With an emphasis on higher-poly environments, sharper textures, deferred lighting and advanced physics engines, we now have more technically demanding titles like Crysis 3 resorting to sub-HD frame-buffers, and often struggling to uphold their target 30FPS.
The following seven years tell a very different story, however, for both 360 and PS3 alike. This short list included NBA '07, Tekken: Dark Resurrection and Ridge Racer 7 - all older games, where each respective engine was unshackled by the PS2's constraints on new hardware to achieve a solid 60 FPS update and attain the full HD dream. Looking back at the start of this generation, the bulk of the PS3's only true, native 1920x1080 titles made an appearance during the platform's launch window. To understand this platform's future we have to address the past. So with this resource available, it's relatively straightforward to build up a picture of Guerrilla Games' vision of what we should expect from next-gen PlayStation hardware - and 1080p is clearly the focus. A full HD trailer encoded in Apple's ProRes format grants us the opportunity to pore over the game's finer details at a quality level akin to the software running right in front of us. Last week's visually compromised live-stream and the Facebook gameplay upload don't really do justice to the scale of the visual achievement, but luckily we have access to alternative assets that completely eliminate the macroblocking blur and reveal the full extent of the new Killzone's splendour. The Killzone franchise has been defined by a darker, murkier, grimier aesthetic but clearly developer Guerrilla Games intends to show off a bit more colour this time around - at least in its opening gambit - and the results are immediately eye-catching.
The tour starts with a spectacular fly around of Vekta's glimmering citadel, showing off whizzing hover-cars, tumbling waterfalls, flapping ISA banners, and more cherry blossom trees than would frankly make the cut for most other shooters. In Shadow Fall, enhanced detail, superlative effects work and solid performance are the focus over and above the 1080p60 dream, but the question is, just how much of a leap does Shadow Fall represent over what we already have? Is this truly next-generation stuff?įirst impressions of the new Killzone from a technical perspective certainly don't disappoint. Those hoping for a leap towards 1080p resolution are likely to be pleased with the developer's efforts, while those lusting after a new 60FPS standard should prepare for disappointment. With the reveal of Killzone: Shadow Fall we have our first glimpse at real-time next-generation gameplay, giving us some idea of what to expect from a technical perspective from Sony's brand new hardware.
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