Uncharted 2 Graphics Rival Real Life

If one thing is certain about Uncharted 2, it's that the graphics engine is one of the most magnificent engines crafted to date. Far surpassing the original Uncharted in graphical terms, Naughty Dog is showing what kind of potential there is waiting in the PS3 for developers to tap.

[Gaystation 3]

Bollocks!

Real life doesn't have screen-tearing and framerate problems!

[ShinMaster]

If you're trying to make a reference to the first game, then maybe you should know that the screen tearing, yes it happened, but it was sporadic and not very noticeable. Especially any frame drops, which I do not remember.

As of the second game, you don't know that. So stop presuming things.

[Finalfantasykid]

I don't think Uncharted 2 has screen tearing. From what I remember from the first beta, it was perfectly vsynced, with no frame rate drops.

[The_Beast]

you take him for real?

he's shtting himself and he's pulling stuff out of his ass, he has nothing to say, He know his lil sht box cant handle this

[likedamaster]

Anywho, he's right though it did have those things but it also had pop-in. Game still played pretty good, story was good as well. Ending? Not so much.

[TheBand1t]

Too bad no one really cares what you think.

[frnkyl]

Don't mind this guy. He thinks Marcus Fenix looks like a normal person.

[she00win99]

lol at gaystation pretending to be british, he's really a towel head indian for real..

[Chubear]

Why don't you ever get 360 games being compared to real life? lol we all know the answer to that one. There's a reason they're always compared to Playstation games instead XD

They tried that with Forza and even the 360 fanbase ran away from that cause it was obvious what was real life and what was a forza bullshot lol

[gersh]

"Real life doesn't have screen-tearing and framerate problems! "\

Nope, just the 360.

[Chubear]

edit

[topdawg122]

Imagine what they're gonna do in the future. It can only get better from here my friends

[rCrysis]

wasn't there a real life comparison between the Crysis Engine and real life also?

correct if I'm mistaken

[Pandamobile]

There was.

http://www.videogamesblogge...

And here's some more prettiness:

http://www6.incrysis.com/sc...
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[ThanatosDMC]

Uncharted isnt that close but Crysis is getting there.

[LordMarius]

Good God
Crysis is absolutely mind blowing

[Blaze929]

After seeing those Crysis shots, WOW. Uncharted 2 does a nice job but I wouldn't say "Rivals Real Life", Crysis would fit that title more. Still, WOW

[Pandamobile]

I have a bad habit of loading up the CryEngine 2 Editor, flooding a hilly area with dense grass, (like one of the screenshots I posted) super-sampling the 16x anti-aliasing and taking 50 megapixel screenshots. My harddrive is full of the 150 MB targa files...

But it's just so freaking pretty. I should go to a print shop and make 10 foot print out of one of the pictures. lol.

[Tachyon_Nova]

Console only players are missing out so bad

[likedamaster]

That's bs. It might be Crysis on there but its definitely being played on a supercomputer. It definitely has EVERYTHING turned up. I can't get mine past 8xAA before its unplayable. They need to get us those gigaflop cards pronto. Crysis FTMFW!

[jkhan]

@likedamaster
Not really my friend. You don't really need a supercomputer anymore. I run crysis on 2 gtx295 cards with everything turned to max and AA turned to 16XQ and it runs pretty smoothly at 1920x1080. It really looks mind blowing. Plus when you play the Photorealistic mod of crysis, you won't believe your eyes. Its a sight to behold. No other game really comes close to Crysis/Crysis Warhead when running on highest settings even on PC.

[Tehdaza]

(I'm Panda's alt)

Unless my computer is classified as a supercomputer...

When I'm playing Crysis, I play at 1680 x 1050 on DX10 very high for 30-60 FPS.

When I'm running around taking screenshots I use x16 AA and super-sampling (which means I run the game at a way higher res than my monitor supports, and it just squishes the game into a smaller area, making it look better because of the pixel density, etc)

@jkhan

Oh my god, I know,

RealLife-sis is incredible. I set my FRAPS to tack a screenshot every 25 seconds for like 4 hours of game time.

All those screenshots are just so flipping beautiful.

[Headshot81]

i still think that Uncharted looks fantastic. You can't compare crysis to uncharted, since so many people are stating facts to try and compare, otherwise there's no use in posting a crysis shot. There is no pc game that looks as good as uncharted if you were to match a PC's components to a console part for part settings to settings(same cpu,memory,board, graphics card,AA,...etc).Its obvious that a pc will always look better than a console simply because you're able to upgrade, thats a fact. But the graphics are insane!, but the gameplay is whats f@cken amazing, can't wait to get back at the MP. Scoring head shots while hanging of the edge of a building just hits the spot.

[SnuggleBandit]

i guess its ps3 vs. pc from now on (more like from killzone 2 on) and the "other" one isn't even in the same league.

[MrJack]

Yes Uncharted looks great, but it isn't designed to be photorealistic.
All of ND's games have a very vibrant and bright colour scheme, in direct contrast with Greys of war and others.

Crysis was built for photorealism, a job it does incredibly, Uncharted on the otherhand, was built to be vibrant, and I think it looks just as gorgeous.

[raztad]

Comes to mind after all this blah blah about how life-like crysis looks, that said game is just a technical showcase of Crytek engine. The real deal for PC owners is much more humble technically and graphically speaking. It's called Valve games.

Yeah, the aging Source engine, which can run almost on a Pentium Pro powers many of the most popular games in the Pc realm. Why is it so? because even the elitist, ultra graphic whores pc owners like to have fun with their games not just to look at them. In this regard, UC2 is the whole package, gameplay + awesome visuals. Game is getting everything. Happy to own a PS3.

[Lex Luthor]

Hot Damn! Never knew Crysis was THAT beautiful.

[leeger]

honestly I think PC ONLY gamers are missing out a lot more.

[Perkel]

lol @ people about photorealistic crysis

this is photorealistic it's a game from 2006 ;) gt hd

http://www.miastogier.pl/ba...

crysis is miles away from being photorealistic

but considering type of engine is 1st in his own class

[heroicjanitor]

It costs thousands to get a computer which maxes out crysis, yet the ps3 will soon cost $299. You get a lot more for your money with the ps3, and the pc only players are definitely missing out on a lot more, I think if piracy didn't exist the effort would have been put in for a better looking game than crysis already, but developes are afraid of developing such a game then making no money.

Edit: Guy above it is easier to make photorealistic cars than jungles

[Sarcasm]

Ugh, will this never end? The whole PC vs Console debate?

Jesus, and doesn't it occur to anybody that it's possible to own a high end PC ANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDD a console like the 360 or PS3?

Gamers are dead, now all we have is politicians and fanboys.

[Lich120]

@sarcasm

Agreed. I have a ps3, 360 and a PC which plays crysis on very high 50fps. (note, I don't have a wii)

@hero
The PC I have is a year old and cost 800 dollars...

8gigs of ram
Quad core 2.66
Ati HD4870

For those who claim it cost thousands for a quite nice gaming PC, it doesn't.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Don't bring up Crysis. Leave that boring game to the PC only gamers. That's the only game they can brag about.

[Consoldtobots]

I think calling Crysis a game is a bit generous, it's a graphics engine with some sound and physics thrown in, oh and something that resembles a plot.

[beavis4play]

"If one thing is certain about Uncharted 2, it's that the graphics engine is one of the most magnificent engines crafted to date. Far surpassing the original Uncharted in graphical terms, Naughty Dog is showing what kind of potential there is waiting in the PS3 for developers to tap. Finally, we have a game that we can truly call photo-realistic. Uncharted 2 is setting a new graphical plateau for developers to achieve.

Graphics aside, you can clearly tell Naughty Dog took a lot of time to create such a true to life vision of Kathmandu. With minor details matching so perfectly, you really have to stop and think about the amount of time Naughty Dog took to make sure everything matched up with the real environment. This is dedication on a grand scale.

