Enslaved 'as beautiful as Uncharted'‎

Ninja Theory's Enslaved is 'as colourful as Mario, as detailed as Gears and as beautifully animated as Uncharted'.

That's according to CVG man Andy, whose new Enslaved gameplay preview puts the Namco Bandai-published game on a similar visual level as Naughty Dog's PS3 classic.

[movements]

I doubt it.

[ELite_Ghost]

maybe like the artwork or whatever...
Not graphics, keep on dreamin!

[deadreckoning666]

Either way, I'd take original artwork over graphics any day. I STILL find Shadow of the Colossus and Okami to be more visually appealing to me than Uncharted 2. My two cents.

@Elite_Ghost- Have u played it? If not, then how do u know?

[young juice]

really?? not me.

[StanLee]

Yeah, art plays a huge part in how a game looks. Mario Galaxy 2 is gorgeous and one of the best looking games this gen in my opinion and it's solely because of the art direction.

[Montrealien]

Art direction > Technical power imho.

A good example is WoW, that engine is 6 years old, and the stuff Blizzard pulls off with it is insane. I have said it many times here on N4G. It aint the amount of coloring crayons you have, it is what you draw with them that counts.

/on topic

Lets face it, this is from the devs of one of the most beutiful early PS3 games, a game that to this day stands toe to toe with some of the best looking games this gen. I am very excited to see what they can do, and obviously the PS3 version should be optimised to take advantage of its power, I am sure these guys know how to do that.

/off topic

We really need to be able to see the dissagrees, I would really like to confront the people that just blindly dissagree for no reason.

[Chubear]

Piggy backing off a PS3 exclusive game. Don't see these using multiplat games as an example though.. wonder why?

[Montrealien]

what dies that even mean chubear? Could you clarify that statement a little?

[blodulv]

I ask to all of those "art direction > graphics" folks.

What the hell does art direction even mean if they can't deliver with great graphics.

IMO they go hand in hand.

[Gamehead36]

I agree with a lot of what is being said in here. art direction is important and is the reason games like okami and mario are visually appealing no matter the technical graphical power. but these comments wreak of damage control. montrealin has appeared to be pretty impartial in his comments to me to me, but others, especially this d!ck deadreckoning666, thrives off, well, being a d!ck. get a life yo

[ShinMaster]

It looks great though.
Although this says "Uncharted" and not "Uncharted 2".

Another thing, they don't seem to be necessarily talking about the graphics explicitly.

[IaMs12]

Honestly why is it so surprising that a game comes out later in the future to have better or equal graphics to Uncharted?? Technology is evolving so is the graphics, so why cant this game have better graphics or equal to? Why is that so surprising? Yah UC looks amazing but its not going to look amazing to us forever, there will be games that will look better then it so get over yourselves.

That said, im not saying Enslaved will be better looking im just pointing out you PS3/UC fans need to get your heads out of your A**s and realize that graphics/technology move forward just in months.

[Ju]

Ninja Theory scraped their own engine and went UE3 instead. Does this answer that ? I guess it does.

Gameplay wise it looks like a nice breeze from the platform genre. Looks in some elements like the platforming in Uncharted. If executed well, it should be a nice game to play.

@Montrealien, I disagreed. Simply because Ninja Theory is not willing to push anything. Not engine wise. They gave up and licensed UE3. Might explain why their engine lead is now working on Brink. I would have hoped they would go back and improve Heavenly Swords engine. If you expect that, you'll be disappointed. They still use their great mo-cap system, I hope.

[despair]

how about Art direction + Technical Power = Uncharted.

what the hell is Art direction anyway?

[mikeslemonade]

No mediocre multiplatform developer is going top Uncharted 2 for a long time.

Now as for "Art Direction and Technical Power" you need both. And you can't say Art Direction is more important when your power is limited on consoles. As strong as the PS3 is you still need to be savvy about how you conserve the tech. When you make a small footprint you will allow youself to put in more art(graphics, color, physics etc.)

Now, multiplatform engines like in Enslaved aren't going to take advantage of the PS3 fully, so there's no way in hell it's going to top of Uncharted 2 because Uncharted 2 has the best engine built for the PS3 coupled with experienced artists that made Uncharted 1 which is still one of the best looking games this generation.

@ The BS about Okami and SOTC looking better... You're just blind and you probably just play on a 480i tube TV.

[Raf1k1]

I don't know about you guys but I've always understood art style to be a part of a game's graphics.

Afterall, devs do try to come up with concept art first which is created to give the people working on the game a feel for what they are trying to achieve with it. The devs then encorporate the style of the art into the graphics to give the the game the same visual feel as the concept art.

That's why I say the art style is a part of graphics go hand in hand which is why I wouldn't pick one or the other.

[Eamon]

I find Uncharted 2 to be a lot more graphically appealing than Killzone 2.

Mind of the fanboy: "Oh noes!!11 He pr4ised Uncharted 2 so i shood clik agree but he d1ss3d KILLZONE 2 so I MUST DISAGREE! ARGH!!! MIND IMPLOSION >.<"

[Heisenberg]

Grow up, who cares that much about disagrees? You want to hunt down and confront these people? Easy bro. Have you considered that people simply have a differing opinion?

