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Digital Foundry: Face-Off: Bulletstorm

Unreal Engine 3 has become almost ubiquitous in the current-generation console era, but it's comparatively rare that we get to see the tech being wielded by the studio that actually developed it. It's hard to believe that the last time Epic shipped a console title was Xbox 360 exclusive Gears of War II, way back in November 2008.

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Substance1015559d ago

Isnt that the case with about every game out. lets look at the upcoming games of this year PC will win in almost every one of them:

Battle field 3
Brink
Crysis 2
Dead island
Dragon age 2
Duke Nukem
Dues Ex
Elder scrolls 5
Home Front
Hunted Demons forge
Portal 2
Rage

Pretty much every game getting released is superior on PC and can be picked up dirt cheap on Steam discounts, whats more they will actually be playable for years to come unlike console where you lose your entire library the moment you jump to the next box.

Perjoss5559d ago

*whispers* shh, you're not supposed to say stuff like that, PC gaming is dead, remember?

rjgbyrne5559d ago

Problem is you pay an absolute premium for a rig capable of running the game at this level. If Xbox and PS3 could change their innards as expensively and easily as the PC, they wouldn't be consoles and it would look just as good. The PC looks better argument is mute, fact is its no console... and its not meant to be.

Active Reload5559d ago

I don't know why PC gamers get offended when they say PC gaming is dead. Anyone with half a brain knows this isn't true. I feel as though PC gamers don't have to defend themselves, because they look just as silly as the people who retardedly try to short PC gaming. Everyone knows that gaming on PC is going to be the better experience the majority of the time. But with that said, I got to admit that I'm more impressed with what the 360 is doing and it only cost $199. I'm baffled that people aren't impressed by that. It's the same price as the Wii for crying out loud! Seriously, in this day and age, can a PC gamer honestly say they can build a PC for $199 that can perform like the 360 or at least sufficiently upgrade a shitty PC for $199. I'm not trying to be disrespectful or facetious, I actually enjoy people talking about their passion for PC gaming.

imvix5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

@rjgbyrne

Paying a premium to get a capable rig is a thing of the past. Yes you can make a 2000usd rig however those these days are for gaming on multiple screens with resoulitions 6-10times higher then the typical console game (eyefinity or nvidia surround), that sort of gaming is the rolls royce of gaming and for that you need to pay here is a link of a game like Dirt 2 running in eyefinity 5760*1080:

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

However again this sort of rig is reserved for the very high end of gaming.

To play games in 1080p you only need a 500usd rig, which is much cheaper then gaming on console in the long run because games can be had on PC for very cheap prices.. ever cared to see prices on steam when on discount? a single discount will more then even the odds between the cost of a entry level rig and console. In the long run for any serious gamer pc is always cheaper.

For people who already have a 2-3 yr old PC transforming that into a gaming PC capable of 1080p is even cheaper then buying a console.

@active reload

True you can get a xbox 360 for 199usd, however remember getting the hardware is only half the deal, you need software for it too otherwise its kinda pointless. Console business model is based around selling hardware at a low price then making profits on software, unfortunately most people do not consider how much this software is going to be costing them. Going online on that 199usd xbox is gonna cost you 40-60usd a year to boot in a few years that alone puts it ahead of entry level PC, now add in the more costly games, no way it can compete with PC in terms of cost effectiveness.

Inside_out5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

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The PC is for the annul retentive type that loves to spend HOURS optimizing there settings, downloading this driver and that and basically spend little time gaming and more time saving up for the next new $500 graphics card.

Consoles are plug and play. You get home, load up the disc and your gaming...more importantly millions of other gamers are experiencing the same exact thing. Every PC is different and every experience is different.

The article is pooh btw...in typical DF fashion. The differences are barely noticeable between all the systems once you stop freezing the screens and magnifying some corner of the map that nobody is looking at.

The winners are the guys that get to play the game with the minimal amount of hassle. I've played the game ( on 360 ) and it delivers a Grayson Hunt boot to all the fps's that have been put out this gen in terms of game play, story and graphics...they compliment themselves.

BTW...the clown who's playing in those video capture segments is about as bad a fps player as you can find. You hold A to " roadie run " and better yet, tap the A button twice to slide anywhere.

How do you show off this games graphics ability without showing the plant boss battle in it's entirety with a great GOW inspired heavy metal soundtrack playing in the back ground...O_o

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

The Unreal 3 engine will show it's true colors when it launches it's flagship game, Gears Of War 3 on September 20...Bulletstorm is a modified Gears 2 engine...wait till the big boy drops in the fall...