You can see a full image comparing several locations right here"

it doesn't say ANYTHING about crysis. it has NOTHING to do with crysis. so why are so many of you going completely off topic to vent your feelings on crysis? it's not the subject here. and, why does many of the articles on ps3 exclusives turn into a bunch of crysis/PC fanboys spamming posts with their usual crysis/PC rants?

ON TOPIC: UC2 looks insanely good. i thought that if i just glanced at the comparison photos.......UC2 did do a decent job of comparing to real life. and i agree (with author) that the ps3 has loads of potential in the coming years. i can't wait to see what insomniac, ND, SM studios, GG (or any 3rd party devs) can do with the system.

[kewlkat007]

I know my PC cannot run stuff like that.

Ok back to consoles...Uncharted 2 looks pretty good but until you can make a game look like a PC one, then it's not close.

Consoles again, because of their known limitations, will often use Smoke n Mirrors to get the best looking results and sometimes that does mean really good FPS either.

[Kornholic]

You have to remember that Uncharted 2 is more than a tech demo like Crysis was. Uncharted 2 is actually a game.

[Ju]

ND should put a photo shot mode in, where it allows you to save a game scene in 4K res with supersampling and what not. Might take 2 sec to render that frame, but then we could all post those shots to the internetz and claim, look it looks like Crysis...

And if not, I will simply enjoy PLAYing that game instead of watching it.

[STONEY4]

This whole rumor that it costs $2000-$3000 to run Crysis decently is completely false. You can easily build an $800-$1000 PC that will run every game out there on max settings smoothly, and Crysis with mostly very high and some high. If that's too much, you can build one for $500 that will still run every game out there on max smoothly, and Crysis at high with about 2 settings at very high.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

You need to play Crysis. It got amazing reviews for a reason.

The graphics and physics are good, yes...but the gameplay and storyline are also incredible!

They pulled off things that no game had even attempted so far!

[cmrbe]

Why are PC boys posting crysis pics?. Art you guys this insecure?.

[STONEY4]

@cmrbe

No, it's because we all know that Uncharted 2 doesn't look photorealistic at all, and it's not going for that look, it's going for a colorful, viibrant, cartoony look. But there are alot of people saying that it looks like real life. Then we show them the Crysis pics, and they say that the gameplay sucks and it's a glorified tech demo. If they have actually played the game, they would know that it's a very fun game.

[cmrbe]

Don't take this the wrong way. It's actually a compliment that a PS3 game is compared to the best looking PC game at the moment but I just find it strange that crysis is always brought up in most PS3 game article by PC fans. It happened with KZ2 and now U2 and I am sure it will happen again with GT5.

[evrfighter]

don't blame us because Crysis is the only game both console and PC wise to stand the test of time this long.

Honestly when you read the "UC2 Graphics Rival Real Life" title. I bet for a split second Crysis popped into your head. As much as I hate the game being more of a competitive gamer. It does look purty.

You knew it was doomed to be pitted against Crysis anyway. As usual Crysis had to lay the smack down when it comes down real life comparison photos. To think otherwise is just being Naive...

[PrimordialSoupBase]

LooooL

Yes, a synthetic world can "rival" reality. Someone plays far too many videogames.

[Veneno]

Those are nice screen shots, but...
-Those jungle environments don't seem very 'inspired'. yes the graphics engine is phenomenal, but it seems like a 'make three plant models, then copy and paste' job.
-that city screen shot looks nice, but it is way too sterile to be believable. Where are the textures? There's hardly any objects in the environment. It doesn't feel like people live in this environment because there isn't anything in it that feels human like garbage on the streets or other personal and unique objects lying around. It's probably why this game goes for the most part unnoticed by the gaming world, because it is too pristine and sterile.
I'm just saying that while the Cry engine is impressive, they really don't do much in the way of artistry to make some really impressive and believable environments.

Uncharted on the other hand goes all out with great models, lighting, textures, animations, and artistic touch to make us believe that we are in the actual places being depicted.

[solar]

FFS. no. not at all. UC2 is great looking, but no where near real life. WTH is wrong with you people?

[Veneno]

Although I can tell you're just trolling, you actually bring up a point:

The writer of this article doesn't really understand what Naughty Dog is setting out to do with Uncharted's graphics. They aren't necessarily going for hyper-realism, but for a picturesque scene rather.

If you look at the characters of the game, They really aren't proportioned to look like real people, but the way they use textures, animation, and voice-work, they still feel like they are real people right in front of you.

It's like watching Final Fantasy 3D feature films, there are many moments where things look hyper real, but there's also many things that are just style choices and don't transfer over to real life, like crazy hairstyles and clothes, physics, and of course, fantasy elements.

pretty much all games do this. I can't really think of any other games that go for hyper-realism other than Crysis or Call of Duty.

[Tony P]

"Why are PC boys posting crysis pics?."

Because the very first post, if you read it.

Why are people complaining about the pics posted?

The game can't help if it's the best-looking thing out right now. Might not be the best game overall imo, but nothing on consoles will come close to the visuals. Not UC2, not KZ2. They're good-looking games, but the best consoles have to offer will never look better than the best PC offers. That's just the nature of the two platforms because of PC hardware. It's ridiculous seeing people try to fake equate console games with PC. Consoles don't win on specs so the games don't look better. How simple can that be to understand?

So get over it. Even an average gaming PC has much better specs than a console. But as console owners we have all the games (usually first), they work right off, and we don't have to do anything extra to get them on a bigger screen. Top developers choose to work on consoles first and PC as an afterthought. Crysis only stands out because these days you rarely see PC exclusives that show exactly what beefier specs mean. Mostly multiplats which don't even try and the visual boost is nominal.

[solar]

im not trolling. its outrageous articles like this that make me /facepalm.

[NexGen]

@venemo: Solar isn't trolling, he's the only one making any sense. Sorry, it's not photorealistic, real life, etc. Anyone who thinks that this game is close to real life needs better glasses. I know, you've said "they're not supposed to be RL, it's supposed to be vibrant and colorful!" Yes yes, you posted that 5 times now Venemo, we get that...now come up with something new or move on.

[Amplitude]

Comparing Uncharted to real life? Uncharted is not SUPPOSED to look real. Hence the use of all hand painted textures rather than read photos. They did that on purpose; They said it in a developer diary.

Again, Uncharted is supposed to look HAND PAINTED, not REALISTIC.

Gaaaah. >.< It's so frustrating to see how stupid the people who wright these articles are, but it's even more annoying to see that everybody in the comments can't tell - when even just looking at Nate's dace - that Uncharted doesn't use real images as textures.

And Crysis looks realistic. But it doesn't "feel" as realistic as Uncharted. I'm not dissing Crysis - i liked Crysis - Im just saying... Uncharted is a much more free flowing, fun, fluid game with a much better story, voice acting, etc. I would much rather play Uncharted than Crysis.

[Veneno]

looks like you get it, too.

But make sure you SCREEN ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS THROUGH NEXGEN, because he knows better than all of us about writing comments on a message board. Don't you dare stain the reputation of the quality comments on N4G.

NEXGEN, you're a dweeb. Get a life.

[NexGen]

Lol@ dweeb. I'm just saying you sound like a broken record, causew you said the same thing six times now. That's all. You sound butthurt because people aren't jumping on your bandwagon.

[nycredude]

All the Crisis Fans gtfo with the BS. Sure crisis looks great blah blah blah but anyone can make a game look that good when they have unlimited resourse to use. I'll be impress when they make a game that looks like that on console specs, which uncharted is doing.

Also Uncharted is also the better game!

[kickaski]

I have TWO high-end gaming PCs and i can honestly say that Crysis is a boring game with very little imagination. The art style has NO style and it's completely boring in every aspect, it's all quantity without an emphasis on quality.

Reality is a weak goal for graphics anyway, stylized graphics are way more interesting for people over the age of 13

[mfwahwah]

@1.6

I don't play video games to admire the graphics. Not at all. I mean, it's nice to marvel at games like Gears of War, Grant Turismo, and Killzone 2; but it never has any priority.

I'm not into FPSs that much. I don't think I'm missing out all that much... at all.

