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[boeso]

No, I'm not, I highlighted two words out of his entire comment. And I'm not wasting anyone's time, what are you talking about? If anything, you're wasting your own time by needlessly replying to me.

And I agree with his point, btw.

Look just chill out a bit. You don't have to jump on everything you don't agree with, just move on. Most people form their own independent opinion with or without others having contrary views.

If I can reduce this kind of stuff by highlighting it to people, then I won't have to read as much in the future. That's the aim.

 

[Herne]

The Witcher 2 from three years ago, which coincidentally is when I built my pc. Those textures...

 

[Leyasu]

Sunset overdrive sure is pretty.

 

[velociraptor]

Driveclub is honestly one of the best looking games I have ever played; it might well be the best looking console game released thus far.

Bummed they haven't released the PS Plus version yet.

 

[Summer Haze]

Look just chill out a bit. You don't have to jump on everything you don't agree with, just move on. Most people form their own independent opinion with or without others having contrary views.

If I can reduce this kind of stuff by highlighting it to people, then I won't have to read as much in the future. That's the aim.

Dude, I'm chill as a cucumber. It was just a little comment to show that I disagree with his assessment, as is my right. All is good.

Now, lets get back on topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-JCp2iSkbk

 

[velociraptor]

The new Call of Duty shows the same difference as PS2 to PS3 did.

1080p/60fps vs 600p/60fps

This is a misleading image. So the game looks really pretty in cutscenes - great. Now let's see a 1:1 gameplay comparison.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

when i played killzone then when i played bf4 then when i played ISS then when i re-played DC with weather patch then when i play COD:AW etc etc

sheeet just when i turn on/off or install a game i feel the next gen feel

 

[Interfectum]

AC: Black Flag cranked up with full effects on PC. Stunning looking game.

 

[Allforce]

Believe it or not, its's probably Fibbage/Drawful on Xbox One/PS4. Not sure if it's possible on last-gen but the fact you can play a game on the TV just via your smartphone and it works flawlessly is awesome to me.

We've had more fun with Fibbage and now Drawful than anything else, mainly because pretty much everyone can play now. Even people who aren't gamers instantly get it when we show them how to play with their own phone.

 

[OsirisBlack]

 

[Give War A Chance]

Advanced Warfare's campaign was beautiful, and the characters looked amazing. I remember worrying that since they spent so much on Spacey, that the rest of the characters would look really bad... but everyone looked great.

 

[Pandy]

Super Mario 3D World for me, followed by MGSV: Ground Zeroes.

Dat 60fps.

 

[spared]

The only game worthy of the new gen name is Pikmin 3. And yes, I do own all 3 consoles.

 

[Kimosabae]

I don't know why people are posting photomode shots in here like it is actually representative of how the game looks when you play it.

Drive club is good looking, but lets not be disingenuous. The AA is nowhere near as good as it is in photomode.

This is how I feel. I tried hard not to buy into the GAF-hype, but I caved, because I bought a PS4 recently, and didn't have a game to play that gave me any feels of "next-genness" (been playing TLoU and GTAV remains unopened). I figured "it's only $35 on Amazon, screw it, and the gameplay's supposedly great, so I'll give it a shot."

First thing I noticed was the aliasing before anything else, and the first track itself is hardly impressive. Foliage looked flat and jaggy, bystanders are low-poly doing repetitive animations. Lighting seems to have a profound effect on the game's look, as the game gradually started looking more impressive during dusk/night time courses. I haven't experienced any of the weather stuff yet, so maybe my opinion will change, but right now, in terms of looks, the game looks like nothing special at all.

Seems to play great, though.

 

[Celegus]

Nothing yet. I just got my PS4 on Black Friday, and have only played Mordor, PvZ Garden Warfare and MGS Ground Zeroes. They all look nice, but nothing's really blown my socks off yet. To be honest, Smash Bros, MK8 and Pikmin 3 look better to me than anything I've seen on PS4 yet.

 

[Crayon]

No PS3 version? Fuuuuuuuuu..........

That "Next Gen moment" when I have to buy another console.

I'd think about building a pc for sf5 but there's the matter of Bloodborne to consider....

 

[schwabdizzle]

I wouldn't say I found my "This is Next Gen game", but I have played a lot of games where I would say "this isn't possible on last gen". I think The Order will be the 1st game that blows my mind.

 

[SiKotikJ30]

Graphically the "this is next gen" moment for me was the first shot of James Harden in the NBA 2K14 gameplay trailer. Nothing gameplay wise has done that, though.

 

[dr guildo]

This is how I feel. I tried hard not to buy into the GAF-hype, but I caved, because I bought a PS4 recently, and didn't have a game to play that gave me any feels of "next-genness" (been playing TLoU and GTAV remains unopened). I figured "it's only $35 on Amazon, screw it, and the gameplay's supposedly great, so I'll give it a shot."

First thing I noticed was the aliasing before anything else, and the first track itself is hardly impressive. Foliage looked flat and jaggy, bystanders are low-poly doing repetitive animations. Lighting seems to have a profound effect on the game's look, as the game gradually started looking more impressive during dusk/night time courses. I haven't experienced any of the weather stuff yet, so maybe my opinion will change, but right now, in terms of looks, the game looks like nothing special at all.

Seems to play great, though.

That was the opinion of all DC beginners, but they change their mind after, you will do so I think.

Photomode without using post-processed AA, real in-game IQ :

 

[TheAdmiester]

I've found mine, Horizon 2.

 

[T.O.P]

Drive club is good looking, but lets not be disingenuous. The AA is nowhere near as good as it is in photomode.

