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Game Informer: Call of Duty: Blacksmith (Sledgehammer, Trailer May 4, first screen)
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Lord of Castamere
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10/10 Day 1 GOAT
How have you made this jump?
Poetic.Injustice
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Looks like all the backlash about graphics has finally payed off.
Hero of Legend
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Tal Shiar Agent
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I am a bit wary as to how well Sledgehammer can make a COD. I do believe that they did most of the work on MW3, though I don't know if that was multiplayer or single player and the design by committee approach the game had was the big killer.
Treyarch produces great games, I hope that Sledgehammer can do so as well.
Treyarch produces great games, I hope that Sledgehammer can do so as well.
It makes characters look much better. Along with low resolution textures, people that look like concrete were one of my biggest visual complaints last gen.
As an example:
UFC and CoD are two of the only games that don't use the technique present in image 2, and it's what gives them that chalky/concrete like look, which is distracting when everything else looks good.
The models Activision showed off at GDC actually used this technique, but they were showing off eye shading (which looks present in CoD), not skin shading. The skin shading was just there so the overall result looked better.
By comparison this is how CoD guy looks up close:
Subsurface scattering also improves foliage, but that is less distracting in my opinion.
Or, in a comparable 60 fps game, Irish in Battlefield 4:
Just wait. (If this turns out to be true).
Khalifa Jayy
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CosmicQueso
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DPS is a sales meeting which just happens to be hosted by Sony. The business meetings that take place between publishers and retailers cover entire publisher slates.
The only real Sony exclusive thing at DPS is the welcome presentation, where Sony talks latest sales figures and shows off a few games.
But neither publishers nor retailers consider DPS a "Sony event". It's a sales event hosted by Sony. Don't read that much into it.
I would be shocked if Activision did not take the "Titanfall" approach to this. I expect it to be designed on "next-gen" (current-gen) hardware, and then ported down to 360/PS3.
I am assuming the GI is trolling the clusterfuck from yesterday lol
Absolutely agree. Couldn't put my finger on it, but it was the first CoD ("modern" era, since 4) that just didn't feel right. There was something about it that played different, and it just was not enjoyable.
legacyzero
Banned
Doesn't look too bad! I just hope it isn't a broken mess on PC, if they have any hope of a purchase from me.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Dang that is a great shot for a COD game.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Nice. Hope that's in game.
ScepticMatt
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Sorry, but you're wrong. It looks nowhere near as good.
The skin uses a very simple shader without subsurface scattering, giving faces a particularly waxy look.
Edit: The eyes in the new shot look much better
compare (CoD 2014)
to (next-gen facial rendering tech)
When it comes to skin/eye shaders, CoD is outclassed by other current gen offerings.
This could still change until release, of course.
I would not be surprised at all if that's the ad they'll show before the game comes out.
Kleegamefan
K. LEE GAIDEN
Yes, I am 99% sure MS will move HEAVEN AND EARTH to prevent this from happening...
AssCreed/WD and Destiny is one thing, but outside of Microsoft IPs like Halo and Gears, Coller Doodie is the CROWN JEWEL of Xbox selling games and *for sure* the #1 3rd party franchise on a platform that depends on those 3rd party games most of all.....
If MS allows Sony to wrap up COD co-marketing deals and/or drop DLC timed exclusivity from X1, they are not taking next gen seriously enough, IMO...
Seeing how they are losing the next gen sales war big time right now, this idea is almost unthinkable in my eyes.......
Kleegamefan
K. LEE GAIDEN
S¡mon;110235550 said:
^what I believe will happen/is happening
If only... that would be amazing.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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By that picture, it looks something futuristic doesn't it??? He's wearing a strange helmet and a suite
If it happens, I think MS and EA's deal combined with how much Sony has promoted Destiny will be major factors.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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For everything you get right, take a shot. If release date is right, chug it!
It's the second Tuesday in November. Of course it's right.
While I agree this looks good for CoD...it's not impressing more than the characters models we've already seen in some games.
The skin and the texture on the face looks a bit funky (too bumpmapped/lo-res)...as do the teeth.
Compared to previous CoD games though.....looks good.
The skin and the texture on the face looks a bit funky (too bumpmapped/lo-res)...as do the teeth.
Compared to previous CoD games though.....looks good.
Graphics Horse
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It's got an exoskeleton, and he's even wearing powergloves(?) Maybe they are fighting aliens. You can probably pick up cars and throw them at people
Not sure if serious? Increase speed, movement and strength. Not just for carrying equipment and rations.
Hey look that steel beam is blocking our way. Well then, move that mofo.
Looks damn good. May 4th bring the love.
Evil Beaver
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Great post. SSS is extremely important for next gen.It makes characters look much better. Along with low resolution textures, people that look like concrete were one of my biggest visual complaints last gen.
As an example:
UFC and CoD are two of the only games that don't use the technique present in image 2, and it's what gives them that chalky/concrete like look, which is distracting when everything else looks good.
The models Activision showed off at GDC actually used this technique, but they were showing off eye shading (which looks present in CoD), not skin shading. The skin shading was just there so the overall result looked better.
By comparison this is how CoD guy looks up close:
Subsurface scattering also improves foliage, but that is less distracting in my opinion.
Or, in a comparable 60 fps game, Irish in Battlefield 4:
FTFY.
rakkadakka
Member
I'm very ok with a PMC with someone like Erik Prince at the helm being the villains in the next game.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
It is going to take a lot to get me interested in a new Call of duty after having played Ghosts. I definitely won't be buying day 1.
AlimNassor
Banned
Game is giving me mad vibes of aliens.
Hydrargyrus
Member
That interests me more than the last gen CODs...
I will keep an eye on this
I will keep an eye on this
OsirisBlack
Banned
No matter how good it looks if its the same ol run and gun gameplay I will pass. I really wish they would make it a more strategic game (think rainbow six vegas) where you could actually take cover. Having been in the military for 9+ years the idea of running blindly into an open area with multiple people shooting is a bit laughable.
StoppedInTracks
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I see some poly edges here and there but the texture work and the overall image quality is simply amazing, right on par with Killzone.
Cannot wait for the reveal trailer.
Cannot wait for the reveal trailer.
The poly edges, lack of subsurface scattering, and some of thee old style normal mapping makes it seem pretty clear how they're going to hit 60fps. I think it looks pretty good but looking closely it now doesn't seem impossible to hit that target at this level of fidelity, just with less AA than a magazine shot.
Messofanego
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Always-honest
Banned
Can we travel in time and shoot knights?
Don't shoot Michael Knight though
Don't shoot Michael Knight though
mangochutney
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It is Advanced Warfare.