[samfk]

cant be arsed does no1 know how to ,get a fact and substanciate it?

[theEnemy]

but how much do you think it'll cost you to play "that" smoothly ?

just sayin'..

[MNicholas]

Again, like Killzone 2, we have a game on the PS3 being compared, not with a PC game, but a PC game engine renders with mods and resolution that make it practically unplayable on a reasonably priced PC.

Here's a more meaningful question: What kind of PC do you need to get that Crysis engine to match Uncharted 2's image quality at a solid 30fps?

[Lich120]

@above

500 dollars roughly.

Im not saying uncharted doesn't look great, it does. I loved the first and can't wait for the second, but that's no reason to spread disinformation about PC gaming which is clearly the underdog compared to console gaming. I don't think all the people in here talking about crysis are knocking UC2, just that it's a better example of photo realism in gaming. Plus, like a lot of people have said and I agree, UC2 is much more stylized and it fits the game much better than a more realistic art style.

[MNicholas]

You claim $500. What kind of CPU/Motherboard/GPU/RAM/HDD, etc?

I'm not talking about a gaming PC with specs similar to the RSX, I mean one that can match the graphical fidelity (lighting, shaders, polygons, etc,) in an actual interactive game at playable frame-rates.

If you can demonstrate a PC that does it for under $1000 I'd like to see a component breakdown. Remember that stable frame-rate means an average of 45fps. To make your job easier, keep in mind that your target resolution is only 720P so, for example, if you can find a setup that does 25fps at 1080P you've hit gold since in terms of pixel throughput, 1080P at 25fps average is the same as 720P at 50 fps as long as the slow performance is due to CPU or polygon throughput, where Uncharted 2 is doing a massive amount of work, from physics to character models and animations.

[clixx33]

Sure, it's not Crysis. After all, this is on a PS3, that's pretty impressive. It's going to be an amazing game, the accuracy from the setting is phenomenal. This game is going to be amazing!

[Madusha]

That's what you call mind blowing graphics.

[AridSpider]

http://www6.incrysis.com/sc...

THAT is what you call mind blowing graphics

[poopsack]

thats right, crysis exists, so nothing else can be awed at, do u understand?

[Tachyon_Nova]

Well put it this way KnaveX, Uncharted is like an entire generation behind compared to Crysis. So yeah, it doesn't make a lot of sense to be over-awed at UC2.

EDIT @ Comment 15: There are many computers around that can run the game at it highest settings with full AA (16XQ compared to Uncharted's 2-4X). Hell, even my dual core 2.4 (PS3 has an 8 core by the way) with 512mb graphics can run the game at High with very stable frame rate, and it still looks better than Uncharted 1 and 2 to boot.

[poopsack]

I understand what u mean, but why downplay one of this generation of consoles best looking games, by comparing it with undoubtedly the best looking game on the PC- the highly modifiable, always available to upgrade console"? It IS a gen back, but downplaying those incredible graphics being done on 2006 hardware isnt valid. I will be continue to be "over-awed" cause nothing was this impressive on the PC in 2006, if we will continue to compare consoles with PC's. at least thats my honest take.

[raztad]

Agree with Knavex. I think PC owners are way too defensive at the topic of visual fidelity. No way a system with 500M Ram, and a 2006 GPU can compete with a 2009 ever upgradeable PC. Lets acknowledge UC2 gorgeous visual and the prowess of the system is running on. Good news is still very early on Ps3 lifespan and surely UC2 will be surpassed soon enough.

[thewhoopimen]

Agreed, while this is probably a gen behind what crysis "could" do on a high end rig, I believe Uncharted 2 would look better than crysis IF we did a comparison of a PC running with 512mb shared system AND GP memory.

I think both Uncharted2 and KZ2 are both in their own right, a generation above what we've seen coming out from any console title so far. Let's face it, the PS3 has the most graphically impressive games this gen. Short of crysis, it is definitely in the realm of high quality even for a "pc" game. That's the bottom line truth and even you PC enthusiasts can't deny that. KZ2 or UC2 look better than the vast majority of PC titles released to date and would easily qualify in the PC Top Ten.

[Myze]

...and here's something that's gonna piss off a bunch of PC elitists: UC2 is more interesting to look at, has vastly superior animations and if anything like the fist UC, will be a far superior overall game.

That being said, this article wasn't UC2 vs. Crysis. If you want something that's truely real to life, racing games are about the only thing close at the moment, and that's only because it's hardware modeling, which is about 1000x easier to replicate. Nothing is even all that close to being real life in terms of overall organics. Crysis is the best at it so far, but none of the shots I have ever seen would I ever mistake for real life, and when you throw in the character models and buildings, well, there's a reason no show-pics of Crysis show them when trying to show realism. Please don't think I'm downplaying the graphics, as they are without equal. Back on UC2 though, it's not meant to be true-to-life like Crysis tries to be, as it's slightly stylized and has quite a bit of artistic value.

[BWS1982]

the same as saying "8 core", yes they can run separate threads/code, but it isn't classed as "8 core" when compared to something like an i7 or dual-core...it's not the same from my understanding, but beyond what I know, maybe someone more knowledgeable can get into the details of why it's not the same. All I can recall when I read up on the PS3 is that engineers said not to think of it as 8 core...

[Myze]

@3.8

The Cell has 7 SPE's (Synergistic Processing Elements, 7 active out of 8 possible for the ps3 version of the Cell, but one of the 7 is reserved for the OS and not usable by developers, so really 6 SPE's) that are co-processors that each have individual functions. It's very different from, say, a dual-core, which is two separate processors on one chip. The PPE (Power Processing Element) in the Cell is what controls the functions of the SPE's and decides which one does what. I guess you could call the Cell a dual-"core" with the SPE's and PPE both being separate processors, but it's not really accurate.

[raztad]

@above

Not expert here but what I understand is that SPEs are designed to be extremely fast, so they have been stripped down of certain logical operations and execute less instructions per cycle than a full multipurpose processor as the core2 duo. Still they can operate as a multipurpose processor compensating its deficiencies with brute force (at 3.2 GHz, each SPE gives a theoretical 25.6 GFLOPS of single precision performance -Wikipedia)

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Care to compare racing games?

[Ju]

@Myze, the PPE does not control the SPE. The SPE are fully functional cpu cores, out of order, with its own local ram and instruction set. A DMA unit can initiate memory transfer into and off the on chip SRAM (SPUs RAM, basically) as well as the PPU can initiate a DMA transfer, but they work autonomously. The SPUs and PPU communicate thru a HW based "post box system", basically a HW message passing system to sync PPU and the SPUs, etc. SPUs can initiate a ringbus transfer without transferring any data to XDRAM (waterfall algorithm within the SPUs), without ever touching the PPU. This is a very complex multi core setup and can easily match a coherent quad core configuration today.

[mfwahwah]

Dont over-awe? Sure.

Nothing wrong with aweing at a beautiful game though. I don't care the about the specs, I'm not a techy guy. Uncharted 2 looks great to me.

[Knightrid808]

God damn it. I keep looking at these comparison screenshots and the more I want the game to come out already.

[mrfastback]

i know your right knightrid808 , i was in the beta, this game will take things to another level . i also have a platinum trophy from drake's fortune. no game in my 30 + years of gaming made me want to keep like this game. hope to see you on line.

[Nathaniel_Drake]

Yeah I know what you mean Mrfastback, I'm playing crushing mode and it is awesome how they keep sending waves of guys at you and you have to use the cover system much more readily than the other difficulties and getting the trophies is addicting for this games as it also nets you reward points and lets you use cheats in the game, almost there to platinum!!

[Myze]

@2.3

It's kind of silly that you are telling someone to change their mind about a game they've played because Zero Punctuation wasn't positive in his review of it. Not to mention, that ZP review is one of the worst as he's REALLY reaching for most of his criticism's, more so than usual. That's not even mentioning that there's a very good chance (50/50) that you have never actually played Uncharted all the way through.

[Pandamobile]

Well, I'm pretty impressed they got a game looking this good on a console.

