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nkarafo · Jan 16, 2017

Post the best thing that took time and effort for the developer to make, despite knowing that most people will probably never notice.

Here's an example:

In Metroid Prime, the different weapons are presented on the visor by different hand gesture icons. Apparently, Samus changes the weapons of her hand canon using different hand gestures.

Well, she does indeed. If you use the X-Ray visor and aim at a dark spot, not only you can see her hand inside the cannon, you can even see her move her fingers and doing different gestures as you change weapons.

royox said:

Good luck beating the above example.

mcz117chief · Jan 16, 2017

I can't see anything in that picture. Do you have one that isn't ant size?

edit: thanks

strafer · Jan 16, 2017

Melting ice cubes in Metal Gear Solid 2

nkarafo · Jan 16, 2017

mcz117chief said:
I can't see anything in that picture. Do you have one that isn't ant size?

I changed the picture.

Although you can see it more clearly if there is animation, as you change weapons.

shiba5 · Jan 16, 2017

Smudges on Nathan Drake's TV in Uncharted 4. I thought they were on mine at first.

Nomadic Sparks · Jan 16, 2017

I should buy Metroid Prime Trilogy :0

mcz117chief · Jan 16, 2017

strafer said:
Melting ice cubes in Metal Gear Solid 2

What about horse poop making trucks slip in MGS V?

hullostranger · Jan 16, 2017

mcz117chief said:
What about horse poop making trucks slip in MGS V?

So that's what it's for! :O

@OP, Geralt's beard growing back after you shaved it clean.

Vampirolol · Jan 16, 2017

You can fix a pipe leaking water in Luigi's Mansion by using the ice medal. It's a random pipe in a random room that no one cares about, but it's a nice detail I've found out.

mcz117chief · Jan 16, 2017

hullostranger said:
So that's what it's for! :O

yeah, I never tried it myself but I saw people do it

Ganrob · Jan 16, 2017

in HL2 there was a can on the ground, and valve added physics + ability to pick stuff up so you can keep the streets clean. amazing attention to detail

CaviarMeths · Jan 16, 2017

strafer said:
Melting ice cubes in Metal Gear Solid 2

Yeah, this was going to be mine. There's just no reason for someone to actually program ice cubes melting.

Unless you're Kojima.

strafer · Jan 16, 2017

mcz117chief said:
What about horse poop making trucks slip in MGS V?

I never got my horse up that high since I rarely used him, but I've seen videos.

Seems shitty.

eizarus · Jan 16, 2017

The one I really love is that Kojima hand designed every single desk in MGS individually rather than use a bunch of templates to complete the immersion.

In fact, this is an MGS thread. There are way too many things in the MGS games to list here.

GeNoMe · Jan 16, 2017

strafer said:
Melting ice cubes in Metal Gear Solid 2

Thread did not disappoint already!

mcz117chief · Jan 16, 2017

eizarus said:
The one I really love is that Kojima hand designed every single desk in MGS individually rather than use a bunch of templates to complete the immersion.

In fact, this is an MGS thread. There are way too many things in the MGS games to list here.

Couldn't Snake catch cold in MGS?

hullostranger said:
@OP, Geralt's beard growing back after you shaved it clean.

A bunch of games have that, for example Deadly Premonition

TheKastorian · Jan 16, 2017

strafer said:
Melting ice cubes in Metal Gear Solid 2

This. Close thread.

KupoNut · Jan 16, 2017

Ignis's glasses having prescription comes to mind recently.

Xion86 · Jan 16, 2017

Ahh Metal Gear Solid 2 comes to mind so much, the ice which was mentioned before, the way glass broke when shot too (especially glasses behind the bar area).

I absolutely love attention to detail in games though, even just the little things.

Brawl96 · Jan 16, 2017

Everything in Metal Gear Solid 2

Bitch Pudding · Jan 16, 2017

Mousnis said:
Post the best thing that took time and effort for the developer to make, despite knowing that most people will probably never notice.

Good luck beating the above example.

You lose.

mcz117chief · Jan 16, 2017

Xion86 said:
I absolutely love attention to detail in games though, even just the little things.

Attention to detail ARE the little things. People throw around the term "attention to detail" way too much making the term lose all it's impact.

FATALITY · Jan 16, 2017

Naughty dogs games.

Lurch666 · Jan 16, 2017

Halo shotgun shells have a hippo on them.You have to use the sniper zoom to see it.

creatchee · Jan 16, 2017

When I played Skyrim, I was on some quest and had to go talk to somebody in their home. On the way out, I was grabbing some items and accidentally STOLE a cup or something. Later on, I finished clearing a cave, weak as hell, overloaded with loot, and when I entered the overworld, three dudes accosted me and tried to kill me. I got the best of them and searched their bodies. There was a note from the lady whose cup I accidentally stole that basically put a hit out on me for taking her property. That wasn't nice.

So I went back to her town. I found any and everybody who had the same last name as her and I murdered them in the coldest of bloods. I collected each body and left them near her front door. Then I waited for her to find them. Unfortunately, she never noticed them, because she never left her house for whatever reason. So I snuck into her house late at night, murdered her husband or brother and threw him into the burning hearth. When she woke up, she looked at the hearth but didn't really react. I don't know if the AI glitched or she lost her mind, but after she saw it I just walked out confident in knowing that she knew that I ended her bloodline.

I liked Skyrim.

Nomadic Sparks · Jan 16, 2017

It's a beautiful day now watch some poor bastard fuck it up.