Yeah, graphic wise Driveclub is extremely inconsistent

game goes from this

to this far too quickly

better AA and a little more polish on some tracks could've done wonders

 

[Gbraga]

AC Unity, every time I play it I'm impressed by the visuals.

 

[Morts]

Shadow of Mordor.

Performance stays smooth even when 30 orcs surround you. Plus,

Spoiler

the second map has pretty grass.

 

[Syrus]

Graphics = Ryse

Gameplay next gen = Sunset Overdrive by far and on a technical level with all the guns and particles on screen

 

[rjc571]

Seeing Ocarina of Time in 3D felt more "next gen" to me than anything on the later consoles. With the 3D enabled, it was like I was looking through a window into another world.

 

[Bessy67]

Sunset Overdrive Night Defense at the Downtown location. 8 players racing around killing hundreds of enemies with crazy weapons that make huge explosions and particle effects.

Oh, and Dead Rising 3 for the number of zombies on screen. Right in the beginning you have to walk through a crashed plane and when you get to the end you step out onto a freeway completely packed with zombies. That was definitely a "wow" moment to me.

 

[Fitzy]

NBA 2k14 did it for me. player models looked so much better, and at the time I thought the new mycareer mode changes were going to be awesome. Infamous Second Son definitely helped though.

 

[AuRoN89]

DriveClub

 

[Struct09]

Mordor for gameplay, Unity for graphics.

 

[T.O.P]

Anyway, my pick is DA:I

Insane scope and the attention to details was just nuts

 

[this_multiverse]

BF4>>

 

[Angelcurio]

All these games were played on PC so I'm not sure how relevant the whole 'next-gen' thing is, but:

Assassin's Creed Unity
Ryse: Son of Rome
Dragon Age: Inquisition

http://dl.qassim.uk/DAI_MAGE.webm
I quite like the package that is DAI graphically.

How does that version of the game compares with the PS4 and Xbox One versions? it looks really smooth.

 

[PintSizedSlasher]

I'm really diggin' the graphics in Dragon Age on PS4. Beautiful environments, and for the first time I actually care about the looks of my armor. Such fine details.

 

[Athreous]

This is a misleading image. So the game looks really pretty in cutscenes - great. Now let's see a 1:1 gameplay comparison.

Even with a pretty awesome pc, the textures are horrible.

 

[YuriLowell]

Plenty of stuff IQ wise but nothing gameplay wise yet.
Maybe the nemesis system.

 

[Galacticus]

Driveclub with weather at night.

My pc would explode.

 

[Panda Rin]

Tomb Raider in early 2013 absolutely blew me away on PC. Haven't had a game like that since then.

 

[Mahonay]

It happened with Second Son for me, visuals wise.

NBA 2K14 was a big leap too.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Graphically? Sure.

Far Cry 4
The Show
Resogun

All look significantly better then they would have on previous consoles. None of these games really do anything new (Far Cry and The Show are essentially just better looking versions of their predecessors.) but they all look way better then they ever could have on old consoles. And they're all great games.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Not yet. So far this gen has just been a "last gen perfected" in terms of 1080p/60fps. yeah theres a graphic bump but its only as much as like taking a pc game and going from medium to high settings

I know this is from a few pages back, but it is just what I was going to say. Still waiting to see something aside from pretty visuals that makes me say, "Wow, good thing we got new consoles, otherwise we'd never have been able to play _____" without any framerate or resolution quantifiers.

 

[spliced]

Not really, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Dark Souls are more next gen than anything of this gen.

 

[Stormus]

Is it egregious to say Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition?

 

[MikeyB]

Killzone: Shadowfall (yeah, yeah, I know), closely followed by Infamous. Graphical detail in both was something else.

What I'm waiting for is really intelligent AI (though my expectations for this are low). If we can get beyond the enemy types of a tank that rushes and explodes/punches/shotguns, a glass cannon hanging in the back, a cloaked/sneaky glass cannon, and something in between with moderate strength that advances but will retreat a bit/get to cover when injured, I will be oh so happy.

 

[Grady]

In the UI, yes. The responsiveness of the system, the pause a game and watch Netflix, those things make the system feel next Gen to me. As for games, I hope either bloodborne or witcher 3 will stand out for me.

 

[bj00rn_]

Probably because that comment on weather effects was a bit unnecessary. People should be allowed to have their own opinion on this 'Your next gen game yet'

"Unnecessary".. I understand what you're saying, so no offense to you, but the policing (and revenge-posting) of anything PS4-related which is not purely positive or pre-approved is reaching bizarre levels these days. That little indirect comment was a tongue-in-cheek point in context to "next gen" not always being about the amount of raindrops you can fit on a conventional screen, but also about immersion/VR - In my "own" opinion.

 

[AmuroChan]

Probably Infamous: SS.

 

[OttoSporteman]

Sunset Overdrive was the first moment I thought: "ok, last gen wouldn't be able to process all this!"

Be it particles, light effects and number of enemies...

When playing Chaos Squad, the amount of explosions is insane!

 

[Peltz]

Pikmin 3 for was my "OMG it's a new age for Nintendo" moment.

Plus, Resogun on PS4 impressed me within moments.

 

[pr0cs]

Probably Mordor for me thus far.
Lots of little cool details with the environmental effects then being able to run through the game world on the back of Graug with very minimal framerate loss yet still same excellent detail and image quality.
I'd say it's my first next-gen game.

I have Infamous:SS, Forza Horizon2, Sunset Overdrive yet to play though and if I manage to have any money left after xmas I really want to try GTA4 as well

 

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Assassin's Creed: Unity PC (credit to chromatic9 in the High-Res PC Screenshot Thread for these images)