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GTA 3 - PS2 vs. Xbox | Side by Side
- Thread starter IbizaPocholo
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Cakeboxer
Gold Member
When i look at GTA IV, the step from PS2/Xbox to PS3/360 was sooo big. We won't see this ever again.
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MostlyPeaceful
Banned
San Andreas is another offender of this - a lot of the “character” and “ambiance” of these old GTA games never translated when ported over to Xbox/PC.
The PS2 versions remain truest to Rockstar’s vision.
The PS2 versions remain truest to Rockstar’s vision.
Calverz
Member
Did you even watch the video? lol
I always wondered if it was worth buying the gta3/vice city twin pack on Xbox even though though I played them on ps2. Looks like the added a significant amount of flair.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Rockstar could have made the Xbox and PC versions the same experience as PS2 version but they chose to improve audio, models, textures, lighting, reflections... They didn't have to make the improvements, but they made them. So I'm not convinced that the PS2 was their truest vision. It seems more like doing the best with what they had to work with at the time.
hououinkyouma00
Member
GTA IV fucking blew my mind back in 08. It's also my favorite GTA game just from an overall standpoint, I know it's not as "fun" as VC/SA but the atmosphere, and writing, and characters and just everything all together was amazing.
The PS3/360 generation was such a huge step up IMO. Playing COD4, Gears, and GTA IV was all such huge jumps.
Little Chicken
Member
PS2 version looks hideous. The world looks so empty, I guess the lil' Freegunners had to fill in a lot with their imaginations.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
Little Chicken
Member
SORRY, but the Xbox port is noticeably more populated with NPCs and cars on the road
This is comparing an emulated version on a PC vs an emulated version on the 360, which was infamously awful at emulating most Xbox games.
... Why does this even have a thread? It's a worthless comparison, the PS2 emulation in the video isn't even completely accurate, the fog effects are much more pronounced on original hardware. Rockstar's games tend to look better on PS2 due to art style decisions over the actual technical details. Xbox may have had better models and textures but San Andreas is completely missing the hazy smog effect the PS2 version had which completely kills the atmosphere of the game.
... Why does this even have a thread? It's a worthless comparison, the PS2 emulation in the video isn't even completely accurate, the fog effects are much more pronounced on original hardware. Rockstar's games tend to look better on PS2 due to art style decisions over the actual technical details. Xbox may have had better models and textures but San Andreas is completely missing the hazy smog effect the PS2 version had which completely kills the atmosphere of the game.
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Xaeroxcore666
Member
By today´s standards they could sell the Xbox port as remaster... Also i´m amazed how much detail is added to cars on Xbox.
intbal
Member
It's an old video, but it does have both versions running on original hardware.
However, the Xbox's video output is notoriously poor for capturing (probably due to the overly aggressive flicker filter in the encoding chip). The game would look different on a CRT versus what you see here.
However, the Xbox's video output is notoriously poor for capturing (probably due to the overly aggressive flicker filter in the encoding chip). The game would look different on a CRT versus what you see here.
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
Or they just covered the screen with a piss filter smear and awful blur everywhere to cover up the limitations of the hardware of the time trying to do a massive open World.
MostlyPeaceful
Banned
So that’s why Rockstar patched in the ambient PS2 lighting effects to the Netflix version of the Definitive Edition, essentially “fixing it”?
kevboard
Member
better framerate, cubemap car reflections, 3d motors, 3d wheels, 3d car underbodies, fully modelled fingers, better textures, better environment meshes, improved lighting...
it was basically a remaster
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intbal
Member
Xbox version also had 2xMSAA, something extremely uncommon on OG Xbox.
digoutyoursoul
Member
OG Xbox also had custom soundtracks for the radio which automatically faded during conversations, cutscenes. I played both versions and that trilogy was superior on Xbox visually.
A shame that custom soundtrack optionwas never implemented the same way on 360
A shame that custom soundtrack optionwas never implemented the same way on 360
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kevboard
Member
that too yes. which of course gives the whole image a way sharper appearance
RickMasters
Member
I remember playing it first on PS2…. Getting It again on the OG Xbox and noticing it ran smoother and looked a better.
Always loved GTA3s ambience….. cruising around night time liberty city with game FM playing. When the sound track came out I jumped in my car, took a late night drive around London with my GTA soundtrack CDs in my Sony 6 disc hooked up to my alpine head unit….. had a black integra, with work emotion wheels….. the early 00s were good times. For gaming and car culture…. Really miss that period.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
The fact that you can't control the camera on those versions is hilariously sad.
intbal
Member
The video I posted is on original hardware.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Yeah, worst graphics, audio, and frame rate on the PS2 ,but true to Rockstar's "vision". This is a "games are more cinematic at 30fps" kind of comment.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
They got Concord’d.
squidilix
Member
Is more fair than the OP video with PCSX2 vs X360 BC (wich this one doing upscaling)
ReBurn
Gold Member
They were still figuring out how to do 3D open world sandboxes so it makes sense that it was a bit clunky. GTA III and Vice City at least.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Vice City has no excuse as free look on GTA3 on PC was already a thing.
ReBurn
Gold Member
I played gta3 and vice city on PS2 and then got the Xbox double pack and played them again. I knew every nook and cranny of those maps going into the Xbox versions and it was a much better experience on Xbox. I loved it on both systems, though.
Morrie’s wig shop
Member
I’ve always wondered, if they had built Vice City and San Andreas on Xbox and down ported to the PS2. Would it be a Splinter Cell situation?
Sooner
Member
Remember twenty-something years ago when a game ran better on Xbox than it did on PS2.
Oh, heck yeah.
DarkMage619
and
Little Chicken
remember!!
Insane Metal
Member
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But seriously, the XBox is just on another league. Poor PS2.
But seriously, the XBox is just on another league. Poor PS2.