August 24th, 2012
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“Which version will become part of the “Fallen”?
| System Breakdown | Xbox 360 Stats | PlayStation 3 Stats |
| Resolutions: | Up to 1080p | Up to 720p |
| # of Discs: | single | single |
| HD Install: | Optional (Recommended) | None |
| Metacritic: |  |
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Welcome back for another exciting Head2Head! Today we will be putting Transformers Fall of Cybertron under the gun to see which version will become part of the “Fallen”, and which version will stand Tall! First things first, the beginning cinematic intro for this game kicked ass! Actually, all the cinematic cut scenes were top notch and very well done. Now come join us as we explore the differences between these two versions.
Graphics: At first glance, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron actually looked pretty sharp, that is, depending on which version you were playing. Having captured the PlayStation 3 version first, the apparent lack of detail especially in terms of texture quality, was not expected. Immediately booting up the Xbox 360 version, the superior texture resolution was not hard to find. The PlayStation 3 version textures and normal maps were overall a lower resolution, which in turn created blurrier looking visuals throughout. Also, it appears that both version are sporting the same native resolution, but the PlayStation 3 version has zero anti-aliasing
Furthermore, the Xbox 360 Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) was more pronounced on and around objects. Although the PlayStation 3 version did have it implemented, the Xbox 360 version implementation was much more apparent. On the flip side, the PlayStation 3 version seemed to have slightly better lighting and shadow effects when compared to the Xbox 360 version. For instance, shadows seemed to cascade on objects in the scene in a more realistic manner, unlike the Xbox 360 version which felt more pre-baked at times. That being said, lighting differences fall under personal preference and has no bearing on our decision.
In addition, particle effects and alpha blending rendered slightly different across platforms. for example, the PlayStation 3′s version rendering pass on alphas seemed to be less aggressive than the Xbox 360 counterpart, creating fuller looking explosions and fire effects on the PlayStation 3 version. Although we felt the Xbox 360 fire effects looked more realistic, this was still classified as a personal preference.
Lastly, post-processing effect like motion blur, bloom and High Dynamic Range (HDR) lighting felt equally good on both consoles. Again, there were some minor differences between the shadows and lighting, but overall the Xbox 360 superior texture resolution gave this category the win.
Performance: The performance side of things was more cut throat . As seen below, our frame rate analysis proves the Xbox 360 out performed the PlayStation 3 version in almost every clip analyzed. On a positive note, the PlayStation 3 version frame rate was right up there with the Xbox 360, but not without an obvious side effect. The sacrifice for a better constant frame rate introduced a plethora of screen tearing. Xbox 360 grabs another category.
| Xbox 360 Frame Analysis | PlayStation 3 Frame Analysis |
| Clip 1 info: Length of clip: 3436 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.70 Percent of torn frames: 2.36 |
Clip 1 info: Length of clip: 3436 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.21 Percent of torn frames: 13.89 |
| Clip 2 info: Length of clip: 2546 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.92 Percent of torn frames: 0.03 |
Clip 2 info: Length of clip: 2546 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.24 Percent of torn frames: 12.66 |
| Clip 3 info: Length of clip: 1696 frames Average FPS of clip: 29.54 Percent of torn frames: 0.18 |
Clip 3 info: Length of clip: 1696 frames Average FPS of clip: 29.82 Percent of torn frames: 0.33 |
| Clip 4 info: Length of clip: 2843 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.98 Percent of torn frames: 0.29 |
Clip 4 info: Length of clip: 2843 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.98 Percent of torn frames: 4.73 |
| Global percent of torn frames: 1.25 Global average FPS: 28.97 |
Global percent of torn frames: 17.02 Global average FPS: 28.69 |
Loading: We now come to our final category; the load times. This time around the PlayStation 3 version could have benefited from a mandatory install. Our load time samples proves that the PlayStation 3 version took almost double the time to load of the Xbox 360 counter part. Having a mandatory install would have most definitely evened out this category, even possibly help in the graphics department as well. Cybertron will never know, and unfortunately this was not the case. The Xbox 360 speedy load times won this category.
