Locrian said:Indeed, a 3d explosion like that with millions of particles would absolutly kill most graphics cards im sure. Its always really irritaded me how Sony use pre-rendered video to make their console seem better than it is. I remember around the time of the PS1, in the main games retail shops they would show loads of impressive videos from its games on TVs which looked amazing, but didnt show anything of the game at all. Then you see the games and they were incredibly shoddy.
Smoke and Mirrors.
You mean like Ghost Recon 3's advert where it's entirely pre-rendered? My Dad said, "Wow, that game looks fantastic" when he saw that advert - I had to point out to him the fact it was pre-rendered.
My point? Both companies do iI was very disappointed with my frame-rate in GR:AW - when you consider this is the console that's meant to be handling games such as Gears of War - a game based on the horribly advanced UE3 - with smooth frame-rates, my opinion of it get lowered a bit.
Not saying it's a bad console at all - it's just not as good as it's hyped up to be.
-RaZ