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GTA IV vs GTA V shadows


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My 360 graphics looked no where near as bad as your pictures, are you sure they're not PC screens on low settings?

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GTAaLEX117
The V screenshots are edited

This.

 

GTA IV looks far superior than V.

People may think that V is only a slight improvement or on par with IV, but saying IV, which will have been released 5 1/2 years before V, is superior to V graphic-wise is bullsh*t.

He talking about the PC version of GTA IV.

It doesn't look like that's the case. Even so, the pre-release pictures of GTA IV were very close to what the final game looked like.

Everybody is jumping aboard this "edited screenshots" bandwagon why? Because some previews said the game didn't look as good as in the trailers/screenshots? One small problem with that, most of the them disagreed on the graphics. Even so, the majority of them said the game was still work in progress.

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The V screenshots are edited

This.

 

GTA IV looks far superior than V.

People may think that V is only a slight improvement or on par with IV, but saying IV, which will have been released 5 1/2 years before V, is superior to V graphic-wise is bullsh*t.

He talking about the PC version of GTA IV.

It doesn't look like that's the case. Even so, the pre-release pictures of GTA IV were very close to what the final game looked like.

Everybody is jumping aboard this "edited screenshots" bandwagon why? Because some previews said the game didn't look as good as in the trailers/screenshots? One small problem with that, most of the them disagreed on the graphics. Even so, the majority of them said the game was still work in progress.

What? Do you have any concrete evidence to back up your claim? You weren't taking anything into consideration when you posted that. You haven't considered the hardware and the visual fidelity of the trailers. How can you possibly prognosticate something without making an assumption first?

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What? Do you have any concrete evidence to back up your claim? You weren't taking anything into consideration when you posted that. You haven't considered the hardware and the visual fidelity of the trailers. How can you possibly prognosticate something without making an assumption first?

My evidence are the actual screenshots and trailers. The people claiming these were edited are those assuming that the game can't look this good or trusting some previews that contradicted themselves pretty much everywhere.

 

Oh, and the fact that pre-release GTA IV didn't look much better than the final version of the game.

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What? Do you have any concrete evidence to back up your claim? You weren't taking anything into consideration when you posted that. You haven't considered the hardware and the visual fidelity of the trailers. How can you possibly prognosticate something without making an assumption first?

My evidence are the actual screenshots and trailers. The people claiming these were edited are those assuming that the game can't look this good or trusting some previews that contradicted themselves pretty much everywhere.

Why not just wait and see for yourself?

 

Original Far Cry 3 game looked nothing like the one showed at the E3. Same with Aliens Colonial Marines and a lot more.

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Why not just wait and see for yourself?

Original Far Cry 3 game looked nothing like the one showed at the E3. Same with Aliens Colonial Marines and a lot more.

That's exactly what I'm doing, but I'm annoyed by the bandwagon people assuming that the final version of the game will look so much worse.

I don't care about Far Cry or ACM, just look at IV. The pre-release version didn't look that different.

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When GTA IV came out I thought It had some of the best graphics on PS3. It still can hold its own

5 years later BUT if you play Vanilla GTA IV today with the filter on, man it sure is grainy/smudgy

looking.

 

Vanilla GTA V is looking amazing. Obviously it will have better shadows etc. Switching gears a bit.. I've been playing Red Dead Redemption and to me at least GTA V is looking to blow RDR out of the water in the graphics department. As it Should...RDR is 3 years old now Holy Sh&t wow.gif

 

RDR is a great looking console game don't get me wrong BUT I think GTA V will have

it beat a lot easier than some are assuming.

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When GTA IV came out I thought It had some of the best graphics on PS3. It still can hold its own

5 years later BUT if you play Vanilla GTA IV today with the filter on, man it sure is grainy/smudgy

looking.

 

Vanilla GTA V is looking amazing. Obviously it will have better shadows etc. Switching gears a bit.. I've been playing Red Dead Redemption and to me at least GTA V is looking to blow RDR out of the water in the graphics department. As it Should...RDR is 3 years old now Holy Sh&t wow.gif

 

RDR is a great looking console game don't get me wrong BUT I think GTA V will have

it beat a lot easier than some are assuming.

AGREE!

 

In gameplay video shadows look on same level or EVEN BETTER than Red Dead Redemption(X360)!!

 

It's fascinating how Rockstar managed to make shadows look sharp on a game of this HUGE scale!

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They actually fixed those with the last patch...

No they didn`t. I play GTA4 on my Xbox 360 and the shadows are still ugly. Or maybe that`s because I play EFLC?

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the whole game looked like that. not only shadows. and you see how grainy some colors and textures are. really weird. But RDR already looked miles better in every aspect.

 

So far the trailers and screens dont look as good as RDR. but I hope for similar graphics

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the whole game looked like that. not only shadows. and you see how grainy some colors and textures are. really weird. But RDR already looked miles better in every aspect.

