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[makaveli60]

Ever since playing The Order 1886 I have been waiting for something to surpass it visually. Uncharted 4 and a couple of other games came quite close but I felt nothing has surpassed its CG-movie like graphics yet. But with the just released The Last of Us Part II I feel it might have finally happened or at the very least they matched it. Keep in mind that I'm talking sheer visuals in here, nothing else, I know that taking everything into account TLoU2 and many other games are technically superior but the only thing that matters here now is the visuals only. I brought a couple of my own screenshots, mostly indoors because outdoor areas are very different in the two games and I felt it's easier to compare the indoor locations.

The Order 1886

The Last of Us Part II

Please forget your personal opinions about the games and just rate the visuals!

 

[INC]

The more i think about it, I'm surprised tlou2 didnt give the women moustaches

 

[Stuart360]

The Last of Us 2 just takes it for me. Very similar art style, similar type of graphics, but i think LAO2 looks just a shade more detailed. And The Order has those awful borders that i hate. They really should of given you the option to remove them if you wanted, although that probably would of effected framerate.

 

[Captain Hero]

Of course The Order 1886 .. it’s more realistic when we talk about visuals but other than that TLOU2 is way better in everything else

 

[Birdo]

The Order uses FAR more post-processing, such as grain, blur, and chromatic aberration.

TLOU2 looks natural and The Order looks more movie-like.

 

[Wandering Leopard]

TLOU2 runs at a higher res, has more varied and interactive environments so it wins.

 

[shubik]

Both games sure look fantastic and The Order deserves praise for how early on in the PS4 cycle it released. But comparing those two is ridiculous. Especially if you see both titles in motion. Also, let´s not forget the scope difference in both titles...

For me personally The las of Us 2 is the first game where I had several moments where it crossed the uncanny valley. There is something about the animation of the figures and the lighting that makes it look like real life. Absolutely incredible work by ND.

 

[makaveli60]

TLOU2 runs at a higher res, has more varied and interactive environments so it wins.

Okay, but I asked specifically about visuals only. It's clear that if you take the whole picture then it's TLoU2.

 

[sobaka770]

The Order is gorgeous and was a great graphics showcase but they did need to black bar a third of the screen to achieve that.

 

[Sony]

Red Dead Redemption 2 on Xbox One X takes the graphics cake for me.

The Order is gorgeous and was a great graphics showcase but they did need to black bar a third of the screen to achieve that.

Does is matter what they did to achieve it? The black bars aren't distracting and fit the atmosphere. If the visuals 'within' the black bars are better than other games, so what?

 

[and 3 others]

Last of Us2 looks incredible one minute, and very gamey the next. Some scenes look amazing, next someones face looks off. Especially peoples clothes, people look like their shirt is made of canvas.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Judging by these images alone it looks like The Order 1886 takes the cake IMO.

 

[Bolivar687]

I understand why you would want to make this thread OP, but The Order still holds the crown.

 

[and 3 others]

bUt WhAt AbOuT tHe NeGrO pUbS?

 

[MCplayer]

Baked gang

 

[rofif]

From best to worst
Death Stranding
Uncharted 4
TLOU2
God of War
1886

 

[xrnzaaas]

The Order still looks incredible, but we're talking about a handful of locations and they're not really that big. TLoU2 impressed me a lot more with its vision of post-apocalyptic Seattle, I've made tons of photo mode screenshots along the way.

 

[and 3 others]

The Order still looks incredible, but we're talking about a handful of locations and they're not really that big. TLoU2 impressed me a lot more with its vision of current Seattle, I've made tons of photo mode screenshots along the way.

 

[EverydayBeast]

The Order 1886 love is growing years later.

 

[carsar]

The Order 1886 has much better character lighting/AO and pbr materials. TLOU2/uncharted 4/LL have problems with selfs-hadowing and self-occlusionon of dynamic objects(characters, enemies)

 

[ZywyPL]

ND's games tend to have a blurry/washed-out textures this generation (which is the exact opposite situation to PS3, where their games shined on that aspect), which hurts their games so much, and it's especially noticeable on the character models. So by that aspect alone TO1886 wins for me. The volumetric lightning has also been toned down in TLoU2 since the trailers, it used to be as good as TO1886, but now it's nowhere near it.

 

[stranno]

The Order 1886 love is growing years later.

The Order graphics have been always praised. No one is against the graphics or the amazing victorian steampunk design.

Its all about the simple gameplay, short campaign, stupid QTEs and nonsense story. And that will still remain in 3020.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

hell yea, Order 1886. I love that game; looks amazing and the story is good as well.

 

[HeadsUp7Up]

Crazy how good the Order 1866 was that early in the PS4's life.

 

[Evilms]

the order 1886 for a debut gen game still a beast

 

[makaveli60]

hell yea, Order 1886. I love that game; looks amazing and the story is good as well.

Yep, one of my favorites, I don't care what others say. I need a sequel.

 

[Lordani66]

It's such a shame Pee Sea Mustard Pleb shat so much on The Order to cure their butthurt to the point, the devs really thought gamers didnt like it. And it was pretty good. The locations looked superb.