Nice work Naughty Dog.

[TheIneffableBob]

Yes, it is a great looking game, but to say it rivals real-life is getting carried away.

[Marceles]

I love the shot with the masks with the girl..too bad the online notification is in the way lol

[poopsack]

yeah as i was scrolling i didnt know it was the game until i saw chloe, omg

[Tachyon_Nova]

Looks alright, although next to reality, doesn't look 'so good', still better than most games though. Lighting engine needs a bit of work (look how much brighter katmandu is compared to UC2, radiosity would make rest look better), colours are all wrong, low-def floor texture and those odd clouds (look like vertical light shafts) bring it down, otherwise good work.

I know ND have put a lot of work into the art direction, but their version looks, well, bland. How they manage this while having more colours? Don't ask me, I just call it as I see it.

Swinesucker, you are a funny one. I would much rather see what Crytek could do with those specs and code that is optimized to run on it (think CryEngine 3). You and everyone else who says it lacks gameplay either suck at gaming, or haven't played it. Why does it hold an 89/100 on metacritic if it is nothing but graphics? Killzone 2, which I'm sure you will all defend as graphically awesome only has an 91, two points better. So is that all down to its graphics, which one would rightly say are the leader in terms of console graphics?

[swinesucker]

I would like you to make a game like Uncharted on the PS3. If Naughty Dog were working with 4GB of RAM and and two cells they would have blown crisis out of it's position but really who cares because crisis in 720p isn't that special the gameplay and story will hold nothing on Uncharted 2. So you have one very pretty but mindless game made for the best PC's. Well, Uncharted 2 looks great just to pick at certain tiny details is ridiculous after all we know the graphic card they are working with.

If U2 had that very blue and high contrast day like feeling it would take away from the already cold ice mountain parts. I like the orange glowing look it compliments what looks to be one stunning game.

Crysis in no way has better animation than U2, either. That game is all about foliage even the buildings do not look very good tho some of the screenshots bullshots of random things look really nice on the engine we need something better than C2 to show them off so far just being an FPS with a great engine has not made me care to play its characters and that is a huge turnoff for people who are more than graphic whores.

[360isthebestps3sucks]

"yaw"

RIP-OFF GEARS 2 MULT THIS GAME.

[The_Beast]

got the rrod again?

[ShinMaster]

I didn't know Gears had believable characters, climbing, platforming, melee, etc.

Should you be reminded that Cliff B stated that Uncharted:DF inspired the cover system improvements for Gears 2?

[Saaking]

what? If you're trying to say Uncharted copied gears, then I can say Gears copied Kill.Switch

[frnkyl]

lol were you trying to say "yawn" ? XD

[iown-ipwn-ikill]

dud gears has nothing on this game. try putting this in your dvd player (xbox 360) and watch it ooze hot semen out the side and implode

[Chubear]

yeah so Uncharted came out a week after geow so ND rushed the implementation of the cover system to copy geow in that wk. That's why Uncharted has a better smoother cover system than gears and why Cliff B. took notes from Uncharted that he tried to implement in gears2.

Dude, that whole "gears re-invented the cover system" is BS that the 360 fanbase love to wrap themselves in their denial. Even gears2 didn't manage to get the cover system done as smoothly as the 1st uncharted and KZ2 TRULY revolutionize the cover system for FPS but you all turn your noses up on that and go meh.

The 360 fanbase are full of $#@! They just love shoddy mediocrity wrapped in hype. They don't really give a damn about advancing gaming for the better.

[raztad]

@Chubear

GeoW came out in 2006, Uncharted:DF 2007. There was a full year gap, it's possible that ND improved their combat system using ideas from GeoW. Anyway, Uncharted is such a marvelous blend of diferent genres (TPS+cover system, platforming, beat'em up) that is just ridiculous to call it a GeoW ripoff.

BTW, Uncharted cover system > GeoW. Simply as that. I can understand why Cliffy B. got some hints from it.

[Chubear]

Yeah your right. I think my mind was thinking of something related to gears launch. My bad, silly mistake. Still, what I said still kinda stands cause Uncharted still does have a smoother cover system mechanic than even gear2 and KZ2 has the best cover system for a FPS hands down... :D

[jack_burt0n]

Of course crysis will beat it in rez and screenshots, but in many ways uncharted 2 wipes the floor with crysis, animation, character work, crazy physics, overall presentation its on its own level. It also runs nice and smooth :)

Happy 9800gtx+ sli and ps3 owner.

(edit)
Its also a little pointless because they are not going for ultra real its still heavily stylized its the cgi level its aiming for.

[Coolrah]

Crysis only gets attention for its graphics...Under all that nice glossyness lies a mediocre game. Im sorry but I bought into the hype and wasted money buying that game. Its so boring I spent more time looking at the scenery than actually finishing. Its a meh game...Nice explosions though.

Uncharted 1 was a excellent game and 2 will deff be better. The beta already proved it.

[Pandamobile]

To be perfectly honest (I'm not going to bash Uncharted 2 in anyway), Crysis will still destroy U2 in physics. All the pretty crumbling of buildings, and that train scene where it rolls and breaks a bunch of stuff is pre-rendered "cinematic physics" like what they use in the Source Engine for some of the scenes in HL2:EP2

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

Have you seen some of the crazy stuff you can do in the CryEngine editor? Pile some houses on top of each other, fill them with explosive barrels and Koreans, then spawn a tank, drag it 50,000 feet into the air and watch it free-fall and decimate whatever is below it in a gigantic, and beautiful explosion.

I mean look at that. Not to mention you can create your own physics playgrounds in a matter of minutes.

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

And for animation it'd be pretty close. Since U2 is a third person shooter, you see more character animation, but all the animation in Crysis (like U2) is motion captured.

Presentation, maybe U2 wins. I'm sure it's much more story driven than Crysis is.

@Coolrah

Crysis is far from a mediocre game, even without it's graphics. The gameplay is as fast paced and actiony as you want it to be. I chose to take things slow and be methodical and precise with my killings. The game's dynamic enough to let you experience it in you own specific style of play. Crysis is what you make of it. It can be boring, but that's only if you really want it to be boring.

@jack_burt0n

Those are particle systems. They're completely different from the main, hard body physics.

[poopsack]

youre right panda, but hey we got ragdolled plants now FTW!

[Tachyon_Nova]

I'm sorry, but Crysis physics far out-do Uncharted physics. In Uncharted, can you cut down trees pixle by pixel, and then pick up your cutting, throw it around, bash people with it, didn't think so. In uncharted, do you have 3d ocean that is effected by topography, wind speed and direction, didn't think so. In uncharted, can you pick or otherwise interact, realistically might I add, with almost the entire world? didn't think so. The list goes on

Uncharted better physics than Crysis, didn't think so.

EDIT: Howdy Jack. I assure you that no game, not even Crysis has every single leaf in the game real time animated. You can't do that. However, in Crysis Wars, there is a level where there are leaves and stuff blowing around, each of which are individually effected by wind speed, direction, and rain (there are probably 100-200 leaves on screen at any time). Is that detailed enough. And btw, the Crysis one is not pre-rendered (You can play it for yourself, free actually at the moment), the UC2 one, probably is.

EDIT 2 for Jack: I don't care if they are going for a stylized approach, it isn't that detailed, even compared to Killzone 2, or Crysis on Medium-High.

Edit 3 for Jack: Flower does not have individual leaf interactions. They are actually clumps of several blades of grass etc. And it also only has screen space physics as far as I know.

[jack_burt0n]

no mate its not, it looks it but it isn't watch the e3 trailer in HD again all the debris every leaf is realtime.

its not an open world game where interaction with logs is a priority. i am not talking about scale but detail.

@nova there is, its called flower lol cant remember how many thousands of blades of grass, ok so the plants are particle but you still have wood pots bullets and the rest of it going on on :)

[Blaze929]

Kinda like Killzone 2 then no?....right

[poopsack]

u mean the game that took console FPS gameplay a step further with its covers system, impressive sound and mo-cap bullet reaction. Graphics are the awesome sauce that was all over that.

