Motostorm Pics

[magik]

Phony PS3 screenshot busted?

First off, let me extend the olive branch of peace to our new neighbors at PS3Fanboy. Here's a snazzy "screenshot" from the PS3 title Motorstorm presented at last year's E3:

And here's an actual game image from Motorstorm taken at the recent Game Developers Conference in San Jose (click for larger image):

I know it's not a 1: 1 comparison, and perhaps the quality of the grab is poor, but do Kutaragi & Ko. really think Xbox 360 fanboys aren't going to bust balls over this stuff? Because that looks painfully PS2.5. Maybe it's from the PSP version.

It's not like Sony has a history of grossly exaggerating the capabilities of their consoles and passing off CGI fluff as gameplay.

Source

Don't shoot the messenger! :p

Edit: Forgot the 'r' in Motorstorm in the title. :blush:

Edited March 29, 2006 by magik

[-Anthony]

What did you expect everybody was crying "its not ingame". And nobody claimed it was gameplay.

The second screenshot is also way too dark.

[magik]

What did you expect everybody was crying "its not ingame". And nobody claimed it was gameplay.

The second screenshot is also way too dark.

Everybody but the fanboys. And the second screenshot is dark because it was taken covertly by a camera at the GDC.

But anyway, supposedly it's still a work in progress, so maybe it'll look better come launch.

Edited March 29, 2006 by magik

[x-byte]

What did you expect everybody was crying "its not ingame". And nobody claimed it was gameplay.

The second screenshot is also way too dark.

Heh... if only you knew how many claimed that. I even had that discussion 2/3 weeks ago... :rolleyes:

[velocity3k]

I don't think anyone argued that the E3 video was gameplay. Apart from Fight Night 3, Unreal Tournament and the FF tech demo, everything else was pre-rendered videos at E3.

[AlphaPrime]

Yep, the second screen looks crap. Maybe Evolution Studios just suck at enhancing the graphics? Maybe they just need more time? Who knows? Who cares? Does anyone actually play motorbike games? Ugh. :rofl:

[-Anthony]

I play them, and by "nobody claimed it was gameplay" I meant anyone important like Sony, Evolution Studios, or a magazine.

[iconboy]

ummm the first shot is from a possible game and isnt the 2nd one just a tech demo?

[jerry]

You need to stop posting PS3 "articles" from xbox website (that too when it claims itself as fanboy) and vice-versa.

[DiEMOS]

lol, i love how people compare screenshots, one full of action, car is flipping over, particles and taken from direct video to a screenshot from a tech demo, a car in the middle of nowhere, no lighting, can barely see anything, taken with a camera from a tv screen.... yea perfect comparison.

edit: here is another crappy screenshot, AT LEAST compare it to this one

[DeadOnArrival]

^ya I totally agree, I mean that screenshot they have is crap looking, if it could be any darker it would be better... Once I can see the entire game, and people playing it at e3 06, then ill believe it..

[-Anthony]

Good one DiEMOS.

[magik]

You have to realize that they showed the footage as if it was achievable gameplay performance when it obviously is not. The fact that it comes from an Xbox oriented news site doesn't mean anything because nothing they said is lied about or exaggerated. RTFA. :)

[yankee lion]

I agree with the other people in this thread. This is a 06 GDC tech demo correct? It's a screenshot right? Then it goes in the thread named "06 GDC Tech Demo Screens". Why does this warrent it's own thread anyways?

[5u6z340]

I do not understand why people cared about these games (Motorstorm and Killzone 2) to begin with. Even if the developers would be able to make them look like the E3 movies the games would be probably not so good looking at their last games.

Now if Polyphony Digital would have showed a Motorstorm type movie I understand people getting excited.

[gunnerhkjp]

Amazing how much people read into dark fuzzy photos.

Its like analyzing satalite pictures during the cold war :)

I wish Sony and developers would start releasing screenshots of what they have so far.

I don't see why they have to keep things secret since the xbox360 is already out in the market, and revo isn't about super duper graphics.

[magik]

^ Yea, I agree, I wish they would do the same. But I'm guessing it's all about marketing and they don't want to launch their marketing campaign just yet for whatever reason.

[Bhav]

You just need to read what IGN and Gamespot thought of MotorStorm at GDC to realise that the comparison you've posted is a bunch of crap.

[l77Il7H]

i can't wait to see every sony ps loyalists' faces when the ps3 comes out and it's NOTHING like the CGI that were shown. :D :D :D :D :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: xbox 360 rules for being much more honest to the public and releasing solid information and media.