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Top 5 Fire Graphics This Gen

A reader says " As with water , fire is also hard to replicate in games, with so many physical attributes and properties like fire inflaming other objects in the game world and fire spreading, fire is essential for many things like explosions or a game which utilizes the fire element, or they can just be lazy and add generic 2D pixalated sprite.."

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The_Zeitgeist - 98 days 17 hours ago

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1 - Another bad list of elements

Far Cry 2 should be first given all the dynamics that go into the fire. It's an open world game which means that the fire is not just some scripted event for a few minutes. Also I'd even say Killzone 2 should be higher than Alone in the dark.

It's funny how this site got hits off of their water article so now they do fire. I guess next we shall see snow and ice. Let me guess Lost Planet is number 1?

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sunil - 98 days 13 hours ago

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No Uncharted, MSG4 hmm....

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jammy_70 - 98 days 13 hours ago

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1.2 - world at war!? haha wat a terrible list

no uncharted, gears, mgs4..... ohhhhh, its fire, i thought it was just graphics lol

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Raf1k1 - 98 days 11 hours ago

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Yeah FarCry2 has the best fire so far.

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NoBias - 98 days 11 hours ago

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1.4 - Yeah not too good of a list

I tell you what though, I'm still shocked at the graphics behind Resident Evil 5 (Graphics in general). They looked amazing, IMO. I think given the right IP, Capcom could be in a position to turn a lot of heads with MT Framework 2.0

I hope Dark Void ends up being fun...

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Close_Second - 98 days 10 hours ago

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1.5 - @NoBias

RE5 graphics looked great but were totally gimped. Clipping issues, you couldn't walk through bushes and those you could walk through did not react at all. The water effects again were last gen, sure they looked good but when you interacted with the water the splash/ripple effect was laughable.

RE5 game graphics were far too scripted. You could only open doors or smash windows that they wanted you to. Play the game 50 times it will be the same experience 50 times.

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NoBias - 98 days 9 hours ago

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1.6 - Yeah that's true

But it was nice to look at haha. I tried interacting with a lot, with not too much success as you've mentioned. One cool thing that I did find was when you walk through certain areas that were dripping that black ooze substance, if you stood under it, it would drip onto you. Nothing major but kinda cool seeing as how I wasn't expecting it considering how still everything else is in the game.

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ZBlacktt - 98 days 3 hours ago

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Yes it's says this gen. But, check out MGS3 for the PS2. There's a boss in there called Fury ( sure many know of the battle with Snake ). Man, this is epic fire for a PS2 gen time frame.

starts at the 4:37 mark

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

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Darkeyes - 98 days 17 hours ago

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Sorry... KZ2 should be first.... Thats the most realistic fire effect I have seen....

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YellowLightzOfDeath - 98 days 13 hours ago

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2.1 - I hate to disagree

But i dont think killzone had the best fire. Hell even uncharted 2 seems to have a little better fire from the explosions.

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cyclindk - 98 days 13 hours ago

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I agree that Killzone 2 had the technically most advanced fire effects for consoles, i.e dynamic lighting on ALL objects including individuals that are on fire and the surroundings, this included proper "movement" of the fire depending on wind or if a person was moving while on fire, you know, running around and so on.

Far Cry 2 wins it for me, it was semi-dynamic, very realistic looking most of the time and fun to use/see.

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Poopface the 2nd - 98 days 12 hours ago

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2.4 - really?

I just finished killzone 2 today and actually stopped and looked at the fire and thought "this is some poor looking fire." I was looking at something that was on fire in the level(a burning drop ship I think) and not a burning person so maybe thats why it looked bad. I actually thought the fire in KZ 2 stood out as pretty bad compared to everything else around it.

edit-- yes kale Ive seen the flamethrower in gears but im not sure why you bring it up. I never said it was better and gears 2 isnt on this list. I think that KZ 2 looked great but the fact everything looked great made the poor looking fire stand out. I looked at a burning thing and really thought it wasnt up to par with the rest of the game. Not just the flamethrower counts a fire effects, but also when there is something burning like a crashed dropship, I noticed the fire to be pretty bad.

