereas Resident Evil 5 is set on good old Earth. I had to say it, sorry I couldn't resist.

Killzone 2 has more going on especially when you see it running with all the particle effects, things swaying in the wind, and dynamic lighting.

Resident Evil 5 looks very visually impressive but everything is very static, if that makes sense. I believe someone said it above me, Resi 5 makes a very good screen shot but when the games are in full motion you can see the difference between the two.

Both do look visually impressive and definitely a step in the right direction. Props to Capcom and Guerilla Games.

[Salta_nelas]

Uhmm...NO.
Why do people bother to make this kind of articles?

It's so obvious that KZ2 is way above any other console game, there just isnt any comparison possible.
R5 looks great on its own, it has to be the best looking MP game, but dont think it comes close to KZ2, just look at both running. It's that obvious.

I think these articles appear to create the ilusion that 360 games (even if not exclusive) are some how neck and neck in the graphics departement with PS3 exclusive, which is a big BS and non biased people know so. This is simply material to fuel the fanboys console wars...

The truth is KZ2 runing simply trounces any console game atm.

""Resident Evil 5 looks way more visually appealing than Killzone 2 heck even Fear 2 looks better than Killzone 2."
"

Lol, beyond salvation this one is.

[SIX]

We've seen many screens of both games before. How can you not know that both these games look great? Why is this even being brought up now?

[n4gzz]

RE5 doesn't compare with KZ2 in motion. simple fact.

[JBaby343]

RE5 looks good no doubt but in motion no game looks like KZ2. I don't even trust screenshots anymore after all the crap that has been pulled by many developers. I want to see direct-feed HD gameplay to judge.

[Shane Kim]

The only thing that looks really good in RE5 is the character you're playing. Other then that, the textures, physics and animations are last gen. To compare this last gen visual garbage to KZ2 is an insult.

[ultimolu]

They're both gorgeous.

[demolitionX]

RE5 vs KZ2? lol! KZ2 is in aleague by its own! compare high end pc games to KZ2 but not RE5?!! RE5 looks good but as i said not same league as KZ2! lame article!!!

[Alexious]

Come on, don't joke. Killzone 2 is infinitely better from a technical point of view and clearly better from a graphical point of view. Resident Evil 5 looks very nice, but its world is noticeably more fake and less physics-heavy, it's arcade-based. Besides, Killzone 2 looks much better.

[AngryHippo]

Killzone 2 has more going on especially when you see it running with all the particle effects, things swaying in the wind, and dynamic lighting.

Resident Evil 5 looks very visually impressive but everything is very static, if that makes sense. I believe someone said it above me, Resi 5 makes a very good screen shot but when the games are in full motion you can see the difference between the two.

Both do look visually impressive and definitely a step in the right direction. Props to Capcom and Guerilla Games.

[jkhan]

The lightening in Killzone 2 is simply untouchable & the animations are only rivaled by Uncharted. That said RE5 is a pretty good looking game, I played the demo on 360 & I have seen every video of Killzone 2 ever released & in my opinion RE5 doesn't even come close to what Killzone 2 is doing in graphics department. I am not bashing the game RE5 and Killzone 2 are two separate games. RE5 is a slow paced survival horror game in which not much is happening at any given time while in Killzone 2, just in the first section you are fighting like 20 enemies plus your allies plus the lightening effects, fire etc. In Killzone 2 there is so much going on at once. You can't really compare the two.
By the way you can literally see the dirt in Sev's hand
http://i37.tinypic.com/2gsi...
RE5 can't match with this:
http://media2.playscope.com...

http://media4.playscope.com...

http://i44.tinypic.com/24mr...

[ToastyMcNibbles]

lol holy sh!t dude i swear i thought that was a real hand in the first pic

[pwnsause]

its the very little details that makes KZ2 looks so good (wind changing the path of your grenade, Sev's Hands getting dirty,etc.)

[JBaby343]

Those look like the videos of KZ2 I've seen. The pics in this article are crap. Can't wait for KZ2.

[karlostomy]

i find it interesting that kz2 is not even out yet, AND we already we have other games which purport to be as good/better looking.

perhaps kz2 will raise the bar, but let's not forget that it won't be long until we see kz2 trumped. probably on a competing console. The one with a better gpu.

what was its name again?

[JBaby343]

Until then we are still waiting for that superior GPU to put out a game on par with Killzone 2 much less better. Honestly I don't think that superpowered GPU can handle all the effects and multiple rendering KZ2 does for each frame.

[Obama]

Karl is talking about an imaginary game that is not out yet. imao.

[Consoldtobots]

first of all the whole "360 has a better GPU" is a lie based on imaginary specs published on the web that I myself saw over 3 years ago.
second of all the PS3 and especially KZ2 use the cell + rsx to create a rendering pipeline that cannot be matched by any single graphics card.
Yet day after day we have to see people like you spew ignorant nonsense with conviction. It's comedy gold IMO.

[tudors]

Gears 2 looks better than RE5, RE5 is really good and I expect the final game will be brilliant but the controls and animation needed more work, both KZ2 and Gears 2 have better animation and some better graphical effects, different art direction yes and RE5 does look fantastic but the animations and controls let it down a tad, if we are going for the overall effect then RE5 falls short of gears and KZ.

