Fallout 360: New Patch Has 'Secret' Graphics Boost

the latest Fallout 3 patch isn't just preparation code for the upcoming DLC… one of the small issues with the launch 360 game has been addressed: the specular maps are back. Perhaps the omission was simply a bug? Or perhaps not, because while the effect has been replaced in the more obvious locations, elsewhere it is still absent. But regardless, it's an obviously welcome addition for 360 owners, and we presume that the upcoming DLC will be looking as good as it can possibly be.

[jack who]

but teh cell

[Beg For Mercy]

but Killzone 2 destroys everything on teh 360

[Galvanise]

If you read the article. . .it states that this graphical boost has been standard in the PS3 version from day one. The 360 was the one with the inferior mapping and textures!

[TheMART]

so beg for mercy

You're all gonna bet on one game? Strange...

Second: KZ2 ain't all that. I own the game and its not Jesus coming back to planet earth. Actually its pretty boring besides the nice death animations and its grey, grey, more grey and some glowing red eyes...

@ PirateThom

Yes I am playing it... check my PSN tag. If you are a friend of me ofcourse haha

[PirateThom]

Only grey?

Ha, you haven't played it!

[Arsenic13]

If you READ it says" It turned out that Xbox 360 version, despite its superior frame rate and full-on 4x MSAA, had flaws of its own."$
It still beat the PS3 in some aspects. Do your fanboy eyes just scan for sh*t to say?

[AngryTypingGuy]

It's ok, cut Galvanise some slack. After all, when comparing multiplatform games head to head, the PS3 fans don't have much to brag about! This occasion is no different considering that the 360 version runs smoother, has been graphically updated, and has hours upon hours of DLC to expand your gaming experience with.

[Shane Kim]

While PS3 owners has hours upon hours of new games to play, you will just settle with DLC.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Shane, don't be bitter that MS offers more DLC so you can get even more out of your purchases. You know very well that if it were the PS3 versions getting the DLC, you'd be bragging saying that you can get more out of the PS3 versions. Sometimes, believe or not, I opt to get DLC to get more out of a game rather than going and getting a new one. I'm playing Fallout right now, and after I play RE5, maybe I'll get some of the Fallout DLC. Then again, maybe I'll download the Lost and the Damned and revisit GTA IV. Of course, maybe I'll go buy a whole new game, who knows.

[Major_Tom]

Mart you definitely haven't played it if you think it's all grey.

[Sarah Palin]

NEW GAMES???
WHERE???
OMG SERIOUSLY, YOU BETTER NOT BE HIDING THEM FROM ME, OR SO HELP ME GOD....

[thenuttybuddy08]

Awsome i can see a big difference, but how can they do that through a patch?

[mynd]

Fairly easily, it's a simple shader fix.
It's merely adding a few extra lines to compute the half angle between light an eye vectors. Or in laymen terms, fixing the shiny stuff.

[DominusRebellis]

So the 360 patch makes it look like the PS3 version then eh?

[Why dis]

The PS3 version was better?

Not from what I seen and read lol.

Don't believe this at all. FAKE.

[Real Gambler]

You're so funny!

Yesterday, the same website, analysing Hawx, was a reference. You didn't say it was fake, but took it as the truth, nothing but the truth.

http://www.n4g.com/News-288...
Amazingly, your message was 1.3

Today, it's fake! Make up your mind. If they say something for the 360 it's a great site, but if they say the anything against, it's fake?

Well, nah, you should grow up. Driving is fun. See you on the road in 13 years from now!

[phosphor112]

but you are obnoxious. It is real so shut up. You can tell which one is the 360 and the PS3 version. The PS3 version has no AA while the 360 version did and still has.

[Pika-pie]

PS3 version does NOT, repeat NOT have the graphical edge in this game. I have both versions of the game, it is clear as day when you put them side by side, theres no AA in the PS3 version at all.

Just a shame though that the 360 version doesnt have v-sync.

[vhero]

why is this in the ps3 section then if it improves 360 gameplay??

