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arblack37
3 Oct 2011, 07:42
I am loving this game and feel this is on par with the PC version. I, actually, feel more at home with the controller and had a much easier time unlocking everything through the story and challenges. However, as great as the game looks, the shadows stick out like a sore thumb. The water effects look good and the lighting and colors seem to match it's pc brethren, so it makes the shadows even more noticeable.

In comparison, the shadows look horrible. I understand the constraints involved, but if there is any way this can be improved with an update, it would greatly improve the look and appeal. I feel that it's only an issue because the rest of the game looks great and is the one glaring defect.

Wolv
3 Oct 2011, 11:31
I think there is a reason why they didn't include dynamic shadows for the console versions: Hardware limitations.

Seriously, if you want to play the best version of a game, always buy the PC one.

arblack37
3 Oct 2011, 14:42
It was replied that it came down to the room for the shadow texture size. That just doesn't make sense to me. It can't be that the 360 doesn't support it, because you can see the shadows in other games that look excellent. The shadows look as bad if not worse than the original Xbox version. I can understand if the game was already pushing close to 2gb, but it's sitting at under 900mb.

It's completely blocky and uses three tiers of gray that don't blend at the end. It just looks so generic. Maybe it can't look as good as the PC version, but there is no reason it should look that bad.

And for the record... I have the PC version. I just prefer playing on my Xbox :)