[jams_shop]

RE5 looks great and of course KZ2 looks better

[gameraxis]

my earlier comment was neutral.. laughing at this garbage people like to post. whats there to disagree, F****** IDIOT PHANTOM DISAGREERS

[Alcohog]

I've played both, and my initial reaction was that this must be from sarcasticgamer. This is lollable.

[BMS84]

A strange comparison what's next .. Mario Tennis vs Top Spin 3 or Gran Turismo vs Mario Kart??

[jadnice]

How sad... its clear the author of this article is trying to downplay Killzone 2 superior graphics by showing clear high resolution shots of RE5 and shamefully compare it to poor low resolution pics of KZ2. Only a fool will not see through this stupid attempt to try and paint RE5 as the better looking game.

The fact of the matter is KZ2 is the better looking and playing game (not a huge fan of the control system for RE series) and RE5, as of now, (Till see the real God Of War 3) is the second best looking game.

[DNAgent]

Of course Killzone 2 looks better (it will also play better). I tried the RE5 demo out today on the 360 and it is garbage. It's nothing but the same game repackaged and it feels more like an overpriced expansion pack plus the controls feel like last gen controls even with the new control scheme.

[dustgavin]

Gonna love playing RE5, but Killzone 2 looks much better.

[nchizimbi]

These graphics comparisons should not be happening. It is like trying to prove one game is better than the other judging by the visuals.

Every game that is out there and in development is UNIQUE. Unique in its story, design, presentation, gameplay, visuals and other elements it is built on. Each game is different; therefore its experiences will differ from other games. For example, Gears of War provides an experience Uncharted will not provide (and vice versa). Same with Metal Gear Solid against Splinter Cell; Alan Wake against Heavy Rain; Halo against Killzone; God of War against Ninja Gaiden; F.E.A.R against DOOM; Call of Duty against Brothers in Arms etc (NOTE: I love each of those IPs). Each of these games is an entertainment tool - we game to get entertained and have fun in the process. These games allow us to be the actors and heroes in the fictional interactive worlds. So, regardless of platform (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, wii, PC, mobile), each game is unique and will provide a different experience.

Comparisons are irrelevant. Both Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 are beautiful games. When I get Killzone 2, I will enjoy it for the game that it is…it will provide me an experience Resident Evil 5 cannot. And when I will also get Resident Evil 5, it will give me an experience Killzone 2 cannot.

Just to name a few, I am also looking forward to InFamous, God of War 3, DarkSiders, Riddick, F.E.A.R 2, Halo 3 ODST, Halo Wars, Alan Wake, Heavy Rain, Splinter Cell Conviction, Dark Void, Deus Ex 3, Rage and Aliens Colonial Marines.

The reason games look different graphically is a combination of GAME ENGINE/TECHNOLOGY and ART STYLE the developers are building there games on.

[M0rt3n]

Is this even a comparison? Hi-res RE5 screens vs low-res crappy Killzone 2 screens? And he doesn't even show the particles or the environmental details in KZ2. If an article ever was biased, this one would make #1 on the list.

[mmike855]

A comparison between RE5 and MGS4 would be more interesting, because the visual style is more similar. On a side note, Resident Evil 5, it seems, has become an action game.

[Bathyj]

An action game you cant strafe in. I dont know if I'll get this game. I cant stand no being able to sidestep.

[Yomiro]

Can't compare RS5 with KZ2 there is more going on in killzone 2 than RS5
and beside I think they are 2 completely difference engines.

PS: RS5 still a good game

[xg-ei8ht]

Look at the womans shoulder in RE5. ROFL.

At least i know who ate my 50pence piece.

[ronando]

Who cares what resolution these photos are captured at, they're photos!

If you really want to compare graphic capability, you don't do it with screen shots, rather, video footage is the way to go.

The environmental and motion ability is not captured in a still shot and this is where you begin to differntiate graphical capability.

In my opinion, photos are a poor method of comparison. Furthermore, it's a bit of an insult to GG having their 4+ years of solid effort compared to RE5.

Either way, I'm sure both games are going to look fantastic....Just don't have both running side by side, the difference will clearly favour K2 i'm sure.

[Host Samurai_]

RE 5 looks better IMO, I honestly dont like the look of KZ 2 and it looks nowhere near as good as its trailer. The game is waaaaay to dark and grey. RE5 looks beautiful, almost as good as MGS4 which looks better than anything.

[Hkaine]

Is the author of this article kidding? First of all im a huge fan of the RE series. But i have to speak the truth when it comes to re5 graphics. Even if you compare RE5 to MGS4 there s a huge gap in visual quality in favor of MGS4. I actually own a x360 connected via HDMI to my Sony KDL-52Z4500 LCD. Yesterday I played the RE5 demo on it and was pretty underwhelmed regarding the animations of the zombies, the environments and the quality of the cutscenes. RE5 looks and plays like a last gen game. In MGS4 everything is polished, the animations are top-notch and the effects are mind-blowing. Cant say the same for Re5, which looks like an hd version of Re4. Comparing this game`s graphics to KZ2`s is utterly stupid and only shows that some people dont have eyes in their heads or need glasses!! This is a desperate try of 360fanboys who cant bear the visual prowess of the Killzone2 engine.

