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[Toni]

I guess they use mocap on this?

Seems like it. Because its almost perfectly on point.

 

[pizzacat]

Congrats to the people who did he cutscenes

They should have worked on in game models too

 

[TVexperto]

This is amazing, thats how Mass Effect Andromeda should have looked like

 

[NeoRaider]

They need to blink more to look like humans.

But they are not. XD

 

[PtM]

Nah, not with those eyebrows

EDIT: Although that might just be awful acting tbf, the lips and everything look good.

Nah, CGI movies overdo the eyebrows regularly.

 

[GravityInsanity]

Nah, not with those eyebrows

EDIT: Although that might just be awful acting tbf, the lips and everything look good.

Emilia Clarke is that you?

 

[Strax]

The animations are mostly good.

a strong script

It's one of the worst stories I've seen in a game in years. And this is coming from someone who liked the first game.

 

[Zel3]

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Was watching the GB quick look and the game looks fantastic visually. A lot of cool stages too.

 

[Khezu]

The facial mocap stuff they were doing was kinda worrying me pre release because it looked fucking weird in some of the early gameplay.

Thankfully they mostly stuck the landing.
It could have gone real bad.

That punk ass loser Blue Beetle still looks kinda bad though.

 

[Giftofgab24]

The way Harley's jaw moves while chewing gum is one of the best bits of facial animation I've ever seen.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

If you zoom in you can see how batman is always frowning because of dead parents

 

[malfcn]

Nah, not with those eyebrows

EDIT: Although that might just be awful acting tbf, the lips and everything look good.

 

[giancarlo123x]

What does this have to do with that?

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

I guess they use mocap on this?

The VAs did facial capture.

 

[HStallion]

I don't see this.

I do. Things seem to move without reacting to one another. Even that clip of Wonderwoman has her mouth and eyebrowes seemingly counter acting one another. Its just very odd to me, like they overdid each animation and didn't balance them out so it feels like her face is giving reactions to very different things instead of a cohesive read.

Edit: I actually think it looks really good especially for the genre, just really odd at times.

 

[btags]

Is this gaming using a modified unreal engine 3? Or have they moved on to 4 yet? Either way it is looking good.

 

[spekkeh]

But is it as good as:

?

 

[bearythebear]

Watched a bit of it. Does that weird teeth thing

 

[Octavianus]

I think people need to check their expectations, especially for a fighting game story mode.

I expect not to be creeped out. Yet here we are.

 

[cakely]

Looks great! My only issue is that the mouth movements may be too exaggerated. It's a minor complaint, though.

 

[usctrojan]

To say nothing of the last injustice game, lol

Didn't realize wonder horse was in the first game. Yup new faces look way better.

 

[Eidan]

I expect not to be creeped out. Yet here we are.

Have you always been easily frightened?

 

[Ridley327]

Is this gaming using a modified unreal engine 3? Or have they moved on to 4 yet? Either way it is looking good.

It's still their custom UE3 build that they've been using. Considering how much NRS has had to modify it over the years, it may as well be a whole new engine at this point.

 

[Icyflamez96]

This is easily among the best facial animation I've seen in a game.

 

[test_account]

Looks amazing!

 

[btags]

It's still their custom UE3 build that they've been using. Considering how much NRS has had to modify it over the years, it may as well be a whole new engine at this point.

No doubt. It is cool to think though that this is based on tech that shipped the first Gears of War though (not to say they are similar in anyway, but just crazy how much of it has been modified to get to the point that it is at now).

 

[Octavianus]

Have you always been easily frightened?

Not really. I guess I just have a thing against animated corpses

 

[MillionVolts]

The game knows it, too -- there are many closeups of characters' faces throughout the story for no apparent reason other than to show off the animation.

 

[140.85]

Its not bad but it suffers from the issue of one part of the face moving and none of the rest of the face reacting or moving. People's mouths are incredibly emotive but their eyes are often staring straight ahead, their brow's are like plastic, etc. Its really good especially for what is a fighting game but I don't know, it stood out immediately watching even a few clips.

Noticed this too. Nobody would keep their head and neck locked into place like that the way WW does when she's moving her face so much.

 

[Alienous]

The VAs did facial capture.

Are you sure about that?

There's a lot of dialogue, and the characters don't look much like the VAs.

 

[Eidan]

Not really. I guess I just have a thing against animated corpses

"Animated corpses". Right.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Big improvement over their other games for sure. Good shit NRS.

 

[Wamb0wneD]

Holy shit Harley's animations here. Wow.

 

[Hasney]

I really want to know if there's a story behind the facial improvement from the beta. Like, it's wild, the beta faces just looked like typical Netherealm finished product and then BAM, they nail it. Just wondering if it was always planned or they did focus on polishing it up as the facial animation was already in the beta, just not the face models.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

There is a scene with Ivy in Arkham Asylum where from away she looks like a real life actress or cosplayer playing her. Her and Harley are where you see the most of the improved facial animations.

 

[oneida]

Noticed this too. Nobody would keep their head and neck locked into place like that the WW does when she's moving her face so much.

Except the person they mocapped I guess.

 

[vg260]

I expect not to be creeped out. Yet here we are.

It's a campy superhero flick for a fighting game most people are going to watch once and never touch again. It was a huge improvement to past ones, but most importantly, the facial animations and expressiveness added to the FUN.

I usually don't care for the story modes for fighters, but I had a great time with it, and the improved facial work was a big part of it.

 

[Codeblue]

Man, NRS really upped their game. Their last few releases were pretty ugly.

 

[LQX]

Nice. Now I can see Robin saying "fuck you" under his breath.

 

[Toni]

Looks great! My only issue is that the mouth movements may be too exaggerated. It's a minor complaint, though.

I keep going back to that Diana gif and still am amazed at how the facial expression pop out vividly.

This is the level of depth in facial animations that I feel like should be standard by now in the gaming industry. Its a section in video game development thats progressing very slowly.

Naughty Dog seems to be single handely carrying the torch for top animation work at the moment, so I am thoroughly happy Netherrealm really stepped it up in a genre where we least expected.

 

[OmegaX0]

Looks pretty over the top when combined with the dialogue.

 

[Mesoian]

But is it as good as:

?

No...but they also didn't get Peter Stormare.

It's funny, back when this game was announced, I was super critical of the cutscene animations and didn't mind the combat animations that much. Due to the powers that be, now that the game is released, I feel the exact opposite, with the combat animation being offputting but the facial design and animation being pretty damn excellent.

 

[Twookie]

Nah, not with those eyebrows

EDIT: Although that might just be awful acting tbf, the lips and everything look good.

the eyebrows are really making this look uncanny af too me, it looks so off. rest of the scenes were really good though

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Looks like a huge leap for the developers.

 

[vg260]

The VAs did facial capture.

I don't think that's necessarily the case for this one from what I recall seeing.

Are there character mocap credits?

 

[YuriLowell]

Everything looks super exaggerated.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Yeah, the facial animations are ridiculous. Reminds me of the next step/evolution of that Halo 4 gif with the commander. Definitely going to play through the story mode one day. I would really like to see a making of for the tech behind it.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Nah, not with those eyebrows

EDIT: Although that might just be awful acting tbf, the lips and everything look good.

Clearly you've never witnessed the wonderbrows of Emilia Clarke.

 

[Mr. Phellps]

WW's eyebrows need a dose of Valium, damn. The rest looks fantastic, though. Specially Harley's.