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[DarkLordMalik]

This info was buried down in the gameplay reveal thread. Info was posted by fellow GAF member MarquesZero, so all credit goes to him.

Naughty Dog says that "a considerable amount of time" has passed between U3 and 4.
Drake on PS4 has 800 facial combinations compared to PS3 Drake's 120.
Some Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOpz6Wu5Mxw
Every single hair moves with wind and water. Hair has true physics, can get wet and move around as you run.
Same amount of detail put in supporting cast: http://i.imgur.com/SRjMZCO.jpg
Naughty Dog says even Nathan Drake's chest hair is affected by wind physics in Uncharted 4.

Some images from the panel.

Photobomb me if old.

 

[lucebuce12]

Naughty Dog says even Nathan Drake's chest hair is affected by wind physics in Uncharted 4.

Has science gone too far?

 

[PirateKing]

Best thing about the demo that impressed me was the animation of everything. So good.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Supporting and main cast will both receive the same attention to detail. Impressive!

 

[jwk94]

But is it tressfx? Nah, I'm really glad everybody's hair reaches now. It was so weird when Nathan war getting wet in the previous games but everybody else was just fine.

 

[Percy]

Chest hair? Is that where we're at now?

Oh well, if nothing else, Tomb Raider is obviously going to have a hard time lifting that idea

 

[Ghost Slayer]

whoa, that's is impressive in early stage

 

[Daante]

Hillarious that ppl tried to downplay the graphics in the other thread.

ND are known to be one of the best in the business, just look at their track record combined with the hardware they worked with.

 

[Tizoc]

Alas we will be too busy slaughtering enemies to notice these thousands of facial combinations.

 

[Famassu]

Yeah, PS4 is TOTALLY just PS3.5.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Sounds incredibly impressive. I hope they're able to hit a solid 60fps by launch. Real physics on everything sounds like a true next generational leap, but it's not going to be as noticeable as a sheer leap in polygons and probably won't be as appreciated.

 

[wapplew]

Drake trying to get Oscar nomination?

 

[Famassu]

Hillarious that ppl tried to downplay the graphics in the other thread.

ND are known to be one of the best in the business, just look at their track record combined with the hardware they worked with.

What's even more hilarious (or pathetic, however you might take it) is that some people said they "understood why so many people from Naughty Dog left" after seeing the PSX footage, as if the game was shaping out to be so underwhelming that people left because they didn't want to be assosiated with it or something. Lulz.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Alas we will be too busy slaughtering enemies to notice these thousands of facial combinations.

Great stuff; thanks for your input!

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

What everyone wants to know.....how does Drake's hair stay up after getting soaked. What kind of sorcery is this?

 

[cameron]

Naughty Dog says that "a considerable amount of time" has passed between U3 and 4.

Sully is going to be old. Like Karl Schafer from UC2 kind of old.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I actually prefer attention to detail vs. absolute quality of graphics. Some people were dissing the graphics while I was being thoroughly amazed by the foliage and its movement.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

What everyone wants to know.....how does Drake's hair stay up after getting soaked. What kind of sorcery is this?

 

[valkyre]

What everyone wants to know.....how does Drake's hair stay up after getting soaked. What kind of sorcery is this?

James Bond sorcery. Applies to clothes as well!

 

[Bananajama]

Naughty Dog says even Nathan Drake's chest hair is affected by wind physics in Uncharted 4.

That's it - I'm not buying it

He should be bare chested and shaven

 

[matrix-cat]

I appreciate that they're going for a more realistic art style this time around, but I don't see why they had to change his whole jawline and give him cheekbone implants on the way. If anything, this new lantern-jawed fucking specimen is less realistic than Classic Drake. What kind of person's jaw gets squarer and more defined as they age? You could set your watch by that thing. These two dudes have a totally different facial structure:

Between this and the way they botched Elena's face in U3, I think Naughty Dog is way too cavalier with their characters' faces. Uncharted isn't like Metal Gear, where everyone gets a completely new face with every game; Nate and friends are recognisable from their facial models alone. You can't go turning him into a different dude four games in.

 

[Louis010]

Naughty Dog says even Nathan Drake's chest hair is affected by wind physics in Uncharted 4.

Looks like it's time to make a chest pube parachute.

 

[Sora the Cat]

I think everyone should download the 2.1gb direct feed video from gamersyde before talking about the graphics of the demo. I thought it looked really good when I was watching the streaming, but only when I watched it in good quality I realize the level of detail that they are putting into this game, it really is an amazing work by ND.

Also, you can see his hair getting wet in the close combat part of the gameplay, it's looking good.

 

[IonicSnake]

What everyone wants to know.....how does Drake's hair stay up after getting soaked. What kind of sorcery is this?

You can see how a quick shower under the waterfall affects his hair in this big gif.

http://a.pomf.se/wetxtd.gif

 

[Bankoiia]

I am so ready for another Uncharted game.

 

[Betta Lines]

I appreciate that they're going for a more realistic art style this time around, but I don't see why they had to change his whole jawline and give him cheekbone implants on the way. If anything, this new lantern-jawed fucking specimen is less realistic than Classic Drake. What kind of person's jaw gets squarer and more defined as they age? You could set your watch by that thing. These two dudes have a totally different facial structure:


Between this and the way they botched Elena's face in U3, I think Naughty Dog is way too cavalier with their characters' faces. Uncharted isn't like Metal Gear, where everyone gets a completely new face with every game; Nate and friends are recognisable from their facial models alone. You can't go turning him into a different dude four games in.