[jkhan]

Naa but the point is you can't compare crysis and Uncharted 2, you can't run crysis on its highest settings on a PS3. Uncharted 1 & 2 are much more of a cinematic experience, with very scripted paths. While Crysis is more open worldish game, where the scale is mind blowing and at the same time the attention to detail is just eye boggling. The only area where Crysis and Uncharted 1 & 2 can compete is the animation dept. But i still think the death animations in Killzone 2 are better then both games.

[jack_burt0n]

http://www.gametrailers.com...

its more beautiful in motion.

[Rythrine]

Ummm...no but try again.

[thewhoopimen]

The grass blades in flower are individually rendered... not 'clumped'.

Finally, why don't we make the discussion fair and also throw in an impressive console title from the 360 or Wii consoles? Can you think of any?

[Digitaldude]

Oh yeah, this game gets better by the minute.

[TheBand1t]

:)

[ps12&3lover]

wow the mountains in the back round look beautiful

[Tachyon_Nova]

They are pretty good, GT5 Prologue has near perfect scenery, it is even more amazing.

[nix]

thats my home-town. would be fun to shoot and run around my city, virtually. lol. q:

EDIT: ha ha ok disagreers, u caught me, thats not my home town. NOT! stupid idiots.

[Saaking]

Of course, Only Possible on the PS3. when will you bots realize you're mistake.

[Obama]

It's just sad not a single 360 exclusive rival the graphics of UC2. Alan Wake looks like legoman in comparison to this masterpiece.

[Shadow Man]

because Crysis has pull off better graphics than uncharted.

[Tehdaza]

He probably means on consoles.

Next time try "Only possible on PS3*"

And then a disclaimer excluding the PC.

[The_Beast]

so you cant tell that he means only possible of ps3, in terms of consoles.......

[Eric Cartman]

1. You are a terrible troll; you should be ashamed of yourself. You are supposed to back up your plagued console. Bringing PC into the picture is an embarrassment, but not unheard of.

2. Crysis is not superior to this divine work. I will go into details if required, but I doubt the members of your species can comprehend it.

3. ......
I think that's enough for homework. Do your homework and come back tomorrow.

[Ninver]

lol Uncharted 2 rapes as usual. Anyone who doesn't get this game is:

1. Cheap f#ck

2. Fanbrat

full stop.

[DevastationEve]

Uncharted used the bluray for its cgi scenes, as naughtydog said themselves. If you're doubtful check it out yourself: there's no texture popin in those scenes and that's the dead giveaway right there.

This time around I'd say that UC is getting closer to what they had in mind, but it's still not going to be anything that rivals real life. It's really pretty, I'll give it that.

[poopsack]

games, making our universe seem less impressive, title by title.

[f4nb0i]

Quite impressive really considering the inferior hardware they have to work with

[derseb]

make that a more sophisticated.

just because it's not a PC ripoff doesn't make it inferior.

[Neo604]

keep ur yapping, it won't change a thing bout ur shoddy DLC hardware.

[bligmerk]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with the Crysis comparison? Here is a big clue for the clueless. You are never going to see those Crysis scenes in motion because there isn't a PC that can produce those screens faster than 1 frame per second. The big difference here is you are going to see that level of graphics as gameplay with Uncharted 2. With Crysis, you will be searching for a 16-core i7 liquid cooled overclocked quad-SLI GTX295 to run those screens faster than 5 frames per second. Get real. There seems to be a real lack of understanding regarding art style versus stark reality. The point isn't make a game look *exactly* like real life. It is to make it better than real life, so that it can be interesting as a video game.

[Pandamobile]

Dude, I render screens like that all the time.

If I'm playing at a normal resolution of 1680 x 1050, I can crank the anti-aliasing as high as it will go, all the settings maxed, and still maintain more than 30 FPS.

I spent $1800 CAD on this computer because my old one ran out of upgrade paths.

Crysis has a gigantic mod community. They can make the game look like what ever the hell they want to.

[Shadow017]

I think he means Only possible on the ps3 and high expensive pc not a soon to be 100$ worth console aka xbox 360

[The_Beast]

They will start giving out xbox's with a game for free

"Buy halo odst and get a free 360 with it!"

[Chubear]

Actually... I don't think that's far fetched at all.

[Neo604]

the pc that can make crysis look that good not worth buying. It probably cost as much as the ps3 and a 1080p lcd tv.

most AAA pc games is pretty much FPS and RTS.

so y'll just jelous that your "console" couldn't compare.

[Tehdaza]

So?

[beavis4play]

Tehdaza, what it means is that many of the people posting on here either can't read or just aren't bright enough to stay focused on the topic.

[wxer]

why you guys talk about Crysis ??

Crysis got better graphics i'll give you that

but thats a PC game

uncharted is a console game

and thats soooooo damn good for a console game

so Crysis is the best in PC
but uncharted is the best in consoles

[Taarec10ToTheEnd]

Killzone 2 looked better than Crysis. The animation and textures were amazing in Killzone 2.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Do you smoke crack for a hobby? Killzone isn't even in the same league as Crysis. it's AAA vs MLB pretty much.

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

http://img.photobucket.com/...

http://www.incrysis.com/for...

really now? At least act sane and post things you're knowledgeable about, KZ2 while great graphically is not on par with Crysis, NOTHING IS!!

edit: thank you tehdaza, it's laughable, hell I've only played Crysis on a medium/high rig in DX9 and I was blown away.

[Tehdaza]

I was just about to ask if you smoke crack but PS360WiiRocks beat me to it.

The only thing that rivals Crysis is Crysis. The only game that will surpass Crysis visually will be Crysis 2.

[Taarec10ToTheEnd]

Dude I have a Samsung 1080p 42 inch HDTV hooked up to my PS3 via HDMI. I have my PC with the DX9 cards hooked up to a 1900 x1200 32 Inch monitor and Killzone 2 looks better and its art style blows Killzone 2 out the water. But visually they are both equal in many ways.

[Pandamobile]

Yep, definitely an avid crack smoker.

"my PC with the DX9 cards hooked"

Welcome to early 2006 when DX9 cards were still good.

The most a DX9 card can run Crysis (well) at is medium. I had two 7800 GT's in SLI when Crysis came out and I could barely get a playable FPS on high settings.

So, considering this, I guess your statement is true provided you're comparing KZ2 to Crysis on medium settings.

Also. Killzone 2's art style is brown. That's about it. Brown and dirty. Where in contrast, Crysis is bright and pretty. There's not much in the way of comparing the 'art' direction of either game.

[PS360PCROCKS]

First off this is not your "preference" artistically, we're talking graphically, and Crysis wins hands down.

Secondly, no they are not equal, crysis can be ran in DX9, DX10, in any resolution, with varying textures, AA, AF, frame rates and so on. Crysis and KZ2 in no way are comparable, unless you run a machine that is comparable with a PS3.

Thirdly, the PS3 is not a 2009 PC, it's powerful, I give it that. The cell is powerful, the GPU is weak compared to modern PC GPU's. But together, the PS3 can be beat graphically on any high end rig in 2009.

"I have my PC with the DX9 cards hooked up to a 1900x1200 32 Inch monitor"

Well their is your problem buddy. Hook up a quad core, at least 4 GB ram, Windows vista in DX10, real life mod, Dual GTX 285 GeForce GPU's, take some screen caps and than try and show me how KZ2 is comparable, because it is not.

No offense but anything is comparable to anything if you run it on a PC that is comparable to the console. We're not talking your PC, we're talking a very good PC. Crysis is not bound by your PC, it goes much higher than anything you've seen.

EDIT:: Alright that's cool, agree to disagree homie. I can respect your opinion. I think Bioshock is beautiful, some think it's ugly. We're all able to have our own opinion. KZ2 is very good visually and artistically, we agree on that. I guess I like jungles, I look at these shots of Crysis and I'm amazed.