[zaz12]

right RE5 cannot even match MGS4. Technically MGS4 has more things in one screen + bigger scale + Better animation + more detailed models.

[Bathyj]

The only way any game can compete with Killzone is on an artistic level, through art direction. A better looking game MIGHT pop up in the next few years, although I cant think what it might be.

On a technical level, the graphics cant be touched. In fact they're not even within reaching distance to fool yourself they might be touched if you just stretch a little further.

[tordavis]

Yeah, we all know you've played KZ2 and all the other new stuff coming out this year Bathy.

[omkire]

Your an idiot lol. I have the demo of RE5 and I can strafe.

Anyways, I have had the privilage to see both demo in action in person.
And I have to say as much as I love RE Series(Especially RE4 which is one of my fav of all time) ,Killzone 2 looks better. But not much better. Killzone 2 is not what Sony wished it could be ,but it will amaze you. Killzone 2 I think took the lead in best looking console game,but not by much.

[Bathyj]

If you can strafe, that changes everything, (um you replied to the wrong comment but thanks anyway.) I read that you couldn't like RE4 and that really sh*tted me. Glad I'm wrong as I'll definitely get it now. Yes its that important to the control scheme for me.

Tor you can kiss my arse. No we cant all have our own little inconsequential blogs where we give attitude and for some reason get to play games but its not like I just moved here from Bedrock. We've all got a pretty good idea I've whats coming out this year, and I'm allowed an opinion just like everyone else. I get my info the same as you. Reading what someone else has already found out.

Perhaps the great enlighten Tor might tell us in his infinite wisdom what game this year is going to technically match the graphics prowess of Killzone. I'm mean, you're so quick to make light of my OPINION, you must have all the inside goss and know for a fact what the best looking game this year with be.

Be sure to remember this post next January when Kilzone is picking up all the best graphics otY awards.

[tordavis]

"Perhaps the great enlighten Tor might tell us in his infinite wisdom what game this year is going to technically match the graphics prowess of Killzone. I'm mean, you're so quick to make light of my OPINION, you must have all the inside goss and know for a fact what the best looking game this year with be."

That's just it. It doesn't matter if a game can match KZ2 GRAPHICALLY or not. Gameplay is always number one and always should be. You are talking like you've experienced both KZ2 and RE5, plus other unreleased titles. You are passing your opinion off as fact and it's why I called you out on it. All you have is your opinion and nothing else.

"I get my info the same as you. Reading what someone else has already found out. "

Look before you jump. I get my info from the source.

[Bathyj]

"It doesn't matter if a game can match KZ2 GRAPHICALLY or not. "

I'm sorry, but wasn't that the whole point of the article? Isn't that what everyone else is talking about? Whether RE stacks up to KZ GRAPHICALLY. Is that why you "called me out"? To point out I'm doing the same thing as everyone else in here.

I'm well aware of the importance of gameplay, didn't you see me getting abused cos I said my favourite XBox game is Tenchu. I take the gameplay of that game, over the graphics of Gears anyday, but thats not the topic here is it? IS IT? Answer me that.

I'm just discussing what everone else is discussing. You want to get into a Graphics vs Gameplay debate, go do in another thread. Its a worthy topic, but it doesn't belong here.

And for the record, I NEVER pass my opinion off as fact. When I speak, I speak for myself and no one else. I dont try to pretend I represent all gamers, or even all gamers of my favourite console. I'm speaking for me.

Its up to people reading me to decide if anything I say is worth believing or not, but its all just my opinion. And you're one to talk anyway. I've read your stuff before. You always think you're right. Even you're avatar goes out of its way to say "screw you if you dont think what I think."

And you still cant tell me what game might rival KZ GRAPHICALLY, so while just opinion, my statement is pretty close to the money and on topic.

[tordavis]

This whole thread and article is ridiculous. We are comparing apples to oranges for what? 2 different games using 2 different engines is not worth comparing. They both look good, period.

[Bathyj]

Well, finally you've said something I agree with.

You're right, its a dumb article, a dumb topic, graphic comparisons are nothing but flamebait, and in this case its just a feeble attempt to deflect a bit of shine away from a Sony exclusive, just like they try to compare Pure to Motorstorm, Tombraider to Uncharted or Kotu or Baku or whatever its called now to LBP.

Now that we agree and we're all buddies again, I have to ask why you singled me out in this thread, when it was the thread you disagreed with not me. I was just engaging, on topic like everyone and then I came under your bulleye. Seems a bit unfair. What is it you guys say? Hate the game, not the player?

How about you just admit you went off a bit halfc0cked and fired at the wrong target and we'll leave it at that? You dont have to admit it publically of course unless you want to, but you should admit it to yourself, and we'll both sleep better tonight knowing the right thing was done in the end.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

[tordavis]

Internet screenshots and videos don't do these games justice. Stop giving traffic to sites that post comparisons. They are both completely different games and I'm sure most gamers will be purchasing both RE5 and KZ2.

[XtreemGamer]

Booth games look great. Didn't matter PS3 or X360 version,booth consoles are great.
But..there's 2 things why KZ2 shots are less sharp...

1, It's taken from TV
2, KZ2 using lots of blur (gives more realistic gameplay)

Just wait for the two game,and then we'll talk about the graphics...

