I think that FFXIII will be a graphical show case for the PS3. That doesn't mean I have to take it as read that the footage I have seen is gameplay. I expect Killzone to have the best graphics for the PS3 of any game thus far. That doesn't mean I think it will come anywhere close to reaching the CGI trailer shown at E305. cakeorrdeath
Well, when Square are saying that it's completely real-time, and continue to update Famitsu with better and better looking scans, I believe that that is how it will finally look. Sure, I agree with you that Killzone will be PS3s best looker but not up to the CGI standards set at E3, but I disagree that we should refute developer claims of Final Fantasy's real-time status. We will see what happens with Killzone since it has much to prove, but i'm done talking about FFXIII - it has absolutely nothing to prove if we actually had a little faith in what industry reps have to say.
I didn't think we had seen any Res Evil 5 screens or footage of any kind and whilst MGS is certainly impressive the in game shots from the second trailer come nowhere close to that of FFXIII.
We have seen a trailer, possibly CGI, possibly not. We will have to wait and see. Resident Evil, like MGS, has often used the in-game engine for cutscenes (apart from the odd burst of obvious CGI). From what we can assume however, it will look stunning.
MGS4 was pre-alpha in the TGS gameplay trailer with placeholder textures. It always uses the in-game engine for cutscenes so gameplay will look like the cutscenes in the end. Cutscenes can easily be fully completed, whereas gameplay always takes time, hence Halo 3's somewhat disappointing "Et Tu Brute?" documentary.
Racing games always look more impressive visually than anything else simply because there is so little to animate. It is a bad idea to expect other genres to match the visuals from them.
I disagree. If you watch the trailer, each individual part of the suspension is forced to animate realistically and damage convincingly. With this level of detail on 22 cars at once, it's bound to put a strain on the PS3. Think of it this way - the PS3 is animating the same amount of polygons of all 22 cars in the PS2 game on just one car. That's a full 22 fold increase. And it's among the first games using SPEs too for AI and lighting effects. Crash effects are also highly detailed with super realistic physics and particle effects (see the TGS 06 trailer's crash for an idea). I agree that we can't be expecting this from all genres, but it's certainly more demanding than a JRPG which only needs character animation. F1 uses physics and AI to its fullest whereas FFXIII does not.
I don't see why I lose anything from not buying into hype and only believing what I see. If I'm wrong I can go out and buy a system. If you are wrong you may have made an incorrect purchase choice.
I don't just mean PS3 you know. I mean all next-gen videogames as a whole. The industry is sadly in a rut where everything is interpreted as lies or as CGI. I blame the constant 'exclusives' debate where we never quite know which platform a game will jump to. It's both the developers PR negligence and the fanboyism that has ruined the industry trust factor for so many people, including yourself. I don't own a PS3 yet as I live in Europe, but I have pre-ordered one for July when I expect them to be in stock. I still have a choice of abandoning my plans, but so long as I can trust developers unlike some people, I will be more than happy to keep to my purchase.
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