I think Mass effect 2 on PC gives Uncharted 2 some competition, it creates such a fantastic and believable atmosphere in the parts where it is being a futuristic sci-fi game (Not that planet with all the vegetation n rubbish).

The character models are easily up there with the best, and i must say, the facial detail tops Uncharted 2's imo, not Heavy rains, but still, its fantastic.

Here is the part where i beg for people not to disagree with me, because i know they will, i still think Uncharted 2 is a great game, one of my all time favorites in the genre, i just think Mass effect 2 (PC) rivals it and surpasses it in facial detail.

I haven't seen one video in which HR tops Uncharted in terms of facial animation and top notch voice acting. However, it doesn't seem too bad that it would distract from the overall experience.

Go back and play Killzone 2, look at it and watch it in motion.

when the whole game has very little action, it better look amazing.

I mean really, people are calling BFBC2 bad looking, yet you can destroy the entire map, Unlike some other shooters.

cough... M.A.G. MW2

The sky is blue and we orbit the sun.

Didn't Halo Reach already top Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2
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HR should at the very least tie with U2 considering the type of game it is compare to U2.

It doesn't surprise me that critics deem Heavy Rain as the new graphics king.

Uncharted 2 had its run after Killzone 2 had its run.

Its time for a new king to be crowned...Heavy Rain.

Unfortunately Heavy Rain's reign will be short lived because Kratos will destroy all next month.

can't wait to play it already! Heavy Rain seems like it would be a fun game to play with a friend or two, helping you make choices, as an all day/night event. :)

how can u compare these two games what they should compare heave rain to alan wake not UC2.UC2 is a hole different game......

-Uncharted uses floptastic sales! *BAM!!* its super effective!!!!
-Heavy Rain strikes back with boring gameplay!!
-uncharted falls asleep
-Heavy rain uses its special attack, triple flop unleashed!!! *Mag and white knight joins the fray to help finish off uncharted*

Heavy rain wins!!!

*special thanks to mag and wkc for taking the time out of their schedule to flop on by, we really appreciate that. So make sure to tune in next time to....who, flops, THE HARDEST!!!* (crowd roars) >;D

I think Killzone 2, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, GOW III, and GT 5 are in a class all by themselves.

To be honest each of these games could easily be considered the best looking game.

For instance Killzone 2's lighting and effects are second to none.

Uncharted 2's shaders, textures, and environmental details are second to none.

Heavy Rain has the most realistic character models in the history of gaming with incredible fine details in the characters and environments. Its the most realistic looking game ever.

GOW III has incredible lighting and textures combined with huge scale. To have that amount of graphical detail and crispness with NPCs of that magnitude makes this game second to none.

GT5 is photo realistic and runs at 720p/60FPS with 4xAA or 1080p/60FPS with 2xAA.

poor 360 still the same shi* of graphics in all games.. and ps3 looks better and better in all games ;)

Mass effect doesn't come close to UC2 graphics. I wish people get that
through their heads.

AGAIN ANTI ALIASING KILLS MASS EFFECT 2 ON 360

I really think HR has some of the best character models.

Crysis 2 will factor into the graphics equation on consoles if they can fix the texture pop in and lack of AA when it is released.

I just cant wait to play the game from everything i saw im hyped i loved indigo prophecy and farhenheit and this is looking about 20 times better then both those games. I think at the end of the game ill be stunned or mindf*cked like with infamous.

I apologise in advance for this if I am wrong but I have seen pictures znd videos of Mass Effect 2 and while I admit it looks good the animations look stiff and unatural and the faces look wrong for some reason. So my question is to the non fanboys, does Mass Effect 2 really look as good as UC2 and Heavy Rain or is this just more Sony good everyone else better BS that always seems to pop up when ever people say a Sony exclusive surpasses a multi plat or Xbox 360 exclusive? And please don't exaggerate

killzone 2 beats the piss out of me2..how in the living hell can it be compared to uncharted 2@ let alone heavy rain. grow up kid seriously.

It grew aLOt i cannot waito.

No offense to the guy who wrote the article or everyone who doesn't have a ps3, but Mass effect 2 is not second best looking game to date. It does not look better than killzone 2 or MGS4. Mass Effect 2 is one of the best games this generation, but it is not because of its visuals. Either get a ps3 or do screenshot comparisons, but don't pretend these games don't exist.

Heavy Rain graphics, hahahahahahahahaha.

Also, graphics aren't everything.

I can't wait to play Heavy Rain and check for myself how good the graphics are compared to Uncharted.

