Graphics: VEGAS1 vs. VEGAS2 (screenshots - 56k warning)

[neilthecellist]

Note: BeyondUnreal only allows 25 screenshots per post, therefore I have split my OP post into two separate posts.

Finally! I've finished taking the pictures I wanted to compare graphics from Vegas1 to that of Vegas2. Take a look at the pictures below, and then make your vote.

Please note: In order to be fair, I had to turn off antialiasing in Vegas2 (because there is no antialiasing support on NVidia cards for Vegas1). Otherwise, the comparison wouldn't be fair now, would it? :rolleyes:

Near the middle of this thread, I included a few screenshots from Vegas2 with anti-aliasing. :) Notice the temperatures I am getting on my graphics card with anti-aliasing on. :(



Vegas2withoutAA

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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Vegas2WithoutAA/R6Vegas2_Game2008-06-0306-05-34-92.png
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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Vegas2WithoutAA/R6Vegas2_Game2008-06-0306-05-44-40.png
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[neilthecellist]

Vegas2 with antialiasing.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/AlmostGood.png
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Disgusting.png
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Disgusting2.png

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Nulltextures.png
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Smudge.png
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/texturecrap.png

Vegas1

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Vegas1/R6Vegas_Game2008-06-0218-37-12-73.png
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Vegas1/R6Vegas_Game2008-06-0218-37-13-87.png
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Vegas1/R6Vegas_Game2008-06-0218-37-15-10.png
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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Vegas1/R6Vegas_Game2008-06-0218-37-57-23.png
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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/neilthecellist/Vegas1/R6Vegas_Game2008-06-0218-38-51-06.png

[TossMonkey]

I think Vegas 1 is a better game in every respect.

[Adelheid]

I prefer the way Vegas 1 looks, but vegas 2 clearly has better graphical capabilities.

[neilthecellist]

But those capabilities aren't used at all in Vegas2... There's small evidence of bump mapping, but it seems Ubisoft doesn't know what "parallex" mapping is yet.

[dragonfliet]

"Parallax", but yeah, RSV2 is a VERY underwhelming game graphically. It shows sloppy work and I hope to god it was a very, very junior team that worked on the art aspects (bump/parallax/lighting), because it just looks...well, not good. Gameplay is pretty decent though, run button was mucho helpful.

~Jason

[Balton]

neil, obsessions are never healthy.

[Capt.Toilet]

Never played any of them, but looks like Vegas 1 is the clear winner here. And that graphical blurring you see, looks like the texture wasnt loaded in or you were too far away and thus it renders a low rez texture to improve performance.

[neilthecellist]

I had motion blur set to High for both Vegas1 and Vegas2.

I noticed that throughout Vegas2, there was pretty much no "ambient" noise, that is: No traffic jam noise, no car alarm noises and no police/ambulance/firetruck noises. It sounds trivial, but believe me, those noises made Vegas1 feel like a LOT more of a "Las Vegas" experience than Vegas2.

Vegas2 had no ambient noise. Sad. If I'm in a convention center that looks like E3, I expect to hear game-noises of a sort. But I didn't even hear ANYTHING while I was in there! Talk about LAZY GAME DESIGN.

At least Vegas1 tried to be good.