| PlayStation 3 Load Times | Xbox 360 Load Times |
| Sample 1: 31 Seconds | Sample 1: 13 Seconds |
| Sample 2: 36 Seconds | Sample 2: 18 Seconds |
| Sample 3: 33 Seconds | Sample 3: 19 Seconds |
| Sample 4: 28Seconds | Sample 4: 21 Seconds |
| Sample 5: 31Seconds | Sample 5: 18 Seconds |
| Sample Average: 31.8 Seconds | Sample Average: 15.8 Seconds |
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don’t forget M A N D A T O R Y install. LOL
This game doesn’t have a mandatory install.
man this was a bad port…
Well here we go. Yet ANOTHER victory for the SUPERIOR Xbox 360 vs the INFERIOR over priced internet ready blu ray player. Crushing, actually. Even I was surprised at how lop sided this one was. We all know that the Xbox 360 usually wins about 99% of these comparisons but really it should have been closer than this. I mean really. I agree with LOT that this game really needed that MANDATORY install. This could have helped with streaming high res textures from the hdd into the limited 256 VRAM instead of bulk loading low res crappy textures, load times would have been closer, and even the tearing may have been help some. All because the game data would have been available much more quickly that from the optical disc. Wow I can’t believe I just said that ROFL. But, at any rate, that’s not how it went down. Obvious victory here for Xbox.
The Xbox 360 is the BEST console EVER made. –John Carmack
overpriced ??? u still live in the past ?? actually ps3 is cheaper than 360
Just like I said. Buying is a copy and paste troll. I can only imagine how awesome this guys life must be?
@buying1999
please don’t reply to my posts, it feels like you’re giving me cancer just by having a post near mine.
So PC wins. Who would have guessed
LOF analysis are back!!!! Thanks guys.
You are right on the money, as always. Definitely this time around, High Moon did a somehow better job in porting the game than on the previous WFC game, but still is not out of the water.
After all the bickering on the previous post, I decided to buy the game for the PS3 to see it for myself. The game is very enjoyable, but all the details explained on this analysis are irrefutable. Nonetheless, I am having a blast playing the single campaign and the multiplayer. Probably after the excitement wears off, I’ll end up trading it for the Xbox 360.
Cell chip super power! At this point in time, both consoles are in their final stretch. This final year or so, the superior system is supposed to show itself in more and more cross platform games. Turned out the only thing that made the ps3 “more powerful” is the hype from its fanbois. Maybe Sony should really start thinking about getting some exclusive dlc content with every single game because this HAS to be getting old for you Sony only fannies. Getting hard to hide behind that inferior sony hardware, err, i mean superior, as it clearly shows here :/
Fret not, even tho sony has lost a bazillion dollars over the past couple years, im sure they will take a lose of money with the PS4 at launch to make sure they give you a console that is not only priced competitively (under 599 US Dollars) but also the most powerful (again) LOL
Hatters will hate, jackass!!!!
But if you haven’t notice yet, we get a lot of exclusive DLC in most games. Don’t let your butt hurt as much as your useless pride grows.
An EPIC fail for XBOX gayboys!!!
The PS3 is the BEST console EVER. -Your Mama.
Another victory for the xbox 360, I’m almost rid of me instead of my ps3 ….
XBOX 360 win,..ok so I have to buy this game for my XBOX 360. thanks to all the lensoftruth team, keep up the good work..I also owned a PS3 and before I buy a game I want to make sure which version is much better, To all PS3 fun boys don’t worry there are games that really show what the PS3 can do, there are more good Exclusives games for the PS3, and both console are good. The most important thing here is just enjoy the time and games before the company who made this consoles stop supporting them..:-)
I must have been transported back in time to the year 2006!
Epic win for 360
360 buy for me, thanks lot for the good honest analysis, quite a shoddy port this late into this gen, the first game on ps3 really was not that bad so not sure what happened here, maybe time constraints, either way 360 wins this round. And buying1999 put you’re penis away (I know you’re wanking furiously at this result)
Yeah, I have to agree. Those soft PS3 textures really let it down. Its actually a very good game too. I got it on Xbox, but played the PS3 demo. Honestly guys, unless your an over the top purist, either version does fine. The Xbox just looks sharper on a larger TV 42″ and above due to the clearer textures. Play the PS3 version on a 32″ and the texture differences are impossible to spot. Yeah, I was busy with it last night.
