Arcania: Gothic 4 - PC vs. Xbox 360 Graphics-Comparison - Xbox 360 looses

Arcania: Gothic 4 is available for both PC and Xbox 360. But which platform offers the better graphics? Obviously it's the PC but the Xbox 360 looses hard. Check the link to compare for yourself. Just click into the gallery to get a higher resolution.

[big_silky]

no shit

[toaster]

I really don't understand why people keep making PC vs console articles. All it shows is how much more powerful PCs are when it comes to graphics and how far console graphics are lagging behind.

The textures look horrendous on 360.

[NMC2007]

It's because PC folks need to constantly remind everybody how powerful PCs are(even though console folks don't give a shit), even though EVERYONE knows that something that can be updated on a constant basis will probably be a bit better than something that cannot be updated at all(hardware).

Hey! Let's compare Weinerschnitzels Chili Cheese Dogs to Lunchables Hot Dogs.

[Perjoss]

i played both 360 and PC demos, the PC does look much nicer but i dont think the 360 one is ugly at all, but there is a frame rate issue on the 360. I really liked the demo, specially the game world and combat, dialog was terrible though and voice acting was not great either, im still going to buy it, but not sure which version im going to get as i do like gaming on my sofa / couch :)

[NecrumSlavery]

The PS3 vs PC articles were a big hit, so no the 360 wanting in on it. But compare the latest racing game on PC on the highest settings to GT5 on PS3.

[Rainstorm81]

if you want to do a fair PC, 360, PS3 compairison do it on a PC with specs from 05-06......

[imvix]

@rainstorm

Why compare hardware from 2006 no ones gonna be buying such old hardware.

If you must compare 2006 hardware even then the pc will still win. Hardware far more advanced was already available. Notice how pc gamers were playing games in 1080p even during that time. Consoles still hardly play 5% of their games in 1080p.

[Chris_TC]

Some of these screenshots make it quite obvious how important VRAM is. The difference in texture resolution is staggering, for example in this shot:
http://www.pcgames.de/Arcan...

[hennessey86]

its slow as hell

[JsonHenry]

A more interesting article would have been to lower the PC settings one a time until it looked identical to the 360 and then post what those settings are.

[Bolts]

Seriously the PC wins again? No way!

[ndibu]

It should tighten then

[imvix]

Xbox lost really hard when it came to Risen as well, this isnt a surprise. Graphics aside there is no replacing the mouse and keyboard for this game.

[JsonHenry]

Divinity 2 was a WIDE margin in favor of the PC as well.

[Nihilism]

But that game sucked balls...the graphics were horrendus even if it did look better. That game was by far the worst RPG i've ever played.

[a08andan]

Here is a link for a translation from german to english :P

http://translate.google.se/...

[gillri]

errmrm ok

[120FPS]

That should be loses, not looses

[SexyPrawns]

Haha. Sorry. I posted at the same time as you.

[SexyPrawns]

It's "loses", not "looses".

[Dnied]

No point correcting people, you're probably the first few I've seen in like 10 years that know how to spell "lose" lol

no joke either.. I just gave up trying to correct people, its more humorous this way anyway

[lucifon]

PC is always going to trump the console verison. That said with Gothic the large difference between the two is more down to a rushed console port. I seriously worry about the PS3 version and how that'll turn out, as everyone knows how rushed development processes turn out on the hardware. It's a real shame the devs didn't put in the time to truly optimise the game for both consoles, it's a nice looking and enjoyable title.

So far I don't think i've ever seen a traditional european RPG be properly ported on consoles.

[ramiuk1]

1st off who cares, pretty sad these comparisons

also i dotn see much difference,both look crap and when im sat on my sofa with kid of wife playing on my huge tv with surround sound i enjoy my 360 that cost less than £150
or play on a pc that cost over £1000,
hmmm let me think... tv,family,sofa sounds better

online community is pathetic these days, everything is a comparrison, if u a gamer it dont matter,only the idiots care about this stuff

true gamers are hard to come by these days

[PrinceOfAnger]

i come...

[John-117]

i came...

[ryuzu]

Um - ya know these days, it's just as easy to hook up your PC to your TV as an xbox. Not only that, but you get a ton more higher quality content on PC all at little or no cost....

So, unless you have a PS3 already, I'd recommend you disconnect the 360 and plug in your PC to that TV in front of the sofa and enjoy.

r.

[Silly gameAr]

Man. This is out of control.

[dkgshiz]

Of course it lost. These comparisons are really retarded now. Especially if there from some generic German sites.

[lexington]

Wow there was such a difference that I thought I was seeing ps3 lose again to 360.

[foker]

Why are pc settings on low? It looks way way,.. better than this,.. It is actually really beautiful,.. dumb-ed down Gothic,..but still ok,..

Runs like shit imo,. hope the patch comes today that improves performance on multicores,.. as they promised,..

[stubbed_out]

There's a bit more crunch to the PC version but nothing that drastic, it's not as if its a massive flagship game. I remember when the comparisons between FIFA 2000 came up...had to buy a pc.

[maniac76]

why on earthou would a 360 game look better than a pc graphics,but im sure if they took the time the ps3 version would look way better than xbox,but in most cases devs are to lazy to exploit ps3 corectly and we only have a handful of ps3 titles that godly

[foker]

would not get my hopes up,.. Runs like shit on both platforms,.. Really hoping for pc patch today,.. because performance is pure shit on multicores,..

[Capdastaro]

Top quality control ladies and gents...

[Hades1337]

Why do they even bother to release a 360 version anyway? Gothic 3 was buggy as hell, and I bet this one will be the same.

[lochdoun]

Sorry but I do not take any anti-xbox article seriously that spells loses as looses.
Nice try, nothing to see here folks. Moving on...

[ranmafandude]

when it comes to multiplatform games. i though people would have realized this by now. i guess not cause it's still going lol.

[visualb]

up next, HD tv's look better than SD tv's.

[Corrwin]

I was expecting a vaster difference (Dragon Age PC/360 difference), however the 360 holds its own. Though we don't know what the performance is.

That per-object shadow thing the 360 does just makes the image look muddy. Is the this then new Anti-Aliasing? As in, if you're not using it, your game automatically looks terrible?

Looking forward to the PS3 port to decide what platform to get it on.

[Ashriel]

Whoopty Fuckin' Doo

[Bounkass]

Xbox 360 always loses... Also, people seem to forget PC's are just much more powerful machines... No wonder PC version looks better. Probably higher resolution and AA too...