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[Karak]

That first one. That is the shit. That is a stunning...STUNNING moment in the game. And you captured it pretty well. Good job.

 

[Corky]

God damnit guys, you're not making it easy to wait on my ass-pc to start working again

Soo many beautiful pictures. Keep em' coming. <3

 

[TheOctagon]

 

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Set in progress (1080p):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/sets/72157624818930297/

 

[Psychotext]

Holy shit... I'm new to the thread, so excuse the question, but is that some sort of high resolution texture pack dealy? It looks fucking stunning.

 

[Stallion Free]

Holy shit... I'm new to the thread, so excuse the question, but is that some sort of high resolution texture pack dealy? It looks fucking stunning.

It's just the textures that came with the PC version of the game. Those shots are heavily downsampled which can lead to textures looking quite sharp.

 

[CryptiK]

Holy shit... I'm new to the thread, so excuse the question, but is that some sort of high resolution texture pack dealy? It looks fucking stunning.

The games textures look terrible while playing the pics are just downscaled

 

[TheOctagon]

Actually, it's more that I take most shots from the 'safe distance' where as few textures as possible are massively upscaled, which is one of the benefits of using debug commands. If I just mashed the FRAPS or tiledshot key during cutscenes using the game's own cameras, you'd see that there's no real magic going on there. Mass Effect textures in general are enormously hit-and-miss when it comes to resolution. I'll always downsample, of course, but that tends to be more about removing any aliasing.

 

[Stallion Free]

I just took my ME2 screens while I played through the DLC as I normally would and Fraps + cutscenes holds up quite well if you ask me. I don't have an eye for photography, so I'll let the game makers do that for me and I just keep the screens that hold up best.

 

[TheOctagon]

Hey, man, each to their own. I'm not knocking your methods, just explaining why the textures don't look quite as horrible from a greater distance away. That said, the character and costume textures in Shadow Broker do seem slightly better than usual.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Damn Octagon.
Seems criminal that I have to play the ME series on a console.

 

[Psychotext]

Ahh, that's a shame, I was just about to run out and buy a copy of the PC version.

 

[TheOctagon]

...which you can mod, don't forget. That's pretty awesome.

 

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[TheOctagon]

Am I right in thinking you removed the various blooms and filters to clear the image up in Grid? I dabbled with that once but couldn't justify stripping out the game's art direction. It's a shame there isn't some happy medium between the two, really. The Grid sequel in DX11 should be something to behold, though...

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

Am I right in thinking you removed the various blooms and filters to clear the image up in Grid? I dabbled with that once but couldn't justify stripping out the game's art direction. It's a shame there isn't some happy medium between the two, really. The Grid sequel in DX11 should be something to behold, though...

Yeah i turned off post processing and blur, makes the game look nice and sharp but removes a fair bit of its "oomph". DiRT 2 (in DX11 at least) managed to look razor sharp while having everything on. Cant wait for Grid 2, should look phenomenal, do wish it was coming before DiRT 3 though :/

 

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These last ones depict the Shadow Broker battle which, while it doesn't involve a twist, might be considered a spoiler. It does, though, drive home the fact that this DLC features much better texturing for characters and costumes than previous Mass Effect content, suggesting overall improvements for ME3.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/4990679289/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/4990678531/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/4991283278/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/4990675797/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/4990673977/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/4991288558/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanjharris/4991291240/sizes/l/

 

[Stop It]

In memory of the Devil May Cry series, have some shots of DMC 4 PC. I must admit, I could probably end up with thousands of screens of this, the art style is just too awesome.

 

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