DICE warned us last week about what Battlefield 3 would look like on Xbox 360 without its high-resolution texture pack installed — executive producer Patrick Bach referred to it as a “standard-def version.” Not that you’d expect a developer to overstate how bad his or her own game is going to look, but judging by the video above, boy was he ever telling the truth.
The video was put together by WikiGameGuides and features comparison shots from various points throughout the game. It’s remarkable how much a difference the installation makes. When he was asked if it was actually noticeable, Bach had explained, “It does make a difference, yes, absolutely. The whole engine is based around streaming textures, streaming terrain and a lot of other content.”
