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We need to talk about Crackdown 3's visuals
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There's an obvious resolution difference between last and current-gen titles, let's get this out of the way.
Why I think CD3 looks rather dated is down to the character animations, world physics, simple angular design and the rather drab art style, it's cel shaded but doesn't look stylised.
Alright then.
On, no. Not a deliberate thread, no. My mistake if I put it that way. But face discussion will come up about Crackdown and its meta ratings after we get good news about its numbers. Guaranteed.
Even if you ignore the resolution, Your claim doesn't hold up to light scrutiny. Crackdown 1 in 4K doesn't look close to Crackdown 3. There's footage of both games running On Xbox one X's readily available.
The animations aren't great. The physics... I don't see what issues anyone would have with the physics... The artstyle is subjective and really isn't beholden to a time period.
Crazy how good Infamous still looks while being almost a PS4 launch game.
I've decided to post a couple of Crackdown shots running on X, just to make a visual comparison to show off how little has changed.
I don't know about you all in here but I can barely tell the difference.
All I do know is that next Friday CD3 is getting played until I find every green shining orb in that city.
OP apparently didn't actually want to discuss because he created the thread and hasn't posted in it since...
The game isn't a looker, but I wouldn't call it a downgrade since all we saw before the full-blown reveal was basically tech demo stuff. My guess is the game was basically started over when it was handed to Sumo, with a mandate to salvage what they could and just get it finished as quickly as possible.
The game isn't a looker, but I wouldn't call it a downgrade since all we saw before the full-blown reveal was basically tech demo stuff. My guess is the game was basically started over when it was handed to Sumo, with a mandate to salvage what they could and just get it finished as quickly as possible.
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People can dissect the graphics all they want but the game still looks incredibly fun to me and there isn't much else like it. Hope this one does well.
You're missing the point here, I'm not saying the two are identical, this much should be clear.
But go ahead and add a bit of bloom, neon and better textures in the original Crackdown and you might understand where I'm coming from.
You haven't noticed the wonky physics? I can't gif right now, but I can share some moments from the previews later tomorrow.
Let me see if I can simplify my issue with the artstyle. It seems to be stuck between two different art styles and the end result doesn't look particular good.
I like how it looks and I'm sure I'll get it eventually.
It is a bit of a disappointment that the destruction isn't part of the campaign at all. I know it was never really planned to be, but it really would have helped separate the game from a lot of other open world games and there really hasn't been a good dustructible environment game since Red Faction Guerrilla last Gen.
It is a bit of a disappointment that the destruction isn't part of the campaign at all. I know it was never really planned to be, but it really would have helped separate the game from a lot of other open world games and there really hasn't been a good dustructible environment game since Red Faction Guerrilla last Gen.
Wow, someone actually said Crackdown 1 on X looks better than 3... that's like factually wrong. No amount of opinion changes the fact.
Person's probably trolling most likely, it's best to ignore and move on.
Person's probably trolling most likely, it's best to ignore and move on.
This was a launch tech demo for the Xbox one to show "the cloud" and now here we are. Amazing how far off the mark the original Xbox One design was.
Yes me too.
I just think sucker punches lighting model is superior to the one in insomniacs engine.
Here's a last gen open world PC game like Sleeping Dogs. And this game was never an extremely high budget game either like GTA V or something. I don't think it's trolling to say that Sleeping Dogs and Crackdown 3 are at least in the same ballpark visually. (Credit to deejae on Flickr)
Just shows you how underrated Sucker Punch Prod. are. Can't wait to see more of Ghosts of Tsushima.
Underrated? there games have always been well received.
And they have always been good at graphics.
Yeah, but still. People are always talking about all the other Sony studios. Not as much about Sucker Punch. It's time for Ghost of Tsushima ;)
I lament that, for as amazing as I:SS looks and plays, there isn't really much to do in its sandbox after finishing the main story. You can get all the drones, clear out all the bases, and tag all the spots, but once that's over, there's not much left for you, and in an open world that's that big, it was kind of alarming realizing that I'd exhausted most of what the game had to offer (beyond a mostly-identical Evil playthrough on Hard) in just twelve hours or so.
But I'm getting off-topic. It's still a visual knockout, even today. Go play Last Light on a PS4 Pro in HDR and turn on 60FPS mode. It's a visual delight.
I just hope that where Crackdown suffers visually, it's still really fun to play. My GTX 1080 Ti should be more than enough to play this game at a locked 1440/60, so I'm hoping the PC team is putting out all the stops.
I do not care at all how it looks visually. It looks like a blast and I need more Crackdown in my life. It looks absolutely fine. Not every game needs to be an absolute visual power house.
Yup. Believe it or not, people will feel differently than you about things in life.
Naughty Dog has made some poor decisions in the past as well. They went wrong with The Last of Us A.I. in the E3 demo and Uncharted 4 teaser trailer.
That said, Uncharted 4 and TLL gameplay reveal was similar to the final game so they're good in my books.
Crackdown is a AA tier series at best, a mediocre one at that. Always has been.
Expecting a fun game is one thing, but I don't know why you'd pin your hopes on a AAA turn for this franchise.
Expecting a fun game is one thing, but I don't know why you'd pin your hopes on a AAA turn for this franchise.
They actually released some early official screens too.
Here's how those fare versus the most recent screens (Jan 19 and E3 2018).
The game certainly isn't RDR2 or God Of War in terms of technical achievements, but those claiming this looks like an early-360 game are clearly trolling. You can not like the artstyle, but these visuals would clearly not be possible on last-gen hardware.