{"id":51526,"date":"2013-03-19T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51526"},"modified":"2013-03-19T15:10:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:10:32","slug":"xbox-360-graphics-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/51526-xbox-360-graphics-through-the-years","title":{"rendered":"Xbox 360 graphics through the years"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the inevitable announcement of a new Xbox console on the horizon, its hard not to get a rose-tinted nostalgia about the beloved \u00a0360.<\/p>\n

The 360 still has a lot of life in it, we know this, but let\u2019s compare how the graphics and visuals have evolved since the early launch titles, to that of the latest upcoming games.<\/p>\n

Now we\u2019re not looking at specific graphic technicalities, but rather at just how they\u2019ve changed visually over the 360\u2019s 7-year lifespan.<\/p>\n

Gears of War (2006) vs Gears of War 3 (2011)<\/h3>\n

The original Gear was one of the first truly next-gen titles when initially shown off. The game had a shine and polish that no one had seen before, and debuted the Unreal Engine 3 on Xbox 360.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to 2011 and Gears 3 showed how far Epic Games had some with their design on the series. The third game added a host of vibrancy and colour to it, while upping the scale of vistas and detail significantly.<\/p>\n

\"Gears<\/a>

Gears of War (2006)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Gears<\/a>

Gears of War 3 (2011)<\/p><\/div>\n

Forza 2 (2007) vs. Forza Motorsport 4 (2011)<\/h3>\n

Forza 2 was a beautiful game when it launched on the Xbox 360 in 2007, but as the evolution of the genre goes, Forza 4 highlighted how far the racing scene had come.<\/p>\n

Forza 4 placed an emphasis not only on the gorgeous car models, but really focused on the detail of the off-track environments.<\/p>\n

Forza 4 still has to be one of the most realistic games to do digital car recreations, as early renders and models of the in-game vehicles were hard to distinguish from actual photos.<\/p>\n

\"Forza<\/a>

Forza Motorsport 2 (2007)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Forza<\/a>

Forza Motorsport 4 (2011)<\/p><\/div>\n

Halo 3 (2007) vs. Halo 4 (2012)<\/h3>\n

The Halo series, while being incredibly influential, hasn\u2019t always been at the peak of visual wonder, but Halo 4 has been a huge step up for the series.<\/p>\n

Halo 4 really feels like the series has embraced the hardware that its running on, offering unbelievable draw-distances, and 343 Industries has added shimmery coat that gives the franchise a new feel.<\/p>\n

\"Halo<\/a>

Halo 3 (2007)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Halo<\/a>

Halo 4 (2012)<\/p><\/div>\n

More gaming features:<\/h3>\n

Graphical evolution of first-person shooters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS3 graphics comparison over the ages<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who has the cheapest PC games?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cheapest shops for console games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who has the cheapest Xbox 360?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How have the graphics on Microsoft\u2019s Xbox 360 progressed throughout its lifespan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":51533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[9198,1696,431,433,9196,7702,9082,1482,255,21,9197],"class_list":["post-51526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-forza-2","tag-forza-motorsport-4","tag-gears-of-war","tag-gears-of-war-3","tag-graphical","tag-graphics","tag-graphics-comparison","tag-halo-3","tag-halo-4","tag-headline","tag-xbox-360-graphics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52040,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51526\/revisions\/52040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}