Portal 2: First Direct-Feed Screenshots

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PCGames.de has scored a few direct-feed screenshots of Portal 2. Most of the areas depicted in these shots are seen in the E3 game trailer and demonstration videos, but now you can get a better idea of the games visual nature at its current stage in development. And boy does it look hot.
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Edit: Peep this comparison of test chamber 4 - Click! Courtesy of <a href="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15530060&amp;postcount=54]Andy83[/url]. Now that's a step forward!

 

[Lizardizzle]

god damn, that looks so pretty.

 

[Ren.182]

Looks amazing.
That comparison shot is gorgeous.

 

[Dinnesch]

Shit, these textures have to be a joke... especially for a game set to release in 2011!
Shame, I was hoping for some fresh eyecandy. Well, at least it looks great from the artistic side

 

[Ren.182]

Whats wrong with the textures?

 

[Dinnesch]

Whats wrong with the textures?

They look very blurry, just a lack of detail..

Also, on the screenshots where a lot is on the screen the LOD seems to get a bit aggressive, for example this one:
http://www.pcgames.de/screenshots/original/2010/06/pressdemo_glados0033a.jpg

 

[Kyorisu]

Console version maybe?

 

[Polaris]

Nah, it's just poor graphic card thing, game graphics are great.

 

[Paulaner]

I must have low standards because, in my opinion, those textures are ok.

 

[Rebel Racer]

Nah, it's just poor graphic card thing, game graphics are great.

I doubt that.

If they're going to take screenshots of a game for promotional purposes, I suspect they'd at least use a decent graphics card.

 

[Polaris]

For some odd reason Valve don't do that, they even use those old beta screenshots on Steam store...

 

[leib10]

Wow, that looks beautiful. Who said the Source engine doesn't have some life left in it?

 

[Warbie]

I must have low standards because, in my opinion, those textures are ok.

Same. Texture quality appears waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down on the list of things that make a game decent. Nice to have, but, as with all eye candy, if the game is good you forget about the visuals minutes after starting.

 

[Ren.182]

Again, I think the textures are fine. Sure they're a bit blurry, but its only some mangled metal and floor tiles. The walls and everything else look very pretty imo.

 

[Dinnesch]

I doubt that.

If they're going to take screenshots of a game for promotional purposes, I suspect they'd at least use a decent graphics card.

Well, they apperantly didn't even turn on anti-aliasing(look at them @ full size on the original website), so I suspect them not running on maximal settings.

I'm not saying graphics are the most important feature of a good game(agree with Warbie here), some sharper textures would just be a nice addition to Portal 2's brilliant-looking design.

 

[mindless_moder]

yeah i dont gt why they didn't turn on anti-aliasing. those jaggies are rel eye sores.

 

[<RJMC>]

heh you people and yor super pcs complaining of some jaggies

"OMFG the jaggies! omfg unplayable game cuz of so ugly!"

 

[Ren.182]

Well the game still has at least 6 or so months left of development. I'm sure theres going to be a lot of optimizations and touch ups made between now and then. It'll look fantastic.

 

[Vegeta897]

yeah i dont gt why they didn't turn on anti-aliasing. those jaggies are rel eye sores.

I never play with AA, running at 1920x1200 you barely need it the pixels are so fine. AA really adds a ton of lag for such little payoff, it's not worth it except in older games where I have rendering power to spare.

 

[Naph]

I never play with AA, running at 1920x1200 you barely need it the pixels are so fine. AA really adds a ton of lag for such little payoff, it's not worth it except in older games where I have rendering power to spare.

Doesn't explain the reason why they didn't, seeing as how these are promotional screenshots.

 

[Victor2]

I must have low standards because, in my opinion, those textures are ok.

I have no qualms about the textures either, they look OK to me.

 

[Dinnesch]

I never play with AA, running at 1920x1200 you barely need it the pixels are so fine. AA really adds a ton of lag for such little payoff, it's not worth it except in older games where I have rendering power to spare.

Well, then our eyes apperantly work in a different way, because IMO anti-aliasing adds a lot to the overall image quality. If I need to, I usually even lower a games' other settings to enable more AA.

heh you people and yor super pcs complaining of some jaggies

"OMFG the jaggies! omfg unplayable game cuz of so ugly!"

Once again, I didn't say graphics are the most important part of a game, having nice textures and no jaggies is just a nice addition.

EDIT: sorry for double post

 

[Ren.182]

I'm with Vegeta on this one. At 1920x1200 there are rarely many jaggies that I notice while playing. If I have some spare power I might stick it on 2x AA. If I play in a window at a lower resolution I'll turn on AA then.

I wouldn't personally turn down other settings like texture quality, motion blur or whatever to turn up AA. Aliasing is a small problem for me.

I'm guessing the game in its current form is slightly laggy with AA enabled, so they disabled it for the demo.

 

[MFL]

Lol, the floor light corners are aperture logos. Also, looks like they upped the water effects.

 

[Victor2]

OMFG, they didn't activate the anti-aliasing 4x, and the anisotropic filtering is off too. I'm not gonna buy this game anymore, cause I'm such a whiny bitch.

^^
That's what some of you sound like. Back at my day, we didn't even have video cards....

 

[Adabiviak]

The screenshots may have been reduced in quality maybe twice from the original screenshots, for the purposes of uploading to the web? Regardless of image quality, those look like a fantastic setting for another round with GLaDOS.

 

[mindless_moder]

Doesn't explain the reason why they didn't, seeing as how these are promotional screenshots.

exactly.

i personally dont use AA ingame , but it really does help to sell the game.

 

[Barnz]

I never liked AA either.

 

[Lizardizzle]

Lol, the floor light corners are aperture logos. Also, looks like they upped the water effects.

the corners always looked like that, just look at the comparison GIF.

 

[Warped]

I have high hopes for this game. I have no clue if it will surpass the first Portal, but this game will probably feel awesome playing

 

[Acepilotf14]

ANTI-ALIASING

 

[Colonel Kernel]

I'm starting to wonder if my video card will take such a blow.

 

[scotland1]

The lack of AA disturbs me.

 

[T-6000]

OMFG, they didn't activate the anti-aliasing 4x, and the anisotropic filtering is off too. I'm not gonna buy this game anymore, cause I'm such a whiny bitch.

^^
That's what some of you sound like. Back at my day, we didn't even have video cards....

You'd be surprised to hear how many people think Unreal Tech Engine 3 is already "outdated" and "Last Gen". For me, it's always been about the gameplay over graphics.

 

[Stigmata]

I love me some antialiasing. Aliasing takes a lot away from the image quality, personally. It really, really should be enabled in the promo shots. But it's not a big deal, the gameplay videos are pretty great.

 

[Matorbogl]

Valve has abandoned the Source engine in favor the Unreal 3 engine.

 

[morgs]

Yeah the jaggies stand out to me too, maybe i'm just used to running hl games with 8x AA.

 

[L3N!N]

Is it me, or does the blue running-man icon on the door look out of place?

 

[Acepilotf14]

Is it me, or does the blue running-man icon on the door look out of place?

Nah, I think it's odd suddenly they are there when they weren't in the first. Bad continuity like that kinda irks me.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

To all the people complaining about why they didn't use AA, I wouldn't be surprised if they were using shots from the ps3 version.