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[nOoblet16]

I'm sure it looks great, but its not all going to be up to the measure of that tree shot. There's an obvious reason why people who have played the game don't remember it looking as good as that. If it looked that good consistently, it would look just as good, if not better, than anything on next-gen or on PC. And I don't think anybody is going to reasonably try and make that argument.

No he's right the 1% theory is nothing but bullocks. The reason people don't remember it looking that good is because the game didn't have a good IQ, a botched AA implementation, no AF were the prime reason why people don't remember it looking as good. The texture work in Uncharted games have always been sublime and consistency in assets is their strongest point.

Uncharted 3 was the most technically outstanding console tittle released last gen (it was ahead of TLOU in some areas and generally looked better due to prettier artwork) and I find it hard to believe that someone thought that it wasn't even in the top 3 or top 5.

 

[GoofsterStud]

Honorable mention: Flower

If my memory is correct resident evil remake had some wonderful trees. This is the best I can do on my phone.

 

[KKRT00]

Oh yes.

Hahahaha You win Definitely the most fun tree around.


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Ryse art dump shows glorious and varied trees + vegetation.

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And of course Skyrim mods, they are just glorious.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

No props for Elwynn?

 

[Seanspeed]

No he's right the 1% theory is nothing but bullocks. The reason people don't remember it looking that good is because the game didn't have a good IQ, a botched AA implementation, no AF were the prime reason why people don't remember it looking as good. The texture work in Uncharted games have always been sublime and consistency in assets is their strongest point.

Uncharted 3 was the most technically outstanding console tittle released last gen (it was ahead of TLOU in some areas and generally looked better due to prettier artwork) and I find it hard to believe that someone thought that it wasn't even in the top 3 or top 5.

Sounds to me that he was spot on then, if it doesn't have good IQ, botched AA and no AF elsewhere.

 

[DecoyOctopus]

Muramasa

so beautiful...

 

[BulletTheory]

Some damn fine trees in this thread! Personally I prefer a more stylised approach:

Rayman

Witness

Fez

My personal favourite, though its already been posted, Animal Crossing:

 

[Ylyon]

"The" Shenmue.

Yes, it's the name of the tree.

 

[coolmast3r]

Where did you find that first screenshot? surely that's fake, if not I want the mod...

It's fake. =(

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

F-Zero GX, for those wondering.

Which reminds me of another racing game, it's not out yet but based on shots and trailers, I really love what they did with some of the trees in Mario Kart 8:

 

[EatChildren]

Even though the game design was rather paint-by-numbers character action and platforming, and not particularly memorable at either, the visual design of El Shaddai is frequently breathtaking and awe inspiring for the interactive medium. I firmly believe it's a practically unmatched and ahead-of-its-time landmark achievement in interactive 3D space aesthetics. One of those so very few games that utalises the rendering tools, methods, and tricks we have available to create abstract, three dimensional, animated dreamscapes that defy real world visual conventions. Truly outstanding visual production.

 

[PsionBolt]

Seiken Densetsu 3 looks pretty nice.

 

[Yoshichan]

Seiken Densetsu 3 looks pretty nice.

Motherofgod, you're right. Completely forgot about this.

 

[nOoblet16]

Sounds to me that he was spot on then, if it doesn't have good IQ, botched AA and no AF elsewhere.

How is he spot on? He said the textures are only good in certain areas and rest is just bad. That's different from what I said, which was that the visuals and assets are consistent and high quality throughout but get affected due to lack bad IQ since it lacks AF and has a broken AA implementation. Majority of console tittles released last gen lacked AF anyhow so it wasn't out of the ordinary, the IQ of Uncharted games were on par with other console games, they are bad when you compare them to today's standards.

 

[jmls1121]

Animal Crossing.

 

[Seanspeed]

How is he spot on? He said the textures are only good in certain areas and rest is just bad.

He doesn't mention textures anywhere in his post.

 

[FunkyLounge]

Random pic:

My pic:

They're the same, I didn't zoom in as much though.

Why the hell are there 2 different fonts on the ammo number? Smells fishy.

 

[Yoshichan]

Why the hell are there 2 different fonts on the ammo number? Smells fishy.

Different regions?

 

[kinggroin]

Those UC3 shots could quite easily pass for a next gen game. In-fact, they're graphically more impressive than several big next gen games.

