Top-10 graphic fails in the first half of 2010

Videogameszone is showing the top-10 graphic fails of 2010 so far. They are including Singularity and Alan Wake as well as PS3 version of Red Dead Redemption or Final Fantasy 13 for Xbox 360.

[MariaHelFutura]

The PS3 version of RDR isn`t that much different than the 360 version, I`ve played both on the same TV.

Graphic Fail. Crackdown 2, the game looks worse than Crackdown 1. How that`s possible, I don`t know.

[piroh]

i'm glad N4G is so popular in Germany but this translation is kinda strange

[mikeslemonade]

Splinter Cell, wow..., that is a fail right there. Heavy looks good but should have looked better. God of War 3, I expected it too exceed Uncharted 2 but it didn't. Mass Effect 2 does the xbox 360 justice. Alan Wake, pretty good for a 360 game. Red Dead looks alright for a sandbox game. Crackdown 2, what a freaking joke! Final Fantasy 13 looks bad on both systems and it's Microsofts fault for convincing Sqaure Enix to make it multiplatform.

[Theonetheonly]

i always find this website community similar to my memories of being in elementary school.

we'd play games and make S%$t up and pick on the weaker guy and act like we were the best and take sides and pull FALSE/facts out of our ass to justify our selection on who the better group of friends was because the other group was gay. when in reality we were just a bunch of kids spouting s%^t about stuff we didn't know or understand because it was what everyone else was doing.

Any Excuse to feel superior. ps3= popular group leader 360 = less popular group leader. Fanboys= either kids groupies (Followers)

PC=daddy comes to pick them up from school

what other reason do you have to pick on an inanimate object? to feel better about your little retarded clan.

[Shepherd 214]

Very well said. Bubbles to you.

[Commander_TK]

Last Rebillion is the worst graphic fail in 2010.

PS3 fanboy: Wait, it´s a PS3 exlusive! How´s that possible??!!

Intelligent and open-minded gamer: Well, not everything PS3 exclusive related is god´s gift to gaming. Oh, and if u take those Sony fanboy glasses off, then it would help.

[NastyLeftHook]

Has T o Be FF13 FOR 360.

[SephireX]

FFXIII doesn't look bad on 360 when you compare it to other 360 games. In comparison to the PS3 version, it is a fail though. Some people who own bought consoles actually bought the 360 version. I can't understand these people. Maybe they think the lower resolution = better. Lol.

[-MD-]

"Some people who own bought consoles actually bought the 360 version"

I assume you meant both. I bought it for my 360 instead of my PS3 for the achievements and the controller. Also to support RPGs on the 360.

[Ocelot525]

@above
that's just dumb

achievements
576p
inferior shadows
VHS quality cutscenes

VS

trophies
720p gameplay
better shadows
1080p uncompressed movies

and you choose the 360?!

[nickjkl]

woah ocelot when did 720p become vhs quality

besides final fantasy 13 was not all that the white engine only used 4 of the 6 spus

[Ocelot525]

where do I state that FF13 has very good graphics on the PS3? I said it was much better than the 360 version but it has poor graphics when you compare it to KZ2

and btw, the cutscenes of the 360 FF13 are heavily compressed(in the dusty old bink codec) 576p quality

[PirateThom]

Yeah, the 360 version doesn't even have HD cutscenes. 1080p cutscenes, 720p gameplay on PS3 vs 567p on 360 for both.

[CernaML]

"and the controller."

I don't see how that 360 controller is good for anything other than shooters.

[Spydiggity]

it's a weak comparison. the game looks crap on both systems. the fact that the resolution is better and the cut scenes are a little better means very little. if he wants to play it on 360 over ps3, that's up to him...not you.

i got it for ps3 over 360 and after playing it i thought to myself, if this is the better version, i'd be scared to see it on the other system...then i did and i barely saw a difference. somewhat noticeable, but hardly a deal breaker.... FF 13 is a crappy game regardless of what platform you play it on.

and don't give me that "it gets better after the first 20 hours." it got a little better, sure. but why on earth should a person have to sit through 20 hours of a little cry baby kid and a buncha characters that make no sense go through one of the worst "turn based" combat systems just to get to a slightly better part.

lets drop the ps3 vs 360 thing when it comes to ff 13...doesn't matter which system you got it on, you got screwed.

