The jaggies aren't exactly an issue on either version due to the style of the artwork and the colour choices employed, which tend to hide many of the edge artifacts. The first thing that you'll notice is that Alice is a cleaner-looking game on the PS3, with smoother edges and less in the way of subtle aliasing.

Alice: Madness Returns is an interesting example of how other third-party developers are handling the engine: there are clear examples of graphical advantages on each console platform, and while the overall impression is that the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are very close indeed, there are some notable differences, as the head-to-head movie and the Alice: Madness Returns comparison gallery demonstrate.Īlice: Madness Returns on PS3 and Xbox 360 - use the full-screen button for 720p resolution, or click on the link below for a larger window. Historically, Unreal Engine 3 games have tended to favour the Xbox 360, to the point where Epic's own Bulletstorm featured a smoother performance level and graphical effects absent from the PlayStation 3 version of the game. Despite the emergence of competitors such as CryEngine 3, Epic's position in the engine-licensing market only seems to be moving from strength to strength - a ringing endorsement of its technology, with Alice: Madness Returns the latest in a long line of titles to benefit from its cross-platform credentials.

In the meantime, the developer itself plans to roll out its most technically advanced UE3 title yet, Gears of War 3, destined for big things when it is released later this year. Unreal Engine 3 continues to dominate the current development landscape the popular middleware gained more momentum recently with the news that LucasArts has signed a studio-wide deal that will see all its upcoming titles developed on the ubiquitous Epic platform.

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