[potenquatro]

One of the good things about consoles is that drivers can be made more game specific, and you don't have to go looking for them or have to know how to install them. I'm surprised Sony and MS haven't done this more often when they're so busy screaming about their online features. And I'm especially surprised at MS and it's devs for not talking more with AMD to keep those drivers coming regularly. Nvidia has benn doing a better job putting drivers out there for PC but I haven't noticed any driver updates on any PS3 patch. I don't see any excuse for that since Sony and MS are putting alot of their cards on alot of peoples houses. Business as usual I guess.

[KRUSSIDULL]

This was done for Oblivion aswell dont belive me? Get an old copy of it and play it without the update and then play it with the update look at the road. :)

PS3 has higher resolution graphics still but overall Xbox has the edge with draw distance and AA.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

WhyDis don't even bother with that noise. The best version just got better and sounds like you have that version so it's all good.

[jack who]

and ps3 with no AA ....teh jaggies

[likedamaster]

LOL @ "teh jaggies".

[Wrex the Krogan]

This was the best game of 2008. Can't wait to play The Pitt, which is an exclusive episode available for Xbox 360 and PC.

[PirateThom]

Then it's not exclusive, is it?

[no-spin]

maybe the exclusivity is for being MS exclusive, otherwise it does not make any sense.

[TheIneffableBob]

Yeah, if it's on two platforms, then it's not exclusive.

I guess you could say it's a Microsoft-exclusive, though, as it's only available through Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live.

[goflyakite]

Well that's coming from a user with a Mass Effect avatar, another exclusive.

amirite?

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Let me rephrase it for you PirateThom so you can understand. It's exclusive to Microsoft platforms, PC (Microsoft Windows) Xbox 360 (Microsoft) <--- is there any other way?

Gaming platforms

Mac = Apple (some games)

PC = 3rd party hardware running "Microsoft Windows" and "Games for Windows"
Xbox 360 = Microsoft

DS = Nintendo
Wii = Nintendo

PSP = Sony
PS2 = Sony
PS3 = Sony

Now please PirateThom tell of another way to play Fallout 3 without a PC with Windows, an Xbox 360 or a PS3? So, since you "have" to own a PC with Windows in order to play this game on a PC, and the dlc is only avalible for PC and Xbox 360, that makes it... TAH DAH "exclusive" to Microsoft platforms.

Have yourself a nice day :)

[goflyakite]

If he would have said the content is exclusive to MS platforms as one, then he would be correct. Being exclusive to two things doesn't really make much sense.

And to your other post Jason, it's quite obvious that the roaches are in different places on the floor. But You'll probably just ignore that.

[Major_Tom]

Microsoft platforms imply a physical manifestation of hardware, however there are Operating Systems.

Microsoft doesn't own computers, they just have a monopoly in the OS business.

You can't OWN all the computers in the world.

Either way, PS3 owners can play this on their PC's, meaning you don't need a Xbox 360 to play it because it's available on more than one platform.

Technically, it's not exclusive.

[Sarah Palin]

Ground control to major tom
Ground control to major tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to major tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may gods love be with you

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
Four, three, two, one, liftoff

This is ground control to major tom
Youve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is major tom to ground control
Im stepping through the door
And Im floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do

Though Im past one hundred thousand miles
Im feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell me wife I love her very much she knows

Ground control to major tom
Your circuits dead, theres something wrong
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you....

Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do.

[GrandTheftZamboni]

It's exclusive to platforms running MS OS on hardware made by MS and every other PC vendor.

[Hockey11]

So by that logic the console war is
1:Nintendo
2:Sony
3:Microsoft

LOL your in last place.

[Major_Tom]

*Bows*

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Hockey11 you know there are over a billion PC in the world running Windows don't you?

[hakis86]

I haven't bought this game yet, but looks like I'll be getting it for my PS3 rather than my 360.
Nice video

[thenuttybuddy08]

I have heard that it looks better on the ps3 im gonna get it for that one day.

[Sangria]

Honestly, you should. I don't say that for trolling, i own both PS3 and 360 and have both Fallout 3 on PS3 and 360, and i can merely say that even before the patch, 360 version is way better.

