Source 2 Engine Leaked Screenshots Show a Highly Detailed Left 2 Dead 2

[randomizer]

Am I the only thinking that while the new engine shots may be more detailed the old ones are more atmospheric?

Only because you can see the atmosphere. That's the mystical Source fog that turns even dark areas light.

 

[Warsaw]

If this is true, can't wait! Please, please throw us a bone with HL3 as well! <3

 

[beachbod]

Source engine had the best physics I have ever seen. Excited to see what this looks like. Hope there will be another puzzle mod for this engine.

 

[falchard]

Can't wait to play some Counter Strike: Source 2

 

[Morbus]

This, my friends, is PC gaming.We laugh mercilessly in the pitiful face of console kiddies... With our wallets full and our hearts beaming proud, we shall march on boasting about the graphics of mainstream FPS while we secretly play the socks off the spectacular indie RPG market

Agreed. If I had a nickel for every person with a decked out gaming rig who wet their pants in excitement over games like To The Moon... Makes me chuckle at the people who act like they're too good for a platform because of hardware limitations. Heck, I still play PC and console games from the 90's and have more fun with them than a lot of the buggy formulaic tech demos people call games these days.

Can't wait to play some Counter Strike: Source 2

That will likely be an update to the Global Offensive edition.

 

[Midnitte]

Oh, I guess this is the start of their next ARG. Looking great!

 

[LePhuronn]

So, after 6 years we finally return to something akin to Crysis-levels of visuals?Want to see something a bit more involved from Source 2 though, such as volumetric lighting and God Rays through clouds and denser foliage. Or am I just spoiled because after I cranked Crysis and Crysis 2 (DX 11, Hi-Res) to maximum nothing seemed to compare?

 

[vir_cotto]

Looks good.

 

[jonathan1683]

lfd2 does not look that bad, they are making it look terrible to make the other screens look better.

 

[sunflier]

Fake, looks like a drawing/painting. No pixels whatsoever there, it's so obvious. =(

Take it easy on this guy. He's a Console junkie who has no idea what REAL gaming graphics can look like. Not his fault for being 'played'.

 

[goodevil]

Yeah, I have no idea how in the world the Source engine is as good as it is, it blows me away.

It is really hard to develop on Source, at least it was then it came out. I remember trying various Source games developed not by Valve and they all looked horrendous! Source relies really really heavy on the textures, not on polygon count or extreme shaders. Hence very performance efficient, but looks as good as artist can draw 3D looking textures without having high poly models to stick them on. I stress this was then HL2 and HL2:EP1 came out.

 

[DarkSable]

Yeah, I have no idea how in the world the Source engine is as good as it is, it blows me away.

It is really hard to develop on Source, at least it was then it came out. I remember trying various Source games developed not by Valve and they all looked horrendous! Source relies really really heavy on the textures, not on polygon count or extreme shaders. Hence very performance efficient, but looks as good as artist can draw 3D looking textures without having high poly models to stick them on. I stress this was then HL2 and HL2:EP1 came out.

Hmm, now that's interesting. I hadn't ever heard that before, but it explains a lot of the reason why the engine both works so well and is rare outside of Valve games.

 

[goodevil]

Hmm, now that's interesting. I hadn't ever heard that before, but it explains a lot of the reason why the engine both works so well and is rare outside of Valve games.

I might be not 100% right, but I've tried some HL2 graphical mods which increase image quality using shaders and it lagged a lot, so I think it doesn't scale very well then using current technologies.