I wasn't able to play it very much before work, but I was surprised how... low-quality the graphics seemed. The faces were okay, similar to Oblivion, but the running animation was more like gliding over the ground, and the general quality of the graphics - especially in the introductory cutscene - seemed really low-quality for an XBox 360 game. I was expecting something on the level of Mass Effect, but it looked more like the first KOTOR game.
I have it running on full settings (PC version), and it looks just fine to me. The faces are much more solid and expressive than Oblivion's, and I have no idea where you're getting the first KotOR game thing from. I mean, maybe the Xbox version has much worse graphics? Maybe? But for me it looks solid.
I see it best when I pause the game in mid-fight and look around. In one battle I paused and could admire an arrow frozen in mid-flight, trail behind it back to the archer on the other side of the room, as it narrowly missed three other npcs and then the back of my head. In another battle I paused as a rogue sneak-attacked me, shooting one of my characters with an arrow. The arrow was in my character's arm and he was pitched forward, an expression of shock on his face that Oblivion's faces simply cannot replicate. The other characters were hunched over, still going for their weapons, caught by surprise. You don't get that in KotOR.
Yeah. You're probably nuts.
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Dragon Age: Origins
- 02/11/2009 02:15:38 AM
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I am. First time I've actually purchased a collector's edition of a game.
- 02/11/2009 03:31:08 AM
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Looks great, but I'm in no rush. Too many good games to be played lately. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 03:39:21 AM
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Agreed, plus Modern Warfare 2 is out in like 8 days. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 07:21:15 AM
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Borderlands has me hooked, plus L4D2. I'm actually passing on MW2 now that they stiffed PC gamers. *NM*
- 02/11/2009 03:01:55 PM
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Heh, the game's already out in the various places one finds illegal files.
- 02/11/2009 10:00:55 PM
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Yeah, my friend with a hacked 360 got it a couple weeks ago. He likes it, but says the combat is meh
- 03/11/2009 05:00:21 PM
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I'm very excited, I'm currently waiting for it to arrive at my house. *NM*
- 03/11/2009 05:35:49 PM
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Anyone else surprised by the graphics?
- 04/11/2009 07:06:59 AM
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I think you're nuts.
- 04/11/2009 07:56:02 AM
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That has been the initial technical review of the different platforms...
- 04/11/2009 02:30:06 PM
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I have as well. None criticized, but all said the graphics were very average. *NM*
- 04/11/2009 04:31:26 PM
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The 360 has the worst graphics.
- 10/11/2009 12:15:55 AM
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re: camera
- 10/11/2009 06:31:17 PM
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A question...
- 16/11/2009 06:31:39 PM
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(no spoilers)