 

So far the trailers and screens dont look as good as RDR. but I hope for similar graphics

I don't know man, it looks pretty spectacular already. cool.gif

 

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So far the trailers and screens dont look as good as RDR. but I hope for similar graphics

I can't agree with you on that. Game looks beautiful, way better than RDR in my opinion.

 

btw. I'm judging that by gameplay video, not screenshots.

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What? It looks miles better than RDR already for me. IV just looks like pure sh*t now, it's just being honest. I could still play it right now for 24 hours straight regardless of the graphics. Anyway, V looks better than IV maxed out on a PC, and that is saying something.

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This is what Russian site said....and numerous other sites(except IGN and few others butthurt) said game looked AMAZING

 

Nothing new, but some interesting comparisons and expressions of author:

 

1. Franklin in the air

 

Lighting, character's model, the camera work and sound create a clear sense of that you are close and feel the flow of air.

 

It was so unexpected that half of people got up from chairs and came closer to see all this better.

 

2. The feeling that it is not a game but an expensive Hollywood movie. That emphasized not only by the incredible graphics and camera work, but also by awesome soundtrack.

 

3. Animation is much better than in GTA IV. It is not only smooth, but fast.

 

Graphically, it all looked so incredible that it was hard to believe that in front of them is a game played on Playstation 3, which was released in 2006.

 

According to author, there is an abyss between GTA IV and GTA V. Like between games of two different generation of consoles.

 

4. Water looks phenomenal.

 

Scene with Trevor under water looked much more impressive than similar scene in recent demonstration of Call of Duty: Ghosts.

 

5. Music under water performed in the style of music in Metroid Prime.

 

6. Animation of character and his clothes are made masterfully. The way the character moves, turns, looks and gesticulates, looks simply incredible.

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the whole game looked like that. not only shadows. and you see how grainy some colors and textures are. really weird. But RDR already looked miles better in every aspect.

 

So far the trailers and screens dont look as good as RDR. but I hope for similar graphics

I don't know man, it looks pretty spectacular already. cool.gif

 

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Wow. I think these are from the latest update. Gameplay trailer IMO, is either from January, or because of crappy compression on YouTube.

 

I mean it would only seem reasonable if they show the not too old screens first, so that they can show the updated screens later on which shows the improvement.

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the whole game looked like that. not only shadows. and you see how grainy some colors and textures are. really weird. But RDR already looked miles better in every aspect.

 

So far the trailers and screens dont look as good as RDR. but I hope for similar graphics

I don't know man, it looks pretty spectacular already. cool.gif

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/img/global/...at-outdoors.jpg

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/img/global/...y-neighbors.jpg

Wow. I think these are from the latest update. Gameplay trailer IMO, is either from January, or because of crappy compression on YouTube.

 

I mean it would only seem reasonable if they show the not too old screens first, so that they can show the updated screens later on which shows the improvement.

And even though R* may heavily use blur in some of the screens, this is pretty much what the game will

look like on our TVs.

 

They use a cinematic camera to get angles we probably won't see in SP too.

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On 8/14/2013 at 8:55 AM, RatedRviper said:

This is what Russian site said....and numerous other sites(except IGN and few others butthurt) said game looked AMAZING

 

Nothing new, but some interesting comparisons and expressions of author:

 

1. Franklin in the air

 

Lighting, character's model, the camera work and sound create a clear sense of that you are close and feel the flow of air.

 

It was so unexpected that half of people got up from chairs and came closer to see all this better.

 

2. The feeling that it is not a game but an expensive Hollywood movie. That emphasized not only by the incredible graphics and camera work, but also by awesome soundtrack.

 

3. Animation is much better than in GTA IV. It is not only smooth, but fast.

 

Graphically, it all looked so incredible that it was hard to believe that in front of them is a game played on Playstation 3, which was released in 2006.

 

According to author, there is an abyss between GTA IV and GTA V. Like between games of two different generation of consoles.

 

4. Water looks phenomenal.

 

Scene with Trevor under water looked much more impressive than similar scene in recent demonstration of Call of Duty: Ghosts.

 

5. Music under water performed in the style of music in Metroid Prime.

 

6. Animation of character and his clothes are made masterfully. The way the character moves, turns, looks and gesticulates, looks simply incredible.

.

 

Man I love feeling the flow of air when I parachute as Franklin. I often get up from my chair and come closer to my screen just to see it better.

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That's why I always play GTA 5 more than IV because I play on PS3 and IV looked so bad. I'm not telling that I hate IV, I still enjoy this game

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1 hour ago, JaeDan 101 said:

That's why I always play GTA 5 more than IV because I play on PS3 and IV looked so bad. I'm not telling that I hate IV, I still enjoy this game


Hey. I sent you a friend request on PSN. I’m cancelling it now.😢

 

I kid of course.

 

I don’t think GTA IV looks that bad on PS3. However I’ve been playing it mostly on 360 the last few years and I felt it looked a litter better (and I’m a pretty diehard Sony fanboy).

 

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Just now, Algonquin Assassin said:

I don’t think GTA IV looks that bad

It looks bad to me but IV is still fun to play

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