Anyway, hopefully the game's good, but this is just PR crap.

"as colourful as Mario, as detailed as Gears and as beautifully animated as Uncharted"

Let's just list the most popular and best looking games from each system and hopefully build hype based on their hard work.

[Shepherd 214]

Art Direction is where you look at just a small portion of a game or movie universe and you KNOW its that game.

When i see a structure in Halo, i KNOW its from Halo instantly. When i see a weapon or vehiclefrom Star Wars, i KNOW its from Star Wars. When i see just a smudge of a level from Mario, i know its from Mario.

Uncharted 2 is technically very, very good. However, if i look at a piece of Uncharted's universe, im confused as to whether its from Indiana Jones or not. Obviously i know its Uncharted because its a video game and i can tell that its animated, but if Uncharted's world were to become Real Life suddenly, you couldnt tell the difference between Indy's world and Drake's.

Uncharted has good art direction, but its an atmosphere that can easily blend in with other things.

[pixelsword]

Heavenly Sword was Colorful, Detailed, and Beautifully animated as well; but since it was an exclusive game, it got the shaft in reviews and scores.

[elpresador]

Though I loved the game, UC2 had its problems. I mean I cant be the only one that noticed that it was jaggy as hell in a lot of parts, hell, Elena had jaggies around her eyes and anyone with long hair had it clip through their shoulders and collar of shirts and on top of that the ladies hair seemed like hard plastic. The animation was top noth but the anount of jaggies would take me out of the game from time to time.

I will get disagrees like crazy but UC2 was not the 100% graphical beast the fanboys make it out to be.

[ThanatosDMC]

No, even if you praise U2 or KZ but the same person has been a troll will still get disagrees.

[thewhoopimen]

What are you talking about as Jaggy as hell. The game had f**king 2X MSAA just like 99% of every 360 game out there. Can you pull something not out of your ass? Like how much your TV blows, if somehow 2xMSAA magically appears great on your 360 games vs. your imaginary ps3?

[RedDevils]

are you telling me that Uncharted 2 is not art or visual appealing, lmao please artist have been craving of how incredible or detail the art side of Uncharted 2 really is. My two cents :P

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

and that is in no way comparable to Uncharted 2. A lot of low res textures. Low polygons counts. And average animation.

[matey]

Zelda will blow this away graphics/art the lot gameplay will impale this game 60fps just wait and see i know this game isnt in the same league as Zelda but i had to say it because 3rd partys love trying to make the wii look like it cant do graphics as well as it can expect a few amazing graphical games at E3 related to Wii i wouldnt be surprised if they announced a firmware update for 576p/720p to better stack up to the 3DS i mean high end games on that machine will be simply amazing on them small high rez screens.

[Reibooi]

It's a great looking game for sure.

But it doesn't look anywhere near as good as Uncharted. Not in the graphics themselves and not in the animations.

[Montrealien]

I will not deny that Uncharted is a great looking game, but if you want to get picky, and trust me, if I wanna, I can get picky. here are just a few things that bugs me graphically about Uncharted 2.

Drawn in foilage in the jungles, everytime I catch one getting drawn in, it take me out of the experience a little. And the shadows, you turn to quickly sometimres and all you see is shadows getting drawn in. Is uncharted 2 one of the best looking games this gen, yep, can you spot the little trick here and there that they used to make that happen? yep. People have to stop propping games on a pedestal as king of graphics, one thing I learned with the PS2 is that as long as you have great games, graphics take that back seat.

With that said, I am very excited to see what Ninja Theory will end up with, I really enjoyed Heavenly blade, and Kung fu chaos for that matter. :)

[jack_burt0n]

@montroll

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

Some of the worst character models i have seen in a while and I have been playing alot of gow2 recently, compare that to the heavenly sword launch trailer, the animation the art design the facial animation all of it looks better in heavenly sword a game from 2007.

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

[solidt12]

The color pallete is just like Uncharted 2. I bet that's the only reason they are comparing it, but the graphics don't compare.

[CoxMulder]

LMAO
It's funny to see that montrealien guy try so hard and fail..

Keep it up, sport!!

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I wouldn't rule out Ninja Theory that fast. Heavenly Sword cut-scene animations are still better than most in Uncharted 2. They were able to tranfer MoCap greatly to the game.

And to be fair, the only comparison they made to Uncharted was animation wise. The graphic department is aiming for Mario colors and Gears detail level. They don't even mention which entry on the franchise, it's prety clear they are just giving idea what they aim their game to look like.

[Reibooi]

@bishop-br

While I agree it's not the smartest idea to rule out Ninja Theory being capable of out doing something like uncharted the Heavenly Sword comparision isn't exactly a good one.

While you are 100% right that Heavenly Sword hands down had better animation then Uncharted it's also obvious that Enslaved is a step backwards from what we saw in Heavenly Sword. The reason is obvious. They were exclusive to the PS3 on Heavenly Sword and that allowed them to really take advantage of the technology and that isn't happening with Enslaved.

