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[Zuzu]

Is it just me or have the gameplay segments of Senua been downgraded graphically, likely in an attempt to make it into an actual game?

Yeah it definitely looks significantly downgraded. I even wondered whether if it was some sort of remaster of the first game when I was watching it.

 

[H . R . 2]

Yeah it definitely looks significantly downgraded. I even wondered whether if it was some sort of remaster of the first game when I was watching it.

exactly my thoughts. as if they were showing off the Switch 2 version of the first game's REMAKE

 

[kevboard]

people are surprised that the moment they actually make a video game instead of a shitty tech demo, and adjust the visuals to make a video game work, that it doesn't look as "cinematic" anymore.

SHOCKED PIKACHU FACE.PNG

 

[Represent.]

Alright what did I miss.

I watched the E-Day stuff.

Ill be there, but that game looks no better than God of War: Laufey

In fact I think God of War looks better. Need to watch it again

 

[GooseMan69]

so 7 year dev time and this is what coalition produces? same last gen gameplay? mid graphics? nothing new?

ssm too. proof that time doesnt always translate into next gen visuals let alone gameplay.

As a former Gears fan, that was such a nothing burger of a reveal. Same copy pasta gameplay from two gens ago, no interesting level design or meaningful new mechanics. They could have leaned into the horror elements of Gears 1 and do all kinds of interesting things with that. Nope. Graphics look fine but it has the same design of a game from 2006 so it's just not impressive.

Meanwhile, we got 4 absolute banger RE games in the same time span, with another one coming next year. Considering the RE4 influence, it's interesting to see how these two series have gone in complete opposite directions over the years.

 

[Bojji]

Alright what did I miss.

I watched the E-Day stuff.

Ill be there, but that game looks no better than God of War: Laufey

In fact I think God of War looks better. Need to watch it again

Yeah, I can agree to that (I didn't expect this at all).

UE5 alone can't make the game good or bad looking, Coalition clearly dropped the ball here.

 

[Audiophile]

Hopefully the Helix & High-End PC version/s of Gears get full blown Path Tracing 'plugged in' in place of the RTGI.

 

[Superposition]

FABLE awesome.

Given the detailed & deep mechanics, scaling in the game, the visual quality is high and it has improved with each trailer. The textures and lighting, in particular, are impressive. It promises to be a great experience. Good job to Playground Games.

Also, great to see they modeled Hayley Atwell beautifully.

 

[ResetEraVetVIP]

FABLE awesome.

Given the detailed & deep mechanics, scaling in the game, the visual quality is high and it has improved with each trailer. The textures and lighting, in particular, are impressive. It promises to be a great experience. Good job to Playground Games.

Also, great to see they modeled Hayley Atwell beautifully and didn't insult her.

Fable looks "next gen".

 

[Critical Hit]

we got 4 absolute banger RE games in the same time span

And how innovative are these games?

 

[Buggy Loop]

Fable is the best looking game out of all the conferences imo. Crazy what they crafted for the fantasy world.

 

[Represent.]

Fable looks incredible.

HALO.. Looks actually pretty good?

 

[SlimySnake]

As a former Gears fan, that was such a nothing burger of a reveal. Same copy pasta gameplay from two gens ago, no interesting level design or meaningful new mechanics. They could have leaned into the horror elements of Gears 1 and do all kinds of interesting things with that. Nope. Graphics look fine but it has the same design of a game from 2006 so it's just not impressive.

Meanwhile, we got 4 absolute banger RE games in the same time span, with another one coming next year. Considering the RE4 influence, it's interesting to see how these two series have gone in complete opposite directions over the years.

GOAT developers who've worked on RE for 3 decades
vs
Contract mercenaries with zero atachment to the franchise

every single game at the show save for fable looked like gamepass slop. just b tier garbage made with no passion. by devs who are just there to collect a paycheck before their contract expires.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Fable looks incredible.

HALO.. Looks actually pretty good?

Yea Halo I thought looked really good in some instances.

 

[SlimySnake]

new trailer. a lot of new footage. still mid

Alright what did I miss.

I watched the E-Day stuff.

Ill be there, but that game looks no better than God of War: Laufey

In fact I think God of War looks better. Need to watch it again

gow laufey only looks better because devs clearly have passion and love for that franchise. you can criticize the female lead, the cube and purple look but the craft and artistry is clearly a step above.

 

[Alex11]

And how innovative are these games?

Yeah, I like RE, but this series isn't innovative. I mean, beyond spectacle and batshit crazy plot. The gameplay is kind of the same since RE4, sure tweaks and stuff along the way, but it's the same exact formula.

 

[Represent.]

Gears is another prime example of 60FPS limiting another game entirely. They are not pushing these consoles at all.

They should have made the campaign 30fps, push the graphics way harder - and then make the MULTIPLAYER 60fps.

common sense is not common

 

[Bojji]

FABLE awesome.

Given the detailed & deep mechanics, scaling in the game, the visual quality is high and it has improved with each trailer. The textures and lighting, in particular, are impressive. It promises to be a great experience. Good job to Playground Games.

Also, great to see they modeled Hayley Atwell beautifully.

In many of those games (especially Fable and Senua)... Developer 1: "How many screen shitting effects we can apply here so players won't be able to see high res assets we worked on for 8 years?"

