I ain't gonna lie, those trees look pretty awful
Maybe it's just the screen, I don't know.
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Best Looking Trees In Gaming
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I ain't gonna lie, those trees look pretty awful
Maybe it's just the screen, I don't know.SolidSnakesMyStepDad
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Yoshichan
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Darnasus/Teldrasil are beautiful maps
Blackthorn
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Final Fantasy IX's Iifa Tree was an eerie twist on the big ol' magical tree trope in JRPGs:
And I was always fond of Link to the Past's mushroomy ones:
And I was always fond of Link to the Past's mushroomy ones:
I should replay UC3, go to this part and see if I can get a direct feed of this same spot.
Gaffercake
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I've played all the uncharted games and I don't remember it looking like this.
ohbabyitsken
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There's a good reason why that screenshot keeps getting posted over and over again.
I'm not saying it isn't in-game but it's just an overly flattering screenshot and not a good representation of how UC3 looked at all. Funny though seeing people compare UC to Ryse graphicswise.
Yeah they look great, screens I took:
Does vegetation move naturally when you pass trough them.
Also some one post that recent K:SF tree pic
Gaffercake
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I ain't gonna lie, those trees look pretty awful
There are far nicer looking trees in the game, I don't think that's the best example.
Blackthorn
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Call of Juarez Gunslinger (the trees were good), basically any Crysis, Alan Wake, and obviously Uncharted 3 as above, although I played it recently and don't remember it looking that good. I guess you'd have to stand really close to notice, but I thought the lighting was what set that part of the game apart from the rest. Ever since I saw Crysis on ultra with mods, nothing really impresses me anymore. Games like Halo 4 and Uncharted 2 looked fine until they went into the jungle, and that is when I had a means for comparison....they looked hideous.
Juarez gets away because of its art style, and Alan wake is mostly during the night...although the day time sections were good also I guess (just not interiors).
Trees and foliage in games are almost always ugly. When those games that are supposed to have super awesome graphics have terrible looking foliage, it is an absolute eye sore. I'd only really rate the Crysis games TBH.
Juarez gets away because of its art style, and Alan wake is mostly during the night...although the day time sections were good also I guess (just not interiors).
Trees and foliage in games are almost always ugly. When those games that are supposed to have super awesome graphics have terrible looking foliage, it is an absolute eye sore. I'd only really rate the Crysis games TBH.
Same here.
Harvest Moon (SNES)
I particularly love them during autumn.
Very nice.
I swear I looked up online to see if Sony dropped an Uncharted 4 teaser or something like that. That's incredible.
Yeah they do move when you walk over them.
Poimandres
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I think that Uncharted shot is a bullshot. IQ seems too good, resolution too high etc. I'm not an "expert" though, so kudos if it really does look like that in game!
JordanN
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Pokemon Gold & Silver have the best trees.
The perspective makes them look weird (it's top down but you can see the stumps).
It's best done that way if you aren't going third person. I want to see the full tree, top down view seeing only the top side sucks. A Link to the Past does this too.
It's because you were actually playing it, it's easy to forget how parts of it look when right when you turn the camera you have a low res texture in your face or you see a flat bunch of leaves. If the game was at that quality at all times, it would put current gen titles to shame
Red Chocobo
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The best 8-bit ones were in Castle of Illusion (Master System)
The shot in question is a direct feed... Forgot the name of the guy who posted them, but he posted a bunch at the Gamespot forums.
Anyway, Killzone Shadow Fall and Crysis come to mind.
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That aliasing is just too good I refuse to believe it.
I think it's some weird temporal type, because in certain busier areas it looks worse, but others it looks super clean.
The Cowboy
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It really is amazing what ND did with the PS3, I really can't wait to see the full Amazon rain forest down to the last leaf in UC4 on PS4.
I don't remember Uncharted 3 looking this good. Holy shit
Insane Metal
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Don't be purposely vague; it's fucking annoying. What game is this?
Proteus
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PROTEUS!!!!!!!
And yes, its amazing and you should go buy it right now. On Steam and was later ported to the Playstation family of platforms.
Jawdropping, inspiring game. Tune out and experience it.
That is Proteus
Yeah I remember that.=p
It has MLAA and it seems to be in great use with that screen.
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UnrealEck
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It's because it's a picture focussed entirely on one good texture of one small portion of a tree.
Blackthorn
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Earliest use of the Uncharted 3 screenshot I could find was from this Japanese blog and it seems they needed to prove its legitimacy as well:
Thank you. Jtwo and RytGear as well.