@Cerna: that's YOUR preference. i really don't get fanboys. the way something feels to you is not how it necessarily feels to someone else. how is that hard to understand?

[sikbeta]

Definitely, the x360 version of FF13 was a complete shame compared to the PS3 Version...

O-T

·Alpha Protocol was lame in both versions
·RDR, I give you that, it isn't the first time R* do a non favorable version for the PS3, they did it with GTA IV as well
·AW, Idk...
·FF13, the x360 version is completely awful compared to the PS3 version
·Dark Void, Idk, besides the game was lame, so no-1 cares
·Nier, Pffft, another lame game that no-1 cares, arguing about its graphics is a waste of time
·Pure Football?, [?]
·Sniper: Ghost Warrior, Idk
·Singularity, Idk

[Newtype]

" assume you meant both. I bought it for my 360 instead of my PS3 for the achievements and the controller. "

Are you BSing here? FOR THE CONTROLLER? Are you THAT of a delusional fanboy? The pad on the 360 SUCKS for Final Fantasy, you must be new to Final Fantasy to be playing it on the 360. I've played it on the 360 and GOD DAMN that PAD sucks ass. Feels great for shooters, but really frustrating as hell to use for Final Fantasy. Crap makes you move your thumb downwards...wtf?

Also for achievements? Have you NOT done your research? On the PS3, there's actually free unlockables that come out of getting the trophies. Achievements give you jack #&^*.

[ico92]

"I don't see how that 360 controller is good for anything other than shooters"

Yeah has anyone actually used the 360 controller in fighting games ? its absolutley horrible, especially in SF4

[CernaML]

lmao Yeah! It's MY preference. Why are you getting your panties all up in a bunch about it? Why call me a fanboy? I was just being honest. I don't see how that controller is good for anything other than shooters. FFXIII + 360 controller..? They just don't go together. Excuse me for having a preference like YOU stated. lol

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

they made crackdown 2 way too cartoony looking

[gypsygib]

I definitely agree that Crackdown 2 should be on there, it looks like crap but PS3 RDR deserves a spot on that list too, it is noticeably worse looking and sub-HD.

[RonRico]

way better than than the last GTA and everybody thinks that game looked good for some reason.

[ranmafandude]

how is it possible for a sequel's graphics to look worse than it's predecessor?isn't the game like 3 gigabytes in size that's the smallest dvd game i ever heard of lol.

[Kleptic]

haha thats not much more than FFVII on the PS1...

[Buller_Proofish]

only two cutscenes might have something to do with it lol.

[gtamike]

crackdown 2, any Halo and games running HD as low as 500p range

[SOAD]

Halo games look really good. Low resolutions, yes, but the game looks great.

[MysticStrummer]

Gotta love it when people say "graphic fail" about a game when a side by side comparison is needed to see the difference, as in most 360/PS3 multiplats. PS3's RDR should not be on this list and neither should Alan Wake. My God, Google... get a new translator.

[ElementX]

I don't mind the Crackdown 2 graphics. So many haters don't even own it but they comment based off of reviews and screen shots. It's not a beautiful game, I'll give you that, but I like the cel-shading even if it is simplistic.

[scar-leg]

My girlfriend's brother has it, and when I was round there, he was playing it. I have to say I was shocked at the graphics. It felt like the PS2 days :P

[gypsygib]

Or maybe rentals and demo's proved the graphics are arse.

[HolyOrangeCows]

Alan Wake's resolution (960x540) was just pretty much a few pixels away from being SD. I don't care if it had 4xAA, that's like giving a ps2 game 4xAA.

Pretty sad, considering it's an exclusive.

