360 HD?
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i could tell a difference on Red Faction Guerilla and i just checked WWE SVR 2010 and i could tell on that, but the likes of GTA Episodes, Skate 2 and NBA 2K9 looked all the same.
Ive never played 360 on a HD TV so im not sure. The graphics still look pretty good on a normal tv. Nothing ever lives up to what its hyped to be though.
It's just a higher resolution, nothing special. Frankly, there is no such thing as HD.
All that matters is that the textures scale properly to higher resolutions, which they do, however.. there is absolutely no anti-aliasing on console games, be it 360 or PS3. I believe some games add a form of anti-aliasing, such as a blur filter or a virtually useless super-sampling filter, but other than that there is nothing.
Seriously, aliasing gets pretty bad on consoles, and it's hard for me, as a PC gamer to not notice it 100% of the time.
When companies show screenshots of games, and they look ultra-smooth and nice, they are either rendered and fake, touched up etc., or they are run through a PC and a powerful GPU with anti-aliasing upwards to 16x or more. Consoles don't even do that, so you'll never see it as smooth as it is on the game box or screenshots they advertise. Some companies get a bit dramatic, others just touch it up a little, some don't bother at all. You can tell the ones that do, though. Remember Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's "uber scene" with the artillery strikes, viewed from a rocky mountaintop miles away? Yeah, that was fake, and rendered.
(Aliasing is Jagged edges on textures, edges, etc., for those that don't know. Hence anti-aliasing, is a render to smooth said jagged edges.)
All that matters is that the textures scale properly to higher resolutions, which they do, however.. there is absolutely no anti-aliasing on console games, be it 360 or PS3. I believe some games add a form of anti-aliasing, such as a blur filter or a virtually useless super-sampling filter, but other than that there is nothing.
Seriously, aliasing gets pretty bad on consoles, and it's hard for me, as a PC gamer to not notice it 100% of the time.
When companies show screenshots of games, and they look ultra-smooth and nice, they are either rendered and fake, touched up etc., or they are run through a PC and a powerful GPU with anti-aliasing upwards to 16x or more. Consoles don't even do that, so you'll never see it as smooth as it is on the game box or screenshots they advertise. Some companies get a bit dramatic, others just touch it up a little, some don't bother at all. You can tell the ones that do, though. Remember Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's "uber scene" with the artillery strikes, viewed from a rocky mountaintop miles away? Yeah, that was fake, and rendered.
(Aliasing is Jagged edges on textures, edges, etc., for those that don't know. Hence anti-aliasing, is a render to smooth said jagged edges.)
I never really cared. I use my PC monitor since developers seem to hate SD TV's and try their hardest to make the text too small to read.
In the end, it doesn't matter how good your graphics are. If your game isn't fun, I won't play.
Its just shameful.
EDIT: Also...
In the end, it doesn't matter how good your graphics are. If your game isn't fun, I won't play.
Yeah, agreed.Sronpop said:
Its just shameful.
EDIT: Also...
Honest answer, is Mass Effect 2 better or not as good as the first?Thaius said:
I wanna get it but i hear the ammo system lets it down a bit :s
I recently bought its fellow Bioware RPG Dragonage Origins too. that was not a smart move.
The ammo system is better than the overheating blablabla system in the first.mushupork3mpire said:
In fact, everything about the combat is better than the first.
If you are comparing the 360 HD to Blu-ray HD, true; but in fairness Youtube claimes to have HD content and that's not as good. Ok, not the same thing, but still: Hd is different depending on where it's coming from. it also depends (as mentioned above) on the quality of the graphics in the game and normally how much you spent on your TV.
However, try switching back to the regular definition on Xbox, you will notice a subtle difference
However, try switching back to the regular definition on Xbox, you will notice a subtle difference
It seems to be the newer games that it has the most effect on. that makes sense i guess.
i think this is excellent news. Thank you.Hubilub said:
I thought it was a lot better. In terms of the smoothness of gameplay, both in terms of dialogue and combat, it's much, much better. The story, as a grand narrative, is not as good as the first one, but the characters and the way they are developed makes it really, really good. Many of the RPG elements have been removed, but considering the atrocious menu system in the first game, that's not a completely bad thing.mushupork3mpire said:
Overall, it's a truly incredible game that must be played.
I got an HD TV with my 360, although I don't have it hooked up with an HDMI, and the picture looks very good.
If you really care about graphics, here's how the formula works:
Exclusive: PS3 is best always, Wii can be either great or terrible depending on if the games are from Nintendo or a third party. 360 has decent enough graphics.
Mutiplatform: Due to the games being made for DVD and then being converted to Blue-Ray, 360 graphics generally look better on mutiplatform games. Wii's generally look pretty bad.
If you really care about graphics, here's how the formula works:
Exclusive: PS3 is best always, Wii can be either great or terrible depending on if the games are from Nintendo or a third party. 360 has decent enough graphics.
Mutiplatform: Due to the games being made for DVD and then being converted to Blue-Ray, 360 graphics generally look better on mutiplatform games. Wii's generally look pretty bad.
HDMI dude! Thats what its all about. If you are unimpressed with visuals go spend money on a HDMI cable.
My PS3 + Uncharted 2 + LCD TV = Eyegasm
My PS3 + Uncharted 2 + LCD TV = Eyegasm
love the eyegasm comment.
imma gonna have to shell out for mass effect 2 everyones saying its amazing im getting a bit jealous lol. :]
imma gonna have to shell out for mass effect 2 everyones saying its amazing im getting a bit jealous lol. :]