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GameTrailers: Best of E3 Awards Best Graphics

These games' graphics will have you doing double takes.
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Published: 512 days 17 hours ago | Video | E3 2008 | Gaming
 
 

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TheHater - 512 days 18 hours ago
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I like how Gametrailer low blow Killzone 2 by saying it just another FPS. Well isn't Far Cry just another FPS? Isn't Gears of War just another TPS?
Gametrailers is getting really lame now
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Gamingisfornerds - 512 days 17 hours ago
1.1 - That's not the impression I got.
The impression I got was that they find that Killzone 2 brings a nice refreshing to a pretty outplayed/cliché sub-genre.

But, maybe that's just me.
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ReBurn - 512 days 17 hours ago
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There are only so many coats of paint you can put on an FPS. They all tend to look great, but at the core is the game going to be that much better than anything else out there? You run around with a gun and blow things up. Is there more?
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scottie2521 - 512 days 17 hours ago
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i've been up in the air about KZ2 for a while until i watched this video

http://www.gamersyde.com/st...

now i have no doubt its the best looking game i've ever seen on any console or pc.
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JasonXE - 512 days 17 hours ago
1.4 - @1.2
you forgot the exploding barrels!!
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KingME - 512 days 17 hours ago
1.5 - well
He didn't call it just another FPS, he said "the best seems to rise to the top, even when it's just another para-military FPS. (i.e. COD4ish) But I agree 100% KZ definitely had the best graphics.

Can't wait to get this one. Gears, and RE5 look great also.
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BattleAxe - 512 days 16 hours ago
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Killzone is a day one purchase for me, I can't wait. Far Cry 2 is going to be great aswell.
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masterg - 512 days 15 hours ago
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I think Gears2 and KZ2 are both looking fantastic.

Lets think back on when we saw the first CG trailer for KZ2.
We were all blown away. I think I saw it a hundred times, and showed it to everybody I knew who were a little interested in gaming. Then it turned out Sony hadn't told us the whole truth.

Think of the pressure this put on Guerilla Games.
They had to deliver graphics that they were not even sure was possible. Then now we see they have met the CG trailer.
That is a f_cking job well done.
Sony must have seen something in GG that no one else did.

I hope Sony's big announcement isn't some big new IP. I hope it's a big new studio, because god dammit, Sony's first party games simply sets the standard.
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CrazedFiend - 512 days 3 hours ago
1.8 - Sad...
I'm probably gonna be getting ALL of those games.

I'm such a graphics whore (-_-;)...
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KRUSSIDULL - 512 days 18 hours ago
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Killzone 2 is indeed the best looking game second place i would say its a tie betwen Resident Evil 5 and Gears 2.

Edit: I forgot Far Cry 2 is also very good looking.
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StephanieBBB - 512 days 17 hours ago
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I think resistance 2 looks better than most of those games except for killzone. Fallout 3 is up there too.
2.2 La Chance | 512 days 17 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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baseballkid721 - 512 days 17 hours ago
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gears 2??? no way, it looks just like gears 1
theres no contest between killzone 2 and gears 2
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ZeroBlitz - 512 days 16 hours ago
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I have to agree that Resistance 2 should have been in this list and GT are clearly going out of their way to ignore it. They'd rather show off SFIV instead. No offense meant to SFIV of course - it's looks good, but then again so does that PS3 Naruto fighting game. Soul Calibur IV isn't exactly behind it graphics-wise either.
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Gamingisfornerds - 512 days 17 hours ago
3 - Yeah...
Gears 2 and Killzone 2 both look great in their own respect, I'm having a hard time determining which looks better.

Regardless of which they pick between those two, it's always a deserved winner imo.

@below: You just had to turn this into a fanboy fight didn't you? And you actually seem to have this idea that I give a sh*t about what some random internet fanboy tough guy thinks. You're on my ignore list now so don't waste you're time anymore replying to my posts.
3.1 cahill | 512 days 17 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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KRUSSIDULL - 512 days 17 hours ago
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No resistance 2 does not look as good as Gears 2.

