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Red Dead Redemption |OT| Whistling Morricone in the desert
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Death Dealer
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Magnus said:
Modern renderers don't work by rendering everything to a certain final on-screen resolution, but use a combination of techniques and buffers to compose the final detail-rich frames, optimizing to improve the visual experience and game performance.
Red Dead Redemption's renderer on the PS3 uses multiple different intermediate render targets in different resolutions, color depths and anti-alias settings for different purposes.
Looking at that direct X360 screen capture, I can see the difference in the buildings' wood textures - less stair stepping on X360.
The lighting may have a subtle difference. To answer my earlier question, yes the moon does change phases. I've seen a full moon and a crescent. Sometimes at night, things take on an eerie glow. And just to say it again, the shadows look really good.
640p, 600p, 540p, I don't know, but for people who haven't played it, don't worry, PS3 RDR doesn't have that blurry look like GTA4. Sometimes I've been stunned at how awesome the textures do look. There is an occasional lower detailed one, but the world is so huge, it's not unexpected. I've spent around 5-6 hours playing now, mostly just killing and rampaging,
and I've barely rode through 1/4 of the first territory. There are epic vistas. Where you can see miles into the distance. Looks just like pictures you see of the canyons of Utah and Arizona. I found a roaring waterfall. The landscapes are so beautiful. Frame rate is good, it doesn't tear. The graphics are great, some jagginess here and there, but you don't notice the aliasing as much in the country side.
TheCardPlayer
Likes to have "friends" around to "play cards" with
Call it puerile, but I want this game to beat GTAIV's review average. Considering that the core game is similar, but that RDR has much, much more content, it should take the damn honors.
Magnus said:
Thanks man, even after all of these comparisons, I'm still torn between 360 or PS3. PS3 I might have slightly more friends to play with but 360 is the only console with direct screens...and it looks beautiful. Some of my ps3 friends also have 360 too...Grrr. :lol
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Magnus said:
That's true, it really only depends on how much you're enjoying it. Though it's a bit funny to see some users here defending it feverishly who were up in arms over at the Alan Wake thread, it was a non-issue then, as it is now.
Always-honest
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you can be of great value to this thread though. it's derailing every other hour.Magnus said:
an objective comparison would be greatly apreciated.
- jaggies (aliassing)
- framerate
- textures
- sharpness/ blur..
thanx mate
BobTheFork
Member
The only thing we know about the ps3 version is that if you play it on a SD tube screen, it's not HD. Let's all be sure to write that down.
Now slightly OT and I need some advice. To pass the time until this comes out, I've decided that it's time to replace my 10 year old speaker cables and re-wire my whole sound system.
I know nothing about this at all and unless otherwise stated, I'm going to do this cheap. Is there any actual benefit to putting some more money into the wires. I have a digital 5.1 system.
Now slightly OT and I need some advice. To pass the time until this comes out, I've decided that it's time to replace my 10 year old speaker cables and re-wire my whole sound system.
I know nothing about this at all and unless otherwise stated, I'm going to do this cheap. Is there any actual benefit to putting some more money into the wires. I have a digital 5.1 system.
AmericanNinja
Banned
aww, stream just went down.
The Last Wizard
Member
damn mom just got ninja'd free roam looks awesome
are there any other streams?
free roam looks awesomeare there any other streams?
LordPhoque
Banned
miladesn said:
What ? Since when consoles have gamespy support ? And is this a pro or a con ?
TheCardPlayer said:
GTA4's #1 reason for getting such high marks was that it had a multi-faceted, relate-able character with an interesting and thought provoking story surrounding him. (This is all compared to other games mind you, let's not get into the whole "OSCAR WORTHY" bullshit.) I'm sure RDR will have this with John, but so have other games since GTA4.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
MMaRsu said:
what about Big American Titties ?
that's relatable right ?
soundscream
Member
X26 said:
Great, I want to roam the west in an all black suit.
Truespeed
Member
Magnus said:
Not really. If you placed an HD version of the game next to the sub HD version you would see clear differences in detail. Also, the internal resolution can easily be obtained by a technique called pixel counting that counts the number of vertical and horizontal steps within a range of pixels to determine the exact resolution of the internal frame buffer. Sub HD is often resorted to when the developer cannot internally render a 720p image without being impacted by significant performance issues. In the case of GTA IV, the game was rendered at 640p because rendering it at 720p would have impacted the frame rate significantly in the eyes of Rockstar.
BobTheFork
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I thought the story was bland and cliche but the characters were outstanding (maybe not relatable). Seriously Brucie and Roman and Jacob (even packie) were really unique and fun to talk to.MMaRsu said:
edIT: Also, does anyone have an answer to my speaker wire question.
AgentOtaku
Member
When you fire with R2, do you have to press it all the way in for the input to register? (like in GTAIV) Or do you just have to slightly touch it (Borderlands)
Thanks again
Thanks again
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
AgentOtaku said:
Someone said that you just have to tap it lightly, not go all the way.
New York Times RDR review popped up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/arts/television/17dead.html?pagewanted=1&ref=arts&adxnnlx=1274040389-CuFVDLWDBDlpDF6qkY2xnA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/arts/television/17dead.html?pagewanted=1&ref=arts&adxnnlx=1274040389-CuFVDLWDBDlpDF6qkY2xnA
BobTheFork
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oh I know, I just didn't think they were so un-relatable. There came across like real odd NY people, but how much can you really relate to any character in a video game that has such super-reality circumstances?MMaRsu said:Oh there are cool characters in GTAIV, I didn't say that there weren't