As I’ve said time and again, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was my favorite PS3 exclusive of 2007 (even though I spent more time with Warhawk). Part of the reason was its beautiful, lush environments, which remain, to this day, some of the best graphics I’ve ever seen on the PS3 -- and for my money, they rival those of visually heralded 360 games like Gears of War. And that was only with “30 or 40 percent” of the PS3’s power!
This time around, Naughty Dog claims they’re getting close to using all of the console’s under-the-hood muscle, and boy, does it show in the Uncharted 2 screenshots and concept art that were leaked on NeoGAF. Like I said, I thought the original Uncharted looked awesome, but I was playing it on my relatively small (26") HDTV. I recently saw the game at a friend’s house on his 40" LCD, and I was simply blown away; it looked even better.
Reportedly, the teaser trailer shown at the Spike VGAs last night comprises in-game footage -- in other words, it’s not CG -- and after seeing it, the debut trailer, and these images, I’m convinced that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is going to blow us away all over again when it launches next fall. Hit up the gallery for the images -- there are twelve screenshots and eight pieces of concept art.
[Via Ripten -- thanks, Sam!]
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7:42 PM on 12.15.2008
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@Brainderailment
Indeed. I loved the shooting but only with the pistol. The machine guns were useless. I only used them in the last section. Talking about the end. I don't want any more of that shit. That ruined it for me.
Lemon's the only good thing on Ripten. The staff has its fair share of supreme douchelords.
Yes! I was totally in love with the first 3/4 of the game. It was all about the sneak in and unleash mayhem or stealth about... the last 1/4 of the game I ran with a shotgun out shooting over my shoulder while running for my life.. I hated the abrupt change of pace...
Beyond that, amazingly beautiful game.
The scripting was great, the game actually had good character development. I had emotions other than anger and frustration about gameplay. I got mad at characters, felt sorry for them.. it was great.
I read in Game Informer that Naughty Dog has some great cutscenes and in-game sequences to help the story achieve the cinematic quality the first one hit as well.
It's a good article, so check it out if you haven't yet.
I'm eagerly awaiting this game...
I think too, that Uncharted is the best game I've got for my PS3, even better than Metal Gear Solid 4. The environment was alive! so green and full of details! But it was too short. I hope Uncharted 2 will be a little longer.
They also look much better in full resolution on the NeoGAF thread. What type of wizardry are they using over at Naughty Dog!?
its very apparent that they're downscaled bullshots from a game engine render, but not real time. notice the odd resolutions and complete lack of aliasing as well as the artistic blur effects selectively applied.
i'm sure it will be one of the best looking ps3 games to date; but there's no way these are screenshots of gameplay. even w/ full cell offloading the rsx cant handle aa in this manner; the use of Quincunx AA in so many first party exclusive titles is proof of that.
This looks like a natural quality progression the tech could take in the series.
It looks AMAZING, and I can't wait. The first game was awesome....and I loved the twist at the end.
http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/photo-m.phtml?photo_key=73497&post_key=114697#prevnext
check out the sign! Those call stations are everywhere!
HOLY SHIT THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
If you look at those screens you can tell they're designed to be printed in magazines & downsampled. yes it may be from the engine but if you watch the trailer shown at the VGAs you can see aliasing just like the first one. the first was 1280x720 2xAA. 2xAA is below QAA by a small fraction in cost (QAA being used in the resistance games which were written specifically for ps3's arch). If they moved to QAA the entire image would have a slight blur. there is no blur except in the artistic selections and a complete lack of aliasing.
for example look at this picture
Uncharted 2 bullshot
and compare it to this screenshot from uncharted 1
gameplay screenshot
now here are some bits from a direct grab of the trailer in mp4 off of sony's official site. it still looks like 2xAA to me.
Uncharted 2 2xAA
so the assumption that leaked shots of a game are direct captures of said game really is begging the question.
until there is further evidence these are not bullshots for magazine printing i'm going to stick to my guns and best available evidence and say the complete lack of AA screams downsampled bullshot.
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