[Taarec10ToTheEnd]

I understand where you are coming from for some reason Killzone 2 visually has that metal dirty look while Crysis has that light yet detailed look. Killzine 2 grittiness just does it for me. I bored looking a Crysis. I guess the game play in Killzone 2 makes me feel that way.

[Taarec10ToTheEnd]

My best friend's brother has a Quad Core over locked with DX11(I don't know how he got them) and he has a killer monitor and he hooked up Killzone 2 to compare. While Crysis looked more realistic at the same time it bland and boring. Don't get me wrong, it was beautiful but Killzone 2 just has the wow factor.

[beavis4play]

many games can rival crysis. and, here's why. crysis is dependant on what type of pc set-up you have. games like UC2, KZ2, gears1/2, GOW3, MGS4.....etc... ALL will look amazing on ANY ps3 (or 360 with gears1/2) and an HDtv. but, how crysis looks/runs will vary on what each individual pc is able to do. so to isolate the "top-of-the-line; high-end pc look of crysis and say that is representative of what it looks like when everyone plays crysis is FAR from accurate.

[Pandamobile]

You don't have to have a high end computer to play games on max.

I think KZ2 is more comparable to Gears of War, or Unreal Tournament than Crysis.

Same kind of art style (brown and gritty).

UT3 has way better textures
KZ2 has better shaders
UT3 has better character models
KZ2 has better post processing
UT3 has better gore
KZ2 has better animations
etc.

And you can max out UT3 or Gears of War on a $500-600 PC with out a problem.

Intel Core 2 Duo 7300, HD 4870, 4 GB of RAM, 450W PSU, etc.

[raztad]

@Panda

I think you got Beavis wrong. He is saying you get the same experience whatever the game in every PS3, or x360 for that matter. The same can not be said about Crysis and PC gaming in general.

BTW, I'm glad pc components are getting cheaper I want to build a new machine soon. Those specs you posted are enough to run Crysis maxed-out?

Another question Panda, Are you comparing KZ2 with UT3 cause you already played both? because KZ2 is really far ahead of UT3 and Gears, I dont agree with your comparisons.

EDIT: @Panda I reread your post. I realized you were comparing KZ2 with Gears/UT3 running on PC. It's a bit unfair though, KZ2 runs at 720p, while you always can increase the sharpness of any Pc game running it at much higher res.

[beavis4play]

i have no clue what panda is trying to say.

[josephayal]

THE BEST GRAPHICS IVE EVER SEEN
1.UNCHARTED 2
2.KILLZONE 2
3.CRYSIS (garbage gameplay)

[Tehdaza]

You've never played Crysis. Stop pretending that you have.

Crysis' gameplay is awesome. How many other games out there let you pick up an enemy by the throat and chuck him through the wall of a house? Where else can you punch cars and trucks at enemies. How about drive a tank through a village of tin-roofed houses? Oh, yeah. Crysis.

[mal_tez92]

And how many other games are NO fun when you shoot people? Quite a few actually, Halo and Crysis get special mentions though. Especialy Halo.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Rivals real life? No no we're a good console gen behind that. But Uncharted 2 currently takes the cake of best graphics so far.

In no particular order, Ratchet and clank, MGS, Gears 1 and 2, uncharted 1 and 2, Mass Effect, Call of duty, Bioshock, Killzone 2

[ico92]

i wouldnt say it rivals real life but with that being said but it still looks pretty amazing

[ico92]

does the game look that good in motion? depending on you're specs crysis can look like a slide show or run as smooth as butter not saying much because the games still looks fantastic....man you can't have one best graphics article or thread without some pc fan lurking around the corner with some crysis links

[PS360PCROCKS]

First off my specs? I didn't realize I posted any specs? Secondly, I'm not sure if it looks that good in motion. I'm not a PC gamer, I do not have a PC even capable of playing Crysis on the lowest of settings. But I have logic and logic tells me that everything I've seen/played from Crysis visually makes consoles look obsolete. But Uncharted 2 is beautiful and by far the best consoles graphics so far this gen. Uncharted 2 rrivals and is the closest to PC graphics ASIDE from Crysis/Warhead. I'm not a hater, just a realist, obviously PC will always win. I'm not "lurking" either, just stating and correcting people who think ANY PS3 game will beat out it's PC counterpart this generation. The PC version will always win.

[Taarec10ToTheEnd]

I am not an expert at this PC stuff. All I know is that I want those DX11 cards.

[Ravage27]

absolutely breath-taking

[Dorian_D]

this looks amazing! I like Uncharted 2's pictures for arts style!

[Avto]

Why are we even comparing Crysis with Uncharted 2 I mean some of those graphics cards and I mean graphics cards only cost about the same as PS3 plus Uncharted 2 and it's not like graphics card is enough you will need a good enough CPU and generous amount of RAM. The main thing here is how good Uncharted 2 can look with only 512 MB total and 2005 spec GPU.

[tomdrum6]

yeh crysis still holds the medal for bes tlooking graphics. incredible.

i cant really see the shots in the article? all thumbnails

[l King I]

Uncharted 2 will take the goty for sure :)

[xg-ei8ht]

Console owners aint missing on, i own both.

I've played cryis,crysis warhead and other then the pretty graphics, the games just were not good enough. I'd rather play uncharted anyday.

I think truth be told, pc owners get the shaft more often then not.

Poor ports for pc owners, not much improvement, need mega system to run it.

Riddle me this, if a gtx280 were put inside a PS3. Reallife graphics would be here already.

Most M$ OS are overbloated, Directx 10 was a hugh mistake.

[DarkTower805]

Ummm...why are some of you even talking about Crysis and the PC? This is a PS3 article about a PS3 game, NOT a PC game. Way to hijack the comments section!

[Mo0eY]

This is now bookmarked. Whenever a bot wants to bring up graphics, I will provide this link.

After they realize the true power of the PSTrey, they'll talk about sales and last place. I'll then point them back to the link where they will think that it was real, and they weren't dreaming when they saw it the first time.

[Counter_ACT]

lol. The Uncharted 2 graphics are fantastic, but they don't rival real life at all. Unlike GT5 comparisons, the real life and the graphics are really obvious.

[Rocky87]

This is PS3 article and no PC. Uncharted 2 looks awesome. I love the first one. The gameplay is so much fun and refreshing. I never haven't been more stunned by a game since I first saw the E3-Gameplay Trailer of Uncharted 2.

And imagine the Killzone 2 engine running on a location like Crysis. Killzone 2 plays on a really dirty planet and it looks absolutely awesome - unmatched on any console.

[yoghurt]

The real thing here is, that PC have always been leagues ahead in graphics, but that gap is closing, even if only by a bit. Yer crysis on max settings etc etc will look better, but the point is the graphics the PS3 is pumping out at such an early stage in it's life cycle are fantastic and something that would only have been a dream a few years back. I don't know a great deal about PC rig prices, but what sort of PC would you need to run crysis at max? Vs a $300 console

[PStu'rd]

When will you bots realize you made a huge mistake by not splashing 300$ more on a inferior in every possible way system just so you can play a Geow clone with 0.01% better graphics and experience the full joy of staring @ comparisons made by Neofag patients?? WHEN, I ask the gods, when????

BTW sfags, do you also consider god as biased against ps3 after that reshitstance church scandal?

[IcyJoker187]

its making my day!

only on playstation

[Boty]

You smell that?

Its the smelly smell of Jealousy!

Only on PStu'rd

[Chubear]

Dude, that was all kinds of weak lol

[saimcheeda]

just wants to find out if hes the only f@g around!

[frnkyl]

Hmmm... I also smell fear and desperation...

[Rowsdower]

Rival

* Pronunciation: \ˈrī-vəl\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin rivalis one using the same stream as another, rival in love, from rivalis of a stream, from rivus stream — more at run
* Date: 1577

1 a : one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess b : one striving for competitive advantage

http://www.merriam-webster....

[Pootangpie]

you can STFU up now no one is buying it becasue many developers including carmack already stated it isn't and I have to LOL at people thinking that a PS3 is able to come close to quality to a PC what's so ever if anything the 360 is far more powerful then a PS3 and even it came close to PC quality what makes you think the PS3 has any better chance at that huh?

