Image of Killzone 2
2008-06-28 03:18:58 by Snoopers
Because there's more to life than Namco-Bandai, Guerrilla and Sony Europe offer us a new screenshot of Killzone 2 to celebrate the launch of their new official website.
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Since 250 Days
2008-06-29 12:51:17
The best graphics in my opinion is the one that doesn't exaggerate textures and doesn't try to cover up bad rendering by using fake depth of field, colour filters and busy and distorted art direction. COD4 is an example of what is a great and clean gfx while GOW is unfortunately the culprit . Photorealism in a game like GT5P where nothing is overdone, is usually accused of being sterile because in the world where most of us are so accustomed to photos that are usually digitally processed (photoshop), that unfiltered, unadulterated photos are usually seen as bland. When some mediocre photographers with good photoshop skills become household names while great photographer like William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Martin Parr etc. are push to the wayside, it's time to realign our vision to what is reality. Although a video game graphics isn't always a representation of reality, but the ones that aspire to it, has to follow a simple rule that despite the complexities that we may percieve in our environments, it is actually more deceptive than what it may apppear. In reality, things are really that simple.
Since 888 Days
2008-06-29 14:12:54
Im a fan of hte first Resistance so I have hope for this one. Although I hate to agree with the fanbots out there, but this pic really doesnt look all that great. I know it will be better in the end though, and the more important part, the gameplay will be nice.(hopefully they fix the online though so that I can connect and stay connected. xbla and wii online run perfectly, but resistance and most ps3 titles are very laggy and often dc for me. I blame the region, but im not really sure what to think)
Since 174 Days
2008-06-29 14:27:28 In reply to palamede (2008-06-29 02:35:09)
If KZ2 MP is as good as CoD4, then it's gonna be one hell of a game, though. Besides, this screenshot looks quite good.
Since 174 Days
2008-06-29 14:36:23 In reply to hansatan (2008-06-28 09:02:46)
Since 174 Days
2008-06-29 14:56:19 In reply to blmbox (2008-06-28 19:58:51)
Sure they look good, but once you eat them you realise that you just wasted money on something that quite frankly didn't taste as great as it looked.
Since 438 Days
2008-06-29 17:43:19
WOW the game must have been downgraded since the last few video I've seen.
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Since 291 Days
2008-06-29 19:10:01
I own a 360 but I still am looking forward to KZ2. The whole idea of the Helghast I think is a cool one and as some people have said, I am not ready to judge this sequel on what I have seen so far. Gameplay looks to be good and as for graphics as long as they as good as halo 3's (minimum) I'm fine with it.
Since 239 Days
2008-06-29 19:23:48
Wow the textures on the character clothes is laughable lol
Since 1158 Days
2008-06-30 00:32:17 In reply to OldSchoolGamer (2008-06-28 03:56:38)
Let's be real the gunfire and particle explosions in Crackdown look better than this game. And that shit is open ended! There is no excuse for their constant downgrades. Bottom line this game will not deliver what was promised. And did we have any reason to believe otherwise. They have not delivered on anything. Anyone remember (HOME) are the wonderful Lair come on if it was any one else but Sony everyone would be on their case but because everyone wants Sony to succeed so bad the continue to give them a pass.
Since 157 Days
2008-06-30 05:55:01 In reply to MoeSizlak (2008-06-30 00:32:17)
Since 301 Days
2008-06-30 11:51:10 In reply to Ted_Stryker (2008-06-29 14:36:23)
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
Since 174 Days
2008-06-30 17:07:37 In reply to Vonhammer (2008-06-30 11:51:10)
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
1. CELL cpu can operate only with 16byte memory blocks, this means programmers always must use this size, even when data structure has less than 16bytes
2.PS3 OS utilizes 64mb of XDR RAM + 32mb VRAM (mostly for the reason stated above). X360 OS requires only 32mb.
3.X360's graphic chip has some very important component - 10mb of eDRAM used for frame buffer (not much, but better than nothing). PS3 however has not, as it's GPU is mostly PC based (NVIDIA just didn't have this tachnology in development when they were providing sony with NV47/G70). This is very strange, even PS2 has eDRAM.