Edit: And KZ2 looks better to the eye than Gears 2.
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StephanieBBB - 512 days 17 hours ago
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I admit that gears2 looks good but I just hate that it uses Unreal 3 engine. Im so sick of it, It's old technology to me.
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TheExecutive - 512 days 16 hours ago
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Im sorry, I am a HUGE fan of resistance but tick for tack Gears is better looking, right now anyway. the environmental textures are just too flat in resistance.
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cLiCK_sLiCK9 - 512 days 12 hours ago
3.7 - @ 3.6
Gears textures suck too. And i know it looks better Resistance 1. But all of the Gears of War textures look all shiny and look alike with different colors. But if you take all lighting off....textures wonk look as good because they wont shine.

A good example of good textures is Metal Gear Solid 4.
Just by looking at the walls, get that feeling they look rough.
Whereas Gears of War you dont get that feeling. They feel like plastic and cheap.

And im not saying Gears sucks or looks bad. IMO I pefer Gears over Resistance (dont hold it against me but its because im tried of FPS's).
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themyk - 512 days 6 hours ago
3.8 - gears 2 looks fantastic
for a 360 exclusive.
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Bordello1900 - 512 days 17 hours ago
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Nice to see so many awesome-looking games in one vid.
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Codeman420 - 512 days 17 hours ago
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all in all every game in there looks AWESOME. KZ2 looks more "realistic/scifi" while gears has the best "fantasy/scifi" graphics. But KZ2 has come a long way to meet the CG trailer that we were shown ways back. and it certainly hasnt disappointed me.
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SacT0wnF1n3st - 512 days 17 hours ago
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"Looking great" for KZ2 is an understatement. It looks incredible.
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avacadosnorkel - 512 days 17 hours ago
7 - without watching
I already know nothing that has ever been on conoles matches Killzone 2 graphically because at least one writer from every third party game site has already said so.
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BattleAxe - 512 days 16 hours ago
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actually it was nominated, watch the video again
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Common Sense - 512 days 15 hours ago
8.2 - I suggest you watch
The HD Resistance 2 Video then watch the Gears 2 Video.
Watch the Resistance video again and watch them side by side.

I bet you'll sing " I can see clearly now the fog (I mean rain) is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way (not having a PS3)".
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King_many_layers - 512 days 3 hours ago
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I'm actually going to agree with La Chance for once, Resistance 2 does not look as good as Gears 2, but the game's are unfinished.

Gears of war was revered for great graphics and it's gameplay, so that's where they've built Gears 2 up on first.

resistance was built up to run smooth then to look great ( for a launch title to run so smooth in splitscreen and lag free online, it looked great ) so that's what they're doing now. Getting the game working. I seriously believe that Resistance 2 will be a great looking game, they have full Sony support and the information from the other first party studios.
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IDemonstalkerXI - 512 days 17 hours ago
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SF4 is looking sweet. /drools @ KZ2 and Gears 2. I noticed glaring imperfections in RE5 E3 Unedited Trailer (This showing edited those out). It looks great at times and flawed in other times. I just hope they take the time to pollish those out.
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Meus Renaissance - 512 days 17 hours ago
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Was there ever ANY doubt? But with GameTrailers you can never be too sure of anything PS3-related.
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smokeymicpot - 512 days 17 hours ago
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That is cool that Killzone won. Im just surprised that fallout 3 didn't get a mention
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themyk - 512 days 6 hours ago
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am i the only one that think fallout looks super boring?
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StephanieBBB - 511 days 23 hours ago
12.2 - @themyk
We are not talking about that this is pure visual extravaganza. It may look boring color and gameplay wise but the graphics and landscape is truly amazing.
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irchief - 512 days 17 hours ago
13 - @ la chance
yeah right now R2 doesnt look as good, but insomniac does gameplay first, graphics are an afterthought, and still, ratchet is arguably the best looking game on the ps3, and if its true that the final game will be as big as a graphical leap as ratchet, ill be damned if it didnt look better then gears 2.
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AclayPS3 - 512 days 17 hours ago
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And just think, Killzone 2 was still running in Pre-Alpha Code.... this game is going to look even better when it hits shelves because since it was delayed to Feb. 2009, Guerrilla has time to polish the HELL out of Killzone 2.