HR is going for photo realism so in some cases the characters do look more detailed than U2. HR isn't gonna be a physics heavy game though. There's nothing like that shootout scene in U2 where the building starts to crumble. Yikes! Best use of physics in a game ever.

I don't think nextgen xbox720 coming anytime soon cause of games dev. cost. this gen games already cost $40mil and 3-4 years to make. Next gen probably 2x that. imagin waiting 6 years for ff15.

the consumer don't even fully adopte this gen yet like blueray and "real" LED TV(not like Sam Sung half LED TV).

The Uncharteds and Mass Effects have much... MUCH more going on that Heavy Rain. An interactive cutscene is much easier to do with better graphics because of the processing power and memory required. Not forgetting all the moving parts behind the game, like streaming textures, destructible environments and "real time" elements like water, wind, sand, and the effects these have on the player (think KZ 2)

Compare this to other cut scene type games... oh yeah there are none. I will get this game just because of the story. I don't like QT events, or multiple endings, but i am still intrigued.

it's not even exclusive.

WOW, I am impressed.

Who needs the Dual shock 3. All you need is a Sony TV remote to play this so called game.

QTE sequence: Hit volume, menu, and then play. Great, Madison is now taking a shower.

how can you compare HR with uncharted 2 ? textures in heavy rain is a disaster only characters graphics look good not the objects and environments.

Even though the Source engine is old and the maps my not be up to par, the character models, facial detail, and lip-syncing in Left 4 Dead 2 are some of the best in the business.

You also can't compare this game to Uncharted 2 at all! Uncharted 2 has AI, shooting, explosions, physics, expansive levels, and much more happening as opposed Heavy Rain which is almost all scripted events.

Don't get me wrong, the game looks fantastic and I'm going to buy it, but I don't think this game should be compared to anything that has actual heavy gameplay mechanics.

The character models especially go beyond anything in both U2 and HR by miles

Coming later this year, "God of War 3 maxes out the PS3" followed by "GT5 maxes out the PS3" followed by Sony rep who says "The PS3 can't be maxed out and has not showed its true power yet".

lol u owned him

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With that comment I think you should be ban from this site.If you dont know N4G stands for News 4 Gamers.lol UC2 a RPG really dude.Lol with that statement you is a offical 360 fanboy.Never played UC2 and dont own a PS3 lame.

On Topic:If this is true all I can say is WOW.

Yeah thats exactly what I said. Agree completely!!!!!!

being the total graphics wh*re that i am, i think i'll enjoy this even more

Everybody is talking about the new Graphic's King saying it might be God of War 3, Heavy Rain, GT5, or Last Gaurdian...and all those game's will be GREAT.. but personally I think the game that will sneek up and knock everybody back in to Reality will be FF VS 13... This is the title I can't wait 4 This Generation...That Title will be the new Graphic's King in my Opinion... LOL this will be our FF 7 Remake FF VS 13!

I disagree just for the fact it is exclusive to the PS3 and it's a whole entirely different game from FF13, different gameplay...

If you guys think HR tops UC2 'OVERALL' in graphics department then that means you guys must have really thought UC2 looked like sh1t because HR looks like a PS2 game in HD.

The environments in HR are on par with GTA3 which is just sad considering the technical power of the PS3 and the colours are flippin dry and washed out, not to mention how lifeless the characters look. Facial animations are literally non-existent and ND have done a better job when it comes to simulating characters cloths creasing and they definitely beat them in the facial and full body animation department by a generation.

Overall UC2 has more going on on-screen than HR which only has to render plastic skin because the environments in HV are piss easy for the PS3 to run considering their graphical quality resembles that of the PS3 game.

Qunatic Dreams don't know how to use the PS3's hardware and neither did they try, they did utilised too many SPU's and miss used them and the development of HV only took long mostly because it took them 4 years to come up with a compelling story and the current story in the final game seems dull as heck.

HR has failed even before release, I aspect L.A Noire to look better.

No It doesn't. Look at the bigger picture people. Even performance wise, U2 is pretty much flawless @30fps. As the author mentioned in the article, ME2 is a great looking game, but there is better on the 360. The complete lack of AA is it's biggest downfall. Lipsync is iffy at best, framerate stutters from time to time. However, artistically it's up there with the very best! Some of the alien race designs look stupendous! Game is fabulous, so as a complete package......it hits the spot!

Best animation - Uncharted 2
Best Textures - Crysis(fullup dx10) Uncharted 2
Best character models, Uncharted 2 crysis
Best sexy a$$, chloe.

The main character in crysis and his friend look good, but the rest look ok. Grab one and find out.

