I've been owning a high end PC for the last 2-3 years. My current PC has a 3570k@4.7Ghz, a GTX780, and a 27 inch 1080p Gloss IPS monitor. I LOVE gaming on my PC. And PC no doubt has the best performance in any and ALL multi platform games. That's a GIVEN.... PC can be a LOT more powerful.
So needless to say I took the plunge and got a PS4 so I could game on the couch, and the first game I played on my PS4 was Killzone: Shadow Fall. And let me tell you, I was IMPRESSED! The game looks SO good, it even rivals Crysis 3 on MAX settings on PC, or does it?
[u]ANALYSIS..... [/u]
Both games look fairly similar, maybe being that they are both sci-fi shooters. I almost thought they were based on the same engine until I looked closer. And both games take place in some of the same environments so we can easily compare the two. Killzone: Shadow Fall has the best looking lighting I've seen, far better than Crysis 3, and second to only Metro: LL. And the textures everywhere are SO detailed, obviously more so than Crysis 3, and the world is also very open, just as open as Crysis 3 is. It does have small fall backs, like peoples faces don't look nearly as good as in Crysis 3 nor do their mouths while talking. And Crysis 3 does have a little better looking plant life, although Killzone's plant life looks amazing too and is far better than most PC games. The AI enemy's in both games both look good, like the Helghast for Killzone and the Aliens and Cell in Crysis 3, but the Helghast look more detailed and the orange light glowing from their eyes just looks amazing.
In both of these games a lot of the gameplay is on platforms, and the platforms look SO much more detailed in Killzone than in Crysis 3. The rocky structures and rock textures look better in Killzone too and are more detailed. Crysis 3 does have better looking weather, when the game is wet or rainy like at the beginning of the game, Crysis 3 takes the win there. Killzone has some rainy scenes too that like out right stunning, but Crysis 3 does win in this regard. At night time the clear winner is Killzone strictly because of it's lighting and the way light bounces off of objects.
VERDICT....
I know a LOT about graphics, but I'm still not an expert. But to me, Killzone: Shadow Fall is the better looking game overall, and I think it's fairly obvious. It's surely not because the PS4 is more powerful, far from it, it has less than half the teraflops of my GTX780. But I DO have an explaination.....
Killzone: Shadow Fall was designed for ONLY the PS4, which has the same amount of cores and memory bandwidth as a GTX760(a powerful mid range PC graphics card). Meaning the devs didn't have to include lower res textures or lighting for weak PC's. They didn't have to include any assets for PS3, Xbox 360, or Xbox One. All they had to do was design the game around ONE, fairly powerful, SET piece of hardware. And they didn't even know the specs 3 years ago when they started making it. Which just says it can get even better. The devs even said the game was some 300GB large before compressing it I believe.
But Crysis 3 did have to include assets for low spec PC's, Xbox 360, and PS3. In fact, Crysis 3, although it looks TONS better on PC, was really designed for the weak 7 year old PS3 and 360. And by looking at the game compared to Killzone: Shadow Fall, you can tell some of the structures and buildings and lighting don't look as good as Killzone: Shadow Fall. And it's really no surprise at all that Killzone looks better.
WHY WE SHOULD ALL BE HAPPY......
If you haven't noticed yet, next gen console games ported to PC look a HELL of a lot better than games from 6-12 months before. If you compare NFS: Rivals to NFS: Most Wanted, the difference is night and day. Same thing with BF3 and BF4. Imagine if Bioshock Infinite had been for next gen consoles, it would look MUCH better. It's because of these next gen more powerful consoles we are getting better PC graphics. So no matter if you like consoles or not, you should be happy that the next gen machines have come out and that they are fairly powerful, at least the PS4 is.
So I just don't understand all the HATE towards console owners. And PC owners calling next gen consoles "weak". You should be PULLING for consoles to succeed and be powerful, not pulling against them. So wise the hell up won't you?
