Technology of games (newly created out of Killzone 3 discussion)

[Jimmy Smith]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

3. In most aspects, yes; but not all aspects. I don't believe the low budget pre-rendered CG animated television shows match the textures, lighting, motion blur, DoF, character models, etc of God of War 3/Uncharted 1/Uncharted 2/Killzone 2. Not to mention the MLAA technique that can provide AA at up to 64x (higher than the top GPUs available today @ 16xAA). Maybe you should rephrase this point, too.

Ever watch Star Wars The Clone Wars. The 90 minute movie was reportedly made with a ten million dollar budget and features animation well below the standards of Pixar or Dreamworks movies. However its animation still passes every video game from this console generation in every way. On Blu-Ray it didn't feature a single jaggie while even the best looking Playstation 3 games have mild jaggies present. It also features weekly huge action sequences with constant fast motion yet always looks far more lifelike then any video game. And all this from a low budget cable television show. The only time the Playstation 3 surpases most run of the mill computer animation is in pre-rendered cutscenes.