It's a patch on one of the characters in the newest FF

protonion · Jan 16, 2017

In MGS2 when going to the flooded cell, you can call Campbell for info on Emma.

Later after going underwater and getting out for some oxygen you get a forced call from Otacon.
He repeats some of the stuff the colonel told you. If you had made that first optional codec call, Raiden says "that's what the colonel told me" (or something like that).
I believe I'm the only person that got that. And I can't believe Kojima added one line of dialogue just for this.

bjork · Jan 16, 2017

When you poop in Dog's Life, the poop has physics and will roll down hills.

10-ish years before MGS5 did anything with poops

LukasTaves · Jan 16, 2017

Melting candles in Shenmue

Modelled finger and eyelashes nails on PDZ

Quantum Break npcs with modelled eye lashes too, and even the smallest metal details on npc armor reflecting the environment.

keraj37 · Jan 16, 2017

Dark Forces - Death Star model in first level - back in 1995 I was delighted seeing it.

nkarafo · Jan 16, 2017

Bitch Pudding said:
You lose.

Game?

Memento · Jan 16, 2017

FATALITY said:
Naughty dogs games.

This.

Their games are the first thing it comes to mind when thinking about attention to detail.

Piers · Jan 16, 2017

Uncharted 4, any time you're in a home.
Cripes

hampig · Jan 16, 2017

Bitch Pudding said:
You lose.

I don't get this at all.

dl77 · Jan 16, 2017

GTA5 flip flops. 'nuff said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47lHOaBGIwI

DemWalls · Jan 16, 2017

Mousnis said:
Post the best thing that took time and effort for the developer to make, despite knowing that most people will probably never notice.

Here's an example:

In Metroid Prime, the different weapons are presented on the visor by different hand gesture icons. Apparently, Samus changes the weapons of her hand canon using different hand gestures.

Well, she does indeed. If you use the X-Ray visor and aim at a dark spot, not only you can see her hand inside the cannon, you can even see her move her fingers and doing different gestures as you change weapons.

Good luck beating the above example.

The same happens in TW3, when Geralt uses Signs. I'm sure many people don't never paid attention to it.

eizarus · Jan 16, 2017

mcz117chief said:
Couldn't Snake catch cold in MGS?

Damn! Wasn't aware of that.

KupoNut said:
Ignis's glasses having prescription comes to mind recently.

Ok now that really is impressive.

This thread is on the verge of orgasmic for me (I love attention to detail so much)

Regiruler · Jan 16, 2017

In Splatoon, the Great Zapfish is swimming in the lake at pirhana pit when there is only 45 seconds left in the match. Nobody will ever notice this because you have no reason to look in that direction.

Tricky I Shadow · Jan 16, 2017

GTA 5: 41 Tiny Mind-Blowing Things.

Diablohead · Jan 16, 2017

KupoNut said:
Ignis's glasses having prescription comes to mind recently.

This is actually a well known issue with post processing and transparent alphas, it makes his lens look focused but really the blur is just not rendering where the glasses are overlapping, which you can see through because alpha transparency.

In this case it's a very good illusion and doesn't look wrong, which is nice, some examples of where it can be annoying is stuff like racing games with transparent windows.

mclem · Jan 16, 2017

One that's always stuck in the memory: In Ultima VII, you can bake bread.

CaviarMeths · Jan 16, 2017

Bitch Pudding said:
You lose.

What am I looking at here? You posted a picture of a building close up and far away. I can think of several games that have buildings both close up and far away.

mnz · Jan 16, 2017

keraj37 said:
Dark Forces - Death Star model in first level - back in 1995 I was delighted seeing it.

"Star Wars" for the Atari in 1983:

AbandonedTrolley · Jan 16, 2017

Mousnis said:
Game?

I 'think' it's either GT:Sport or Driveclub

CaviarMeths said:
What am I looking at here? You posted a picture of a building close up and far away. I can think of several games that have buildings both close up and far away.

Top photo is a real picture, of a random building, bottom is the game with the detailing of random building included.

Cepheus · Jan 16, 2017

Probably being able to pick up and launch anything with the Gravity Gun in Half-Life 2. If it's not part of the scenery you can interact with it.

CHC · Jan 16, 2017

strafer said:
Melting ice cubes in Metal Gear Solid 2

This is a pretty good choice just because of how completely uninvolved with the gameplay it is. Stuff like Geralt's beard growing in Witcher III, or the Metroid visor effects.... everyone who plays is going to see that, and most players will in some way take notice.

But like.... ice cubes. I would venture to say that less than 1% of players even shot that bucket of ice and probably even less stood around after to watch the ice melt. It's just so totally pointless, but that's what makes the game so special.

lethial · Jan 16, 2017

mclem said:
One that's always stuck in the memory: In Ultima VII, you can bake bread.

Yes! Holy shit I forgot about that. The amount of silly little crap you can do in U7 is crazy. Plus all the hidden stuff.

Regiruler · Jan 16, 2017

In Pokemon DPPt, in the music for Eterna City, they actually mimic the sound of an acoustic guitar scratch using midi.

Sesuadra · Jan 16, 2017

I mean it's not out yet, but all the physics stuff in the new zelda, including lightning being attracted by metal and stuff..

alba · Jan 16, 2017

CaviarMeths said:
What am I looking at here? You posted a picture of a building close up and far away. I can think of several games that have buildings both close up and far away.

Gran Turismo, if you want to talk about insane details, it's basically full of them.

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