Enslaved looks great and I'm certainly looking forward to it but this will not be the game that can out shine uncharted 2 simply because it's a multiplat game.

[booni3]

sigh. please dont say that because on N4g, a comment like that will get you hung. Now while the game might look great, i hate it when they compare games to other games that have nothing to do do with them. Like how someone thought it made sense to compare gears 3 to killzone 3. It doesnt have to look like (insert ps3 exclusive here) to look good or better yet, BE good as in a good game. now, the disagrees pile up.

[palaeomerus]

Screw N4G. It's a barely managed aggregator site that puts bad blog posts up as news.

[Faztkiller]

But I hope it does the more good looking games the better

[Akagi]

Oh, so have you played it, movements?

[sahar243]

no, thats why he doubt it.

sounds like PR bullshit to me.

[Army_of_Darkness]

"Enslaved is 'as colourful as Mario, as detailed as Gears and as beautifully animated as Uncharted"

also with green grass like halo and dark corridors like killzone 2!! lol! mentioning all the popular games to promote ur own, pretty sneaky... or clever?!?!.;)

[captain-obvious]

didnt DICE say the same thing about BFBC2 ?

[APOFISBORICUA]

Im tired of all these devs trying to compare graphically to Uncharted 2. Give it a rest and try your best. As for the 360 players... doesnt it sound obvious that the PS3 has the best graphics this gen?? Maybe thats WHY everyone try to beat Uncharted 2, KZ2 and God of War3. I have high hopes for Enslaved and I have no doubt it will look amazing, but im tired of 3rd party devs trying to convince all that their game is going to look as good or better than these PS3 exclusives. Dont overhype it that way...impress us and STFU!! I have seen some games trying and some fanboys riding the BETTER GRAPHICS THAN _______ overhyping train. You want examples? How about SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION, ALAN WAKE AND METRO 2033...all disapointing games. STOP IT ALREADY!!!!

PEACE AND GAMING!!!

[SOAD]

They said their vistas looked better than the vistas in Uncharted 2. And I've played both and BC2's far-off environments do look amazing.

[Sm0k3y_Bac0n]

Titles a bit misleading isnt it? Says underneath its as beautifully animated as uncharted. To me that would be climbing animations etc rather than actual graphics.

[AAACE5]

That title alone is bound to piss someone off! Especially with it coming to 360.

[palaeomerus]

It'll mainly just piss off PS3 fanboy idiots who can't read.

[Davoh]

we'll just have to wait and see, the title is misleading it actually says it's as beautifully ANIMATED as Uncharted. Also comparing it to Mario, Gears and Uncharted are very huge claims.

[Shane Kim]

Art direction may look better for an individual, for example I can say that Legends of Mana is the best looking game because of it's art direction but technically it's NOT. I can allready see that this game is nowhere near Uncharted 2 technically. And that's why KZ2 is still technically above anything else.

[Briefcase Joe]

I doubt you doubt it.

[bobcostus]

Ninja theory are very good developers. Enslaved's graphics won't match Uncharted 2, but it's animations very well could.

What better game to aim for than Uncharted 2? If we had more developers aiming to best Uncharted 2, we would have ALOT more great games to play. You guys really forget that competition = GOOD for the consumer.

Ninja theory did call ND the "Best console developers in the world" after all.

[AKS]

I seriously doubt that. Unless you are talking about cut scene motion capture animation specifically, I have a better chance of getting a date with Anne Hathaway or Natalie Portman than Ninja Theory has a chance of outperforming Naughty Dog in animation. It's just not going to happen. I am a fan of Ninja Theory, too.

[gtamike]

unlikey really unlikey

[vhero]

Another game claiming this eh? Fair enough.. Let them come.. Let the fanboys be disappointed when it releases.. As for the people who give a crap I reckon the game probably will look amazing anyways as for as beautiful as uncharted...

[Greywulf]

1. Enslaved 'as beautiful as Uncharted'

Actual text..

"Ninja Theory's Enslaved is 'as colourful as Mario, as detailed as Gears and as beautifully animated as Uncharted"

So that makes all comments here irrelevant.

Just another dev claiming to best a PS3 exclusive to get hits, wonder why CVG didn't put "As Detailed As Gears!" as the title?

[RatFuker]

yea...ok...

[MNicholas]

Why? Because Uncharted 1 didn't really use the Cell to accelerate the GPU.

Uncharted 2 quality would be highly unlikely. Not impossible (at least on PS3 version) but not at all likely.

[BattleAxe]

Heavenly Sword was a beautiful game, so I'm sure that this game will be high in the quality department.

[SaberEdge]

Look at all the usual suspects in a frenzy, shouting "no game can equal da pS3z exklusivs". It's really sad.

It's clear just from the trailer that is on the site that the game is extremely gorgeous and the other thing is, they have actually seen the game in person, you guys haven't. Even when games look as good as PS3 exclusives you guys just deny it, because it goes against your fanboy religion.

[jwatt]

Saber I have to agree with you as a Sony fan, this video looks as good as Uncharted! Plus The fact that Heavenly Sword looked very impressive for a first generation title leads me to believe why it's possible!