4.As oll of you know X360's RAM is unified, so the most portion of it ( usually 300 +mb) is used for textures and geometry.
Since 159 Days
2008-06-30 19:00:46 In reply to Ted_Stryker (2008-06-30 17:07:37)
1. CELL cpu can operate only with 16byte memory blocks, this means programmers always must use this size, even when data structure has less than 16bytes
2.PS3 OS utilizes 64mb of XDR RAM + 32mb VRAM (mostly for the reason stated above). X360 OS requires only 32mb.
3.X360's graphic chip has some very important component - 10mb of eDRAM used for frame buffer (not much, but better than nothing). PS3 however has not, as it's GPU is mostly PC based (NVIDIA just didn't have this tachnology in development when they were providing sony with NV47/G70). This is very strange, even PS2 has eDRAM.
4.As oll of you know X360's RAM is unified, so the most portion of it ( usually 300 +mb) is used for textures and geometry.
Since 301 Days
2008-06-30 19:21:35
thanks for that
"4.As oll of you know X360's RAM is unified, so the most portion of it ( usually 300 +mb) is used for textures and geometry."
and that's at 700mhz GDDR3, doesn't that slow the cpu down like those integrated graphics cards? and how does the ps3 then take advantage of the 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz, it looks hugely superior next to GDDR3 and does this make the XDR better than all of the 360's ram for the fact it's 4.5 times quicker than GDDR3? and does this allow it to do 4x more than GDDR3, and if so would that not be comparable to a Gig of GDDR3, in terms of how much it can push in the same time frame.
please any info and links would be hugely appreciated.
I do take issue on the os usage, because it was reduced to 32mb during firmware 2.0
"Firmware 2.0 will reduce the memory usage to 32MB of XDR and NO GDDR3. XMB will still run on the 7th SPU but the 7th SPU wont be reserved, other things can be run on the SPU besides the XMB."
again any info from everyone is welcomed because I would like to know for sure on this memory issue.
Since 1068 Days
2008-07-01 00:16:36 In reply to SpoBo (2008-06-28 11:57:22)
And for the douchebag who said the lighting was static.... wtf???? It has the best lighting system implemented in a game (on a console at the very least). ever! Everything is dynamic and it's all adjustable on the fly. It has post-processing filters to make it look even better and yes it's HDR. Hell, even motorstorm was HDR and that was a launch game. xbox360 (which is a dx9 platform) can't even do HDR.
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Since 195 Days
2008-07-01 09:50:55
A buffer grab that truly shows how KZ2 looks. Low polygon amount present on the soldiers, low resolution effects and average lighting. Quite average looking game. I can understand people saying it will look better in motion but only a little bit better. And so will other games do.
Seems reality just catched up the KZ2 hype and beasted it. Guess the PS3 fans maybe should learn notto up their expectations with hype becouse it will hit them in the end big time like now.
Since 510 Days
2008-07-01 17:56:22
Dude, you need to edit your post instead of posting over and over and over and over and over ... yeah, you get the idea.
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Since 301 Days
2008-07-01 18:43:21 In reply to Eightball (2008-07-01 09:54:43)
just one example of the many things the pesky sods have tried on me.
Since 205 Days
2008-07-02 08:43:32 In reply to GriftGFX (2008-06-28 12:15:13)
He can also
ban your ass!
Since 1179 Days
2008-07-02 09:54:18 In reply to pixelsword (2008-07-02 08:43:32)
This isn't some fanboy, system wars nonsense. I think both consoles have their advantages and weaknesses.. but in this particular case, your statement is just false.. and probably motivated by previously stated system wars nonsense.
It's pretty awful that we can't have a single thread on the news page about a console exclusive game without it turning into a fanboy pissing match. I can already see it starting in the new Resistance thread, and every KZ2 and Gears of War 2 thread has been an f'n circus.
Give it a rest!
Since 195 Days
2008-07-02 15:14:53 In reply to blmbox (2008-07-01 17:56:22)
edit: Found it..... haha!
just one example of the many things the pesky sods have tried on me.