[TIKUP]

just played the RE5 demo and yes it does look fantastic
but killzone 2 still looks wayyyyyyyyyy better!!! :)

[Lazarus69]

To me Killzone2 is the best looking console exclusive and Resident Evil5 is the best looking multiplatform game

[paskowitz]

None of these shots do either game justice. Anyways the only way to compare games is in motion. RE5 does have some high resolution textures but KZ2 just looks better. At this point it really does not matter. It like the race for the fastest top speed for a production car. Do you really car if the Veyron can go 253mph and the SCC Aero can go 270mph, no. Fast is fast good looking is good looking. Call me when someone goes 300 mph.

[Baka-akaB]

Hell if you're not going to seek games that actually share common ground in art design , at least pick them according to genres .
Resident evil 5 vs uncharted 1 or 2 vs gears of war 1 or 2 would be a far better match . It would even the field by comparing ps3 exclusive vs multi , and 360 exclusive vs multi , between games that actually share a lot gameplay wise .

[bassfunkin]

To compare graphical qualites in games you cannot compare screenshots. Screenshots give no justice to a game's graphical prowess. The only way to compare graphics in my opinion is through actualy gameplay. Animations, texture quality, just the overall feel is lost in screenshots.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Uh oh someone challenged Killzone 2 visuals, PS3 fanboys unite.

[zodiac909]

killzone looks better and it even has more going on

[PS360PCROCKS]

well duh you obviously are the play tester for both games, am I right? Read this sentence out loud: Wii TOD ED

[omkire]

I have had the privilage to see both demo in action in person.
And I have to say as much as I love RE Series(Especially RE4 which is one of my fav of all time) ,Killzone 2 looks better. But not much better. Killzone 2 is not what Sony wished it could be ,but it will amaze you. Killzone 2 I think took the lead in best looking console game,but not by much.

[Snyph3r]

but I agreed on the one you posted above...oh wait they're the same?!? wtf?!?

[yog-sothot]

screenshots don't mean a lot to me

you must see this in motion to have a true opinion

I've seen both and KZ2 looks better imo, but RE5 is sweet !

[Mwaan]

But Resident Evil has the edge. Look at the character models, clothes, the ridiculous amount of detail in the stages. Not to mention the fact that in Resident Evil you're being swarmed by more enemies than you can count.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

You can't be serious...

They took the worst screenshots of Killzone 2 they could find.

[Why dis]

Highly graphically impressive charators in a sense look photo real.

[Don_Frappucino]

The only way you could prefer RE graphics is through the art design. Lots of people commented they think Killzone is bit dull. But still, only that stupid xbox fanboy (cant remember the name but he has a picture of half a girls head in black and white) said killzone looked worse. At the end of the day Killzone is technically the better looker, animator etc, but it comes down to which artistic direction you prefer

[Agheil]

killzone 2 looks better re 5 anyday

[zonetrooper5]

Don't know why people haven't said this yet, but why in the hell are we comparing a third party game to a first party game. Killzone 2 probably has a bigger budget than Resident Evil 5, they have alot more resources and help from other studios to create the engine which Killzone 2 runs on.

Hell, give any games studio 4+ years, tons of cash/resources and help from other studios and I'm pretty sure you could create a game as good looking as Killzone 2 on the console.

[thehitman]

Halo3 had like 4 years probably endless cash to make it w.e they wanted since it being xbox flagship title and it still looks like halo 2 just in higher resolution.

[Baka-akaB]

Or haze ? or too human ? Or duke nukem forever ? or Limbo ? etc etc

Enough with such generalisations anyway . If a studios get their hands on such money and freedom , it usually because they either did awesome jobs on previous titles or showed promises .

The first killzone had a mediocre gameplay , but visually it was great for a ps2 game . To this date you can go on youtube watch videos of it , and still find it pretty and well directed , for the story part . Killzone psp then was a quite good game .

Not everyone got a free 4 years dev pass for good reasons ...
Most that did actually released crappy games , besides the like of blizzard , guerilla or Lionheads and a few others .
Most of long dev cycle ends up with a nightmare of a game , easily outdated by more recent titles , and choke full of gameplay and design issues .

So no not everyone would do killzone 2 or anything close if given the chance .

[Obama]

If you think resident 5 looks better than killzone 2, then you must be a huge 360 fanboy, which applies for the people above.

[Mwaan]

Do the same rules apply? Look at Chris Redfield. Now show me a screenshot of a Killzone 2 character model that even comes close.

[Kleptic]

bad pic, but was easy to find quick...

its still hard to find review build based screens...nearly everything is either E3 2007, or 2008...both of which have far less detail than the most recent build released...

but you get the idea...its important to note on what you are looking at...you say 'anything that looks as good as chris redfield'...ok...as that is the 'hero shot' of the game...that is similar to the weapon in killzone 2...of which INSANE detail was put into both, as you are looking at these 2 things the entire game...

however...this is an assault class model in the multiplayer of killzone2...and don't forget what happens to this thing, animation and physics wise, when you start firing bullets into him...RE5 has absolutely nothing on that...as the enemies on screen are nothing special...its redfield, like the gun in killzone 2, or fenix in Gears, that looks considerably better than his surroundings...killzone 2 does an excellent job of making everything look incredible...not just the thing in the middle of your screen...

not to mention...most of those grabs of chris are from cutscenes...you could easily take cut scene shots from killzone 2 of character models and see just how well killzone 2 renders those too...and that isn't even the more powerful aspect of killzone 2...

how about someone show me a .gif of an enemy player...being plugged from an smg at close range...with dynamic lighting being created from the muzzle flash around everything (shadows being rendered EVERYWHERE from it)...with volumetric blood...with real time particles clipping off walls and blowing in procedural wind...and with a character model that detailed reacting to every single bullet that hits him realistically...and you'll see that NOTHING comes close...not just RE5...no game to date touches that...that is where killzone 2 shines...not just in poly count per character model...