Yes SANCHEZ77, definitely the XBOX is the version to get from a Game-Purist stand point.
I just adjusted the settings of my 42″ HDTV for clearer lighting, more defined shadows and darker colors. the blurry textures and the lack of anti-aliasing can get in the way of enjoying the experience on a big TV at times, mostly when you are closed to the screen (I tend to do this on multiplayer matches). at least, I am satisfied that the screen tearing is not as bad and bothersome, as it was on War for Cybertron.
adjusting your settings can help, but it is not the solution that solves every problem. I will continue playing it on the PS3 until I get tired (or I get my money’s worth), then I’ll ditch it for the 360.
The best reason of owning multiple consoles is, that you get the best of both worlds.
Why no Darksiders 2 analysis.
Oh thats because it would be a Ps3 win. So sick of the way this site is dedicated to making the Ps3 look bad, massaging he xbots egos.
It’s on Digital Foundry. The PS3 runs at a slightly better framerate, while PS3 has slightly more screen tear, but slightly more screen tear is a nice way of saying it. Screen tearing on this game is atrocious whatever version you’re playing the game.
One thing is, this game wouldn’t look like a PS3 win if Lens of Truth did an analysis because on all the analysis that they do, they’re never too far into the game. It’s usually just a couple an hour or so into the game. Almost everywhere in the game it runs 30fps on both consoles, but on the plains it slightly dips for the 360, and then dips further on the snow plains.
Because they don’t ever play too far, it’d probably look like a tie.
Regardless, as much hype as Darksiders 2 is getting, the game isn’t good. The first game is much better by far. Gameplay, progression, story, and 30fps with no screen tearing(atleast on the PS3 version.) Without the screen tearing, the second game is too much hype without much substance.
Wish I could have more time to play video games but public service first..:-)..I will wait for the price of this game to go down because XBOX 360 and PS3 games are expensive here and thanks to these kind of reviews I know which version to buy.
Well, I must say… As bad as this game looks on PS3, one thing I can say for certainty; both versions look better than the piece of shit, that is, Gears of War 3… I mean, both games after all is using the Unreal 3 engine. More explosions, a lot more going on screen at a time, and much faster movement around the environments; not like that slow “1/2 mile per hour” walking done in Gears of Bore 3, just to make the game seem longer and have quality…
Finally someone with the balls to say it.I mean i am a ps3 fan and i will go playing xbox 360 with no high expectations but a game that sells xbox like gears of war to be the same over every game just with more enemies, explosions, different graphics is just boring i hope when i get the money to buy a console that my thoughts will change but i don’t think so.
Oh and is it just me or when a new God Of War game comes up than new gears of war comes out also (with the same story – prequel) and they are both coming out in march ??
Previous H2H screenshot comparison results: PS3: OWNED!
This H2H analysis result
PS3: RE-OWNED!!
A screen comparison and a H2H analysis of the same game cannot be considered a double win. The final result was already expected.
XBOX FANBOYISM – your ass is already OWNED!!!!
No, No! Thats not true! Some multiplat games may look better thru screenshots but performs like crap, by example Dragon Age Origins, looks better on PS3, but the framerate drops to 10′s fps, making it nearly unplayable
Unplayable on PS3? nah. yeah the fps did drop but not that much and for not that long. I actually beat the game and about $20 in DLC on the PS3, since then I got my 360 plugged back in after 2 years and obviously id prefer DA:O on that for performance, but all in all, it was fine for me
At least this game is playable, not like Skyrim. The ps3 version of skyrim would never receive DLC, due to lack of resources, they say….
This is the price of fanboysm
Do you know what your talking about? I play Skyrim on the PS3 all the time. It’s one of my favourite games and is perfectly playable. They fixed the save game lag glitch ages ago. Firstly, Bethesda had a timed exclusivity contract with MS for Dawn Guard DLC, and the PS3 was mean’t to get it until a month after PC & Xbox (these kinds of deals happen all the time, hence shoddy PS3 ports in most cases). However certain issues arose with the PS3 DLC and Bethesda are reluctant to release it until all bugs are ironed out. They didn’t want to risk further brand damage by releasing shoddy work. It will arrive eventually, but it will be too little too late.
