My HONEST opinion on Uncharted 2's graphics.
By ADTR_ZERO 45 Comments
O.K, just to start off, I'm saying all this as light-hearted as possible. And to those who read my last post, that wasn't my absolute honest opinion. I wanted to clarify things. I hope you read this and understand instead of reading the first line and lashing out at me.
Uncharted 2 is a very good game in the graphics department, above average for sure. I only played about 20 minutes of the full game, so I didn't realy see alot of environments. That's why I based my opinion off of the BETA and HD videos. I didn't feel comfortable saying a game had great graphics all around if I all I saw was a few trees, and I hope you can understand that. Though, I don't think the graphics have changed AT ALL from the BETA to the full game, from what I saw that is.
First off my biggest pet-peeve with it was its style. Going for mostly a jungle setting (I assume) with also snowy settings, it didn't look as good as Crysis, which also did both of those settings. Not that I'm saying this game didn't look great, I just didn't want to call it the absolute best graphics when another game did the same settings better, and we any logical person will say Crysis has the best graphics.
In terms of texture detail it looks great, but I didn't find myself staring at a textures to admire them like a piece of art, as I did with Killzone 2.
Nathans character model bugged me, from the back he was just, just amazing! It looked fantastic! But when ever I saw his face it bugged me...alot. His eyebrows made his face look wierd to me for some reason, it made his whole face look...un-natural? It was just a wierd looking face I think. His hair looked good but well, c'mon, Snake's/ Big Boss's mullet will forever hold a place in many of our hearts. It always waved, even if there wasn't wind, but that was O.K!
Lighting systems and art styles may just be the biggest things in graphics for me. No game as yet to top Killzone 2's amazing dynamic lighting system. From the flashes of lightning, to the light on your shotgun in a dark, narrow corridor, my jaw was dropped at everything.
I put my last posts in more harsh words because I was tired of people praising the games graphics like it was the second coming of Jeus. I hope people will understand this post more and not flag me for my opinions. That's what they are, I'm not going to lie.
I am NOT flaming Uncharted 2, and I would NOT like any flaming/trolling on my blog!