[Kleptic]

no idea why it won't link anymore...it did..then I edited the message...now it won't...

[Kleptic]

and one of the now famous .gifs from 2007...this was obviously from the earliest released footage of the game...very few particle effects...and very little character model and texture detail...

but you can easily see that the physics and animation system put into the character models are second to none...not to mention how the only thing lighting up that room are the helghast's goggles (which is a real light), the players muzzle flash, and the helghast's muzzle flash...no 'baked' lighting of any kind...its a pitch black room otherwise, save the stight ambience coming in from the entry way...

watch as the helghast slumps to his knees, and his head falls inline with the muzzle of the firing gun...a spark flies off his helmet from the headshot...and watch what his freaking head does...it doesn't get any more impressive than this...other that this same game in a more recent build...

http://i9.tinypic.com/664vg...

a bunch more: although they are all pretyt old...

http://boardsus.playstation...

[Mwaan]

Impressive. But I'm seeing a lot of cramped corridors and 3 enemy or less encounters with most of the Killzone 2 videos. I'm shooting dozens of enemies in wide open environments in RE5. Killzone's animation is second to none, but that's only part of the overall graphical presentation. At the moment, I'm still siding with RE.

[JBaby343]

"But I'm seeing a lot of cramped corridors and 3 enemy or less encounters with most of the Killzone 2 videos."

You haven't seen many videos if you are saying that. The "Helghan trailer" on PSN alone shows many enemies in huge environments not to mention the gamersyde vids that had to be taken down. KZ2 puts many enemies on screen at once and they all look amazing.

RE5 looks good but is no KZ2 especially on a technical level.

[4 cough]

What ever the case, The 360 version is the definitive version.

[jrsenkbe]

The guy pulled old Killzone shots and new RE5 shots. Plus all Killzone 2 shots are realtime.

[ozlacs]

I alwys like these comparisons cause people always think whatever game they like more has better graphics....they both look pretty friggin impressive so at least were at the point where games look like this...its a beatiful thing.

[DARK WITNESS]

forgetting the question about killzon 2... but

here is a question to 360 users;

which looks better Gears 2 or RES 5 ?

i am just asking cos i know many regard gears 2 as the best looking 360 game. personally i think RES5 looks better, but id like to know what others think.

debate please ( don't just disagree and say nothing )

[Baka-akaB]

I think RE5 looks better but many forget something . RE games were always prettier than most other titles ever since the first ... for a simple reason .. it was static and done with pre-rendered backgrounds that looked obviously far better than standard real time 3d .

Now it's all real time , but the game still isnt full of explosion , decor and backgrounds interactivity or destruction ... nor with screens filly with hundreds of foes , and even less with gigantic maps . RE5 is probably a heckuva better in those area than previous RE , but it's style a "simple" third person shooter with less stuff going on to worry about .

[resistance100]

Ive been playing the demo today. Resi 5 does look good however not killzone 2 good. Resi's visuals are very simalar to Uncharted.

Still its just a shame the Resi 5 demo was disapointing for me.

[u got owned]

Just the simple fact that people are comparing RE5 with K2 a game that is been compared with Crisis, shows you how good R5 looks. I still think K2 looks technically better though.

[zaz12]

I will buy both games anyway

[poeo]

in pictures they can look pretty equal, but in motion KZ2 wins in my opinion, the animations are just out of this world. i've noticed some really awkward last-gen animations (pulled straight from RE4 probably) in some RE5 videos. granted the game is not released and they could still fix some of the animations but yea.. i doubt they can beat KZ2.

both look absolutely gorgeous though.. im going to be very impressed.

[Pootie Tang]

For the entire 2009 gaming year, every game that comes out now will be compared under a microscope to KZ2,

I'm a 360 supporter and I'm glad KZ2 looks awesome because that means the 360 now has to answer back to it's fanboys/supporters. It puts pressure on them to get off the HALO train and give us something new and exclusive/creative

the better the competition is the better for all of us gamers regardless of what console we picked. if had the money id buy both anyways.

[bviperz]

and when you do, you won't regret it!

[Neo604]

they photoshop RE5 screenshot and blur out KZ2. Nice try KZ2 jelous.

[ELite_Ghost]

pics are not even hd...

this site sucks d1ck

[Magic_The_Celt]

And why exactly are we comparing these two?

[ReTarDedFisHy]

The bots need to be reassured that a (non-360 exclusive, multi-plat) game looks almost as good as KZ2, but KZ2 still looks way better? :(
They'll be scrounging around for a game that looks better than KZ2 for a while. Hell, they're probably going to call on a trailer for a 2010 game.

