December 22, 200420 yr http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=200791&perpage=15&pagenumber=1 I'm gonna get flamed but I have to agree with the people that think Doom 3 has better graphics. D3's use of bumpmapping and lighting is amazing. I'm extremely anxious for mods of both of them. Basicly I think like this guy: OKay I think Doom3's engine is more impressive than Source.. Why? well Doom3's engine makes use of the latest Direct X 9 shaders to give some absolutely stunning lighting and visual effects. Okay the models used are relatively low polygon for a modern game, but the detail and the textures, the bump mapping and other rendering effects they used really make the game lok quite stunning on high detail levels The only things I've seen in Source that looks impressive are the water effects and the faces of the NPC's... Everything else looks very Direct X 8-ish and some of the textures that are used in game are quite low quality in places (I've seen some better quality textures in Medal of Honour: Allied Assault).... I'm not saying that Source is a bad engine, but I think the years delay in getting this game on the shaves has made what was once quite an advanced graphics engine look a little dated in comparison to the competition. What you guys think?
December 22, 200420 yr Author Wow check this out: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/fear/screenindex.html
December 23, 200420 yr ahh it's 'The Ring' girl!! http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/920744_20040902_screen009.jpg
December 23, 200420 yr Hmmmm. Cannot compare as of yet. Doom 3 was Inside for the most part. While HL2 did both. Farcry did both as well. I say let the modders decide. The Engine that mods the best is the bet engine. Sort of like the Beta vs VHS. Just because Doom3 looks the best wont mean it is the best engine.
December 23, 200420 yr Holy crap Im watchin the trailers for F.E.A.R right now. looks AWESOME! It has slow mo, and u can jump and kick ppl =O Watchin trailer #5, skip over to the 6th minute and watch everything after that. the elevator park will scare the SHIZZAH OUTA U!! rofl, the blind part is fkin messed too. Boja, hold me =|
December 23, 200420 yr Author Yeah, FEAR is suppose to have massive environment destruction. I agree with Mac about the moders choosing the better engine. I'm gonna post some screenshots of some Far cRy mods I like. Until then check out this screen. http://crymod.com/index.php?templateid=showposts&fid=10&tid=1519 For anyone who doesn't know I love Far Cry. I think its untouchable in terms of Environments and draw distances.
December 23, 200420 yr you seen anyone of the screenshots for FEAR? It's going to require a monster machine to run all those bells and whistles! It's true, Doom3 does have Source on graphics, but really, Source has better physics, terrian rendering, player models, and an awesome facial engine
December 23, 200420 yr Good points made by all. I've played farcry and hl2/css. but havent seen doom3. as of now Hl2/css : physics, model faces, explosions, flashbangs, water FarCry : terrain, audio, stability Doom3 : no opinion as of yet The advantage i see in farcry is its ability to be played on a wide variety of machines. and quite smoothly at that. hl2 / css still seems to be having issues with this. which requires the use of console commands to fix.
December 23, 200420 yr D3 had tremendous graphics, but the HL2 engine looks just as good and the physics involved are spectactular.
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