What is next gen?

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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I keep hearing people say this game is not “next-gen” but what really makes a shooter next-gen?

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> I keep hearing people say this game is not “next-gen” but what really makes a shooter next-gen?

CGI quality in game graphics

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Well, we could start with visuals that don’t look worse than games that were released 4 years ago on old hardware.

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> Well, we could start with visuals that don’t look worse than games that were released 4 years ago on old hardware.

Did Halo 5’s beta look like that to you? It did to me.

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Not even PC’s are capable of having CGI quality graphics in games just yet.

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I hope Halo 5’s in game graphics are as good as Halo Wars cutscenes (2009 CGI)

Uncharted 4’s in game graphics are as good as CGI from 2009Xbox One is only slightly weaker than PS4, Halo 5 can pull it off.

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Those weren’t in the ingame graphics. That was a CGI trailer.

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Beta graphics were downplayed for the sake of the beta

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No, that’s in game.

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That trailer is as much in-game as the world premiere footage of Reach was in game.

Hint : it’s not.

This is actual in-game Uncharted 4 gameplay. Does it look good? Yes. As good as the video? Or as CG? No, not at all.

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60 FPS?

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keep in mind the textures were downscaled for the beta. We’ll see what the game will look like at its best during E3.

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Using the hardware efficiently?
Edit: actually. Next gen? We are early in current gen. Xbox one, ps4, Wii u, current gen. Too early for next gen pretty sure.

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What makes a game next gen is not just the visuals or the fps but what comes to the game. For a game to be next gen we must see some things that couldn’t have been done last gen. From what i’ve seen Halo 5 only displaces last gen additions.