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What confuses me more, is that they look near identical, but the bottom one has a 360 button and the top is PS3. 360 was supposedly obviously worse. ???
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Your favorite/greatest bullshots in gaming history
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What confuses me more, is that they look near identical, but the bottom one has a 360 button and the top is PS3. 360 was supposedly obviously worse. ???
Relaxed Muscle
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That was just a mockup screen to show the new UI, it was never labeled as in-game or real time.
Relaxed Muscle
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360 version runs at much lower resolution than the PS3 one.
Okay, technically not really a bullshot. But the amount of discussions it sparked on some forums was hilarious.
Watch the cutscenesThey're real time and they're exactly like that.
IS THIS REAL OR IS THIS JUST FANTASY~
an interactive (thus not bullshot even if it were an actual game) tech demo from the wii u reveal
What makes it even worse is the horrible framerate and audio that sounds like it's being played on a Skullcandy earbud held up against a tin can.
I bought it day one. Ugh.
Shin-Ra
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Have you seen 3DS open-world games?
i fell for this one so badly back in the day. still hurts to this day
What game is this?
Dig Dug. It was a SERIOUS bullshot.
TheJollyCorner
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I wouldn't go that far, but I'd still say Guerilla did a phenomenal job with the final product, especially with a world of doubt surrounding the actual reveal of Killzone 2. Game looks absolutely stunning and it's amazing how close it actually came to the CG-Target demo.
Motorstorm, on the other hand... not even fucking close.
Then again, I think concept videos should be excluded as 'bullshots', as most of them clearly state they are concept demos and/or give disclaimers that the final game is subject to change, but we're talking technicalities here.
fuzzyreactor
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im not seeing anything that looks better than that on ps4 or xbox one
Shin-Ra
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Some of the more flattering Shenmue 2 Xbox ss shots.
Sadness for the Wii.
Doctor_Thomas
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When I think "Bullshot" I think of this image specifically.
When that shot was shrunk down and put in magazine previews, it looked incredible. As crappy as it looks blown up, I don't think there is any part of Trespasser that looks that good.
Trespasser.
That game was ambitious but, ultimately, just not able to reach it's potential. If the AI and physics had been as promised, who knows? It could have been amazing.
soundscream
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Dirt 2
i thought it was possible too. Maybe not at first, but i figured it could be achievable.
I couldn't help but laugh when they showed off the Ignite engine at the last E3. Come on, did they really think anyone would fall for that again?
Maybe 2K could achieve it with NBA, but we'll never get a football game that good looking.
Unfortunately people need real teams in their sports games, so 2K could never just make up a league of all original teams and create a new football game.
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I wouldn't go that far, but I'd still say Guerilla did a phenomenal job with the final product, especially with a world of doubt surrounding the actual reveal of Killzone 2. Game looks absolutely stunning and it's amazing how close it actually came to the CG-Target demo.
Motorstorm, on the other hand... not even fucking close.
Then again, I think concept videos should be excluded as 'bullshots', as most of them clearly state they are concept demos and/or give disclaimers that the final game is subject to change, but we're talking technicalities here.
Except those demos were from when Sony showed off reels that they said were all running in real time on PS3 as a show of what games would be coming. These weren't touted as CGI trailers. They were supposedly upcoming games in progress. Guerrilla later explained that they were asked to make that short "target render" way before they had much of a game in mind. Thus, it was a CGI (they avoid using any terms besides "target render") replica of what they wanted to make, but not what they could make.
And while Killzone 2 is still a top tier graphics powerhouse on consoles, it is absolutely not as technically impressive as their debut trailer. It did improve artistically, at least.
Doctor_Thomas
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Hello, i come from the future.
Actualy considering the story of Zelda tech demos... this is like a reverse bullshot.
N64 Zelda tech demo
Gamecube Zelda tech demo
edit :
Youtube footage of the tech demos
Relaxed Muscle
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Then again, I think concept videos should be excluded as 'bullshots', as most of them clearly state they are concept demos and/or give disclaimers that the final game is subject to change, but we're talking technicalities here.
People are fine when they state that it's a concept video.
Problem is, Sony was outright saying that was real, and you had people believing it was running on PS3. So that takes it straight to bullshot territory.