[Traveler]

I don't know whether this game will end up looking better or worse than any other particular game, but I do believe that better looking games are possible on both consoles. I honestly don't see much difference between the two consoles. I think it is mostly up to the developer.

[commodore64]

Completely agree SaberEdge.

I just don't understand these ps3 fanatics.
It's like their whole identity and wellbeing is connected to the ps3.

Anything that remotely criticises the ps3 or its games, is debubbled and hissed at. It's like being in kindergarten i tells ya.

I welcome any announcement that raises the bar, particularly multiplat, such as this.

I guess with regard to new games that potentially raise the bar, real gamers rejoice, while the fanboys insecurely cling to their past vacuous fanboy trophies.

[MNicholas]

do look a lot better.

That's why even developers of 360 exclusives refer to PS3 exclusives like KZ2, Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 as benchmarks.

If you know of any 360 games that the development community refers to as visual benchmarks, please list them.

[beardpapa]

Stupid article contributor. "beautifully animated" and "visually similar" are two VERY different things.

And "as beautiful as Uncharted" is not the same as beautifully animated

[goflyakite]

In art style maybe but definitely not in graphics.

[DirtyLary]

Well that's gotta be flattering for Naughty Dog. Another dev needs to use their name to get attention for their own game.

[solar]

UC2 was great. but it didnt push any genre or innovate to put itself ontop of games it's modeled after. games need to do both. which isnt happening with this generation on consoles.

[XactGamer]

Uncharted isn't king of the hill in graphics you know, it's just the best that the PS3 can do.

[MNicholas]

Certainly looks better than any game currently on the 360 but there's no reason why the 360 shouldn't have a game that looks that good.

Uncharted 2, on the other hand , is a different level of performance all together.

[Another One]

Noooooo! It can't be! Nothing will ever, ever compare to Uncharted!!

Umm...excuse me...The game looks pretty impressive. If it really can compare favorably with Uncharted then that would be awesome. I did like what I see from the trailer.

[StitchJones]

So agree with the comment. Even if it does look great. We all got swindled by how short Heavenly Sword was. I'm not gonna drop another $60 for a title like this.

[GWAVE]

Enslaved does look interesting, but their last game (which still has some of the best graphics and animations of this generation, though haters will deny it) didn't do so hot with the media. Oh wait. Enslaved will be multiplat...so I guess the media will heap praise upon this game.

And Gears ain't all that detailed.

[Double Toasted]

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

Its no one's fault if your screen is crappy, lol!

[Biggest]

Was that supposed to be the proof that Gears is very detailed? I think you picked the wrong footage if so.

[ceedubya9]

I felt that game was just OK. Production values and what not were top notch, and the game itself was fun. But it was too short, and had no real reason for me to go back and play. Despite what some may say about "media bias" towards PS3 games, HS to me was a solid rental. And I wasn't surprised by the average reviews.

If enslaved is anything like HS was, then it will probably recieve the same treatment.

[toyuts]

heavenly sword was a complete failure for such a big production value
don't get me wrong it was a good game but...

[SaberEdge]

This has got to end. You guys all live in a fantasy world. YES, Gears of War is extremely detailed. It is easily one of the best looking games of the generation.

[theonlylolking]

Devs are just trying to get hype now. All they need to say is"graphics as great as Uncharted 2(or KZ2)". Then the game gets popular. Then when the game comes out and turns out it doesnt look as great as KZ2 or U2 then you know it was for hype.

Dice said that Bad company 2's graphics are on par with Uncharted 2 but did it? NO, maybe on PC but on consoles far from it.

[Double Toasted]

Dice didn't say that at all. Fail on your part unless you can provide proof.

Edit: I stand corrected...

[FangBlade]

Yes they did
http://www.videogamer.com/n...

[theonlylolking]

http://www.videogamer.com/n...

he said. "Uncharted 2 is an amazing-looking game. But we're reaching that level of quality. It's going to be hard for any game to be able to make a claim that they look better. But we are getting to, I feel, that level, where it's looking very impressive. When you see it - and I've heard other people say it as well, so it's not just me - other people are saying it's getting there."

[Killjoy3000]

No, you fail. http://www.videogamer.com/n...

[RagTagBnd445]

The PC version did IMO look as great as Uncharted 2, maybe even Crysis.

[vhero]

Uncharted maybe if you got a good rig.. but crysis?? Are you mad?? No game will touch that until crysis 2 (PC version) is launched.

[MorganX]

Finally got UC2 after switch to PS3. They hype was warranted. Overall, Gears 1 is still my pick. But on pure good looks, UC2 does set the bar for a game with limited objects on screen. I mean, we're not talking hordes here. But still, the animation and prettiness do set the bar. Not way, way up there, but up there past #1.

Next up, GoW.

[BeaArthur]

As always I'll believe it when I see it.

[madkrazygames]

I second that, I can't wait to E3.

[Pennywise]

HS was pretty, but had its problems. I am keeping an eye on this one, but it sounds like PR hype. I am sure the scenes are pretty, but UC is on a different level.