[slave2Dcontroller]

site who thinks this. I played the RE5 demo and while it was impressive, its NOT KZ2. I actually think GeOW2 is more visually impressive than RE5. Thats why I didnt even bother to look at the comparison. Its a waste of time.

Nice Try v4vg but you FAIL. Evenstill, to each his ZONE...wait. I meant own. :P

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Those aren't Killzone 2 graphics.

How can these guys get away with this crap?

[UziSuicide]

BS comparisons cooked up by either:

1) fanboy
2) Someone wanting attention/hits

Not a particularly good one either.

[smurfie4]

RE5 can't hold a candle to Killzone in anything. They still have the recycled hit response system from RE4. lol. Killzone is pulling off hundreds of light sources casting dynamic shadows, 2XMSAA, d.o.f., f.s. motion blur, hit-response/ ragdoll animation system with i.k., volumetric particles & and explosions, and the list goes on. Even the sparks from bullet impacting metal has physics as they bounce of the ground. RE5 doesn't have sh!t on killzone 2.

[ReTarDedFisHy]

with all of those technicalities going on, Killzone 2 still manages to look better. And what's up with these shots? It looks like the KZ2 shots are taken from a webcam. Anyway, there's a reason why Killzone 2 is being touted as a graphical beast and even being compared to the likes of Crysis. RE5 not so much. That being said, RE5 looks like the best multi-platform game.

@Mwaan
Yeah, there's already tons of gameplay vids showing loads of enemies on screen, each with dynamic AI, unlike RE5's... well, zombie AI (Ugh... ahh...)

[Radiodread]

Both awesome games and AAA.

[ballsofsteel]

just not as good as KZ2 screen don't do KZ2 any justice cause that game is a beauty in motion the one big area where i fell RE5 is really lacking is animation because a lot of the animations are exact copies from RE4. but just in general KZ2 is better in almost every category the only edge i give to Re5 is character models but thats only a small edge because the zombie models aren't that great

[JHUX]

If I go find any other kz2 gameplay videos/screenshots, KZ2 is definitely on top, but with this comparison this guy took like the worst screenshots he could find of kz2, low res and old, vs high res re5 screenshots lol. Don't get me wrong though I will be buying resident evil 5 no matter what it looks like, but this was a pathetic comparison to get hits, and get more 360 fans to flock to that website.

[Substance]

That is why they are one of the best. Of course, Killzone looks better and has more going on, but RE5 looks hot too.

[DroN4eG]

are you kidding me? :D

[MGS_fanatico_]

I'm really excited for Resident Evil 5, and there's no way I'll miss out on it, but visually speaking, Killzone 2 definitely takes the cake!
I don't consider myself to be a graphics whore, don't get me wrong, I appreciate great looking visuals, but if the game's broken, the game's broken. Fortunately that doesn't seem to be the case with Killzone 2!
But anyways, I don't recall there ever being a game that has made me doubt my eyes more, as whether to believe something is CG or not!
Heck, just take a look at the preview build I linked to!
The water, the weapon, the environment; you don't need to be a graphics whore to appreciate all the work GG has put in their game. Fanboy or not, for the love of gaming, give credit where credit is due FOR ONCE!

Here's a bigger pic:

http://image.com.com/gamesp...

[77Squad77]

If you think comparing RE5 to KZ2 is dumb, then check out this technical comparison between KZ2 vs GoW 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[grantps3]

killzone 2 looks way better....no doubt

[arkalos13]

isnt this that stupid website that tries to make killzone 2 look bad in every aspect. wen people have to create a website to bring down a gam then there just losers

[L-a-i-n]

I am tring to figure out why they are comparing them in the first place. Two different art designs used int Killzone 2 and RE5. It just stupid to even try to compare them. Both games look freakin sweet. Why bother to waste your time justifing if one looks better? I have have heard many people here state "graphics aren't everything" "if the controls suck graphics don't mean crap" judge the games by how they play. I know that I like Killzone 2 controls already I was in the beta. I do know I don't like RE5 controls. So that makes me not get the game.

In short both game look great.

[memots]

I gonna make my own comparison to get some hit.

HALO 3 vs HAZE Graphic !..

What i need to do is take some screenshots were Halo 3 doesn't look to good and some that Haze actually looks good.
BLAMO !! this stuff is gold. The story writes itself.
My article would get the fanboy going and i would get tons of traffic and get lots of hit.

This "blog" fails on so many level.. But hey it gets the fanboy going and that what n4g is all about right ?

[shawnsl65]

both look good, gonna be looking GREAT once my tv gets a hold of it.

[zonetrooper5]

I don't think that Haze was ever given alot of resources/cash to make it graphically amazing game. I think that Sony did offer to help Free Radical however for some reason, Free Radical didn't want any help from Sony and decided to do it alone. Second, Haze was going to be a mutiplatform game and at the last moment Sony paid for it to be exclusive.

Too Human, well, that game was in developement for 10 years and kept on being built on one platform and then moved to another which would make it very hard to even consider making it look like a good looking game. I'm also not sure how many of these ten years spent in the studio that the game was activity being worked on. Even then, we don't know the development costs for this game.