Developer 2:

 

[Superposition]

Gears is another prime example of 60FPS limiting another game entirely. They are not pushing these consoles at all.

They should have made the campaign 30fps, push the graphics way harder - and then make the MULTIPLAYER 60fps.

common sense is not common

It's hard to ignore improved animation quality. The rest feels like it's straight out of Gears 5,5. Absolute disappointment.

 

[Msamy]

Senua Direct feed pictures for press

Plague direct feed pics

Fable press direct feed pics

 

[Msamy]

Now the remaining show this month is unreal fest an UE6 announcements

 

[Superposition]

From this

To this

 

[Victhemic]

Now the remaining show this month is unreal fest an UE6 announcements

When is it?

Oh and Nintendo Direct next week.

 

[Msamy]

When is it?

Oh and Nintendo Direct next week.

 

[setoman]

For those doubting the environment and complexity downgrade watch some of the walking scene of HB2 here, you can jump to diferrent sections to jog your memory, watch one mine of a section here and another minute of another section...etc:



and for some of the crazy insane looking combat atmosphere here:


I mean HB2 isn't arguably the best looking game of all times for nothing.
if only they made a proper actual game.

 

[Buggy Loop]

From this

To this

You're being disingenuous. A lot of incredible close shots in the E-Day direct like your first screenshots.

 

[Bojji]

Senua Direct feed pictures for press

Plague direct feed pics

Fable press direct feed pics

 

[Msamy]

You're being disingenuous. A lot of incredible close shots in the E-Day direct like your first screenshots.

Here direct feed feed press pics still reveal cgi looks miles aheads

 

[SlimySnake]

yeah, halo looks good on second watch. lighting is great.

more gifs below.

Spoiler

 

[T4keD0wN]

Wow, you can really tell this is from the developers who make racing games.

Dude is shaped like a car

 

[mindfreak191]

Don't know why they went with that opening part to reveal Gears, it's visually the weakest, while the E direct had much better areas lmao

 

[blastprocessor]

Huh l thought Metro looked great

 

[Bojji]

Wow, you can really tell this is from the developers who make racing games.

Dude is shaped like a car

They also have 3 body types.

Fable doesn't look good to me, another "Chromatic Aberration to the max" where you can't see shit.

 

[Superposition]

yeah, halo looks good on second watch. lighting is great.

The reflections and surface details are impressive in HALO, also some character models. A really cool remade.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Here direct feed feed press pics still reveal cgi looks miles aheads

It pretty much nails it. I didn't even know it was CGI to be honest in the reveal trailer

 

[SlimySnake]

Here direct feed feed press pics still reveal cgi looks miles aheads

that looks amazing

 

[Von Hugh]

Huh l thought Metro looked great

That's because it does.

 

[Msamy]

that looks amazing

More here direct feed pics for press

 

[Msamy]

More gameplay here

 

[SlimySnake]

this looks awesome.

 

[Bojji]

this looks awesome.

2D smoke.

 

[Negotiator101]

More here direct feed pics for press

As expected from the Coalition it looks amazing, the end deep look shows how much work has gone into this.

 

[Cumulus]

It´s 2026 and we`ve seen games up till end 2027-2028.
I think it`s safe to say that "mindblowing" is not on the menu anymore until we get at least into next-gen crossgen-territory or get pc-centric tech showcases.

 

[Bojji]

It´s 2026 and we`ve seen games up till end 2027-2028.
I think it`s save to say that "mindblowing" is not on the menu anymore until we get at least into crossgen-territory or get pc-centric tech showcases.

I'm think I'm spoiled by recent Capcom PT games because not many titles looked impressive to me (and I think Plague Tale looks the best).

 

[Vick]

More gameplay here

There's a lot of great looking stuff in here, much better than in the showcase. Game looks solid, and also something I want to play.

Fable looked instantly amazing. Same for Plague Tale.

Halo looks great as well. Overall a much better output than PlayStation imo.

 

[Luipadre]

What a shocker. Direct feed screenshots looks miles better than the shit ass overcompressed youtube screengrabs

 

[Msamy]

There's a lot of great looking stuff in here, much better than in the showcase. Game looks solid, and also something I want to play.

Fable looked instantly amazing. Same for Plague Tale.

Halo looks great as well. Overall a much better output than PlayStation imo.

Aside from faye Sony did nothing on that entire show

 

[Cumulus]

I'm think I'm spoiled by recent Capcom PT games because not many titles looked impressive to me (and I think Plague Tale looks the best).

I`ve not been really wowed by anything anymore since the very first time I turned on the Overdrive (PT ) mode in CP2077 aside from maybe the first time I saw what Wukong could do with Nanite assets. Nvidia`s push for advanced RT, advances in denoising and upscaling really really made the AMD-powered consoles look "old" early this time around (imho ofc)

 

[Msamy]

I have advice for you guys if you want to watch best quality from YouTube videos download the 4k Av1 mp4 version instead of Vp9 webm version, the av1 version on half vp9 size even if it have lower bitrate it looks better and when it's on same size it's far better,

 

[Superposition]

A top-class cinematic game is completely losing its all cinematic feel and details, Hellblade has now become purely a mobile game. I couldn't even finish watching the trailer.

I hope this is a spin-off or a game mod?