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

...the best animations in gaming...case closed. If some one has a video that can match this level of detail and crazy over the top mayhem...all in engine and in real time...PLEASE...do share...lol

Coming in the next couple of weeks...Marcus Fenix chainsawing locust in 1080p, 60 fps with all the detail, blood and guts you can handle. Unreal 4 is about to give a glimpse of the next gen.

hellzsupernova5558d ago

you should still buy the ps3 version of portal because you get the pc version with it then sell the ps3 version if that is possible :D

but yeah you are right im a sony guy but i love my pc gaming starcraft 2 for me atm is what im playing till diablo 3 anyway. im buying a new pc for

TES V Skyrim and Battlefield 3

ugo5558d ago

good luck to those, that spend much money to upgrade their PC

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WhiteNoise5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

My screens agree with you.

@MLAA fanboys.

Look how inferior MSAA is /s
Notice the distinct lack of vaseline smeared image filters that console games with MLAA have ;)

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It's gotta be hard to take when a PC multiplat looks so much better than every single console game there is, especially when according to them "UE3 sucks!"

DaTruth5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

First of all, in order to make this claim, you have to show the so-called vaseline smeared MLAA screenshots; that is called evidence!

Secondly, how many times do we have to say that we don't care that your PC games look better! Why are you guys begging so hard to be in a console war!

It wasn't until the argument that PS3 was more powerful than 360 was ended that all these PC fanboys came out of the woodwork... gee I wonder!

cakeisalie5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

"It wasn't until the argument that PS3 was more powerful than 360 was ended that all these PC fanboys came out of the woodwork... gee I wonder! "

Gee 30million PC gamers on steam alone as of Jan 2010.. They are gonna turn up at some point when PS3 gamers spout crap the way they do.

TBM5559d ago

I'm more a console gamer as it's more comfortable to me, but even I know that multi-plat games look way better then consoles.

You guys arguing back and forth about which one is the better looking on consoles get over it. Just play the damn game on whatever console you want too.

ProjectVulcan5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

The PC version does look fantastic. When you see it full settings and full 1080p resolution rather than upscaled 720P it looks amazing, the difference in clarity is breathtaking.

As the article also mentions it plays far better than on console, i played the demo and was a tad disappointed, not so with the PC version when it runs fast and fluid. Making it a considerably slicker to play on PC.

With all these great multiformat titles out this year, you just gotta love the beige box right now. It'll dominate on the raft of multis, and i have my PS3 for its exclusives. :-) Cant do any better than that

Three_Sisters5559d ago

likes that new news in multi-platform games....

redsquad5559d ago

I can't afford a gaming PC, so what's your point?

redsquad5559d ago

A disagree? I CAN afford a gaming PC? What, have you been looking at my bank account?

hellzsupernova5558d ago

if you can afford to game on consoles you can afford to game on pcs.

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MGRogue20175559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

It's Multi-platform.. so the Xbox 360 automatically wins in the console battle..

PC shits all over both PS3 & 360 though, of course.

NukaCola5559d ago

uh Vanquish, Castlevania, Arkham says 'ello.

The only time the PS3 may have a slight graphical lag in quality is the UE3, Gambryo, and a ported version.

humbleopinion5559d ago

But Arkham runs on UE3... At least be consistent with your comments.

jimbone795559d ago

OK, the other hundreds of multiplats say "so what?".

blackmagic5559d ago

No, no, those hundreds of other multiplats were made by LAZY DEVS. These titles were made by good devs... except for the other titles they also published where they were also lazy devs.

jimbone795559d ago

@ Black
Ok, so how does that change the fact that they still look better. I also would like to ask you if you think any of the blame should lie with Sony for making the platform harder to develop for than the other platforms? I do agree that with a little more time and money they could have probably been brought up to par with the other version, but why should the developers have to spend extra time and money? Really how do you know these "lazy developers" didn't spend more time on the PS3 versions to get them to look as good as they do? I know you worship everything Sony, but me as an unbiased gamer looking logically at these situations can see that maybe some of the blame can be put on the developers, but it is also Sony's fault for making the PS3's architecture so different from industry standards. Now before I'm go and the disagrees start pouring in, and the angry PM's start flowing, I am glad they did what they did. I am very happy about it every time I see the results of their labors (UC1,UC2, KZ 2&3, etc,etc etc,...) but to just write off the multi plats that look better on the 360 to "lazy developers" is, IMO, just fanboy fud.

blackmagic5559d ago

@Jimbone79
You have completely read me wrong! My platform of choice is and always has been PC which is and always has been the graphics king. Consoles help gamers who game on a budget but PC is where it's at. I own the 360 and PS3 but don't game on the PS3 much because I don't like the controller, I got it pretty much for Blu-ray.

