SolidSnakex
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Sandman7 said:
Yes, HS is Gamepros cover story in their next issue so they're having updates about the game for the rest of the week.
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Yes, HS is Gamepros cover story in their next issue so they're having updates about the game for the rest of the week.
Chû Totoro
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fixedkiUNiT said:
mckmas8808
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Zen said:It's not that I necessarily disagree with your end comment, but jebus man you could have been a bit more forthcoming instead of waiting until you were caught. (It will probably 'look like' that as much as any RT graphics can closely emulate that of CGI) :lol:
That's not to say that I don't think that the real up to date Heavenly Sword doesn't look great, but these screens have a lot of flaws and can be a bit of a roller coaster ride.
They definitely 'seem' have some slight polygon issues (But you can argue that's because they aren't 'covering up' with normal mapping very surface known to man like other games do), you can see it in everything that isn't a part of the 'waterfall background' as it were, from the rocks to the trees; tons of effects are missing, etc.
There's no way these screens are from a recent build. Unless it was the mother of all downgrades in the history of this next gen era thus far.
In all it's PS1 Era Fog and 2D Bitmap Glory.
When we've already seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XufHe6bhWFk
Looking forward to this game.
Zen we've seen the game in motion before man. Everything in that previs we've seen in other 'real-time' videos. We've seen that same beautiful lighting before. We've seen that same nice waterfall before. We've seen those same quality textures before.
And all of those videos I'm talking about were made/released last year. Hopefully Nostormo could come in here and discuss that video with us.
I think the unspoken rule is if you're going to criticize, do it with some thought and sincerity, not just to spam the thread with the first nitpicking thing you see because you feel like you're obliged to respond on behalf of your corporate masters.Dunpeal said:
I mean, this didn't really have to be a 9 page thread about pics this size. You'd think GAF might be able to band together against a common enemy like miniaturized pics for HD games, but noooooo.
SolidSnakex
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Chrono said:
They're already getting them. Mostly new info except for how they're going to handle the huge enemy battles
plagiarize
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it's either sweat or a scar. either way it's a nice touch.
Lord Error
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Yeah, I think their skin shader, both in-game and cutscenes is second to none. Combined with facial animation, and I can safely say I've seen worse looking pre-rendered human faces lately than what they have running realtime. Sure, stylization is also big part of it, but that just shows they know how to avoid the creepy look.antiloop said:
mckmas8808
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antiloop said:resized:
Love the detail. Freckles and details on the lips, and is there sweat above her left eye brow?
Can you lighten up that pic? It looks too dark.
mckmas8808
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Marconelly said:
Nostormo said that they have some programming logic that can simulate SSS. I hate using the term 'fake' SSS, but that's why the skin looks so good.
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antiloop said:
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Man I think this looks incredible. I cant wait to see some of the games motion we have already been witness to in these settings.
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Remedy said:
Yes because these aren't some of the most impressive (if not probably the most impressive) next-gen backrounds seen yet:
Fix your eyes, you people don't know what the hell you're talking about.
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Remedy said:
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did they remove all lighting from this version? Looks really odd
Prax
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I think this game is very technically impressive from what I can gather about polygons, lighting, texture, etc... Artistically though, it's not my cup of tea. I'm not sure why. It could be that it makes me think of an uneasy mix between a photoshopped image (honestly, I don't know how to explain this except that the things "assembled" in the image don't look like they are cohesive as a whole to me) and generic shiny 3d stuff (Neverwinternights 2-ery?--not saying it's at the level of Neverwinter Nights 2, but that's what the style reminds me of).
Maybe it's reaching too much into the uncanny valley for me. For instance, I can't get over how much I dislike Nariko's face. The fakeness of her uneven-skin-toned-but-smooth-and-shiny face (and maybe the positioning of her eyes in the close-up shot) are bothering me. Maybe I just hate the character in general. XD I like the artwork of her a lot more than her kind-of-awkward 3D model. I demand better female lead character designs! I will be appeased if she can equip cool armour in the game. I love girls in armour.
I don't like the stills, but it looks great in motion (would be even better if it was 60 FPS.. that would balance out the shiny-hate that I have).
I haven't followed the game much, so I have no idea what the story could be like, etc. I think I get more biased the more I like the story/background/characters of a game, so if I liked the those, maybe I'd magically like the images more. Since that's not the case though, I guess I'm unimpressed.
Maybe if my cousin buys it, I'll get to experience it! >.> I'm always interested in epic-looking games that feature female leads (but my cousin isn't.. wonder if he'll buy it or even rent it..).
Maybe it's reaching too much into the uncanny valley for me. For instance, I can't get over how much I dislike Nariko's face. The fakeness of her uneven-skin-toned-but-smooth-and-shiny face (and maybe the positioning of her eyes in the close-up shot) are bothering me. Maybe I just hate the character in general. XD I like the artwork of her a lot more than her kind-of-awkward 3D model. I demand better female lead character designs! I will be appeased if she can equip cool armour in the game. I love girls in armour.
I don't like the stills, but it looks great in motion (would be even better if it was 60 FPS.. that would balance out the shiny-hate that I have).
I haven't followed the game much, so I have no idea what the story could be like, etc. I think I get more biased the more I like the story/background/characters of a game, so if I liked the those, maybe I'd magically like the images more. Since that's not the case though, I guess I'm unimpressed.
Maybe if my cousin buys it, I'll get to experience it! >.> I'm always interested in epic-looking games that feature female leads (but my cousin isn't.. wonder if he'll buy it or even rent it..).
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Prax said:
I think the game looks, unnatural. Can't put my finger on it.
Level 8 Boss
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antiloop said:I do too in some screens. But then I see one of the HQ E3 gameplay videos and I see nothing wrong again.
something about the lightning in screens?!
Maybe it's something to do with the lighting not sure. Nariko and her surroundings seem to clash, like a conflicting art directions. The character and backgrounds don't appear as seemless.
Need to check the vids and see what the animation is like.
Prax
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Cdammen said:Meh... screens... We need movies, no, we demand movies! This game has animation to die for
I agree. I saw the Colosseum-ish battle video and was enjoying the animation. The only thing that looked awkward to me was how slowly she ran around and made jumps, like she looked really heavy. Her weight seems to be off or something, since she can spin on a dime (kind of floaty look), but she runs pretty slowly. Maybe they need to work more on the animations so the weight of things looks more natural (seeing those barrels and chairs sliding and flying round didn't look convincing either, but I'm sure they'll work on that? Was that a really old video?).