Not even close.


The very first shot in that one angle, sure. It falls apart everywhere else. Otherwise, the lighting and high-lod textures still look great.

 

[EatChildren]

The Uncharted 3 shots, and the reactions here, are a great example of Naughty Dog's combined technical and artistic wizardry, along with strong impressions of a good, still screenshot.

Tree geometry is Uncharted 3 is basic as fuck and nothing to go crazy over. Not bad. Not amazing. Not Crysis 3 tessellated-to-hell-and-back. Just a basic, serviceable, and balanced triangle count making up the truck and branches.

Naughty Dog know their shit with textures and that's what makes it look so damn good, along with the subtle normal map and position of the lighting in the shot. It looks like a photo of bark, the normal map giving the illusion of bumps and chips, and the still, front-on imagery giving the impression of detailed geometry in the chunks and corners of bark popping out of the tree.

The illusion is lost somewhat when you're actually playing and can move around the tree and see the bark is a texture attached to flat, polygonal surfaces, even if it still looks good thanks to the technology and art.

TLDR: Naughty Dog have great artist. Nicely set up screenshots look awesome. They've a pretty damn sweet bark texture. Killzone: Shadow Fall's trees should shit all over them geometrically, even if the bark texture doesn't hold up for artistic reasons.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

even to this day, Crysis 1 has some great looking tree's.



Just like how natural it looks

cause you can see god rays in real life? I want your vision.

edit: Uncharted wins best trees by a large margin

 

[KKRT00]

Majority of console tittles released last gen lacked AF anyhow so it wasn't out of the ordinary, the IQ of Uncharted games were on par with other console games, they are bad when you compare them to today's standards.

Actually majority of high end console games from 2012 and 2013 had some form of AF.
Assassins Creed games, Metro:LL , Crysis, BF 3 and 4, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3.

 

[Jigolo]

Some damn fine trees in this thread! Personally I prefer a more stylised approach:

Fez

i like this one

 

[DecoyOctopus]

Street Fighter III: 3S - Urien

Street Fighter III: 2I - Necro

Street Fighter III: NG - Ryu

Street Fighter Alpha - Ryu

Darkstalkers 2 - Hsien-Ko

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

edit: Uncharted wins best trees by a large margin

Hardly. It may win only if you are not looking at the foliage, if foliage is included then it is about cryengine. They win at bark, though. Although modded Skyrim and Killzone SF may also beat them at that.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Ni No Kuni has some amazing ones, but I can't seem to find any decent pics.

 

[Crisium]

The Majora's Mask tree is the most breathtaking sight I have ever seen in a game. I feel ashamed that neither myself or another poster brought it up before page 5. The moment it appears... just so good.

 

[BY2K]

Why the hell are there 2 different fonts on the ammo number? Smells fishy.

There's a setting to change the font in the game.

 

[batbeg]

I always loved LKS' heart trees.

 

[KKRT00]

DoF helps a lot with showing details. Some shots from C3 i just took with heavy dof.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

DoF helps a lot with showing details. Some shots from C3 i just took with heavy dof.

[img ]http://i3.minus.com/i3vF4KdkVBMif.png[/img]

[img ]http://i7.minus.com/its3lw2CUAA5l.png[/img]

That's not the part that looks best in C3 imo. It's the canopies in the distance and how they are lit.

 

[ichtyander]

How could I forget this beauty. It doesn't look like much now but it blew my mind the first time I saw it:

 

[jacksepticeye]

TLDR: Naughty Dog have great artist. Nicely set up screenshots look awesome. They've a pretty damn sweet bark texture. Killzone: Shadow Fall's trees should shit all over them geometrically, even if the bark texture doesn't hold up for artistic reasons.

This and a generous dose of DOF helps the shot a lot. The game does look great but in game walking around it doesn't look AS good because of all the shimmering edges and that DOF isn't in place till you actually aim up close.

It is weird though that the ammo font is two different types as someone pointed out above. Seems like they're two different builds of the game

 

[NastyBook]

I thought that uncharted picture was photoshopped. Their texture work is just insane.

Wouldn't be the first time somebody has said that about a screenshot taken from an Uncharted game. I still remember seeing all the "bullshot" comments on here (before I got an account) for Uncharted 2.

 

[klier]

okay. wtf. I thought this was fake.