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cyclindk - 98 days 12 hours ago

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@Poopface the 2nd -

Oh yeah, "placed" fire effects are pretty static and poor to see and I admit that the flamethrower effects aren't that "spectacular" to see like from a movie or something (Aliens) but just from a TECHNICAL aspect it is pretty advanced stuff. Personally, I would have preferred a slightly dumbed down flamethrower in favor of a more spectacular version.

Maybe they'll achieve both in the sequel.

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kalebgray92 - 98 days 12 hours ago

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have you seen gears 2 fire... its like paper thin lmfao

lmao look at this picture it is 4616 x 2760
http://www.xboxer.tv/gears-...

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Lich120 - 98 days 12 hours ago

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@kale

Are you talking about the flamethrower in gears 2? Because I thought they did a pretty good job with that. It was a good mix of realism with enough solidity to the fire so you could really tell where you were shooting it.

While I liked the flamethrower in KZ2 I found I kept burning myself because it was less obvious where the flames were. But also, you can't pepper the environment with flames in gears like you can in KZ2. I liked both the flamethrowers for their different reasons. They both had very different feels.

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Pandamobile - 98 days 16 hours ago

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HL2: Episode 2 has surprisingly good fire.

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Bubbles - 98 days 16 hours ago

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If kz2 isn't 1st I'm not even gonna waste my time reading

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callahan09 - 98 days 15 hours ago

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I played Alone in the Dark on PS3 and loved it. Very under-rated game, not quite sure why it got hated on so much. I thought it was tense and had pretty good graphics, and yeah, the fire in the game was really awesome.

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EvilTwin - 98 days 13 hours ago

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Bioshock did well in both fire and water lists. And it has better art direction than just about anything else out this gen, too, IMO.

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YellowLightzOfDeath - 98 days 13 hours ago

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7 - This is how the list should be.......

taking first place for water and fire this gaming generation should be bioshock. In terms of visual design Gears 2. UFC undisputed for blood effects, Halo3 for grass effects, Forza for car designs.

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DlocDaBudSmoka - 98 days 13 hours ago

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7.1 - @ YLOD

quick cover up, your fanboy is showing.

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FlipMode - 98 days 13 hours ago

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So mostly 360 exclusives?

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bigboss911 - 98 days 13 hours ago

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7.3 - "forza for car designs."

um I wasnt aware that car designs came from forza, instead of GM, Ford, Porsche,Ferrari and so on. If you meant graphics than lmao you need your eyes checked.

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danthegardner - 98 days 13 hours ago

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7.4 - Halo 3 does not win grass effects

Flower does, it's grass is amazing.

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Lich120 - 98 days 12 hours ago

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I think crysis could take the win for most of the categories you listed. However, not best art direction since they were just going for real life. If I had to pick Id say best art direction goes to Cruis'n on the wii. Check it out if you don't believe me.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/no...

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Ri0tSquad - 98 days 6 hours ago

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7.7 - @YLOD

I have to admit, you never fail to make me laugh.

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QuantumWake - 98 days 13 hours ago

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Meh... Im more of a water type guy. I usually play with water than I do with fire. Smokey Bear says fire is bad.

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cyclindk - 98 days 13 hours ago

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Smokey bear eats raw meat...

Smokey bear is afraid of fire and doesn't want his prey (you) using it against him...

Smokey bear IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!

Smokey bear never had shrimp scampi slow-simmered on a low flame from Joe's Crab Shack...

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Perkel - 98 days 13 hours ago

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alone in the dark takes 1st place , good article.

fire is amazing in AitD. It feels like real fire, watch video first dumbasses

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YellowLightzOfDeath - 98 days 13 hours ago

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10 - LOL

What did i do that made you say im a fanboy? Just because i have opinions? seriously i said nothing disrespectful towards watever system. I just simply stated opinions and facts.