 

[diffusionx]

The Order 1886 love is growing years later.

I think people still hate the game, it's just graphically very good.

 

[GymWolf]

The order has better looking indoor locations, yes.

That game also has a strange resolution, black bars, areas smaller than a japanese dick and literally zero interaction, overall tlou2 is better.

 

[makaveli60]

I think people still hate the game, it's just graphically very good.

Most of them have never played it just ate what some other haters and shithead "journalists" wrote about it.

 

[A.Romero]

The Order is still impressive. Technically TLOU is much more superior but The Order really did show what was possible on PS4 very early on.

 

[Airbus Jr]

the order is fukin amazing

the world is sick and tired and had enough of zombie game and not enough of werewolf game

Sony listen to us and bring back sir galahad

 

[Thicc Enigma]

Crazy how The Order is still unmatched.

The Last of Us Part UI still looks amazing but The Order is still above it in terms of eye candy, even if TLOU2 is at a higher resolution.

 

[Clear]

I suspect Detroit in its best scenes is the most visually impressive thing on PS4.

Admittedly its doing less in terms of dynamics than most of its competition, but still frequently breathtaking.

 

[Senua]

The Order looks like it has vaseline smeared over the screen, the IQ is absolutely shite. It's also not even 1080p. TLOU2 looks miles better.

 

[HE1NZ]

The Order aspect ratio is a joke. Disqualified from any comparisons.

 

[Lordani66]

The Order looks like it has vaseline smeared over the screen, the IQ is absolutely shite. It's also not even 1080p. TLOU2 looks miles better.

So THIS is how you sound like while overdosed on soy.

 

[Larxia]

The Order looks like it has vaseline smeared over the screen, the IQ is absolutely shite. It's also not even 1080p. TLOU2 looks miles better.

Well I was just about to say this about TLOU2 because of the film grain ruining the picture, it looks dirty and in lower resolution than it actually is.

 

[stranno]

the order is fukin amazing

the world is sick and tired and had enough of zombie game and not enough of werewolf game

Sony listen to us and bring back sir galahad

Vampire plot last like 15 seconds, Werewolves can be happy.

 

[Senua]

So THIS is how you sound like while overdosed on soy.

Soy roast duck is the shiz bro

 

[makaveli60]

Wow, I didn't think this will be the result of the poll. I hope someone from RaD sees this, they deserve the praise after the undeserved shit they received from a lot of morons.

 

[Lordani66]

Soy roast duck is the shiz bro

 

[gojira96]

The Order is one of my favorite IPs... How I wish they worked on a sequel

 

[GymWolf]

the order is fukin amazing

the world is sick and tired and had enough of zombie game and not enough of werewolf game

Sony listen to us and bring back sir galahad

dude that game has the worst werewolf combat ever and it was like 3 fights against werewolf and the ramaining 2 hours of gameplay against humans.

 

[Airbus Jr]

dude that game has the worst werewolf combat ever and it was like 3 fights against werewolf and the ramaining 2 hours of gameplay against humans.

That can learn to improve that in the next game

Look at the vast improvement from uncharted 1-2 and assasins creed 1-2

Give these guys some chances to learn from their mistakes

 

[MaxwellParrish]

Wow, I didn't think this will be the result of the poll. I hope someone from RaD sees this, they deserve the praise after the undeserved shit they received from a lot of morons.

Well, I voted The Order, because I think it has the best visual style of every "realistic" game ever, but this doesn't mean that I think is a very good game overall. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it, but mainly because of the eye-candy

 

[makaveli60]

Well, I voted The Order, because I think it has the best visual style of every "realistic" game ever, but this doesn't mean that I think is a very good game overall. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it, but mainly because of the eye-candy

Sure, clear. It's only about the visuals, nothing else.

 

[GymWolf]

That can learn to improve that in the next game

Look at the vast improvement from uncharted 1-2 and assasins creed 1-2

Give these guys some chances to learn from their mistakes

you know how they can improve? give the ip to santa monica or some othe more competent devs from sony portfolio.

uncharted 1 and ac1 in their time period were both far better games than the order.

 

[Airbus Jr]

you know how they can improve? give the ip to santa monica or some othe more competent devs from sony portfolio.

uncharted 1 and ac1 in their time period were both far better games than the order.

Sorry but i have to disagree with you

Thats like sayin Bethesda should give TES to CDProjectRed because F76 sucks

Everyone have their own ingredients to be sucesfull

Just because the other dev can be sucesfull with their own original ip it doesnt mean they are capable to do somehing theyre not supposed to do

Not to mention its actually becoming an extra burden for them for having to split their own resources to do something totally unknown for them in the first place which will result in crunch time, a dissapointing game..and thus tarnished/damaged their own reputation...

 

[makaveli60]

you know how they can improve? give the ip to santa monica or some othe more competent devs from sony portfolio.

uncharted 1 and ac1 in their time period were both far better games than the order.

That's very unfair. I understand that it's objectively not that good, but there was nothing in it that they couldn't improve themselves. The gunplay was very solid for example. They deserve another chance. Also don't forget their previous games. Both PSP GoWs are considered very good games.