[Ju]

Got HS again recently (I played through when it came out but gave it to a friend). But, well, it's not up to current standards. It was great back then, but that was quite a while ago. Sorry to say...

[Brklynty1]

No....just no. The game is also on...aww just never mind. Just not that...its not.

[solidjun5]

Is it me or is the headline a bit misleading.

The article said that it's "beautifully animated as uncharted." I don't doubt that Enslaved will be a great looking game but at least get the right quote CVG.

[Fishy Fingers]

Beautifully animated, visually is a different matter.

[BIGBOSS08]

its not possible unless they make an exclusive ps3 version built ground up specificlly for ps3.

[Pistolero]

Why?....the ps3 is not more powerful than the 360. a ton of developers have explained that a million times.

[stonecold1]

ps3 is 3 times more powerful than the 360 did you hear david cage the 360 cant handle heavy rain even square employee said the same thing then read wilkpedia 360 cant handle uncharted 2

[Dnied]

As much as I enjoy both my consoles, I really am getting tired of developers claiming to compare / compete with Uncharted. Animations being one of the greatest things about Uncharted, it's going to be hard to match up to the fluidity and the natural feel of character movement etc.

Developers sometimes have no idea how technologically ahead games like UC2 and GOW3 are and think just because they record live action and throw some high detailed textures onto 3D models, that it compares...

Uncharted 2 was the whole package, and every aspect just improved the others, all working together to create the masterpiece that it is... The animations wouldn't be as great if the voiceovers werent done so naturally and north hadnt made the sounds he does when his body acts the way it does... both wouldn't be AS beautiful if they werent able to push the graphics and technology as far as they were able to, etc...

It's going to be a while before multiplat developers catch up, and quite simply, they cant from a technical standpoint this generation because they will never invest the time and money required to harness the true power of the PS3.

Stop claiming you are or can, its actually quite irritating now and you aren't fooling anyone. Ok maybe some, but I wont mention any names or 'sterotypes' :P

[jack_burt0n]

and thats a BOOM.

bubs+

[Killjoy3000]

Very well illustrated point on how it took one aspect of the game to complement another. This is very true.

[Statix]

And why does the title of the news report state "Enslaved is as beautiful as Uncharted 2" when the writer clearly said "the animations are as beautiful as Uncharted 2's?"

[Nineball2112]

This is an honest reply. You might disagree with it, but here goes:

1. It's in the Xbox 360 channel because Enslaved is an Xbox360 game. Simple as that. Since the game is on the 360 platform, it's of interest to 360 gamers.

2. The headlineof the news report... ya got me. It's the headline of the N4G sub because that's the headline CVG used, but I'll make the assumption CVG used it to garner more interest in it.

[The Ender]

The writer was referring to the first Uncharted I believe, not Uncharted 2 like most are assuming. Also, why is everyone here referring to this as PR talk from Ninja Theory? They never said this and the article itself is a para-phrased reference to a preview article written by a staffer at CVG. They never brought up Uncharted's graphics at any point and instead carefully drew a comparison between both games by saying, "...and as beautifully animated as Uncharted." It's just a preview based on someones opinion and it looks like a great game so far.

[Marceles]

At least they didn't say Uncharted 2 lol...then I would think they were even more out of their mind

[Corrwin]

But more beautiful than a 1st party exclusive 4 years into the life cycle? Doubtful.

They poured their hearts out in Heavenly Sword, and it does show - it's a beautiful game, even by today's standards... but I doubt they'd be able to make a multi-plat look as good, let alone as good as Uncharted.

Time will tell.

[eddispider]

I never think they could touch uncharted 2.Best game in the genre i ever played.I never believed naughty dog had it,boy was i wrong.A game worth alone just buying ps3

[raztad]

Artistically Enslave could very well look better than UC2. HS was gorgeous I dont doubt they can make Enslaved even better.

Technically I really don't think Enslaved can get close to UC2, UC1 perhaps. What is pretty clear is Enslaved is taking big hints from UC2, specially its platforming.

Gametrailers downplayed UC2 because it was doing "nothing new" but truth is UC2 redefined the genre and other are following.

[BIGBOSS08]

yea it redefined how awesome a game can be.

[Colonel-Killzone]

Ninja theory why are you lying :/

[madkrazygames]

LMAO, good one bro. It's just PR talk, you have take these statements with a grain of salt. Especially if it's coming from a third party developer.

[SaberEdge]

Except if any of you PS3 trolls could read you would know that it wasn't Ninja Theory that said this, it was an editor from CVG who got to preview this game.

[ninjawanda]

The guys complaining about devs telling that their game can compare to Uncharted, it's not Ninja Theory that said those words. It's the interviewer.

[Acquiescence]

It's not entirely implausible for Enslaved to be on a par with the Uncharted series. Needless to say, I await the coming of Enslaved with glee, whatever it's graphical merits may be, and I hope to see a lot of it in upcoming E3 coverage.

[theonlylolking]

When i played the heavenly sword demo the graphics looked worse then Uncharted 1; but for the time it was a beast.

[dorkyfresh11]

Enslaved looks nowhere near as good as Uncharted 2 in the graphics department. Uncharted 2 flourishes with colors and shades, while Enslaved's visuals are drab and washed out. the animations might be a different matter but from what i saw in the first official trailer, they don't look like anything special.