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skribz - 98 days 13 hours ago

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are you a retard?

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TheBlackSmoke - 98 days 10 hours ago

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bubbles to skribz LMAO

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Sangria - 98 days 13 hours ago

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FarCry 2's fire is pretty impressive. The overall game is not fantastic, but some graphical aspects are well done, even on consoles.

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_IFRIT_ - 98 days 13 hours ago

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12 - LOL @ KZ2

the fire effects looked like low res ASS

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Aquarius - 98 days 13 hours ago

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This is not fire but Ucharted's black smoke effect after the explosions are impressive.

It somehow reminds me of that black smoke in LOST lol.

@ YellowLightz

Flower wins the award for grass effects. Guess what? It's not possible on the 360 :P

Edit: Disagrees? Yes becuase we all know Flower is possible on the 360 sarc/

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
let me spin it for you. its too cartoony :)

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TheBlackSmoke - 98 days 10 hours ago

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i heard someones talking about me...

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kingme71 - 98 days 12 hours ago

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Tomb Raider:Underworld had some good fire. I don't recall how good anymore, but I remember thinking it was good at the time I played it.

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ico92 - 98 days 12 hours ago

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alone in the dark is a pretty sh!tty game but the fire effects were amazing the way it would lick the walls and cause the enviroment to fall apart wow, its funny because the game boasted the term "real world rules" but the only thing real world was the fire, everything else was just average game physics(some overexagerated like the driving) its amazing how the game developers spent more time on the fire physics than they did on actual gameplay mechanics and story telling, what we got was a c@ppy game but with the best fire effects in gaming ,kinda funny.

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Wolf873 - 98 days 11 hours ago

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15.1 - Did you play the PS3 version?

If so, you would find that it greatly improves upon many things that littered the PC and 360 versions of the game. The story is your usual B-movie script with forced swearing and bad guy wins ending, but overall game isn't bad. The score for the game suits it. It has many neat features and more ways to go about accomplishing things.

Try PS3 version, you can find this game for as low as $20 now, and you can't go wrong with that.

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sandip787 - 98 days 12 hours ago

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little big planet had good fire effects.

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ico92 - 98 days 11 hours ago

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17 - @YellowLightzOfDeath

halo 3 best grass effects? have you ever heard of a game called flower? funny because thats a downloadble psn game lol @ halo 3 ,and gears of war best visual design please there are wii games with a more appealing art style than gears of war 2 and sorry i dont mean to be a sony fanboy but killzone 2 does take the spot for best blood effects if you try to look at the close details you can see the blood dry up on the floor and slowly becomes transparent even on foot prints pretty cool efect also FEAR has some pretty nice blood effects

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Wolf873 - 98 days 11 hours ago

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18 - Well Alone in the dark does have neat fire effects,

basically fire was the whole focus point of destroying your enemies with, so of course it's going to be better.

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peeps - 98 days 11 hours ago

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i thought ppl actually put killzone 2 down for having bad fire effects lol anyway the list is about right tbh although looking at the vids again i think i'd rate far cry 2's fire as number 1. just the way the wind took it and the graphics in that game are incredible.

it looks good in alone in the dark but fc2 looks better over all imo + when he's actually lighting the fire with the lighter it doesn't look all that great in alone in the dark

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STICKzophrenic - 98 days 11 hours ago

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I thought the fire in Dead Space was pretty nice looking.

Worst fire I've seen in a while is Left 4 Dead. Holy sh*t that game has some of the ugliest fire I've seen in a long time. It looks like it should be on Genesis or SNES.

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bjornbear - 98 days 11 hours ago

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21 - yay far cry 2

I sit infront of the fire in the game n use it as a digital fire to keep me warm...it works =D

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PS360WiiRocks - 98 days 4 hours ago

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without reading I'm going to say Bishock and Far cry 2

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