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If there's one thing this generation did right its character models
- Thread starter sn00zer
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The hair is worse, but the character models seem pretty much the same. It's just a very close shot. If you look at her at other points in the trailer, or the other people at the party, they're very detailed and smooth looking. Here's two pics I just grabbed.
It's a shame we only have that trailer is such crappy quality really.
I know what you mean. Ashley waifu. Tali out the airlock.
chickdigger802
Banned
This gen brought ghost trick. The bar has risen to a level my brain can barely comprehend.
So disagree. I would love to see something like this last gen
Some of the wrinkles actually move, you don't see that in many games this gen.
Those are from FMV cutscenes. aka: Videos, aka: not real-time.
That's also very much from a non-finished game. They've at the very least revamped the lighting system since that trailer was shown, probably polished the character models as well. That bullshot isn't a target render, it's from a time when the game was still running on PC and not actual PS3 hardware. The latter is what they had achieved with PS3 at the time, I'm sure it'll be better once finished.
SolidSnakex
Member
It's not a game that usually gets brought up when talking about visuals, but I think Catherine's models are really impressive
FanTomasas
Banned
It does not matter. These are still character models with more polygons. Nobody cares that Drake's face does not look good with the same zoom level in-game, you overall barely look at his face during the game.
Anyway, I don't like stereotypes. Muscle guys, hot chicks... And I don't like Square Enix (and followers) char design. Everything about those is so fake, whenever I play FF, I just wish I could slaughter my controlled characters.
dat abs.
Pimpbaa
Member
She looks great when she isn't talking. What they fucked up with her and male default shepard was animation. They don't even know how to make their models smile without looking creepy.
XIII had the sneaky thing of better models in the cutscenes which were prerendered than in the game too.
I don't think so, she looks playdoie, and like she's had a stroke.
Are they FMV? I thought they were realtime using higher-poly models.
Don't play FF then.
Pimpbaa
Member
She looks fine there.
stryker1138
Member
XIII had the sneaky thing of better models in the cutscenes which were prerendered than in the game too.
I don't think so, she looks playdoie, and like she's had a stroke.
Her boobs are about to bud off and fall to the floor.
Anyway, I've always liked Wrex's model:
DangerStepp
Member
I've always liked the proportions of Valve's human characters.
Source engine's aesthetic has always appealed to me.
You just described a target render. Creating a demo on the PC at a time when they didn't have the final specs of the PS3, thus creating a target render of what the final game would look like on actual PS3 hardware.
They had the PS3 specs, that trailer is from the FFXIII demo disc.
I think what actually happened was much like FFXIII, the 'in-game' cutscenes were not real-time, they were prerendered at better than real-time quality, and like XIII-2, they've changed their mind and decided in-game cutscenes will be real-time.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Same. Those and Metal Gear Solid 3 + 4 have some of my favorite character proportions.
Doesn't matter whether they had the specs or not, that only means it's full on bullshot render. Just like what they did with KH BBS and FFXIII.
Bullshot versus actual in-game:
That could be CG versus prerendered in-game assets.
We already know Versus is removing CG and replacing it with in-game cutscenes in places, it's possible XIII went thru the same process. But screenshots are a different thing really. There are cutscenes in XIII which couldn't be run in real-time on PS3, same in MGS4, I don't think it makes them 'target renders', or lies either. Unless they specifically claim it's real-time.
NAW, SON!
I that selfshadowing? :O
Yes!
Though it's mostly the facial animations that make L4D2 stand out from the crowd.
Still can't believe how good the models in U3 are, especially Drake.
Holy fuck....
The models are still really detailed during the few real time cutscenes.
PS2 was a beast, the good thing about games being made for a specific hardware in mind is that developers could push the machine to its limits and boy did they produce some REALLY impressive stuff.
That's true. It's one of the biggest advantages of exclusive games. Especially on a closed platform like consoles.
Never seen Crysis?
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Left 4 Dead 2 EASILY has some of the most remarkable human character models I've seen in gaming:
toddhunter
Member
If you look at the things dangling from the girl's chest, you can see the chain holding them is made of tiny little rings. It's an almost obsessive level of detail.
What else are we supposed to look at?
Those are pretty amazing. I've played the game a lot but I've never noticed that they looked that good because I have never inspected the models close enough.
I'm not that surprised though. HL2's models and animations were amazing when it launched. It would make sense that the tech improved since then.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
Look at that badass. Does he look like a bitch?
I Stalk Alone
Member
astroturfing
Member
hmm.. no sir, i don't like it.
Ironically I used the word chest instead of boob or whatever to avoid that being the discussion, but reading that post back, it just sounds like I'm making a joke about them.