Water FX in Uncharted - Drake's Fortune! WOW!

[DarkJediKnight]

Holy crap! I noticed early on that the water in this game looks amazing, but now I'm on the jetski going 'upriver' to the monastary! OH WOW! Completely owned!

And something this game doesn't get enough credit for, the sound effects and placement are sheer brilliance. My room feels like a raging river in 5.2 surround.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

My room feels like a raging river

That good, huh?

 

[RBH]

........

 

[chubigans]

My room feels like a raging river in 5.2 surround.

I was about to say you had a typo there, till I realized I'm running a 7.2 system myself (one sub in front, one in back). So way to go if that's what you meant.

 

[Yoshichan]

:lol :lol :lol *awaits Kitonwy*

 

[ScrabbleBanshee]

Holy crap! I noticed early on that the water in this game looks amazing, but now I'm on the jetski going 'upriver' to the monastary! OH WOW! Completely owned!

And something this game doesn't get enough credit for, the sound effects and placement are sheer brilliance. My room feels like a raging river in 5.2 surround.

Completely owned?

 

[Kittonwy]

Holy crap! I noticed early on that the water in this game looks amazing, but now I'm on the jetski going 'upriver' to the monastary! OH WOW! Completely owned!

And something this game doesn't get enough credit for, the sound effects and placement are sheer brilliance. My room feels like a raging river in 5.2 surround.

AWESOME IS UNCHARTED!!!111!!!

 

[Firewire]

Uncharted doesn't get enough credit.

 

[Dizzan]

That good, huh?

:lol It was Elena that did it for me

 

[Elbrain]

:lol It was Elena that did it for me

Haha same here! :lol

 

[jet1911]

Yeah the water in that level is really great.

 

[CrushDance]

Elena really was a great part of the game, a strong girl who wasn't needy or relied on others. Really appreciated that from Naughty Dog. The game was great all around.

 

[dk_]

In before Crysis fanboys.

 

[akachan ningen]

Elena really was a great part of the game, a strong girl who wasn't needy or relied on others. Really appreciated that from Naughty Dog. The game was great all around.

Did you play the last hour of the game?

 

[JB1981]

3rd party devs must see this game and feel ashamed (at least they should)

 

[FirewalkR]

3rd party devs must see this game and feel ashamed (at least they should)

Heh, Sony's 1st party devs (+ Insomniac) are pretty much the best in the world, technically.

 

[RobertM]

AWESOME IS UNCHARTED!!!111!!!

I UNCHART YOUR AWESOME!!!!!!!1!!!111!

 

[ManaByte]

Uncharted is still the best PS3 game.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

its the Best water on console technically.

but overall, i think water in games are still a long way to go

 

[lynux3]

What an amazing game. Top 5 for the best graphics of all time [in video games] (IMHO).

 

[burgerdog]

Itagaki lost all motivation after experiencing Uncharted.

 

[Jenga]

dawn of war 2 looks pretty great imo

needs more gubbinz

 

[a Master Ninja]

Uncharted suffers from the same problem as Perfect Dark Zero, everything in the environment is from Planet Shiny. The water and waxy leaves look great, but things like stone ruins or rusty metal look silly because of this. Is this unavoidable when you use parallax mapping?

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Uncharted suffers from the same problem as Perfect Dark Zero, everything in the environment is from Planet Shiny.

The water and waxy leaves look great, but things like stone ruins or rusty metal look silly because of this. Is this unavoidable when you use parallax mapping?

... what? How much have you played of the game? The ruin areas where anything but "wet" looking.

 

[a Master Ninja]

... what? How much have you played of the game? The ruin areas where anything but "wet" looking.

Taking photos of my tv right now:lol

 

[reilo]

Uncharted suffers from the same problem as Perfect Dark Zero, everything in the environment is from Planet Shiny. The water and waxy leaves look great, but things like stone ruins or rusty metal look silly because of this. Is this unavoidable when you use parallax mapping?

Yes, because jungles covered in foliage are completely dry. Uncharted has the right shininess at the right time.