Me too and I played every Uncharted

That's a nice looking tree indeed, but I love cartoony trees too, like 3D World..

 

[KKRT00]

That's not the part that looks best in C3 imo. It's the canopies in the distance and how they are lit.

The thing is, i'm using a trick here to get this DoF working all the time without any HUD and the only place i can use this trick is this section unfortunately. I would love to have this option of other parts of the game too and be able to customize DoF focus distance.

Btw trick: before You meet up with Psycho for a cutscene there is small zone, where You lower Your weapon and hud disappears for cinematic purposes and if You hide weapon customization in this zone, there is some chance that raising it again wont bring up HUD when You out of the zone

 

[Lana Del Rey]

These ones in Grim Fandango are pretty cool.

Okami ones looks nice too.

 

[nbnt]

The Uncharted 3 shots, and the reactions here, are a great example of Naughty Dog's combined technical and artistic wizardry, along with strong impressions of a good, still screenshot.

Tree geometry is Uncharted 3 is basic as fuck and nothing to go crazy over. Not bad. Not amazing. Not Crysis 3 tessellated-to-hell-and-back. Just a basic, serviceable, and balanced triangle count making up the truck and branches.

Naughty Dog know their shit with textures and that's what makes it look so damn good, along with the subtle normal map and position of the lighting in the shot. It looks like a photo of bark, the normal map giving the illusion of bumps and chips, and the still, front-on imagery giving the impression of detailed geometry in the chunks and corners of bark popping out of the tree.

The illusion is lost somewhat when you're actually playing and can move around the tree and see the bark is a texture attached to flat, polygonal surfaces, even if it still looks good thanks to the technology and art.

TLDR: Naughty Dog have great artist. Nicely set up screenshots look awesome. They've a pretty damn sweet bark texture. Killzone: Shadow Fall's trees should shit all over them geometrically, even if the bark texture doesn't hold up for artistic reasons.

Totally agree. And DoF can hide a lot.

This is how the forest looks:

Next gen.. suuuure.

 

[TimeEffect]

 

[Loakum]

The Last of Us.

 

[NotSelf]

 

[Momentary]

SOON

That physX...

 

[SillyEskimo]

Legend of Kage

This is a screenshot guessing contest, right?

 

[jacksepticeye]

Totally agree. And DoF can hide a lot.

This is how the forest looks:

Next gen.. suuuure.

Proving what eatchildren was saying. Select still shots can look amazing and the DOF helps a LOT. But when playing the level it doesn't look AS good as a whole. The overall area is kinda low res

But still the shot isn't fake and is impressive as hell for the tech it's running on

 

[Sputtid]

Xenoblade - Frontier Village

 

[Luthos]

Trine 2 has some of the most esthetic beautifully trees. The whole atmosphere and level of detail at some levels in the wood, just wow.

Agreed. Trine 2 is flat-out gorgeous. Here are some of my shitty Steam pics:

 

[Messofanego]

These ones in Grim Fandango are pretty cool.

That reminds me of The Longest Journey.

 

[elohel]

The final fantasy character, the plague tree and the map image I have no idea what games those are from lol and by map I mean the image that looks like a gigantic skill tree

 

[kuppy]

Fantastic picks so far.

I also remember these dudes getting quite some attention:

 

[Gurish]

No he's right the 1% theory is nothing but bullocks. The reason people don't remember it looking that good is because the game didn't have a good IQ, a botched AA implementation, no AF were the prime reason why people don't remember it looking as good. The texture work in Uncharted games have always been sublime and consistency in assets is their strongest point.

Uncharted 3 was the most technically outstanding console tittle released last gen (it was ahead of TLOU in some areas and generally looked better due to prettier artwork) and I find it hard to believe that someone thought that it wasn't even in the top 3 or top 5.

How can you say that the theory is bullocks if you are admitting yourself that the IQ wasn't good, the AA was botched and there was no AF and that's why ppl don't remember the game looking so good?

That's exactly what the theory says! in that pic the IQ is perfect, probably because of the DOF and the zoom in and because some lesser looking textures (textures are not the main reason but not all of them looked like that tree so don't hang up on this, it's mostly IQ) are not presented in the frame, you can't see the flaws.

That's why people are saying this pic does not represent the fidelity of the game and why the 1% theory is correct in this case.