[wxer]

man you really fail
big time

first of all carmack didn't say anything bad about the PS3 hardware

second uncharted 2 only uses like 30% of the ps3
the PS3 still got a lot of power in it
the XOBX360
maxed out on gears of war 2

and you say that the xbox is more powerful ??

and ub tell now iv never seen any game on the xbox that matches uncharted, resistance 1&2, killzone2, god of war 3, LBP
etc.

i know cus i got both xbox360 and PS3

and one more thing
the ppl that made crysis
they made a new Engine ( same as the one in crysis but more powerful called cryEngine3 )
they them selves said
"no one have used the full power of the PS3 and we are trying to get the best out of it"

so you my friend fail being an xbox360 fan boy

it not like a got anything on the 360
but i cant stand you talk trash like that

[Razasharpz]

What a stupid article. Real life wins by a long-shot.

[Chubear]

... what are you talking about? You can clearly see teh jaggies in real life XD

[sephy 9 2 5]

me wonder why games either use too much color or lack color in comparison to real life.

[gamingisnotacrime]

What happened to comparing 360 games to PS3 games?
The PS3 is NOT supposed to be on par with PC's, its aim is more to have a standard platform to play all games without the need to upgrade for 7 years.
Crysis has nothing to do with console games, Gears 2 was not compared to any PC game, and Uncharted is getting compared to a top of the line PC game, WTF is wrong with people here?
Obviously the PS3 is a failure and can do no right because there is something in this world that is better (with triple the tag price nonetheless).
Mant comments are very biased in this forum, making Uncharted look insignificant when in fact it blows away all competition (by competition is in consoles, Ferrari does not compete with Toyota)

[atticusflinch]

Wow, I anticipate another fantastic offering to the console community will again be served upon an altar of lovingly rendered graphics. The engine and choices therein look amazing, and will play even better. However, those comparison pics look like they were snapped with someone's phone. Furthermore, these articles are pointless napalm created solely to illicit ham fisted hits that wrinkle the brows of the hot headed fan genus (in one corner PC, in the other PS3, and playing the role of Don King - MS360). Who cares if my gpu can kick your gpu's @ss with its ram tied behind its back? Although, admittedly, panties in a wad make for entertaining commentary.

[bluedash3r]

Whaa? were no longer comparing grafix between the xbox360? 360 no longer a worthy opponent? now ps3 has to compete with real life? lol

[Etseix]

yea,this thing started with KZ2, the bots didnt compared KZ2 with an Xbox360 game, they compared it wit ha PC game
xbox is not a worthy oponent in terms of gpx

[vlazed]

When I see "Crysis still has better graphics than UC2", all I see is "with this forum post my $1500 PC upgrade is now validated".

[striped94]

Why would you even bring this up? You're conmparing 2 different games: 1 that runs on an $800-1000 system, 1 that runs on a (hopefully soon to be) $299-399 system. When you think about it this way, Uncharted 2 is much more impressive given the hardware the developers are forced to use compared to a high-end PC.

[Grown Folks Talk]

if you consider real life a cartoon.

[gersh]

This game can't come out soon enough. I want it now!

[TheNocturnus]

Graphics look sweet, but nowhere near "real life". Come on folks we wont see true photorealistic graphics for many years to come. That would require hella processing power.

[megazeroxuxm]

so... now... it's.... ps3 vs pc? that's not fair... tho a 400 dollar ps3 vs a 400 dollars pc seems a bit more fair, tho the 400 bucks pc would most likely loose to graphic since nothing is optimized for it *COUGH 6300 graphic card on ps3 COUGH*COUGH 512 mb ram COUGH* u cant really compare pc to ps3 because nothing for pc is optimized. so i guess ps3 have to compete with real life now... haha. btw reminds me... why do 360 go kamikazi when playing too graphical game again?

[Pandamobile]

A $400 PC would still beat a PS3. It takes almost nothing to out perform a PS3.

[BlueScreenOfDeath]

nokia 3310 has more processing power than xbox360

[saimcheeda]

It takes almost no time to think ur an idiot!

[sam2236]

"Uncharted 2 Graphics Rival Real Life"

*Facepalm* While I'm all for U2, this article is full of fail. Can you say OVER-HYPED?

[FordGTGuy]

Anyone that thinks that any of these shots look anything like real life need to just get off the computer and walk outside and remind your self of whats important in life.

[ShadowCK]

So what? Crysis, Resident Evil 5 and Gears of war 2 did the same.

No one cares about Gears of Tomb Raider 2 people. Only Playstation Loons who try their best to hype this game to divinity levels care about it and they don't have anything better to do with their lifes.

It's hilarious to see how much disagrees Shadow Man has gotten just for speaking the truth that Crysis beats Uncharted 2's graphics in every aspect. Cry moar Playstation Loons?

[The-Warranty]

CRY HARDER

[saimcheeda]

while ur the one doing just that on a ps3 page!:P....and this time press the reply button for ur answer dumbsh!t

[Aceluffy]

Hey, it's been a while since I saw you, you seem to be gaining more bubbles since the last time.....oh wait

Anyway, this is clearly an article about UC2 comparison to real life photograph, not 360 games by any mean. So why are u here if u don't like this game ? Please just comment on any 360 news, please don't make yourself look stupid in this thread, kay ?

[frnkyl]

lol so butthurt that Naughty Dog can make a sequel better than EPIC XD

[Shrinkwrap]

These pictures just makes me want the game that much more.
If they too that much time with the graphics, the audio and story are going to be killer.

If you don't play U2, when it come out, it's your loss.

Nice work Naughty Dog !!! I'm Jazzed !

[ArcticWolfUK]

whens this coming out on 360?

oh...

[CobraKai]

I think it's funny that one of his friends signed off as soon as he captured the pic with the masks. i don't know why, I just do.

[Yomiro]

I don't know, but...I think this PC defenders are Xbox 360 owners being jealous

[Tehdaza]

Oh yeah, because PC gamers are a myth on this site, right?

When someone says that PC graphics are better in a PS3 article, those people MUST be 360 gamers in disguise.

And when PC gamers say that they'll get the PC version of a 360/PC gamer they MUST be PS3 fanboys in disguise.

Dumbass.

[Monkey D Luffy]

This article was about Uncharted 2, So WHYTHEFCK are people talking about Crysis. GTFO.

[kzl1989]

I don't know why we are comparing a game to real life anyway, but since we are I prefer Uncharted 2 to real life, it's just so much cooler. :)

[Modestmex]

Batman Arkham Asylum demo for pc looks way better than that uncharted 2 game console suckas.

[thewhoopimen]

hardly.

[Nate Tolar]

It all looks very nice, both games do. The crysis game does look better and if I wasnt in college and could afford a computer that would make it look that good I would def buy it. Im stuck with my HP notebook :-( O well... more incentive to do good in college I guess...

[xg-ei8ht]

Tachyon_Nova

You can't cut cryis pixel by pixel, don't be so stupid.

The trees have cut off points.

Yes it is excellent physics wise and graphically the best game on PC by along way.

But dude, your still comparing a game that has to have a high spec machine to play it at those details.

See i don't like the water in crysis(underwater i do, but physics wise crysis water does nothing special.

Uncharted has the whole ball game, set and match imo.

why you might ask.

Physics are nice
Water fx are nice
Characters are nice
foilage is nice
Lighting is nice

Story kicks the hell out of anyother game on pc or console, because of the way it's been told and the feeling you get while playing it.

Uncharted 2 rapes uncharted by along way, and anyother game on console. The only game coming close is crysis./

But you need a hefty pc and tons of ram. Let alone most GPU'S come with 1gb+ these days anyway.

The only thing that pc programmers do well is the shoddy programming. with the power available to PC Programmers, if you ask me, crysis should actually look real, and so should every other pc game.

Reason they don't, because most don't have these massive systems. and therefore have to range it out, low mid high spec.

I haven't upgraded my pc for awhile now.