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We need more games like this for grown ups.

Not chav games designed for teens like Gear of war and halo with a big boys M rating slapped on its cover.

People on here are stupid.. Heavy Rain is all in real time with full lighting. Everything you see in that game is done within the 3d game space!

Nothing happens in tha tgame, so no wonder it looks good, lol.

Killzone 2's opening credits to show Visaris face are still the best grpahics on any console and close to PC, his skin has a transluscent look with blemishes and eyes that look real, physics,graphics and effects throughout the single player and online are unmatched on any console.

Uncharted ticks all the boxes mo cap is the best you have ever seen, ME2 looks really good but animations are nowhere near as good as uncharted2 and its not as fun to play I mean its another generic sci fi tps XBOX exclusive. That is why im so glad my 360 gathers dust and ps3 is always humming aWAY, I mean MAG,KZ2,UNC2,LBP also this year GOW3,GT5,Heavy Rain... 360 release generic sci fi tps's yaaawn, zombie shooters (how original), and Alan Wake which hardly arouses me in term of exclusive content.

"Killzone 2's opening credits to show Visaris face are still the best grpahics on any console and close to PC"

This was a non in engine intro/cutscene.

Heavy Rain will impress more than UC2 in character models and textures mainly due to the photo realism approach. Also the crowd rendering in HR was amazing with tons of NPCs on screen each almost as detailed as the main character. The environment looks very detailed and realistic with SSAO, HDR, tone mapping and fully modeled controllable objects.

I'd say it's on par with UC2 on an overall technical achievement.
The next game to top either IMO would be God of War 3. The technical prowess behind that engine is simply unheard of at least on consoles. The new build has already floored some of the lucky reviewers and we'll all get to see it in 6 more days with our pants blown off.

Hmmm... idk. I still think U2 is the best looking game to date. I'm actually still debating between that and Killzone 2.

Impressive...

Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, MGS4, Uncharted 1, GT5P,

Because the 360 has the best gfx capabilities right?

You can't compare an interactive movie to an actual game

Mass Effect,Gears 2,Alan Wake

can easily match any of those games

Mass effect 2 has some really nice looking character models and interior level designs but the out door environment is still lacking a lot thanks to the dated UE3. I'd say Gears 2 still looked better overall than ME2 but neither holds a candle to the likes of UC2 or GOW3.

this game looks stunning :D well i say game but it ISN'T the company have stated it isnt but still, theres no need to compare they have both pushed boundries graphically, both been innovative and uncharted 2 brings superb gameplay while this is bringing superb storylines :).. sounds weird but i think this could end up being a market for 'older' gamers i mean my nana & papa play ps3 and they played the first uncharted and 2nd(on easy of course) and love detective shows etc. so this could really appeal to them haha.. it appeals to me aswell dont get me wrong haha..

ohh and to the people saying mass effect is better, find out how many polygons were used for EACH character then come back if it beats the 10k polygons used for nathan drakes hair alone lol

one consists of rather more closed / less active moments ( HR ) while uncharted consists of massive action set pieces, so ita really hard to tell =/

fact is though, HR will easily be one of best looking console games out there =)

Fact. And don't write off the 360 yet, GoW3 is going to look better than UC2

The Screen looks good don't get me wrong. But have you seen it in motion? The movements are nowhere near as fluid as UC2 which has the best animation I've seen in a game. Which I believe goes hand in hand with graphics. An amazing character model can then be ruined with terrible animation. It diminishes the experience. The animation isn't horrid, it's just not on the level of uncharted. Too stiff.

And I'm the only one who noticed how dirty that chick was in the shower scene? Two second shower with no soap. Going to the bathroom without whiping or washing her hands. Gross! lol

Uncharted2 is great, Heavy Rain looks great, Mass Effect 2 on PC looks great. I have no problem with this at all. Why is everyone arguing again?

I will say this, I briefly took the grain filter off on Mass Effect2, and then put it right back on. The grain filter makes the game look better IMO.

But I agree with Cernunnos above. The facial animations on ME2 does not match the beauty of the character models. Heavenly Sword has much better facial animation (real motion capture) than ME2. Me2 characters' faces are too stiff, the mouth is the only thing that moves when talking, but the characters sure do look good, for real, it is a treat to watch them. Say what you want, but you know it is true... Twing Twang.