[palaeomerus]

It's really stupid that you say stuff like that.

320x480x2 is NOT a few pixels away from 960x540, Alan Wake's main frame buffer is 960x540 but it does a LOT of post with that, does more lighting than most other games, and best of all, Alan Wake doesn't look ANYTHING like a PS2 game. Anyone who says it does is a freaking brainwashed idiot who probably never even looked at it.

[SonyPS360]

This is the dumbest, most ignorant post I've read all week.

[Bobbykotickrulesz]

@Sony360

Yours is the second dumbest lol. I kid I kid. You're actually pretty neat.

[Arnon]

Dear god. Someone who actually knows a thing or two about technology. I'm glad to see that there are people out there who have actually experienced Alan Wake and can say, with assertion, that they know how the game looks and it looks gorgeous.

Alan Wake supports some heavy post processing effects, as well as 4xAA and quite possibly, the best lighting a game has ever achieved on consoles.

[IRetrouk]

yeah some of it looks good, but the graphics on things like wheelbarrows and other game funiture was low texture and poly count, i have compleated the game and i loved it, but it had its flaws, lets not make it something its not.

[Denethor_II]

I bought Red Dead for my 360 and compared it to my brothers on PS3, there is quite a difference in visual quality in favour of the 360.

[Cueil]

it's mostly in the amount of objects and the lack of shadows on some things

[lonix]

on the rdr project is a xbox fanboy

[lh_swe]

No, but you are one :D.

They optimisied the engine for the 360, because it was the easiest then they tried to change and tweak to try and optimise it on the PS3, no doubt a very difficult process and viola problems arose.

[MariaHelFutura]

The 360 version of RDR definitely look better, but not that much better that`s all I was saying.

[SonyPS360]

The difference between both platform's RDD is greater than FF13, yet we don't stop hearing about FF13.

Funny that isn't it.

[Biggest]

First you say "This is the dumbest, most ignorant post I've read all week." Then you say what you just said. What you said is the dumbest, most ignorant post you've read all week.

[Odin777]

@ mikeslemonade Seriously? FF13 is one of the best looking games out on either console. I guess that's your opinion though...I'll just leave it at that.

[Quagmire]

I, Quagmire hereby sentence all articles with the title containing the following "THE TOP" - followed by any number, banned and/or ignored by N4G and its users.

All those in favour, say "I".

All those oppose, say "I HATE VIDEO GAMES" #1

[RealityCheck]

Ideally there should be a news section for actual news and announcements. As an option, there could be a section for blogs and opinion pieces. All these "TOP X" articles would fall in the opinion pieces section.

Personally, I would rather just read news and announcements.

[DelbertGrady]

If the link reads "translate.google.de +" you know what to expect.

[Kleptic]

totally agree...these things are getting beyond lame...

90% of E3 coverage of actual gameplay clips and things came from Germany?...everything over here was the big sites doing interviews; all with the same questions...and showing us nothing we cared about...this generation seems to be the end of gaming media...its little more than a joke any more...

[caladbolg777]

That it's going to be in German?

[ifhd]

I

[bjornbear]

they are pathetic. surprised im here now!

[Spenok]

I think people make these list because everyone doesnt want them, yet they still look at them anyways.

[scar-leg]

I HATE VIDEO GAMES! Lol I joke :)

[Donny]

crackdown 2

[LoaMcLoa]

,

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Uh...

No.

Just no.

[halojunkie]

Final Fantasy 13 for Xbox 360 and singularity

[muDD]

Is Alan Wake a graphical failure?? this world is full of weirdos....

[kneon]

Perhaps it's because it was over-hyped beyond all reason as a graphical masterpiece.

[Silentmerc3nary]

Alan Wake is gorgeous. Back off its nuts.

[kneon]

I never said it looked bad, there was just no way for it to live up to the graphics that people were claiming we would see.

[The Dark Knight]

only if we had more games like alan wake insted of the same FPS bs we get. I mean i thought this was next gen, when is gameplay going to be next gen insted of graphics?