[boysenberry]

LOL that's what they all say..

[SonyNGP]

We'll see about that...

[josephayal]

HALO REACH: UC2 KZ2 GRAPHICS, FAIL
ALAN WAKE: UC2 GRAPHICS, FAIL
CRYSIS 2: KZ2 GRAPHICS, EPIC FAIL
MASS EFFECT 2: LOOKS BETTER THAN UC2, FAIL
ENSLAVE; BEAUTIFUL AS UC2 , FAIL

WHOS NEXT?

[SilverSlug]

does not say graphics, said animation.

[Pistolero]

Actually...I have played Alan Wake and Uncharted 2 and its true that Alan Wake looks just as good as Uncharted 2...even better in some ways. Halo Reach also looks amazing...I can't wait until they show us more of the campaign.

[knightdarkbox]

There were just better games out in multplataform than uc2, and there still are.

The only gripes I have about UC2 is that, its a VERY linear experience. And also, the game wasn't really at all difficult.

[Tone]

But a lot of you seem to think its the most important thing in a game, which it is not! Great graphics is a bonus! But give me great gameplay/story 1st.

You lot who are just graphics whores are not "real" gamers IMO! (shame on you!)

[wissam]

They are talking about landscapes I think. the ones in HS was very cool. Maybe they meant uncharted 1.

[Silly gameAr]

It's coming from Ninja Theory so I believe it. Those guys know what they're doing.

[sikbeta]

Keep dreaming, Sure Heavenly Sword Looks Better...

[Meryl]

ok it looks good admitedly but still it falls short of uncharted 1 standards...
oh well dream on...
if you tell me this http://www.videogameszone.d... is as good as this http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/im... then you are blind

[etownone]

judging by the pics you posted, in does look better.

find better pics next time.

[Pistolero]

Funny...the Enslaved shot does look better....you might want to go hand pick another screenshot to try and prove your biased opinion.

[CoxMulder]

Yeah, Meryl could definitely learn a lesson or two in trolling from you 360 fanboys

[etownone]

Game looks amazing ... but the video was crap.

[wissam]

That is uncharted 2 0n sd tv.

[bjornbear]

its a year too late...there's a new standard now

[Keltik82]

The game does look beautiful it honestly does, but it's not UC2 just yet. Animations aren't as good either, honestly. It looks appealing though! Also, it doesn't have to have the best graphics to be great ya know? UC2 is just one of those games that are just so impressive that I'm hoping UC3 will be able to stay on that level of story telling! Seriously, the telling of that story was so freaking awesome not to mention the overall gaming experience, I honestly believe that is a true Next-Gen game.

Also, if I get disagree's I really don't care lol, it's my very own opinion and I learned not to care about what other people think of what I say and honestly it's worked out so far.

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Eh, no.

[jaosobno]

Not gonna happen, it's not PS3 exclusive. X360 will never see anything that looks even close to U2. Plus, I've seen the video. Looks like utter crap.

[Subzero200x]

This game must really be amazing for a tomb raider rip off is it's not special as pc games have been done games way better than this for years.

[Karum]

I'll reserve judgement on that statement until the game is released but I have to say, Ninja Theory made a graphically beautiful game in Heavenly Sword for the PS3 and the console will be much easier to program for now than it was back then.

Not to mention HS was a really really good game so I have high hopes for Enslaved.

[rbrtchng]

But Uncharted 2's art direction is almost on par with its technical graphics, which is leaps and bounds better than what Enslaved has shown through its trailers.

[prettyboy1]

but thats also how games get crucified dante's inferno anyone?

[Dance]

enslaved looks beautiful

[xg-ei8ht]

Difficult or not, was one hell of a game, yes they could have made it harder. And would be good if they did.

There are some set pieces, but the same can be said of HL2.

Easy as hell, linear, set pieces in places. Was the easiest Ai i've ever played against.

But still a great game. Although the first was better.

[SnakePlissken]

looks bad @ss!!! if it looks that good now, imagine what it will look like when its released. artwork and backrounds look intense, vibrant colors!

[Figboy]

Enslaved = Unreal Engine 3

Uncharted 2 = Best looking video game ever created.

Heavenly Sword looks better than Enslaved.

It's no coincidence that both Uncharted and Heavenly Sword use their own proprietary engines, optimized to run on the PS3.

Even to this day, Heavenly Sword is a beautiful game.

Funny how everyone wants to lavish praise on Ninja Theory NOW that they're multi-platform, but hand nothing but vitriol to say about them just 3 years ago, in 2007 when Heavenly Sword released as a PS3 exclusive.

Enslaved has a very interesting concept, and I'm looking forward to it because I believe in Ninja Theory, but I don't need any baseless comparisons with Uncharted. ESPECIALLY when it's fueled by nothing but screenshots; even to this day, there isn't another game out that looks as good in motion, and is doing as many things on screen at once with that level of detail as Uncharted: http://playstationlifestyle... now imagine this in MOTION, and remember that it's all real time, as you are controlling Nathan through this entire section.