When i started the game on PS3, each time a friend is connected or disconnected, the game was -intentionally- freezing. It has been fixed in a patch but it was a real pain in the ass. But the biggest problem of the PS3 version is the constant aliasing.

There is aliasing on 360 version, but you don't notice much, whereas on PS3, it's persistent and we can't play one hour without having the eyes flashing.

So if you own both consoles, i would more recommend you to get the 360 version (and the fact that Fallout 3 DLCs will never go to PS3, it's still a good point for the 360). I'm generally not 360-oriented, but for the Fallout 3 case, i can't stop to warn people (just like i always warn people when we hear that Rise Of The Argonauts is in any way "good").

[interrergator]

i own both consoles too and i want the content soo i want the 360 version too get more of it i beat anchorage and waitin for the pitt and broken steel wenever that arrives

[DelbertGrady]

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

"PS3 exhibits the biggest perceptible technical handicap with the omission of any form of anti-aliasing whatsoever. Normally, this wouldn't be that a vastly important issue, but Fallout 3 is anything but a 'normal' piece of software. In a game that possesses such a minute level of detail, seeing every single edge shimmer with jagginess adversely impacts the most important part of the game: the 'reality' of the world that's being created. This is emphasised still further by the frequent changes in the frame-rate, and in the most curious of places."

"When it really hits home (for example, in the enclosed environments of the Super-Duper Mart or the Rivet City marketplace), the frame-rate can hit rock-bottom at 15fps. The fact that the rate fluctuates so much - between 15fps, 20fps and 30fps in quick succession in some cases - gives the PS3 code a rough look, but equally as importantly, the video feedback to the movements on your controller is therefore equally variable. In the heat of battle, lining up a specific shot outside of the VATS system (hard enough already without keyboard and mouse) is even more difficult due to the jerky visuals."

"Contrast issues aside, the Xbox 360 version of the game is basically a nicer place to be. There's still the occasional rough edge, but most of the image is filtered with 4x multi-sampling anti-aliasing - the same kind of ultra-fine smoothing as seen in Race Driver: GRID and Project Gotham Racing 4."

Even IGN say that the 360 version is better than the PS3. And the 360 and PC versions are getting DLC so those are the ones to get. If you have a gaming rig the PC is the way to go. If not, 360.

Keep ignoring it, PS3 fanboys.

[rrodhaha]

poor xbox.

[Bladestar]

How does the PS3 version of the new DLC look?

It looks like this:

---------- Starts here --------------

---------Ends here ------------------

hahaha!

[UnwanteDreamz]

Oh you mean that DLC you payed for? You talk like it was free....

[Bumpmapping]

Bethesda is good at polishing up there turds!

[mjcrow33]

Looks good. I can't wait for the level cap to come off.

[TheDuke77]

I gotta say, I HATE Bethesda, their games are amazing, but they really shaft PS3 owners

[likedamaster]

Or Sony shafted PS3 owners with inferior hardware? If you can afford a PS3 you can afford an xbox 360--get one!

[Darkfocus]

@6.1 metal gear solid ,uncharted,GT, and killzone all disagree with your statement :P

[popup]

I would have agreed with you on that particular level (mostly) on evidence so far 'likedamaster' until KZ2 took a dump on my 360 thanks to GG bothering to create an engine for the PS3 rather than using botched code and recently, on a different level, with games like Flower in which beauty and artistic prowess started to mean more than just technical specs proving it's more what you do with it. In fact, even games like Mario Galaxy have qualities that for their own reasons drop jaws.

For many other reasons, anyone interested in games rather than the size of their junk should buy all the stupid boxes you need to play them on.

[Why dis]

A bit of the way it could have been if this was the only console version?

[goflyakite]

Hmmm, no you definitely didn't read the article.

Edit: neither did that guy apparently. *points to krogan*

[Why dis]

You have comprehension issues?

I don't believe what they're saying I'm sure you read my first post if not my bad.

I get it! people are suppose to read and agree with everything that is posted here and we can not respond to the implied truth or suggestive nature of whatever comes our way?(truth or not)

Your tone is suggesting PS3 fanboy but like my point you could be a 360 only owner.

GDC and E3 are getting close as you can tell by the behavior of PS3 fans.

