For those of you, like myself, who have never played any of the God of War games (waits for shouts of anger to stop) the GoW Collection is a godsend. Here we have both classic games running on the PS3 with supposedly better graphics and a 720p presentation at 60fps. I knew this was coming, that's why I didn't play them before. But how can we be sure if the graphics are really that much better unless we compare them? There's just no way.
Thank goodness for the guys at Bitmob, who evidently have a lot of time on their hands as they spent 16 hours collecting 14,000 screens in order to deliver a side by side comparison of the original games and the new collection. What was the final outcome? The new one is better looking than the old one! Shocking, I know. It's pretty clear that the texture upping and improvement to 720p has greatly improved the look of the game. For me, picking this up after I get a PS3 for the holidays (gifts are always gladly accepted) is a no brainer, but what about all of you who have already played through the games? Is the graphical reboot enough to make you purchase them again?
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9:00 AM on 11.07.2009
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Do the same thing to Final Fintasy X, X-2, XII; Metal Gear 2, 3 (MGS1 remake if possible); Team Ico games, and the Kingdom Hearts games. Any of those would be AMAZING.
Are the capture devices used for PS3 THAT bad?
My PS3 games looks fine on my TV; but so many screen shots I see on web sites make it looks like the only way to get a good shade of black out of the PS3 is to turn the bloody thing off.
Sony picked the right games to test this upped resolution thing.
Next up...How about Jak and Daxter one, two and three on one Blu-ray? Pretty please?
I've played the first two, but never got deep into them... So this a no-questions super purchase! Can't wait!
But GoW 2 may be worth the price of admission still..
But that tower, oh god the pain.
This gets said a lot about those gametrailer's PS3 vs 360 comparisons: But the PS3 version looks horribly washed out... ".
There's a 360 version of the GoW collection? Who knew?
Seriously though, it'll be the old RGB & Super White settings on the PS3 again. Turning off Full RGB on a decent HD-TV is a guaranteed way to make blacks on the PS3 look grey & washed out, & that was the default setting when I got my PS3. Changing it makes a world of difference.
I saw a Bayonetta comparison recently that used the same trick to make the PS3 version look even worse than it actually is. Makes for more hits on a website, & a better fanboy war. 360 owners see this washed out mess on the PS3 & go absolutely fanboy apeshit, whilst PS3 owners are trying to explain that it really doesn't look that bad, but it's a flamewar, nobody actually reads what the opposing side says. The words are there but they don't sink in. Common sense & logic disappears into a haze of hate & bullshit.
It's stupid, & immature, but the jaw dropping entertainment value these IQ deficient morons bring us is astounding.