Enslaved most certainly looks really nice, but not nearly as good as Heavenly Sword, or either of the Uncharteds. If Ninja Theory were using their own engine again, then maybe (as Heavenly Sword has some rather amazing animation itself), but they are not.

[MadMan00]

Leave now, game has not came out yet so you have no idea.

HEY lets say Final Fantasy Versus XIII looks like total crap too...oh wait...

[ChickeyCantor]

"Enslaved = Unreal Engine 3

Uncharted 2 = Best looking video game ever created. "

Yeah...cause thats how we compare games....

[maniacmayhem]

The Sony Brigade will not like this!

[MadMan00]

You know I see people praise uncharted for graphics but not one time have I heard anyone say anything about the game it's self.

I thought FFXIII honestly looked better.

To bad they both suck.

[ElementX]

The real quote is "as beautifully animated as Uncharted", they're not talking graphics in general, simply the animation.

[Demons Souls]

They're wrong either way.

[LinuxGuru]

Well I can already tell the poly count is lower...but the lighting, textures, set pieces and facial animation (which was awesome in heavenly sword) should be great.

[gameraxis]

i really don't want to even explain, as i don't feel its warranted... i'll just give an LOL... look at the debut trailer... unreal engine is GARBAGE and needs to be scrapped! there are games on 360 that look way better than the dull dirty blocky look the unreal engine shows... halo reach anyone? same thing goes for bullet storm and gears...

[R_aVe_N]

I don't think this game will sell even as well as Heavenly Sword did. I predict much much worse sales... Don't get me wrong I really liked Heavenly Sword I just don't think this even compares to that... So how would it compare to Uncharted?

[8thnightvolley]

lets see the game in action first

[ReBurn]

First I've heard of this game. Hope it doesn't suck.

[jlemdon]

I have both UC 1and 2 while they're technical aspects of how a developer should do exclusives, that doesn't mean that enslave isn't as good looking as UC series!!! SMH

[Thoreau]

ok but not genre defining. all i can see is buy a ps3

[N4BmpS]

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, a game can be as beautiful as Uncharted 2(at least almost), it's not unachievable. When I seen the trailer for this game it reminded me a lot of U2, Clearly they were inspired by Naughty Dog and I'm glad to see that they were taking notes, I respect Ninja Theory, Sony should have bought them.

[baodeus]

Didn't they say they going to try to show muscle stretching and such during movement, which could be interesting.

Animation so far is the best in Assassin Creed, UC2 animation is still rather stiff (better than UC1 though) except during cut scene. Overall, the detail, story and voice acting are top notch. RE5 has the best realistic texture (even during close up) and lighting (yeah better than the painted blob of circle in KZ2), KZ2 has best effects (particles, wind, etc....). Just start playing AW, so i would say AW has the best atmosphere so far.

[jalen247]

I doubt it. Heavenly Sword is a graphical power house. But Enslaved is not. Why you ask? One game is a PS3 exclusive while the other game is multiplatform with the weaker 360 as the lowest denominator using Unreal Engine 3. Enreal Engine 3 is no match for proprietery PS3 Engines.

Besides visually Enslaved does not look as good as Heavenly Sword let alone Uncharted or Uncharted 2

[dkgshiz]

Every game claims to have UC2 or KZ2 like graphics. Then it fails to deliver. Like Alan Wake.

[baodeus]

although it doesn't really run in full 720p, it does have better AA (4xMSAA). Remedy did put a lot of details into the games as well, no less than UC2. The atmosphere and overall art sure beat UC2 though (it look much more realistic) and the scale of the game is much larger than UC2 (don't believe me, just go play the dam game, go around and explore the environment then come back to tell me about it, zoom in zoom out ----> just like GoW3 showing its impressive scale). It could use some better voice acting from UC2 though but that pretty much it.

The thing is, both developers (ND and Remedy) has put so much time and effort into their games and it shows. You guys just can't appreciate anything if it is not on your choice of console. Get that stupidity fanboy state of mind out of your head. Be a gamer man, not some idiots following anything the corporate told you to do. Are you guys robots incapable of thinking?

[CharlesDCI]

One thing that people are not keeping in mind is that KZ2, GOW 3, and UC2 are BIG games. Uncharted 2 is 25gb and God of War 3 I believe is 30gb. You want mind-blowing graphics? , well that means you will have to put a lot of memory into the graphics engine. In other words, a multi-platform game will not match UC2 graphically because it is using the DVD 9 as the lowest common denominator. I'm not talking trash or anything, just sick of people looking at games through fuzzy glasses just to have some kind of comparison.

Why can't games just look good and be left at that.

[iliimaster]

aaaaaaaaand everyone suffers it starts to look sub hd yet again... darn that DVD9
i wonder if these guys feel embarrassed after crap like that... dont get me wrong heavenly sword was beautiful... but it was on the ps3...

[makeminemarvel]

Just not feeling it to be fair.

[ironmonkey]

they made heavenly sword which still to me looks amazing. you never know, ninja theory may have pretty good skills to

[dkgshiz]

This game might stink. It just seems to have that stinky look to it.

