I personally loved the weight and punchy feeling, but this looks like it plays much faster and more fluid. However, that is a sacrifice I am willing to accept in light of all of the other advances. More deliberate pace, more open areas that encourage exploration and makes you contemplate your next move and how you want to go about it? Yes please. It looks like a different game that is in the same, but much more realized universe. Not to mention it is so much prettier to look at.
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Killzone Shadowfall Press Preview Thread
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I personally loved the weight and punchy feeling, but this looks like it plays much faster and more fluid. However, that is a sacrifice I am willing to accept in light of all of the other advances. More deliberate pace, more open areas that encourage exploration and makes you contemplate your next move and how you want to go about it? Yes please. It looks like a different game that is in the same, but much more realized universe. Not to mention it is so much prettier to look at.
velociraptor
Junior Member
I'm impressed at how good MP looks. I expected a massive hit in visual fidelity after they announced the game will run at 60FPS. It looks just like SP.
Unsurprising, GG are big fans of Aliens. I remember them showing the movie during a press event to explain what they were going for with KZ2.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Yep
Well worth reading all of it: http://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/96034/A+new+Killzone+for+a+new+generation/
I'm going to guess they did that so it's less jarring going from SP at 30 to MP at 60.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
They deserve some praise for posting actual direct buffer, non-supersampled screens.
If this is using FXAA, it looks better than any other FXAA I've seen. (Disclaimer: I haven't seen the high quality variant ones in action). It looks pretty damn great in most of the screens, as well as in the trailer when in motion.
If this is using FXAA, it looks better than any other FXAA I've seen. (Disclaimer: I haven't seen the high quality variant ones in action). It looks pretty damn great in most of the screens, as well as in the trailer when in motion.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I can usually spot FXAA a mile away and this doesn't look exactly like it. If it is then they managed to actually make it worthwhile but I think it's probably a custom post process solution. Several of the edges from the reveal which was confirmed using FXAA are much smoother now.
ReNeGaDe124
Member
So all the screens posted thus far are from multiplayer? They look pretty good but the aliasing is bugging me. I was hoping that seeing jaggy ropes, chain link fences, etc would be over, but this is just a launch title. Things will get much better. Plus, I assume single player has more bells and whistles. That said, multiplayer still looks great, I think I was just hoping for perfection and had to remember this is just their first pass and it'll get much better.
Dictator93
Member
Watching now. Looks amazing.
nelsonroyale
Member
Can't quite meet the exalted standards of CoD Ghosts on PS4 there
God damn, that looks pretty incredible
TheRealTalker
Banned
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
It might be something similar to it, but deals better with sub pixel edges and doesn't blur overall picture nearly as much. There's lots of sub pixel edges on trees etc, that actually look quite good instead of offensive as I'd think they'd be. Moreover, in motion during that trailer it doesn't at all become a shimmery garbage like I'm used to FXAA to look like.
Again, I know FXAA has some High Quality variant but I'm pretty sure I've never seen it in action. All I can see is that this (and the trailer) does seem quite a bit better antialiased than the February footage.
Or this could be another case of Guerilla making good use of AA solution that noone likes, like what they did with QXAA in KZ2 - which ended somehow with better image quality or at least more authentic looking than KZ3 which used MLAA.
Marvel
could never
dapperbandit
Banned
Interesting; I didn't know that the tactical echo thing could give away your position if you fill the bar
EDIT
couple of other things: didn't know there were shield enemies and also when walking over another weapon it'll show you it's stats and what's better or worse than the gun you have equipped in green and red.
For reference
http://www.officialplaystationmagaz...w-videos-two-new-levels-hands-on-impressions/
@ 7:56
Well shit.
Now I know there's something wrong with GG's capturing equipment. I noticed some stuttering in the b-roll SP footage, but here it doesn't make any sense considering multiplayer runs at 60fps.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Yep, they nailed that aspect. Also like that they are going to keep the community together by making maps free to all. Basically allows them to do an update for all users and release the maps in that form so that literally anyone that plays online will for sure have the maps.
So those two things will go a long way to make this a game that stays in people's rotation and to continue to sell well past release.
50GB NEXT GEN DOWNLOAD.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Doesn't this seem better AA-ed to you than the footage we saw in february reveal (for which they said it was using FXAA for sure)
HigherLevel
Member
Good to hear. This will likely be my first PS4 purchase then.
velociraptor
Junior Member
This looks far too good to be true. I'm amazed they've got these graphics at 1080p60.
Pop
Member
I would blame youtube, seems it can't keep up when shit gets crazy.
No idea.. Just one of the many gifs I have saved lol.
The game still has a weighty feel. I haven't played KZ3, but compared to KZ2, the aiming and such is much better.
Next-gen, son.
Alcoholikaust
Member
The ign footage up today is pretty righteous. I cannot wait-
Live Free or Die
Banned
Amazing simply amazing.
TheRealTalker
Banned
a lot of good reactions through out.... and this being a launch title makes KZ into a more major I.P for Sony
if you think about this way having their other franchises go first without announcing their big guns while also placing it as a brand image in there latest commercials as a must have franchise is actually a ridiculous good strategy that will help Sony in the long run
Master Plan indeed Yoshida
if you think about this way having their other franchises go first without announcing their big guns while also placing it as a brand image in there latest commercials as a must have franchise is actually a ridiculous good strategy that will help Sony in the long run
Master Plan indeed Yoshida
velociraptor
Junior Member
ElzarTheBam
Member
Between this and BF4, I won't need another competitive shooter for a long time.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Wow, the game looks really good. Loving the chokepoints and mayhem in this footage. Good grenade kills as well.
And is it me or did they adjust recoil a bit since the last round of MP footage?
It's about time. It was already reaching greatness with KZ2, in my opinion. It was only a matter of time before this series busted wide open and reached it's full potential. Guerrilla is just too damn talented and this new hardware is really allowing them to flex their muscles.
At any rate, I was excited before. But since the story trailer and all of this, it is now a straight-up system seller for me. Nothing else at launch touches it.
Giant Panda
Member
I cried a bit when I saw those forest gifs.
SniperHunter
Banned
The fxaa in bf3 looks nice.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Not a fan. It makes the game look notably blurrier with FXAA on than off.