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Alien Isolation - PS3 screenshots

Jessie.Bristol

Jessie.Bristol

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Alcoholikaust said:
judging from that egx overview- there is no possible way you can see alot of this game in stills-or even in previews of the game- going to be monstrous-


highlighted area is approximate size of the ship in the movie ALIEN- what you see surrounding it is the size of the station the game team made :)

edit:and it was said that is just "some" of the game map-
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Oh, I wasn't speaking of the length or size of the game. Just the screens appeared to be the very beginning (at least in the context shown). I am just very picky of spoilers :).
 
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Xater

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Jobbs said:
you can make jokes about vaseline, but I think this looks pretty impressive for nearly decade old hardware specs. ever LOOK at PS360 specs? there's almost nothing there to work with by today's standards.
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Well the other question is how well it actually runs. That's a story these screenshots can't tell.
 
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gelf

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Looks fine to me. How on earth do people cope with indie games if they think this looks bad and outdated.
 
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Scrabble

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Remember in 05/06 when we entered the "HD" era and we were so amazed by how clear and pristine games looked. Why did that go away? Is it because graphical assets and features improved, making a higher resolution almost a necessity? Meaning, the less geometry rendered, the more you can get away with by using a low resolution? For example, if I play an HD remastered ps2 game on ps3, the image quality and clarity is much better than a game built for ps3 running at the same resolution.
 
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megabytecr

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Looks bad, but need to see it in motion.

Amazing how PS3 pulled some of the 1st party games, like Uncharted 1-3, TLOU, GoW 3 and Ascencion, Killzone 2-3 and Resistance 3 among others. Huge distance between this games and most other 3rd party games. Basically confirms the extravagant hardware.
 
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EGM1966

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Looks ok for PS3 (and by extension presume-ably 360) I guess... I'll partake on either PC or PS4.

Can't decide which although I'm leaning towards PS4 for ease of playing on my TV. Seems somehow more appropriate to view it on my TV vs my monitor given how closely it's emulating the first film visually.
 
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Xater

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Crafty_ said:
Remember in 05/06 when we entered the "HD" era and we were so amazed by how clear and pristine games looked. Why did that go away? Is it because graphical assets and features improved, making a higher resolution almost a necessity? Meaning, the less geometry rendered, the more you can get away with by using a low resolution? For example, if I play an HD remastered ps2 game on ps3, the image quality and clarity is much better than a game built for ps3 running at the same resolution.
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Because developers added lots of effects, higher poly counts, better textures etc. These machines can't handle all that stuff at an actual HD resolution. Resolution doesn't come for free and the difference in pixel count between some of these sub HD games and 720p is quite substantial.
 
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Gurish

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Wow we really played with games looking like this for 8 years? :O

After you switch to next gen it's really painful to look back.
 
J

Jackpot

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dankir said:
How come its so bright? Anyway we could see the same screen for the PS4 version?
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That's the beginning area where everything is fine.

PC youtube shots with all that it entails.

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Seanspeed

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Crafty_ said:
Remember in 05/06 when we entered the "HD" era and we were so amazed by how clear and pristine games looked. Why did that go away? Is it because graphical assets and features improved, making a higher resolution almost a necessity? Meaning, the less geometry rendered, the more you can get away with by using a low resolution? For example, if I play an HD remastered ps2 game on ps3, the image quality and clarity is much better than a game built for ps3 running at the same resolution.
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The less geometry a game has, the better performance you can get, freeing up room for extra antialiasing and whatnot.

But no, I don't think this is the main reason. Its simply that our standards are ever-changing. I bet most console gamers were quite impressed with last-gen games all the way through to 2013. But now that we've been looking at next-gen visuals for the past year or so, our standards have been elevated and what we were impressed by before is no longer impressive.

There will come a day when we look at a game like The Witcher 3 or DriveClub and say it no longer looks all that good.

Jackpot said:
PC youtube shots with all that it entails.
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Wow, really? They look nearly the same?

I've been trying to avoid newer Alien Isolation footage/screens or whatever. Has the game gotten a huge downgrade?
 
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Kezen

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Seanspeed said:
The less geometry a game has, the better performance you can get, freeing up room for extra antialiasing and whatnot.

But no, I don't think this is the main reason. Its simply that our standards are ever-changing. I bet most console gamers were quite impressed with last-gen games all the way through to 2013. But now that we've been looking at next-gen visuals for the past year or so, our standards have been elevated and what we were impressed by before is no longer impressive.

There will come a day when we look at a game like The Witcher 3 or DriveClub and say it no longer looks all that good.


Wow, really? They look nearly the same?

I've been trying to avoid newer Alien Isolation footage/screens or whatever. Has the game gotten a huge downgrade?
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Gamersyde has some PC screenshots :
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_gc_alien_isolation_trailer_and_screens-15723_en.html
In terms of assets there is definitely a difference, so cross-gen should not hinder the game that much.
 
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Seanspeed

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Kezen

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Seanspeed said:
That's where I got the PS4 shots from above. But the screens posted from that guy's stream of the PC version look only a tiny bit better than the PS3 version. :/ None of the fancy lighting or depth of field or anything.
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It's possible pewdiepie hasn't set the settings to high or maximum.
I would not worry, in his video you can still see a good DOF.
 
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Chabbles

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The PS3 screens above look alrite. And no reason they shouldn't with the game being so tight, small, linear, dark and kind of minimalist look ..
 
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loaf of bread

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After experiencing 1080p and 60fps on PS4 going back through my last gen backlog makes me want to throw up. I don't know how I lived like this.
 
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zychi

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pewdiepie's pc shots shouldnt be used as an example. annoying dude didnt touch the settings before playing. it could be on low for all we know
 
JordanN

JordanN

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Since the hardware is so old, what's the point of targeting sub native 720p?

Would last gen owners really throw a fit if the game doesn't push last gen hardware to the max, even though it's still going to be inferior to the next gen versions?
 
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Seanspeed

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JordanN said:
Since the hardware is so old, what's the point of targeting sub native 720p?

Would last gen owners really throw a fit if the game doesn't push last gen hardware to the max, even though it's still going to be inferior to the next gen versions?
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Just because a game isnt 720p doesnt mean its not pushing the hardware to its max. There's far more to graphics than resolution.

And I doubt that sub-native 720p was *targeted*.
 
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