How Do Game Developers Make A Game Look Beyond The Hardware?

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Re: How Do Game Developers Make A Game Look Beyond The Hardware?

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Resistance 1

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Resistance 2

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Killzone 2

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Resident Evil 5



Each looks slightly better than the preceding ones
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Re: How Do Game Developers Make A Game Look Beyond The Hardware?

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You should say: each has more bumpmapping than the previous one ;)
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Re: How Do Game Developers Make A Game Look Beyond The Hardware?

Post by Falco Girgis »

K-Bal wrote:You should say: each has more bumpmapping than the previous one ;)
I thought RE5 was pretty good about not bumpmapping everything to hell and having actual graphical integrity.

But Jesus Christ, Resistance 2 looks like a bumpmapping orgy. XD
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Re: How Do Game Developers Make A Game Look Beyond The Hardware?

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Yes, overall RE5 looks pretty neat. Although, if you pay attention to the wall, it looks like plastic.

I prefer comic styles over these plastic "real" looks.
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