DUALCORE
1900XTX
2GBRAM

I actually ran crysis mid/high with some unlocked dx9/10 features, you know what i'm on about.

25-30fps. Which did me.

Cryengine 3 will not only run well on PS3/360.

It'll run great on pc and look better.

You wait.

[devilhunterx]

one day Crytech will release a real game instead of Tech demos. Til then I will play Uncharted :)

[JJFNIGHTS80]

That just look so damn good.

[TwistedMetal]

@ primordialsoupbase its called the matrix and its comeing very soon.

[360isthebestps3sucks]

this crapgame is gonna flop mark my words...

[ArcticWolfUK]

ya mums d!ck flops, but ya dad wasnt complaining

[theox2g7]

let me start off by saying hat's off to Naughty Dog for their unparalleled ability to push the ps3, I must say Uncharted 2 looks better every time with new footage and screens, The animations are also spectacular, I loved the first game and I'm excited that the sequel will be a lot longer, and for the ps3 guys, hey i understand ur frustration that crysis gets mentioned in a ps3 article but the crysis hate here is ludicrous and uncalled for

I'd be willing to bet that 90% of the people on here pointlessly bashing Crysis have never even played the game or given it a chance, We all know the whole "tech demo" excuse to downplay Crysis as a game is lame, If you think the game is boring, More power to you, that's your unique opinion and you're entitled to it, but don't go parading it off as a fact when the majority of the credible gaming community disagrees with you, In the same vein, there are gamers out there who genuinely found Uncharted, MGS4, Killzone 2 and all your favorite games just as boring, Does that mean those games suck? No

First off, I don't think all graphics/no gameplay/tech demo can get a 91 metacritic score, That is unless Crytek bribed the entire gaming media, lol, To call Crysis a bad game and turn around and praise games like Killzone 2 and Uncharted that scored the same or even less is just hypocritical and double-standard minded wreaking of obvious bias and ignorance

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

I heavily doubt that sites like Gamespot can give Crysis the best shooter of the year over Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and Halo 3 just because it looked prettier, But, hey, why listen to real facts, credible evidence and logic on n4g? It's the thought of bashing the game that counts, doesn't it? If it makes you feel better, Crysis sucks indeed

Here's an in depth analysis of Crysis gameplay and what makes it so unique in an oversaturated sea of shooters

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

And for those arguing that Crysis needs a NASA comptuer to run or the age old regurtitated argument of a $400 ps3 vs a $1000 pc, Here's some food for thought, Have you ever considered that maybe, just maybe it's dumb to directly correlate the cost of a pc vs console in a value debate especially when you factor in the millions of things a pc can do that a ps3 can't? Last I checked, a pc costs more because it does a heck of a lot more, Isn't that essentially the same argument you use to justify the ps3's price versus the 360? So again, it seems more logical to compare the cost of upgrade components or not to compare them at all, Also, you have to factor in that the pc has to run a full blown operating system and thousands of processes simultaneoulsy unlike the fully dedicated console

But that's besides the point, As long as you have fun with your games, that's all that matters, What you play on doesn't really change a thing, Last I checked you can play a pc game on an hdtv with a controller on your couch just as much as you could play your ps3 on an lcd monitor or plug in a fragfx to your ps3, It's a win win for gamers, No need for hostility and bashing or downplaying of either side

Just a little side note, I'm using a 2006 GPU, Nvidia 8800gtx, 2GB RAM, I built my machine back then, It's almost been 3 years and I haven't made a single upgrade(contrary to popular belief perpetuated by unfounded myths), Hooked up to my hdtv and i use the 360 wireless controller from my couch, I'm still maxing out every single game there at full native 1920x1080p and playing Crysis with custom configs, The Batman demo ran great with Physx and the mods are amazing, How's that for a gaming pc that doesn't cost $100000 and doesn't need to be upgraded every month? Plus it doubles up as a media entertainment hub in the living room

By the way, here is a realtime capture I have of Crysis just to prove my point, No bullshots, No fake screenshots, Real gameplay captured with fraps with sound (lowered framerate due to fraps)

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

Now get back at me about how Crysis looks boring, bland, crappy or whatever, Remember, that my machine isn't even close to top of the line either, It's about a year older than Crysis the game itself, Granted the game ran horribly at launch, Patches, mods and tweaks have allowed me to enjoy it at stable 30 fps in dx10 and I must say on an hdtv, i'd say i was hard pressed to find even the most die hard ps3 or console fanboy who wasn't overly, impressed when they saw it running at a measly 720p on my Sharp Aquos, If you prefer the look of other games, that's fine, but don't use that as a lame excuse to downplay it or trumpet another game as superior, SOTC and Okami are still some of my favorite looking games,

/end rant

[vShinobi]

Outstanding graphics a must buy, as for Crysis why compare it with Uncarted? its 2 different games but IMO Crysis is the best looking PC game so far anyone with eyes can see that but uncharted is one of the best looking games I've seen on consoles, why do you think it one tons of graphic type awards? if thats not enough proof of how good this game looks then please use some glasses or something.

[Rhezin]

why don't you kill yourself? Please?

[Master of Unlocking]

all the pc/xbox360 trolls flocking in on this PS3 exclusive-dedicated thread posting all their touched up Crysis pics to try and distract the readers from the fact they have nothing worthwile to play on their pc and/or their console of choice could never pull off visuals like that (what with it still trying to catch up with Uncharted 1, which came out 2 years ago).

There's a word, well, actually two, for that. What are they again? ;-)

"-Captain, captain! We just lost the right reactor!
-Damn! Another one? How many do we have left working?
-None captain! They're all gone! What the hell are we gonna do?
-Well, you know son, what we usually do in times like this. Follow procedure: lie to them. Tell them we're gonna be all right.
-But captain, we HAVE BEEN LYING TO THEM all along! When we were telling them the flight was going all right when the left reactor had already decided to finish the trip on its own!
-I'm going to try my best to limit the damage as much as I can. In the meantime, you show them pretty pictures on the television we have on board and keep repeating everything is gonna be all right. I think we have some Disney stuff somewhere, with meadows of green, nice foliage n stuff.
-Sure captain!
-Ladies and gentlemen, please don't panic! The flight is going as..."

*CRASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

;-)

[Relientk77]

well those graphics are just simply amazing

[bilbobob]

They cannot find a single 360 game that comes close so out comes the old rabbit from a hat that is crysis. Wow you lot make me laugh.

I got to admit I did not read every post but enough to wonder where all the console comparisons suddenly went too.

Sorry we cannot find any so lets move over to the good old P.C

[-DeathWraith-]

The screenshots of Uncharted 2: Among Theifs are from old builds. It'll look more detailed then that by now, and then obviously once released.

[TruthSeeker]

I agree, if it looks this good now, there is still time to keep improving upon that so it will look even better when it is released.

[n4gno]

yes, and people forget that uncharted is not only a screenshot whore, it's upon everything, beautifull with movements.

[Obama]

haha look at all the bots in damage control. They can't name one 360 exclusive that looks better than UC2 since the 350 has already maxed out.

[glennc]

is this guy half blind. they are pretty graphics but not even close. 100% of people could tell which is CGI and which is real. that is the test

[memphis2]

just beautiful

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

I never seen PC fanboys on this site. Wow. A new group to battle with.

On topic, I'm sorry but that doesn't even look close to the real pics.

[God_of_War]

@pandamobile
You need to get ur facts straight dude
Firstly thr is no comparison betn pc and ps3 coz as my friend earlier said a pc can be optimised, upgraded, etc
Moreover, even if a moron like you wants a comparison, compare ps3 with a alienware pc which goes from $1000 to $7000.
Now you do the math

[n4gno]

LOL@msfans talking about crysis (bad game with nice screenshot on best configurations) to downplay uncharted 2, the kind of game that can't exist for them (on pc too).

[Guitardr85]

To a commenter above...I agree and actually have a launch PS3 and a gaming pc I built about 2 years ago. With these two monsters I can pretty much play about 90% of the games out there...minus Alan Wake now being a 360 exclusive!