JUST CAUSE 2 DIRECT PS3

In the above performance video, ten per cent of the 360's output consists of torn frames, but the stat alone doesn't account for context because appearance of screen-tear isn't uniform: it only happens when the engine's under significant load, and when that happens, there's typically lots of explosions, enemies attacking, that kind of thing. The problem is that the tearing does look really off-putting at times. Whether it's the blur or something else, there is also the sense that texture quality gets a bit of a bump on 360 too. There's little doubt that it's Xbox 360 owners that get a smoother, clearer game. The obvious question is that if this blur effect is not tied to performance, why not have the ability to turn it off? Why is it there at all?

JUST CAUSE 2 DIRECT PS3

As seen in the PS3 rendition of Ghostbusters, sub-HD and QAA don't tend to play nicely with one another and while we're not quite sure what's going on with Just Cause 2, the effect does look occasionally like a case of blur upon blur and not exactly attractive. This blur is compounded through the use of quincunx anti-aliasing, a unique NVIDIA anti-aliasing mode that isn't available to 360 developers, which produces superior edge-smoothing to the standard MSAA at the expense of adding blur to the entire texture. Thankfully in those sections the whole scene is in motion so the effect is less impactful during gameplay than the shots suggest, but it's still clearly noticeable. In terms of what this means to the comparison, it's simply the case that the PS3 version of Just Cause 2 drops more frames and at some points gives the illusion of being a considerably blurrier experience than the Xbox 360 version. It's all very curious because often the game is completely clean, but this effect does seem to come and go in various sections to the point where we're really unclear why it happens at all. An Xbox 360 shot from the same spot in the game shows the difference in image quality, and it's quite substantial.

Just cause 2 direct