[Independent_Charles]

alan wake is a really good game andhas graphics to suit

[RatFuker]

How the ef...
Is Alan Wake a graphical failure?? this world is full of weirdos....

it was hyped to death because of its graphics, and it failed. i would put singularity and final fantasy 4 xbox

[masterofpwnage]

the only possible reason for alanwake being a failure is that, it was hyped to be a ps3 exclusive killer.
like uncharted 2, but it didnt.
but maybe it was just n4g.

[muDD]

If graphix are good, then they are good... hype has nothing to do with graphix.... I don't see your logic...

[gypsygib]

Dissapointment, you were expecting great and got mediocre so naturally you disappointed with how the game looks.

[jjesso1993]

Because when Comparing alan wake to 360 games its got best graphics but when comparing to ps3 games its got shit graphics go back before it was realsed and check all n4g articles and countless of xbox 360 fanboys saying it was going to be better looking uncharted.

now thanks to them fanboys people dont think oh thats amazing grahpics for 360 they comapre it ps3 games and when comapred like that its failer grahpics 360 fans boys need stop overhyping and need realise Consoles ps3 owns grahpics if you want more PC owns them all.

[palaeomerus]

It's because dumb PS3 fanboy goons want Alan Wake to fail and insist that PS3 graphics are way way better than 360 graphics even though they clearly are not.

The hilarious truth that the cell-tards and some 360-dopes just can't face, is that BOTH HD consoles AT THEIR VERY BEST, look about like an outdated gaming PC from about four years ago.

[masterofpwnage]

http://translate.google.de/...

okay which one is ps3 version, because if its the top one then idont see what they are talking about.
yeah the floor texture is bad but look at the house and the distance view and tell me which one is better.

if they are trying to say ps3 version is worste, then they picked a bad screen.

[bjornbear]

they both looks great on the "weaker" console, just worst than their counterpart, doesn't me they looked bad

hell I still play RDR and I'm not complaining

however If i played a game that actually LOOKED bad, then yeah I'd complain, but RDR on PS3 looks amazing, even if its inferior, same for 360 FF13 im sure, probably looks better than a lot of other games on 360 ´

and how is AW a graphical failure if its one of the best looking games on 360? stupid list with some obvious games bunched with flame bait games.

[eggbert]

Because all of the xbox fanboys, and the xbox related media websites were claiming this game to be the graphical killer of PS3 exclusives such as Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, etc.

The game looks great, but it's nowhere near the graphical fidelity of the above mentioned games, so it failed to live up to its graphical hype. Technically nothing was wrong with the graphics, but the media and fanboys were expecting too much out of the game.

Same thing could be said about Haze back in the day.

And regarding the PS3 RDR, and 360 FF13, I don't really understand why those are on the list. Both games looks great, and there isn't a HUGE graphical difference between the games, so I don't know why those are on the list.

[coolbeans]

"The game looks great, but it's nowhere near the graphical fidelity of the above mentioned games..." Sorry dude but that's insanity on your part.

[SonyPS360]

Actually the game does look great. It didn't get 95% gameplay scores but the graphics were still great.

It's weird hearing this seeing as graphics are the only thing that matters to Ps3 fanboys these days.

[Jazz4108]

Bs allen wake looks real and uncharted looks like a cartoon. How the hell can u compare the two. Uncharted and uncharted 2 are miles and mile below AW graphic wise and atmousphere but I don't expect a bunch of droids to agree with me and that is what this therpy sesssion is about I mean n4g is about for sonys ego. Sorry there are a lot of other sites out there that so things a little more even and I would have to say all fanboy crap aside that uncharted is a beautifull game and so is aw and I think they both do a great job and that is my honest opinion.

[bumnut]

singularity has some of the worst textures i have ever seen on pc, still a fun game though.

[yamzilla]

540p to me is a failure on a system that keeps calling itself an HD console.

And let's be honest....the ps3 fails to deliver "hd" a lot of time too.