Wow dude, this time your fanboyism is running out of control.
Well… congrats for this amazing win (What a crappy port for Ps3) judging your comments i suppose this is the game you have been waiting your whole life.
Woho, I can only afford one console, so I am really happy that Xbox360 won this one.
I am gonna celebrate tonight with my Tranformers plushies, and hopefully my mom will bake some cookies tonight as well.
Sorry for charging for Rage for PC –John Carmack
Is anyone surprised of this? Actually i feel bad for giving HightMoon my money after they stand so tall and said that both platforms are going to receive improvements and fixes. Pffff, what a joke. I knew right of the bat that i had to get this game for the 360, HighMoon has very little knowledge on the ps3 tech. What a shame. Feel sorry for all the Transformers fans that got this for ps3. Its not a horrible port, but its not even close to good one. Not to mention is an Activision game too, we all know how much they love the PlayStation brand. The games story and gameplay is strong and fun, shame not everyone can enjoy to its fullest.
HighMoon – Lack of porting.
Activision – Doesn’t give a crap.
Unreal Engine 3 – Well, do i even have to say anything else?
I’m with you in this one, buddy!
buying1999 –
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OmG Im SuCh an AmAZinG tRoLL HHAHHAHHAAHAHAHAH! XBOX!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, the PS3 port looks horrible for this one.
It was the same for War for Cybertron.
Will be getting both games for the 360 then ^^
Thanks LoT.
Was it installed on the 360 if so it should of been compared to the ps3 full down load of the game
Has anyone else played the ps3 version too?
The thing is I have had the opportunity to play on the ps3 version and I really didn’t notice screen tearing and especially not to these levels.
The overall experience I believe was better looking on the 360 and agree its a 360 win but I’m starting to get the vibe that this site blows screen tearing out of proportion.
The only thing that may make a difference is my ps3 is a slim using a 256gb SSD but for games that don’t do any install that shouldn’t make much of a difference.
It would be great to know if other ps3 owners who have played this game experienced any noticeable screen tearing like this…
To be honest, the screen tearing is not that bad compared to WFC’s campaign. The two thing that are clearly there ( and will be somehow bothersome), are the blurry textures throughout, and the lack of anti-aliasing.
I haven’t finished the campaign yet because I’ve been so occupied with the multiplayer. I haven’t seen any screen tearing and slowdowns in the lobbies yet; only a few bugs here and threre, but very rarely.
I am really enjoying the Multiplayer; it is a lot of fun. I highly recommend it to everyone, in whichever console you preferred or owned.
As per usual if you have both consoles go with the 360 version.
@Lens of Truth
Watch this 10-minute trailer of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, announced for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. This is the first game from Kojima Production to be powered by the FOX Engine.
I’ve been away from this site for ages. I thought I’d have a quick look and I see its still populated by the same PS3 hating scum as before.
Its all about the games. Whether one version is superior or not its still the same game. I buy all my games on PS3 now anyway. Do I care if the 360 version is superior? Not at all. In fact playing against my friends and not PS3 hating scum like on here, is far more important than a few dodgy textures.
This site has both people who hate the PS3 and the 360.
And both are “scum”, not just one demographic.
This is a lazy PS3 port and High Moon should be ashamed, about it really. It’s sad when I’m reduced to such few words.
AGAIN!!! BEST on the SUPERIOR Xbox 360.
The Xbox 360 is the BEST console EVER made. –John Carmack
BUYING1999 – I like the Xbox360 as much as you mate, but what your posting is just nonesense 90% of the time, which is a shame. Your not doing the 360 any favours you know.
Now clearly the 360 version has won this h2h, as 360 users, we should be aloud to take some pride in that fact. However, I know and I’m sure you are intelligent enough to know that, the PS3 is capable of better than what the devs have achieved with this game on the PS3.
Its not that hard to have a reasonable debate without trying to score points against another console, especially when that other console is, on paper, more powerful and more capable.
As one 360 user to another, I’m asking you to engage in meaningful debate.