 

[Jenga]

Uncharted suffers from the same problem as Perfect Dark Zero, everything in the environment is from Planet Shiny. The water and waxy leaves look great, but things like stone ruins or rusty metal look silly because of this. Is this unavoidable when you use parallax mapping?

presuming they are going with the default four races like the original

it would prob be Space Marines, Orkz, Tyranids, Chaos or Eldar, and MAYBe an extra race

idk brah

 

[Wollan]

As Drake put it: "I'm really wet"

Spoiler

ND am such show offs

 

[jet1911]

Uncharted suffers from the same problem as Perfect Dark Zero, everything in the environment is from Planet Shiny. The water and waxy leaves look great, but things like stone ruins or rusty metal look silly because of this. Is this unavoidable when you use parallax mapping?

I guess since every game with bump mapping have this "shiny" when it's used. Some less than others but still...

 

[The Main Event]

The game is repetitive as hell but yes, it does have awesome graphics.

I'm running it in 7.1, and it sounds awesome.

 

[Yoboman]

Uncharted suffers from the same problem as Perfect Dark Zero, everything in the environment is from Planet Shiny. The water and waxy leaves look great, but things like stone ruins or rusty metal look silly because of this. Is this unavoidable when you use parallax mapping?

The rocks look shiny/wet when they should look wet. Mainly in the jungles. This isn't shiny:

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Taking photos of my tv right now:lol

Not even the jungle environments are overly wet looking, dude. Certain rocks had a wet quality, but I can't recall one environment where the shine wasn't on par with what to expect from the location.

 

[jiggle]

Too bad there's shooting, or the game would be perfect for me.

 

[Kittonwy]

Too bad there's shooting, or the game would be perfect for me.

No woman no cry.

 

[AAK]

I agree:

 

[Aurelius]

I bought a PS3 with this game yesterday. Looking forward to playing it today!

 

[PistolGrip]

where is that gif of him running down a wet floor in the dark? i think its raining. some of the best shit I have ever seen

 

[Teknoman]

It really is amazing graphically...and it just shows what the PS3 can do in the hands of capable folks. Looking forward to Naughty Dog's next game, whatever that may be.

 

[-WindYoshi-]

Pretty amazing stuff.
So... is Uncharted the best looking game, graphically, at the moment?

 

[Wollan]

Pretty amazing stuff.
So... is Uncharted the best looking game, graphically, at the moment?

On consoles, yes. Will probably stay that way until KZ2.

 

[Kittonwy]

Pretty amazing stuff.
So... is Uncharted the best looking game, graphically, at the moment?

Uncharted is teh best.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Best Next Gen single player experience so far IMO.

Game proves that animation is key to making a game have that next gen feel.

 

[Wollan]

Do anyone have a gif of the shirt wrinkling?

 

[Flunkie]

Uncharted was awesome. Both graphically and gameplay-wise.

 

[NameIess]

Naughty Dog really showed what the PS3 is capable of producing. I consider this game to be on the level of MGS2 on the PS2, because many did not think that level of visuals was possible so early in the console's life cycle. I hope ND can manage to push the console even harder with the sequel, because the game looks amazing and any improvement would be mindblowing...
Texture streaming FTW!

 

[No Means Nomad]

Without realistic realtime erosion I refuse to acknowledge the accomplishments of water in any video game.

 

[CharminUltra]

Damn right!

Uncharted 2 is going to be the bomb, seeing as how ND will spend more time working on the story and gameplay rather than building a whole engine from the ground up

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Uncharted suffers from the same problem as Perfect Dark Zero, everything in the environment is from Planet Shiny. The water and waxy leaves look great, but things like stone ruins or rusty metal look silly because of this. Is this unavoidable when you use parallax mapping?

Your TV.

It is obviously broken.

 

[a Master Ninja]

Your TV.

It is obviously broken.

To the people playing in SD, this is what I hate about parallax mapping, or rather when devs use parallax maps on everything. It gives the texture incredible depth, but it makes it glisten like it's covered in vasoline. Any time Naughty Dog wants to make a flat texture look really 3D, wet or dry, it ends up looking shiny. Then there are devs like Capcom who use a lot of high-rez textures without many effects so things look flat but not shiny. I am just looking forward to the day when we can lose the shine but keep the depth.

 

[MrOctober]

Am i the only one who could give a shit less what the water in a video game looks like as long as the game is fun?