[goflyakite]

Ha, no I totally comprehended what you said.
I doubt you could even define 'comprehend' without looking it up.
Because it appears you are the one with the comprehension issues.

Post 7 did not state anything like what you said in 7.2, "I don't believe what they're saying". You just began to talk out of your ass like usual, and started spouting out comments like they are facts.

I'm going to phrase this as a question because I'm not even sure what you were trying to say. You didn't make much sense in the first place. In 7, were you trying to say if it was only on the 360 and PC, it would have already looked like the updated 360 version? But that would make no sense because if you had read the article, it shows the 360 had the texture issues.

So, did you read the article yet?

[techie]

POG?

Digital FOundry is highly respected and provides all the info for Eurogamer comparisons...that often gives the edge to the Xbox 360. So if you reject these results, you have to reject all the results that put 360 on top.

What's your decision?

[SSCOOLCHEA]

will always be a p.o.s ......devs are stupid for making games for it . i mean seriously . no wonder they always said that the japanese gets all the shlt first ( 2 to 3 years before us ) . because the stupid devs are thinking like the bots. make last gen shlt and fool stupid americans because they don't know what technology is .

@ mart . ok you played kilzone 2 . what did we expect to come out of your mouth you fkn bot. That killzone 2 is great . Than your username will be worthless .

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Fake!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Hello JaggieStation 3

[agent024]

hello suckbox 360.

[likedamaster]

A new name is born.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Didn't know you could kill roaches the same way three times in a row, and lay them out exactly the same "legs and all" each time :)

[ASSASSYN 36o]

http://xbox360.qj.net/Fallo... And thats all it was! And I love how this vid didn't show the new DOWNLOADS option in the menu for fallout 3 on the xbox.

[JOEdANGEL]

That's funny I never thought about that while playing. The only thing that stood out to me though was seeing the veins sticking out on the corpse's legs. Gross.

[The Judderman]

Poor Ps3 ...

[xg-ei8ht]

The PS3 version has always had those shaders.

I said this long ago.

But people called it fake back then. lol.

Why dis was probably one of those people.

The 360 patch does make it look better.

But check out the rocks, The ps3 still looks better. More defined.

[peeps]

fanboys really annoy me. This surprises me because back when the game was released there was article after article of '360 version > ps3 version', 'ps3 version has issues' etc etc and now it turns out it wasn't so bad after all. probably just fanboys being fanboys.

because of that i decided to get the 360 version of the game cus of these 'problems' i heard about the ps3 version. guess i shouldn't have listened to the internet haha especially on N4G :|

ah well it's a great game so doesn't really matter i guess

[labwarrior]

Now 360 has both the best performacne and best visuals in console versions hands down, which is rather great since i never have to look in PC or PS3 versions at all

[GiantEnemyCrab]

What are you going on about? The conclusion from most people who made the comparison was that the 360 version is better. You also get a ton of DLC the PS3 version will never see. There is no doubt that the 360 > PS3 version of this game based on the DLC alone.

[peeps]

well the first dlc was pretty crappy :/

second is looking gd though. Do you have to buy all dlc or can you just pick which you want.

Anyway best version would be pc obv but back when it was released mine wasn't up to scratch.

Fallout 3 was great on all platforms anyway, it's just a pitty there were varying bugs e.g. had 1 where after playing from my save point for so long i'd drop through the ground and the screen would stutter loads. luckily had plenty of save points so just had to start an hour prior to the problem save

[goflyakite]

Do bots ever play their 360's? Or do they just troll N4G 24/7? :)

[labwarrior]

And the new DL content of course, AMAZING news !!!!

[Jaces]

Wow that's cool.

To bad I'm already done playing it, lol.

[HUNK]

Give me Broken Steel already dammit!

[likedamaster]

I don't know if it was just me but I also noticed(on PC version) that it got more gory with the update for example: when you shoot them with the shotgun they lose more limbs now. I also have the Pitt achievements already! haha

[likedamaster]

"I also have the Pitt achievements already! haha"

*unlocked, I mean.

[Blackcanary]

this isn't PS3 news.