Recently, Haze was found not to run at a native 720p resolution. Commonly seen as the start of "true HD" visuals, 720p has been the standard for games on the latest generation of consoles. Haze runs at a native resolution of 1024x576, and uses upscaling to make up for the loss of those 144 lines of resolution.
Here's what Free Radical's Creative Lead on the project, Derek Littlewood, had to say on the matter.
Here's what Free Radical's Creative Lead on the project, Derek Littlewood, had to say on the matter.
We prioritise a nice smooth framerate over a different res," Littlewood told Ripten.Another popular title to be seen running at a resolution lower than 720p is the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. It just goes to show that more does not always equal "better."
"Personally, I don't really buy the whole thing. People did the same with Call of Duty, they did the same with Halo, and they say with those games 'It's not running at true HD!'
"I don't care. If the game looks good and it runs smoothly, those are the important things to me. I don't understand why people care whether there's 20 pixels, 50 pixels, or 100 pixels more...
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