720p is barely HD to me.

I have 3 1080p tv's for a reason.

Well at least my 3 PC's never disappoint.

[wissam]

Leave the outdated consoles to us. we like them.

[corneliuscrust]

I would hate to be that jaded.

Lots of incredible looking games rendered at a native res below 720p

[palaeomerus]

No one cares what a failure to a "yamzilla" is though. You're you. Some faceless annoying internet dweeb who doesn't even make sense. You don't matter enough to go around setting definitions and standards for other people. Your vainglorious bleating is just pitiful and irrelevant. :)

[corneliuscrust]

should not be on that list.

[muDD]

here comes the dissagrees...

[OpenGL]

Alan Wake is in my opinion one of the most impressive games visually on consoles. It has some fantastic volumetric lighting and every object casts a high-quality dynamic shadow. The only flaws were the resolution and image tearing, both due to hardware limitations of its respective platform. If it was on the PC, it would be one of the best looking games out running at 1920x1080 with 4xAA and vert-sync.

[Kroganwrex]

Bayonetta on ps3 should be there. Rdr ps3 shouldn't and neituer shpuld Aw or singularity

[coolbeans]

You know someone's grasping for straws if you have to bring in pixel-counting even when the game still looks great.

[palaeomerus]

Yep. But that's how the fanboy game is played these days.

[RyuDrinksTheDew]

Alan Wake? are you serious?

that game looks great. it has some low res textures here and there, but overall, its one of the better looking games of 2010 imo.

[Lykon]

with another german article "Alan Wake for Xbox 360 offers as examples, although grottenschlecht textures," lol grottenschlecht textures lol

[BreakNeckSpeed]

Alan Wake is the Cover photo for this shitty translated article? Pathetic... Like the people that try to downplay the game have ever played the game. The graphics and atmosphere are the highlights.

[xg-ei8ht]

actually the missing lighting indoors in rdr in 360 version is telling, yes the ps3 is lower rez, same engine as GTA4 abit tweaked. So it still deserves to be on that list.

FF on 360 on a hdtv looks poor, there is no way around it, add in the blocky encoding, its bad.

yamzilla

There are not many games that are graphically impressive on pc anymore tbh, Crysis is way ahead of anything else on pc, by quite a margin as well.

Stalker looks crap, so does the so called realistic war game, awful textures even full up. BFBC2 looks ok, better in the sp part though.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

I'd rather play a sub-HD game over a polished turd any day!!!!

and wtf is Alan Wake on here? this screamed fanboys before I even came in here... but it is N4G afterall!

[Bobets]

Im SO glad to see Alan wake in that list, If it wasn't uber hyped by the microfags as "New graphics king!" I would have agreed that it doesn't belong there but no "Uncharted 2 killer" my ass.

Now the micro turds have started hyping multiplats because alan wank didn't live up to their little "Uncharted 2 killer" propaganda.....look how desperate they've become.

[IHateYouFanboys]

anyone putting Alan Wakes graphics in the 'fail' department instantly loses any credibility they mightve had.

[kraze07]

Like people have already said, Alan Wake is only the list because it was super hyped up and didn't deliver. Well not only did it not deliver, but it's visuals were average even for an Xbox360 game.

[JobForARockStar]

Damnn
Google translate is sooooo baddd, It's a joke trying to read that stuff. I'd much rather just skip the entire article than to try and decipher that mess.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

RDR is a gorgeous game. What are you people smoking?!?

[IHateYouFanboys]

as good as it looks, it is a disappointment on the PS3 because it doesnt look as good as the 360 version, i think thats what the article was getting at (through all the poor translation).

looks good, but was disappointing as it doesnt look as good as it should have.

[strickers]

I thought AW looked nice and RDR PS3 shouldn't be there.It's not that much worse.I wouldn't call the game gorgeous though,there are some weak elements to it's graphics.

[SpinalRemains138]

How can you guys defend a game with grottenschlecht textures?