Support NeoGAF

[ManaByte]

 

[Razoric]

:lol
They've done it to themselves.

I have no sympathy.

Everyone is so used to seeing 95% of the screens from this gen doctored up to hide jaggies that when they see an undoctored next gen screen everyone complains.

Please don't let us see undoctored screens. We're used to doctored ones and want to be lied to.

I dunno, you take away the jaggies and most of those still look like shit. PDZ does look decent in motion though.. maybe animated gifs? :lol

 

[Mr_Furious]

I have officially given up on this game. These pics along with the X05 trailer reveal just how damn mediocre this so-called "next-gen" game really is.

 

[Syphin]

Christ can we just get some direct feed video so we can put an end to all this shit.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Christ can we just get some direct feed video so we can put an end to all this shit.

Did you not see the trailer?

 

[trmas]

The feed Blim captured isn't even direct feed, and it blows the crap out of the trailer. Seriously, I don't get it.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Remember the first non direct feed vid of Half Life 2? It looked like I was watching a video of real life. It was unbelievable. Cam vids tend to make games look better.

 

[Redbeard]

I'd be worried if I hadn't seen those videos.

I think there's a saboteur at work here. It's the only explanation.

 

[Gek54]

Um wich video looks better? The garage battle from blim looks just like these screens.

 

[Particle Physicist]

The feed Blim captured isn't even direct feed, and it blows the crap out of the trailer. Seriously, I don't get it.

since it wasnt direct feed.. the flaws could have been hidden.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

I'd be worried if I hadn't seen those videos.

I think there's a saboteur at work here. It's the only explanation.

...you go ahead and think that.

There's a reason all the direct feed media of this game has been underwhelming, and it isnt because some Rare PR staffer wants to get fired.

 

[moesyzslak]

when you blur your vision it actually doesn't look that bad. :\

 

[Rhindle]

I am very impressed with the Microsoft PR department's ability to suppress any decent media of this game, and make sure everyone believes the game looks just like the N64 original.

This is no doubt intended to provoke massive nostalgia-driven X360 sales to the "back to basics" crowd who think PS2 and Xbox graphics are too fancy and confusing.

 

[cybamerc]

Seems like they reduced the shadow map resolution. Which is odd, since the environment shadow maps are static I believe. It's not like the game had particularly hi-res textures to begin with.

 

[Piper Az]

I actually would not have ANY problem with PDZ if and only if the in-game models really look like this. Unfortunately, they don't...(I believe that Xbox360 is moe than capable of doing it though - it's all Rare's fault)

 

[Redbeard]

...you go ahead and think that.

There's a reason all the direct feed media of this game has been underwhelming, and it isnt because some Rare PR staffer wants to get fired.

And if it weren't for the fact that everyone who's played it says it looks great you might have a point.

These screens could've been taken a while ago, without AA turned on or whatever. Some of the colors are off or completely wrong, which should be a clue as to their quality. It's clear to anyone who isn't out to deliberately slight the game that whatever version shown at X05 looks better than these images.

 

[Particle Physicist]

And if it weren't for the fact that everyone who's played it says it looks great you might have a point.

not true. there have been mixed impressions.

These screens could've been taken a while ago, without AA turned on or whatever. Some of the colors are off or completely wrong, which should be a clue as to their quality. It's clear to anyone who isn't out to deliberately slight the game that whatever version shown at X05 looks better than these images.

why would they even do that? what purpose does that serve? the recent kameo pics seem to be of the most current version, and it looks quite good.

 

[Redbeard]

not true. there has been mixed impressions.

Show me a preview where they say the graphics are unimpressive, underwhelming, jaggy, shitty, etc... I don't recall reading any.

 

[Blimblim]

Show me a preview where they say the graphics are unimpressive, underwhelming, jaggy, shitty, etc... I don't recall reading any.

There you have it

PDZ : I have mixed feeling about this game. The gameplay seems very solid with some very nice coop features, some levels look great, but there also some very strange "art" issues, especially with how the characters look. For me, this one is a Wait&See title.

 

[BlackClouds]

No. Actually these screenshots are more close to how the game looked like on those Samsung LCDs at X05. Gameplay footage is deceiving cos is not as hi-res as the real thing, so stuff like the aliasing in the background teiresias was pointing at can be hardly seen. Hey, ame goes for PGR3, but I doubt Bizarre is gonna release as 'honest' screens as these PD0 ones.

Damn, I'd like to think the era of bullshit faked screenshots are behind us, but this might not be the case. I know 2x or 4x FSAA isn't supposed to completely clean up all jaggies but that's no reason to doctor pics.

I'm with Take666...never again should we allow publishers to lie to us ever again.

 

[radrelic]

hey Blim, since you were at the presentation.. did anyone ask anything about whether blood stains would be in the final version of PDZ?

It seems awkward they wouldn't have this feature seeing as how nearly every major FPS has it nowadays.

 

[Striek]

Looks so bad it has to be deliberate. If there tactic is to release bad media to get everyone talking about it, its lame.

 

[Redbeard]

You don't like the art, but did the game look like these screens? Jaggies? Orange skin? Textures that look like they've been put through a 'speckle' filter?

 

[Suburban Cowboy]

anyone else feel like M$ would have been better off by making absolutely no mention of this game until a week before it came out?

 

[Blimblim]

You don't like the art, but did the game look like these screens? Jaggies? Orange skin? Textures that look like they've been put through a 'speckle' filter?

Yes. Sometimes it would look really bad, and some other times it would have some quite awesome details like the circular things in the roof levels. Very very weird mix.