At first I was thinking that GT was going to give it to Gears 2, but Killzone 2 is just a monster of a game and it will definantly be one of the most graphically impressive games of 2009 ( along with MAG, and God of War 3 of course!)
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sephy 9 2 5 - 512 days 16 hours ago
14.1 - The pre-alpha code
is like an inside joke. That's not really the stage of the build.
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Common Sense - 512 days 15 hours ago
14.2 - Killzone 2 is in Pre-beta
The videos, however, are pre-alpha and alpha code. Most developers don't show the most recent code because it's buggy, they show the last successful build.
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dhammalama - 512 days 5 hours ago
14.3 - Sorry sephy, you are wrong.
Pre alpha is a term used for a program before it is feature complete or finished from beginning to end.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
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BaschPS3 - 512 days 17 hours ago
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Yet, most of these games still can't match the brilliance that is Uncharted. Still one of the best looking games ever made. Glad to see Killzone 2 won, but, really, it had to. Technically speaking, Killzone 2 has the best graphics. I used to think Gears 2 had better graphics than Resistance 2, but that was before I saw an HD video with beautiful fleshy and moist character models. San Francisco looks stunning and looks every bit as good as Killzone 2. It's Chicago that needs a little work. The Leviathan is one of the best models I've ever seen, but the environment needs a bit of work. As some have already mentioned, they need to add some reflections in the water and glass. Nicer textures for some of the insides of the building, etc... It doesn't help that Chicago was the big level they were pushing. San Francisco made my eyes well up.

Besides that, nice selection. Fallout 3... meh. It looks okay. I didn't think it was all that great. Maybe I should watch some higher quality videos. Mirror's Edge definitely should have been mentioned. Big no no and wag of the finger for not making the nominees list. Other than that, can't wait to see how the final versions turn up. :D
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VirusE - 512 days 16 hours ago
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Hard to believe that with PS3 in your name that you thought both looked better than gears 2. Funny how that worked out. For gfx KZ 2 > gears 2 > resistance 2. Let's not bring gameplay into this though. I dont have enough tissues to pass out to all the killzone fans. Sony is putting it's holiday spot light on resistance not killzone. Nov is the month that all the big guns come out not march.
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BaschPS3 - 512 days 15 hours ago
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VirusE, that was actually an accident. I was trying to come up with a user name since my original (Basch) was taken. At that time, I had no PSN ID or Xbox Live GamerTag. I had no working Internet connection for my systems. So I had to guess which names would work. I had recently signed up at MyResistance with the same problem and decided to go with BaschPS3 so it would be easier to remember (Basch on PS3 game's website).

When I signed up at N4G, I spent too much time coming up with a name and threw the towel in and tried BaschPS3 since I had used it for MyRes and thought no one else would take that. Since then, I now have a working internet connection to all three of my systems (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii).

The name I now use for my PSN ID/GamerTag is NeoBasch. If I knew of a way to change my current user name, believe me, I would. As for assumptions. You should never assume. I have had my 360 since I got my delayed preorder in February (I take it no one remembers those shortages). I bought the Wii later that year, and the PS3 a year after that.

I have played many games and found favorites for each system. I use each quite extensively. No matter what it may seem like from any comments on these boards, because frankly you can't judge a person through the keystrokes they make.

I'm sorry you don't agree that I should be able to express myself, even if it goes against popular opinion (as the media would make it seem). Unlike them, I give everything a fair shake and am open to a multitude of genres. I love new and original IPs and invest in them to show my appreciation. Still, I do not push my ideals on others, because I have enough respect to know that each individual is unique and equally important. Everyone is free to express they're opinion. At least, that is what I believe.
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25 - 512 days 17 hours ago
16 - finally guerrilla gets its due
it got shafted last year, lost to cod4, i think. dunno. cheers guerrilla.
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shazam - 512 days 8 hours ago
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what are you talking about? oh wait nevermind you mean last years awards. sorry for the disagree
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Pikutara - 512 days 17 hours ago
17 - BEST graphics for the best CONSOLE
PS3 & Killzone 2
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jcfilth - 512 days 17 hours ago
17.1 - It doesn't stop there...
wait until you see God Of War 3.
Did you know Guerrilla was taking notes from the guys making God Of War3?? so, just imagine how it will look, the devs said it looks like Beowulf. That's very impressive.
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MK_Red - 512 days 17 hours ago
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WTF!!? Where the F*** is MIRROR'S EDGE!!???

Where are Crysis: Warzone and MotorStorm 2 among noms? WTF is Street Fighter 4 doing there? Sure, it looks good but Prince of Persia, Fallout 3 and many others.
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