Visual comparison between COD and other upcoming releases

[David198502]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

Doesn't even compare on any category IMO. Just watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=S6-FOVQxwOo#!

waoh!!!great vid.havent seen that before.thx bliss for showing.
and i have to say, comparing those two vids, clod seems to be faaaaar superiour in every aspect, except maybe the landscape.

[FFCW_Urizen]

Originally Posted by David198502

waoh!!!great vid.havent seen that before.thx bliss for showing.
and i have to say, comparing those two vids, clod seems to be faaaaar superiour in every aspect, except maybe the landscape.

agree here, landscape is a bit more believable, but the rest, nah, no way.

[Friendly_flyer]

Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen

agree here, landscape is a bit more believable, but the rest, nah, no way.

Yeah, then again as a die-hard group ponder, a good landscape really is important. Not sure how good the WOP ground looks when close up though.

[Sturm_Williger]

Have to say that the comment about the low planes being nicely visible is correct. If CloD could borrow that effect, I would be a very happy bunny.


In almost every other aspect though, CloD appears visually superior. The in-cockpit shots in the first video are so far from CloD's photo-realistic cockpit interiors, that it's embarrassing.

In the landscape, it appears that the trees radiate green light, making everything green. Damage model appears 1-dimensional. And the flames are just yuck.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Sturm_Williger

Have to say that the comment about the low planes being nicely visible is correct. If CloD could borrow that effect, I would be a very happy bunny.


In almost every other aspect though, CloD appears visually superior. The in-cockpit shots in the first video are so far from CloD's photo-realistic cockpit interiors, that it's embarrassing.

In the landscape, it appears that the trees radiate green light, making everything green. Damage model appears 1-dimensional. And the flames are just yuck.

I've just finished reading "Gun Button To Fire" by Tom Neil, a Hurricane pilot during the BoB. He writes a lot about how hard it was to spot other aircraft even a few thousand feet apart. They were regularly in the right place for an interception but went home empty handed having simply failed to spot the enemy who cruised on by a few thousand feet below.

[rga]

Originally Posted by Sutts

I've just finished reading "Gun Button To Fire" by Tom Neil, a Hurricane pilot during the BoB. He writes a lot about how hard it was to spot other aircraft even a few thousand feet apart. They were regularly in the right place for an interception but went home empty handed having simply failed to spot the enemy who cruised on by a few thousand feet below.

Spotting is different from maintaining visual contact. IRL, it is surely hard to detect / spot aircrafts, since most of them are camouflaged and blend easily to the environment. But once spotted, you can follow it easily. In game, it's just too much easy to have aircrafts which can turn on stealth mode and sneak away.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by rga

Spotting is different from maintaining visual contact. IRL, it is surely hard to detect / spot aircrafts, since most of them are camouflaged and blend easily to the environment. But once spotted, you can follow it easily. In game, it's just too much easy to have aircrafts which can turn on stealth mode and sneak away.

Agreed.

Clod looks better but after playing the game it's a bit of a false representation of what it really is at the moment.

World of planes looks good too , I like the pacific aspect of it.

[Fredfetish]

Its a shame I don't stop often stop to smell the roses and take in the view with COD whilst flying. Found this however:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBIOrXAd4qc

It is dated earlier than the previous vid on WOP (World of Planes). Still not on the level of the COD War cry video... however, I think its shows some nice explosion and debris effects (see where ship gets hit + debris spewed out when plane explodes... the plane it self looks horrible in the explosion though)

For 1 second (0:15) it seems that tracer trails are affect by air flow of plane.

Whilst the scene from the ground battle looks very immersive compared to the old IL2 battles.

I agree on the clouds as well.

Glaring problem though... planes really do not look good...

[Baron]

I Always liked this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMftuei6Fw