Am I Wrong? What's your opinion? And don't you think that next gen consoles are great for gaming regardless of if you have a PS4 of Xbox One?
Now, I know a LOT about graphics, but I'm not an expert.
So needless to say I took the plunge and got a PS4 so I could game on the couch, and the first game I played on my PS4 was Killzone: Shadow Fall. And let me tell you, I was IMPRESSED! The game looks SO good, it even rivals Crysis 3 on MAX settings on PC, or does it?
[u]ANALYSIS..... [/u]
Both games look fairly similar, maybe being that they are both sci-fi shooters. I almost thought they were based on the same engine until I looked closer. And both games take place in some of the same environments so we can easily compare the two. Killzone: Shadow Fall has the best looking lighting I've seen, far better than Crysis 3, and second to only Metro: LL. And the textures everywhere are SO detailed, obviously more so than Crysis 3, and the world is also very open, just as open as Crysis 3 is. It does have small fall backs, like peoples faces don't look nearly as good as in Crysis 3 nor do their mouths while talking. And Crysis 3 does have a little better looking plant life, although Killzone's plant life looks amazing too and is far better than most PC games. The AI enemy's in both games both look good, like the Helghast for Killzone and the Aliens and Cell in Crysis 3, but the Helghast look more detailed and the orange light glowing from their eyes just looks amazing.
In both of these games a lot of the gameplay is on platforms, and the platforms look SO much more detailed in Killzone than in Crysis 3. The rocky structures and rock textures look better in Killzone too and are more detailed. Crysis 3 does have better looking weather, when the game is wet or rainy like at the beginning of the game, Crysis 3 takes the win there. Killzone has some rainy scenes too that like out right stunning, but Crysis 3 does win in this regard. At night time the clear winner is Killzone strictly because of it's lighting and the way light bounces off of objects.
VERDICT....
I know a LOT about graphics, but I'm still not an expert. But to me, Killzone: Shadow Fall is the better looking game overall, and I think it's fairly obvious. It's surely not because the PS4 is more powerful, far from it, it has less than half the teraflops of my GTX780. But I DO have an explaination.....
Killzone: Shadow Fall was designed for ONLY the PS4, which has the same amount of cores and memory bandwidth as a GTX760(a powerful mid range PC graphics card). Meaning the devs didn't have to include lower res textures or lighting for weak PC's. They didn't have to include any assets for PS3, Xbox 360, or Xbox One. All they had to do was design the game around ONE, fairly powerful, SET piece of hardware. And they didn't even know the specs 3 years ago when they started making it. Which just says it can get even better. The devs even said the game was some 300GB large before compressing it I believe.
But Crysis 3 did have to include assets for low spec PC's, Xbox 360, and PS3. In fact, Crysis 3, although it looks TONS better on PC, was really designed for the weak 7 year old PS3 and 360. And by looking at the game compared to Killzone: Shadow Fall, you can tell some of the structures and buildings and lighting don't look as good as Killzone: Shadow Fall. And it's really no surprise at all that Killzone looks better.
WHY WE SHOULD ALL BE HAPPY......
If you haven't noticed yet, next gen console games ported to PC look a HELL of a lot better than games from 6-12 months before. If you compare NFS: Rivals to NFS: Most Wanted, the difference is night and day. Same thing with BF3 and BF4. Imagine if Bioshock Infinite had been for next gen consoles, it would look MUCH better. It's because of these next gen more powerful consoles we are getting better PC graphics. So no matter if you like consoles or not, you should be happy that the next gen machines have come out and that they are fairly powerful, at least the PS4 is.
So I just don't understand all the HATE towards console owners. And PC owners calling next gen consoles "weak". You should be PULLING for consoles to succeed and be powerful, not pulling against them. So wise the hell up won't you?
Am I Wrong? What's your opinion? And don't you think that next gen consoles are great for gaming regardless of if you have a PS4 of Xbox One?
Now, I know a LOT about graphics, but I'm not an expert.