Well PC owns all and its not just Crysis

Also Killzone 2 is a corridor shooter very linear with bad story
Uncharted DF is a corridor shooter very linear with good story (I got platinum :])
Uncharted 2 is a corridor shooter mostly linear preferred U1(I got platinum :])
Heavy Rain is an interactive-movie with little free movement, Bi-linear at best

Crysis is semi open world with unlimited freedom throughout the maps, story is linear but not the game play
Arma 2 is open world with unlimited freedom through the maps, non-linear game play Tri-linear story
APB is a GTA-like MMO from the creator of original Grand Theft Auto, non-linear
Death to Spies: Moment of Truth is a Hitman style game, Bi-linear

There is going to be a lot of people disappointed when they actually find out what type of game it is. Ill be getting it, but I am aware of what's in store.

FTW

Does shrek has better graphics than uncharted??
What a compares ion !!!

I get the feeling that ps3 fanboys now want to proclaim every game that is coming out graphics king.Its like,every day you can hear x360 is stagnating and ps3 moves forward i cant even imagine what kind of graphics will be seeing 2 yrs from now bla bla bla...and now for the sake of that ps3s never ending power they have to say every new ps3 exclusive>>>UC2...
on topic,game looks great but not even close to UC2 great,not even KZ2.

I think some people on here are talking about games on PS3 having never played them.Killzone is not a corridor shooter.The draw distance is huge and levels often open.It's multi player looks better than any 360 game,let alone single player.

I haven't played Mass Effect 2 yet but my Mass Effect loving friend has started it.After all the fuss on here I asked him for a view if the graphics and he said looks like Mass Effect,which is good but no the graphics are not mind blowing.They do not match Killzone,UC2.That is not my opinion but it is that of a totally console agnostic gamer who owns more consoles than anyone I have met.

I just don't understand how these 360 only owning fanboys just can't get it.The PS3 is more powerful.Use some logic.360 has been around longer,is usually lead format so devs have lots of experience,it's easier to program and uses common programming languages from PC.
YET!All comparable exclusives on PS3 look better.
That's almost maths rather than opinion.
It says nothing of how good games are,just that on a technical level PS3 is better.

Is it just me or did they model this guy after Russell Crowe?

The graphics during the loading screen when it shows a closeup of the character's face obliterateds Uncharted 2's graphics but not during gameplay. The closeup during the loading screen is amazing though... Almost as good as Visari's face in the intro of Killzone 2

What halo game are you talking about that has auto aim??? Halo does not have auto aim num nutz...... Obviously you are just another sony loving retard who is also ignorant. But i agree with CODMW2 being so easy thats why everyone loves it. Which is why i prefer Halo/Resistance and Killzone2. And btw on topic Heavy Rain looks very boring, and i still think ME2 looks just as good as UC2. O for the record RE2>K2 in gameplay/funfactor.

Let me ask you something..... is about graphics or is about content? because i think maybe the lack of content have you all Ps3 fan boys talking about graphics!

I mean in this generation it seems like my Ps3 is more powerful than my 360 but what if i tell you that i have enjoy more my 360.....so stop talking about graphics because thats just one part of hole peace.
I just cant see heavy rain like a game that you can compare with anything because is a movie with some interaction that in most part are stupid.

I agree that the close ups are amazing but other than that I think Uncharted 2 looks better (this is judging from playing the demo though). It has been said that the retail game looks alot better and is much more polished so I guess we'll see when the 23rd rolls around.

That is funny cause i am sure that the load screens are from in game models. Everything in this game is ran in real time people real time! So that means all the stuff you seen in the backgrounds in some of the bigger areas is 3d and real time. Just like if you ever get out of the maps in killzone 2 you see that everything still has great textures and real time lighting. Even though you're clear out of the map. Just like this game would be. Uncharted 1 cut corners on this. Not all parts of there maps were like that.. Like when you first get to the jungle in uncharted 1. They would just use some type of effect to make the jungle look bigger then it actually was. This is true!

You poor, young, naive, easily impressed fools. Raise your standards. After playing the demo, extensively, this game does not have 'better' graphics than Uncharted 2.

If you were born before 1984, you shouldnt have been given a voice.

the only reason that the Playstation team cares about graphics now is because they got butthurt last generation about XBOX having the best gfx and now THEY want the title. but what would be more benifical is better gameplay instead of all this "omg gfx are amazing" crap FYI this generation has goodlooking GFX on any console you buy not just the PS3 mario galaxy looks great mass effect looks amazing and uncharted 2 looks fantastic. so what? why do we have to whore ourselves for processing power and GFX chips? shouldn't we be demanding more gameplay like shadow of colossus? instead of demanding more realistic looking games shouldn't we ask for funner games? halo 3 doesn't look that great but when it comes to gameplay its king!