Duke Nukem Forever, this game is still being worked on and it was made by the same people who made Prey on the Xbox 360, PC. They tend to take a long time making thier games. They pretty much get to a point in developement and then dump it again just to redo it all over again. We really haven't seen enough of Duke Nukem Forever in form of gameplay trailers/demos etc to see whether or not it will graphically look great.

To thehitman

Halo 3 costed $30,000,000 to make and another $30,000,000 was used to advertise the game. It took Bungie three years to make Halo 3 starting in 2004 just before Halo 2 was being finished up on. Halo 3 does use its own proprietary engine which I think is dubbed the "Halo 3 Engine."

GG was given around 4+ years to create a new engine to run on the PS3, they are also given more access to resources/money/support because they are a first party studio. Alot of Sony's other first party studios have also helped GG create the engine which Killzone 2 runs on, sharing the tech between them so they are able to create a good looking game.

[Baka-akaB]

Every studios or games with long dev cycle will have it's share of excuses ... but in the end the fact remains , most of those games stuck in limbo ends up being worthless , unless done by people with talent and a vision .

If everyone given the sames amount of times could do a game like Killzone 2 , there would be no haze or too human .
I do not feel like arguing for each example i gave ... there are a few example in like every generation of consoles or PC gaming . Games with such a long cycle and so many delays usually ends up being a game technically outdated , crappy , or good but that can't live up to it's own hype . A last example from me and yet possibly not the best , would be Age of Conan , a game full promises that fall flat and a mmo chokeful of bugs and gmeplay issues .

It's rare to see cases such as Molyneux's games , and hell even his "Fable" is often critized for not living up to it's promises . Blizzard is another one who gets away with long cycles , but from the go usually start projects that arent graphical powerhouses .

Again no , not everyone given the same amount of time and money would necessarily give birth to a game of Killzone 2's level and quality .
Many studios would waste that funding and time restarting over and over , following wrong paths , doubting themselves and trying to many things at once , or even sometime giving up making a quality product .
This argument is silly anyway given how pratically everyone , most sony fans included didnt believe Killzone 2's level of graphics was even possible . So how the hell would it be easy for "just anobody" to do the same with same amount of money and time ? Would "just anyone" even try going that far ? No

Now are there more talented studios out there than Guerilla ? Most likely yes .

[pwnsause]

lets be serious here, as much as I love the RE series, be realistic, you cant compare RE5 to KZ2, seriously. RE5 doesnt do what KZ2 can. you want to compare killzone 2 with some other game, compare it to Crysis. IT is disrespectful to compare a good looking game such as killzone 2 to a multi-platform game, or any other 360 game for that matter. Compare Killzone 2 to PC games that blend the line between CGI and in-game, which is what a games like Crysis and Killzone 2 does.

[Mad_Rhetoric]

RE5 has better character models, textures, and still has 30 eniemes on screen

[pwnsause]

??? stop being sarcastic.

[Figboy]

is on par with the Killzone 2 engine?

yeah...right...

^^
Above:

probably the shortest comment i'll make all year. take it in folks.

[Luca Blight]

RE5 looks better in stills. KZ2 looks better in action. Has anyone mentioned this yet? KZ2's visual effects can only be fully appreciated in motion with everything going on.

[buy a ps3]

Lol whichever idiot made these comparisons is simply terrible and should quit while he is still treated like a nerd retard that he is. Lol there are so many things wrong with this that I made a list of things this
1: Your images suck…
2: If you are trying to show “how far games have gone” AT LEAST USE BETTER IMAGEST
3: USE BETTER QUALITY IMAGES!!!!!!!
4: it seems your an Xbot because you simply chose low rez pictures for KZ2 and better detailed pics for RE5
5: I can go on but i have things to do other than point out the obvious… GFYS

[Legendary-Status]

I like RE5 and Im going to get it.. but dont compare RE5 2 KILLZONE 2..KILLZONE 2 is a MASTERPIECE

http://ps3.ign.com/dor/obje...

[MADPIRAHNA]

If RE5 was PS exclusive and looks the same as it does now those comments would have been made. No, someones feelings got hurt and they are now claiming this multi plat game looks as good as KZ.

When both versions come out he will say 360 has an edge on graphics. See how the fanboy mind works, "RE5 = KZ2" , "360RE5 > PS3RE5" so 360 RE5 greater than KZ.

[Ldubbz]

Gears looks better than both...I could care less who agrees. Flame on....

[Ldubbz]

Disagrees? C'mon, I know you guys can do better than that!

Honestly, I haven't played either K2 or RE5 (downloading the demo now...), but from what I have seen they both look good. K2 has some really good animations, but Im not sold yet on its environment. I definitely would have to play through it to see how it varies things up.

RE5 I will give an honest opinion on after I play the demo later. But two pretty different games.

Purely looking at screenshots, I would say Gears 2 looks better than both IMO; the character models in Gears are nearly flawless, the environments as well. BUT it doesnt go for a more 'realistic' bent like K2, which is more in the vein of CoD 4 or 5 than anythig else.

And in that sense K2 moves very realistic from what I have seen thus far. To me thats what looks best about K2, its very fluid.

[Legendary-Status]

im getting RE4.5 but comparein RE4.5 wit beef up graphics 2 KZ2 funny lol and talking about RE4.5 has 30 zombies on screen and all this other stuff.. just stop with that mess... its a zombie game it's suppose 2 have alot of zombies lol..??

