Warhawk Media Released
We've got new ground warfare screens from Incognito's upcoming large-scale flight combat game.
Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment America today released new screenshots and gameplay movies (trailer, movie 1, movie 2, movie 3) showcasing the ground combat from Incognito Entertainment's upcoming flight-heavy PlayStation 3 game Warhawk. Currently undergoing a large closed beta test on PlayStation Network, the multiplayer game offers large-scale team-based objective warfare as well as free for all battles. It will be released both via the PlayStation Store as a downloadable title as well as in retail. Expect Shack impressions of the beta soon.
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at0micgarden
replyTerrible! Just terrible!
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I mean seriously, is this BattleTanx?
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What are your issues with it? I consider it a really nice looking game. The scale is really impressive, especially when you're flying at high altitudes.
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I guess I should say that I haven't been paying much attention to the game, but judging from these shots alone, the geometry is very simplistic, the texture work is Dreamcast-era, and the character models are shameful. Looks like BattleTanks on N64, or even Body Harvest (great game, but offensive graphics). This is a PS3 game? I realize it's primarily flight-based, but this ground comobat looks rough as hell.
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I think gamers in general have really, really bad memories as far as old graphics go. I have noticed people's minds frequently fill in lots of gaps. I'd be curious to see some Dreamcast and N64 games that looked even remotely like this on a technical level.
That said the game does look a lot more impressive in the air.-
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So your argument is actually about game price, not console price, then...?
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Can you give me an example of something like that on a past-gen system that also includes the ability to support 32 players, many of whom are in aircraft at a high enough altitude that they can see the entire landmass?
If you can do that, can you show me one that's a downloadable game?-
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i think it's more the art style that's at fault here.
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If you want to make that argument, then who's to say Xbox Live Arcade is worthwhile? I've probably played more of that stuff than I have full retail releases.
I'm speaking from a different perspective on Warhawk than some here since I've actually played it, but there is no way you could have made this game on a prior generation system. Period. It would have been severely compromised.-
I'm not saying this could have been done on PS2 or Xbox, but it definitely LOOKS like it came from there.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I thought. It looks exactly like Body Harvest.
http://www.juegomania.org/Body+Harvest/fotos/n64/0/54_t/Foto+Body+Harvest.jpg
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Wait! I thought Warhawk was a new game, but present with this evidence I can see that it is IN FACT a crappy port of Body Harvest. Actually I have to give it to Body Harvest on the graphics side.
Like a0micgarden I remember using my NES to play Mario 3 back in the day. Remember how good the graphics were when you got the wings? You could fly up and see a lot more geometry than you can i this game. I mean isn't this supposed to be a PS3 game? I bet the NES could have done it easy.
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It was sort of like a Starship Troopers-style game, with vehicles you could jump in and out of. The levels were fairly open. Wasn't bad, for its time.
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No no, it looks more like BattleTanx:
http://media.ign64.ign.com/media/003/003924/imgs_1.html
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Bottom line is this...
THIS is the big PS3 game Warhawk? I think it looks unimpressive as hell. And "stupider" isn't a word.-
Specifically, this is the ground combat. There have been lots of other screens released. http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/ps3/Warhawk/2/warhawk/061031_warhawk_01.jpg
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Fanboys, all of you! Harumph. You can't legitimately defend these crappy graphics.
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Yes clearly everyone here except you and wykd are fanboys, you nailed us. Good show.
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I just simply cannot see how you can defend these graphics! Come on man, you see so many games per day, you honestly think these can even remotely stand up to half the shit coming out in the next few months? This looks like Shellshock: Nam '67, dude.
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I just looked up screenshots of that, and no, it doesn't look remotely comparable.
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I just want to see you type "the visual quality of these screenshots are not up to the current console generation standards".
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I'm not going to type that because it's not the case. What game to you represents the "standard" (not the "ideal")?
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OK, let's take this screen, for example. I chose to pick this one at random:
http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/ps3/Warhawk/2/warhawk_070609/070609_warhawk_07.jpg
The ground is a simple 4-tone texture, no bump mapping, it looks low-res. A valid point to make here is that yes, this is a primarily flight-based game, but we are scrutinizing the ground combat.
The character model is low-poly.
The shrubbery is almost non-existant, just a few odd low-res plant models here and there.
I see no HDR or even dynamic lighting. In fact, it doesn't seem like the lighting has an effect on the enviromnent at all.
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Well then I guess it's a good thing that that screen doesn't represent everything that's going on in the game while that guy is there firing his flamethrower.
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All the graphical features and buzz words you're throwing out are really expensive to implement. I'd imagine Sony wants to make money on the game, especially with it being budget priced.
They also bring down performance on such a massive online game.
They also increase the size of the game, which is to be downloaded.
Graphics may be "last gen", but the scale and scope certainly isn't. Gameplay > Graphics.-
Bump mapping, non-shit quality textures and models, and dynamic lighting are standard these days. I didn't know it was a budget game, but all of this makes a lot more sense now, I suppose.
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why would he post lies? these shots look nice.
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http://www.winsupersite.com/images/showcase/xbox360_battlefield2_08.jpg
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat on 360
It's a port, and over a year old, and it looks far better then these.
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I honestly think you've forgotten what last-gen looks like:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=75413
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I can honestly say that SOCOM looks as good, if not better, than these stills of ground combat in Playstation 3's Warhawk.
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How about you try to make a valid point.
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