[xskipperx82]

oh noes! Someone in this world think theres a game out there that looks better than Uncharted?!?!?! Mario Galaxy 2 looks better than Uncharted because of the art direction. Same for Shadow of the Colossus and God of War 3.

[theone26]

Enslaved does look nice but it's not UC2 good, not by a long shot still.

[Traveler]

Umm I won't know until I play it. So far it looks really fantastic though. I'm keeping this game on my radar.

[Traveler]

I just read the actual preview and it really sounds great.

Here are a few excerpts:

"It really does look triple-A quality - and at times even manages to challenge Nathan Drake's PS3 genre-topper in sheer epic-ness."

"The set pieces we saw were absolutely of Uncharted's calibre. If the rest of Enchanted to can match up to these mammoth standards, then we'll be in for a treat."

[Voiceofsoi]

All these 'This multi-platform game looks just as good as Uncharted' nonsense is a ploy for Microsoft to have ammunition over the PS3 as it slowly overtakes the 360 in popularity and sales with all the 90+ rated, award winning first-party games it's been churning out since 2009. You think gaming websites are unbiased? Please, they cling to whoever is making the most money in their respective countries. Everyone over at (insert well-established gaming website) has a free Xbox Live subscription.

However, these 'X will never have better graphics than Y' claims hold no water, But you won't get games looking as good as Uncharted 2 for the Xbox until early 2011 at best. PS3 is more powerful. Fact. but the whole 'limited by the console' thing is absolute bollocks.

I'm fresh out of Uni at the moment, in the process of starting a game developing company of my own, and let me tell you, saying 'This game uses 100% of this console's power' is like a writer saying his first novel is his 'bestseller'. Almost EVERY game nowadays uses 100% of that consoles power, what the game DOES with that power determines how good the graphics are.

Graphics will get better for ALL consoles until the day they go obsolete. The difference between the 360 and the PS3 is that the PS3 won't go obsolete as a gaming platform, probably for another 10 years. Hell, the computers used to render 4000k CG with film at real-time are only just a bit more powerful then the PS3 and and they were made in friggin' 2010 for non-consumers only! the Xbox 540 could be released in 2012 and have DOUBLE the power of the 360 and the PS3 could still hold a candle to it. So yeah, PS3 wins, sorry 360 guys, but there you go - from the mouth of a Dev - or soon to be Dev hopefully :)

[jc48573]

it's funny cause Ninja Theory is simply doing a re-imagining of Monkey King from Journey to the West. He uses a staff as a weapon and he has that circlet that drives his mind crazy (I guess it controls him in this game). Ninja Theory even borrowed the name Heavenly Sword (the full name is Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre FYI), which also comes from another famous Chinese tale.

[aragednet]

As Uncharted 1? Welcome to the 3 years ago

[matey]

THE LAST GUARDIAN on ps3 will be the best graphics at the show full stop yet it wont be as good as zelda wii/gears of war 3/crysis 2 ect sorry graphics will be immence on these 3 games aswell.Amazing graphics are amazing graphics thats that really sony have gone down hill since ps3,Trying to be known for the best graphics makes most of your games play rubbish ect.
There needs to be a balance and since the ps2 sony havnt continued that balance they used to have, Too much concentration on graphics and guess what its made them last place and this generation will be over soon enough lets say 2012,Two and a half years tech in consoles will be way more powerful then ps3 so it wasnt really woth it was it.

[hassi94]

99% of you are complete and utter IDIOTS. If you'd bothered to look at the article you'd see that the quote in the title didn't ever come from Ninja Theory at all, and that a journalist from CVG (Andy) actually said it is 'as beautifully animated as Uncharted'. ANIMATED!

So first of all guys, you're all commenting on the wrong quote. Second, all of you saying 'this is typic PR bullshit' 'devs hyping themselves up by comparing themselves with a PS3 exclusive' can all just shut the hell up because Ninja Theory NEVER said this.

I want to smack almost every single one of you across the face, you are just so ignorant. Uncharted 2 is a magnificent game in terms of graphics but it's not God's gift to gaming. Something WILL beat it, even if it takes until next generation! You don't need to be crying your eyes out when it does get beat, you should embrace it because in the end, we're the ones who are going to be playing it!!!

/rant

[CrIpPeN]

I doubt it! But we will see.

[kasasensei]

"Enslaved 'as beautiful as Uncharted'‎"
LOL of the day.
Maybe he should play uncharted2 for real....

Game design, character design, animation, sounds, creativity..... everything is light years away from being as gorgeous as Uncharted 2.... Wait, maybe he was talking about Uncharted1? lol

[xg-ei8ht]

Maybe he meant colour wise.

I still think Uncharted beats most games hands down.

I'm not going to mention a game on pc that starts with a C.

Find something new already pc guys.

[0LDSCH00L]

Third party PS3 only dev makes a multi-plat game that looks better than anything currently on the PS3 and fanboys feel threatened. I've always said that the PS3 has the most talented developers.

[Jamaicangmr]

It looks damn good. The particle effects the colours artstyle. Ninja Theory really trying to make a point with this one.