I guess you missed my sarcasm. I am completely agreeing with you. Guys here call 99% of the devs lazy because the game is inferior on the ps3. I'd say that the when there are 3 games that look better on the ps3 and hundreds that look better on the 360 then that's saying something! That's as close as you are ever going ot get to an apples to apples comparison on consoles. Sure you could get the ps3 version looking better with more time and money but you could do the same with the 360. If you take the same group of developers and give them the same amount of time and same amount of money the 360 will win EVERY time and I back that statement up with the hundreds of multipats that do indeed look better versus the handful of ps3 titles and I would go further to say that the handful of ps3 titles probably look better because the 360 version didn't get the time and effort the ps3 version got.

jimbone795559d ago

I did indeed miss the sarcasm. My bad.

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DelbertGrady5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

Oh no! A professional in-depth comparison of Bulletstorm. We don't want that! Can't we just stick to the crappy screenshot comparisons from google translate sites instead? They make the games seem more identical, and sometimes they even manage to make the PS3 version look better. Like how we want it to be.

Jokes aside, you don't need to be a genius to guess the outcome. Just play it on your beefy gaming rigs, which all of you suddenly own as soon as the PS3 loses a comparison ;)

BubbleSniper5559d ago (Edited 5559d ago )

lol! says gay butler with dog fetish

hm. nvm. grady was the first to kill his family and not butler. i need to read novel again. been 15 years, lol

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WengYong5559d ago

Its Unreal Engine 3, so I would expect it to be better. However wheres the MvC3 face off?

DaTruth5559d ago

^^^^
This here says everything you need to know about Digital Foundry!

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Duty Calls - Epic Games' Forgotten Call of Duty Parody

Back in 2011, Epic Games and People Can Fly launched a Call of Duty parody - Duty Calls - that has been lost to the annals of history.

closed_account1065d ago

"Duty Calls: The Calm Before the Storm" sounds more like a massive case of the sh**s. 😂

I saw the parody mention, and half expected the ability to drop a deuce on your opponent... I left disappointed.

closed_account1063d ago

Never too much Taco Tuesday!! Now if only we could just achieve eternal Taco Tuesdays without the inevitable Wipe-It Wednesdays!!! 😂😂

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Amplitude1063d ago (Edited 1063d ago )

Hahaha i actually just dropped a review of this game on my channel! I hit all the story beats for anybody too lazy to install it and play through it
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Bulletstorm - A Cult Classic Worthy of Revival?

Bulletstorm will soon receive a VR remake, but is it worth revisiting? Take a look back at the original 2011 release.

IMissJimRyan1073d ago

Absolutely. I remember when the game came out on ps360, I thought: "wow, another shooter" and in the 7th gen that wasn't an unfair reaction.

But when the game was re-release on ps4 I took my time an played it (it was on playstation plus at the time) because, ironically, I missed a shooter in that console. And boy, what a fun game! They made a game to be played and not to be watched. It was a fresh air in the genre that deserved better.

So yes. Maybe it find its audience this time.

SullysCigar1072d ago

It's an awesome game. The only exception (for my taste) is the script writing, which is OTT, but I guess that's what they were going for. It does at least match the OTT action and gore. I thought it was great overall and actually being in this game is going to be bonkers!

IMissJimRyan1072d ago

Yeah, I agree that storywise it's not an Oscar nominee, but it's like a porn movie in game format.

Abnor_Mal1072d ago (Edited 1072d ago )

Agree with the over the top script, and felt at the time that was the only thing that people were hyped about, the language and not game play.

But in vr this game is going to be great. It has everything that would make a great vr game. Lots of bombastic action, gunplay, blood, and that leash.

Looking at the gameplay now it seems that the game was ahead of it’s time and was perfect for vr before vr wasn’t even off the ground.

Venoxn4g1072d ago

I loved the game back in the day and will love in VR even more!

Yui_Suzumiya1072d ago (Edited 1072d ago )

I got it on PS3 at launch and am still waiting for the long rumored sequel to finally be announced. Currently have it on Switch and wish a physical version of that would be released. Absolutely love it.

FinalFantasyFanatic1072d ago

I actually feel like this game gets revived all the time, not that I hate the game, I actually quite like it, it's just constantly available, unfortunately I'm not a fan of VR so I'll be skipping this version.

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8 Games that need sequels

GF365: "Here are eight games that need sequels. These games are ones that players would love to experience another time, bigger and better."

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Leeroyw1108d ago

Bloodborne is a game I still restart and play every few months. I would welcome just a re release in 60fps with a visual upgrade. It's a perfect game. If I was king for a day I would include the randomizer mods because then it would be a kind of rogue like and I could play it forever.

danglyparts1107d ago

Sure, ill take a sequel to all of these.