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Visuals vs Graphics: Taking a Look at How Games Look

GP Editor, Marshall Henderson writes, "When considering the appeal of a game, a lot of people tend to look at the graphics of a game. For better or worse, the truth is that nothing on a game garners more curb appeal than how the game looks. And with the current generation of games, boy howdy do developers work hard to make them look good."

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-Alpha5421d ago (Edited 5421d ago )

Is that first shot really Crysis?

http://www.gamepodunk.com/u...

That's jaw dropping.

On the complete other end of the spectrum, Journey's art really connects and immerses players in a whole other way. Gotta love the creative diversities

piroh5421d ago

my hearth goes to Uncharted 2, however Crysis is quite an interesting

i wonder when will they announce Crysis for PS3 there is some speculation

zootang5420d ago

Have you boys not played crysis on the PC it looks great but not anything to shout about any more. Alpha that is a picture of real life it's not in the game.

Peaceful_Jelly5420d ago (Edited 5420d ago )

That is the first Crysis but with mods though. Excessive blooming, godrays and High-res texture pack.

Ducky5420d ago (Edited 5420d ago )

It's a real-life picture with the UI thrown over it.

The soft shadows on the ground as well as the detail on the trees leads me to believe that the image isn't in-game.

Also, you can search for images on google (click on the camera icon on 'google images' and it'll take the url of an image and search for matching results)
I did a search and got a bunch of wallpaper results of a real photos that don't have the crysis UI.

snipes1015420d ago (Edited 5420d ago )

I am 100 percent visual. Having a unique artistic direction like Wind Waker, Tales of Vesperia, Sly Cooper, Valkyrie Chronicles, Killer 7 or even XIII get me every time over realism. In my opinion, these games are far more memorable and timeless when compared to something that goes for gritty realism.

That's just me though.

Venoxn4g5419d ago

me too mate and I wanted to say that too, that realistic graphics gets dated, while visual with good art style games don't ...

good examples:

Okami
Viewtiful Joe
Killer 7
XIII
Madworld
No more heroes
Muramasa & Odin Sphere
REZ & (maybe even Child of eden)

and I am waiting for: Rayman:origins & El Shaddai too! :)

snipes1015419d ago

Totally agree venox. You got some on your list I didn't even think of. I'm really pumped for El Shaddai too. I really wish that XIII had sold better, that's one of my favorite shooters of all time because of the graphics.

duplissi5420d ago (Edited 5420d ago )

lol... somebody trolled us all... that first shot is NOT crysis..... do a similar image search on tineye... youll see.

http://img256.imageshack.us...

know what? heres the tineye search so you can see the results yourself.

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user8586215420d ago

Windwaker is visually breathtaking!

Samus HD5420d ago

agree and so is Skyward Sword

Venoxn4g5419d ago

and Super mario galaxy 1 & 2!!! :)

nintenflo5420d ago

Windwaker is still the best looking game ever for me.

Dwalls11715420d ago

The reason I dont own A WII or ..any version of ds is graphics...its 2011 I dont wanna play ps2 quality stuff....thats why I love sony games...just look at ratchet and clank vs mario galaxy ....its no competition

jacksonmichael5420d ago

I didn't know you could say things like that and still have three bubbles... Cool.

rexbolt5420d ago

um wut 3ds is stronger then ps2 butt head and um mario galaxy to me looks better then clank im sorry i dont care what u say but thats not a reason to play games o.0...... cus of how it looks lol wow and wut u mean ps2 qualty u mean great games that arent just shooters? srry cus last time i checked ps2 was better then ps3

PygmelionHunter5420d ago

Please don't you ever replace the word "graphics" with "quality" ever again...

theblackjesus19935420d ago

if i wanted realistic graphics id go outside, if i want to play something that is colorful and artistic id play wii and ds because any smart develop knows the wii almost requires good art styles to look great, but go on and continue play games with grey and browns

colombiankilla015420d ago

Im a Sony fan but that was just retarded!

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mobijoker5420d ago

Good art style is always better than good graphics.Art style immerses players in the game.That's why still old games with great art styles are enjoyable while new games with great graphics but dull art style make gaming tedious.

nintenflo5420d ago

Exactly! Infact that's why I'm gonna go re-buy windwaker to play on my Wii!

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio20d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing20d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9220d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit20d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing20d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9220d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."