[Legendary-Status]

LMAO you brung tears 2 my eyes from laughing so hard... good one...

[Lets-Game]

I think im more excited for r5 but killzone 2 looks much better. you can easily see the texture and colour look worse in r5.

[Flare149]

I think RE 5 can be compared to Far Cry 2, but definitely not Killzone 2.

[Serjikal_Strike]

Thats why Im getting both games ....already paid for in full..just waiting for release days:)

[Nugundam0079]

Love the little Dig at the wii-why is it that Nintendo cant catch a break from people...than again The Big N doesnt care LOL

[Dunta22]

im not a fanboy or anything because i will definately get both games day 1, but those killzone images are very low quality (maybe even off-screen shots). You cant compare visuals if one game's pics are such poor quality

[WIIIS1]

My feeling is that RE5's graphics are superior to KZ2, and 360's ver of RE5 will be superior.

[04soldier]

Im getting them both. I feel sorry for people that only own a 360. Bummer.

[dominicanair]

its joke or what? u put there worst images in low resolution of KZ2 in comparsion with best images of res. evil i have ever seen, sharp like b%$ch in high def..seriously u suck horse ass, wake up u xbots…nothing against res. evil. love it. But we all know although it has great great gfx it absolutely is not something near Kz2…kiddos

[OhMyGandhi]

for those of you who downloaded the demo.
Aim at the girl and pull the right trigger.
Don't you just love where they chose to put the reticle?
: )

[hydro-lx]

why did they use CGI for RE5 screen shots and gameplay screenshots for killzone 2

[R6ex]

So what if RE5's visuals are nice ?!

The game (demo) SUCKS big time !!!

[AngryTypingGuy]

I predicted well over a year ago on this website that RE5 would set a new benchmark for graphics, just as RE4 did last gen. The game looks incredible.

The quality of the KZ2 images presented there weren't the best. Go to Gamersyde.com to do a real comparison. It's a toss up. I thought that the character models in KZ2 were the best I've seen, but I'm not so sure that RE5 doesn't beat it. If you look at pics of both games in their high-def glory, some character models look better in either game, as well as the background. It just depends on the picture you pull up. They are definitely the best exclusive and mulitplatform releases to date. I think Gears 2 looks among the most beautiful in terms of intricate details in the background, but in terms of realistic looking graphics, which I prefer, these two games are the new standard.

The thing is, if Resident Evil 5 quality graphics can be pulled off on a 360, I don't see why KZ2 can't. A DVD9 disc might not have enough storage, but in terms of graphics the 360 can do it and RE5 proves it.

[rTR-Pioneer]

thebitbag.com sad that the review build of kz2 is like playing on a new generation of console and that being the first game you put in it.
that is all i have to say.

[rTR-Pioneer]

i always wonder why gran turismo prologue gets overlooked, to me it is the best looking ps3 game to date and i own mgs4 and uncharted and gears, i feel kz2 could be the gran turismo of fps and if res 5 comes close to kz2 that is great too, the more amazing games the better.

[Rob0g0rilla]

Graphically RE5 looks fantastic but I really thought they could of done a little more with the gameplay. It feels exactly like RE4 and I was expecting them to push a lot further but it doesn't feel like they did at all. It's a major turn off and I probably won't even buy the game because of it. I think Killzone 2 looks a lot better graphically and the gameplay feels fresh. It's a FPS but it just feels different and looks a lot better then any console game I have played. It's a lot better to compare these games if you played them on your tv. Pictures really doesn't do much for KZ2 because it looks a lot better in motion. RE5 looks great but it reminds me of RE4 in HD so much and it was a complete turn off. The environments suck compared to Killzone 2.

[IQUITN4G]

People outside of sites like this wouldn't be able to tell the difference frankly or just about any other game

I see the technical differences between Gears2 and Killzone2(one has raw texture quality(Gears2) and the other superior lighting, more stable framerate, extra layers of effects plus particles and more throwing around of polygons in the scene(Killzone2).On the whole though poeple don't have a clue about the tech side of games and wouldn't see the two as really any better than the other

[The Official]

Do anyone of you corney @ss N!ggas play video games?

Both will be good games end of discussions. IMO RE5 will look slighty better.

[YouNoob]

Flopzone2 visuals are crap.

[IQUITN4G]

really?really?really?really?re ally?really?really?really?reall y?really?really?really?really?r eally?really?really?really?real ly?really?really?really?really? really?really?

Don't you guys ever use any other words?

[PSWii60 Fanboy]

Was that necessary? Just because Pa hates those dark people, doesn't mean you have to, sonnyboy.

Also, about RE5 vs. Killzone 2, both games look great, however Killzone 2 is an exclusive, which means it was built from the ground up for one system. RE5 is multiplatform, so it has to take the strengths (and weaknesses) of both consoles while making them look as similar as possible. Which is why, technically, the obvious winner would be Killzone.

BUT, RE5 managed to take two sytems and make an A-mazing looking game for both. So I'd personally call it a tie.

Unless K2 was multiplatform.

[Johnny Rotten]

the best thing about owning a PS3 is that you get to own both of them!

[qnzinfamous08]

this dude must be high!