Caayn
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Whoever made this picture made one mistake.Gamecube Zelda tech demo
Comically enough, none of these - admittedly very severe - technical flaws were even half as disappointing or frustrating as
DAT GODDAMNED ROLLING BALL PUZZLE
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Only sort of. It's the Wii Zelda TP, but it was a port of the GC game. Nonetheless, for accuracy they did indeed make a mistake.
I don't know what the Order looks like to you but if that gameplay footage is to be believed, I've certainly never seen a higher fidelity game. Christ, it looks better than some CGI I've seen.
Ryse was a launch game for the "inferior" system.
I mean, come on man, five years? Are you even thinking?
Duane Cunningham
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Actually, I think the OTHER pic is a mistake too... isn't that OoT 3D? Maybe I'm wrong.
We're getting there!
You mean a bullshot except for the part where it clearly states "Concept" at the top of the picture? If people don't know what a bullshot is, they should just admit it.
PeakPointMatrix
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Ubi makes a comeback - I nominate "Assassin's Creed: Liberation" for the Vita.
Bullshot:
Reality:
That can't be a real screenshot. This is almost PS2 levels of IQ.
edit: oh it's the vita version.
Caayn
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Yeah no, the first one is a shot from a CGI render meant for TV. It was never shown off as gameplay/ingame. The second is artwork it even says so in the top right.
Haven't played OoT 3D and my memory of the original is too vague.
Legato.Reborn-
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CadetMahoney
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That's much worse than the Halo bullshots.
Okay, technically not really a bullshot. But the amount of discussions it sparked on some forums was hilarious.
Watch the cutscenes
hahaha what in the world? The redsteel one has me dying as well.
samurai1226
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Halo 2 announcement. Bungie said the trailer was running real time on the original xbox... Even a lot of modern games have worse lighning than this old stuff.
Realtime reflections on the visor would still be an amazing feature for the visuals
Realtime reflections on the visor would still be an amazing feature for the visuals
And the broken image is from a CG trailer.
"I think X looks just as awesome Y" is not the same thing as "X is technically equal to or superiour to Y".
The Order looks pretty cool, but it's not most technically advanced game ever. If by fidelity you mean artstyle, then I can't argue against you (it's a matter of taste), but if you mean "technically advanced", then you're wrong.
That Motorstorm screenshot shows techniques and a level of image quality that I bet my left thumb will not be achieved on the PS4.
Edit:
Some of those techniques are:
* Fullscreen (not per object) DOF with extreme resolution scattering
* Extreme resolution and extreme fidelity motion blur
* No aliasing whatsoever
* Particle effects that doesn't resemble anything that can be done in realtime today.
You see, these things above, they require a certain amount of processing power to do. There will be new tricks and cheats developed which will make you go "this game looks the most awesomest ever", but they will not be more technically advanced than this screenshot. Because for the trained eye, they will not be of the same quality. Cheating will never be as good as the real thing.
We're getting there!
Neither of these is a bullshot.
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The reflections were in the Halo 3 E3 premiere and then scrapped there, too. I miss those old Halo days though.
To be fair to Bungie, they were actually trying to build the games to look this way and learned through struggle that they couldn't. It was less of a misleading scenario than the Sony Killzone 2 lie, which Guerrilla was shady about, but didn't personally make the claims of it running on PS3 that Sony made.
A supposed game for Wii called Sadness. The game never materialized.
Broder Salsa
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I highly disagree with those games looking anywhere close to what Motorstorms bullshots and trailer produced. Yes I am thinking (and have actually studied 3d modelling for 2 years before finally dropping out... I'm an expert!) Horp said all my thoughts well. The stuff we see in those bullshots is still quite far away from what we will get this gen.
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Maybe I'm jaded by the arrival of the new gen, but am I the only one who doesn't think Dark Souls II ever looked like it was pushing boundaries? Is the disappointment just that it looks worse than expected, or did people think it looks worse than a graphical savior of a last gen title?
The Order: 1886 is pretty stunning though. I'd have to say it has closed the gap more than almost any other game to date.
The Order: 1886 is pretty stunning though. I'd have to say it has closed the gap more than almost any other game to date.
Derp. Linked the wrong pictures. I'll get the ones I was talking about now.
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