I entirely disagree, he still clearly looks like Drake, and there was nothing wrong with Elena's model in U3. All returning cast members have improved with each game, increasing detail without making them look like different people. It has been very skillfully done, imo.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Didn't see every strand of hair moving in the tech demo or the pre alpha. Just the top part so far. Looking forward to seeing that tech implemented fully in the final product.

 

[Ricky_R]

I entirely disagree, he still clearly looks like Drake, and there was nothing wrong with Elena's model in U3. All returning cast members have improved with each game, increasing detail without making them look like different people. It has been very skillfully done, imo.

Elena's face was off. As if she had a slight plastic surgery.

New Drake looks awesome, though.

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

The technology behind this game is truly pioneering.

ND is truly at the forefront of graphical development.

 

[Portugeezer]

Did they mention of 60fps is still a target? I assume so, they just locked to 30fps for the demo showing because current build is not at 60fps yet.

 

[Yiazmat]

Every single hair moves with wind and water. Hair has true physics, can get wet and move around as you run.

Yeah I'm really not seeing that, based on this gif the hair looks just like the same alpha blended planes that we had in previous generations. Like this:

And this is what i expect when I see "every single hair moves" and " true hair physics":

 

[Kenshin001]

I appreciate that they're going for a more realistic art style this time around, but I don't see why they had to change his whole jawline and give him cheekbone implants on the way. If anything, this new lantern-jawed fucking specimen is less realistic than Classic Drake. What kind of person's jaw gets squarer and more defined as they age? You could set your watch by that thing. These two dudes have a totally different facial structure:


Between this and the way they botched Elena's face in U3, I think Naughty Dog is way too cavalier with their characters' faces. Uncharted isn't like Metal Gear, where everyone gets a completely new face with every game; Nate and friends are recognisable from their facial models alone. You can't go turning him into a different dude four games in.

Yeah, I don't get that either. Face on the left looks completely different. I'm curious what is the logic behind changing his face so much. Reminds me of the uproar when they changed the Infamous character's face to someone completely different.

 

[Portugeezer]

Yeah I'm really not seeing that, based on this gif the hair looks just like the same alpha blended planes that we had in previous generations. Like this:

And this is what i expect when I see "every single hair moves" and " true hair physics":

I think they are going for something a little more realistic. That last gif is ridiculous, who has short hair that soft?

 

[pottuvoi]

I think they are going for something a little more realistic. That last gif is ridiculous, who has short hair that soft?

Fairies?

 

[Ace001]

I think everyone should download the 2.1gb direct feed video from gamersyde before talking about the graphics of the demo. I thought it looked really good when I was watching the streaming, but only when I watched it in good quality I realize the level of detail that they are putting into this game, it really is an amazing work by ND.

Also, you can see his hair getting wet in the close combat part of the gameplay, it's looking good.

Wow! I only saw the first 20 seconds but that's on another level to what I got from the stream. Looks awesome!

 

[Callibretto]

chest hair? are we going to finally have shirtless Drake? I'm actually kinda surprised we haven't had any shirtless Drake scene after 3 games, lol. would have gain a couple more female fans I'm sure.

 

[Adam M]

People mostly talking about the graphics of the demo. Am I the only one who was impressed with the animations and the gameplay? It was so fluid, for example that scene when he took the gun from the bad guy's hand. Everything was so realistic, Nathan had reactions or comment to anything, he is alive not just a character who you control. I really felt that I'm watching a movie scene because of that, ND really good at this, thats what i like in the last of us too, even the NPCs are talking and reacting to the world, not just puppets who are go from A to B.

 

[Dictator93]

Yeah I'm really not seeing that, based on this gif the hair looks just like the same alpha blended planes that we had in previous generations. Like this:

And this is what i expect when I see "every single hair moves" and " true hair physics":

It does look like alpha blended planes, I am curious what they are using.

And btw, wait for everyone to hate on your second giff. It looking good threatens them somehow.

 

[Thrakier]

So that is where the missing 30FPS went. I fully agree though - facial animation is way more important than playability. They may as well aim for dat magic 24FPS now, like they did with TLOU.

 

[Caayn]

And this is what i expect when I see "every single hair moves" and " true hair physics":

"True hair physics" sounds more like a PR buzzword.

The hair tech in the footage we've seen so far didn't strike me as amazing or special.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

So that is where the missing 30FPS went. I fully agree though - facial animation is way more important than playability. They may as well aim for dat magic 24FPS now, like they did with TLOU.

Do you do this in every Sony thread? It certainly appears so.

 

[strafer]

Nathan Drake looking good

 

[Kaako]

This handsome son of ze beech...

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Any more stuff from the "Nathan Drake on PS4" panel? Did anyone film the entire presentation? Was it private or sth?

 

[Thrakier]

Do you do this in every Sony thread? It certainly appears so.

I do this in about 50% of threads related to tech talk, graphical fidelity and framerate. I do not care for Sony or any other manufacturer. I'm solely playing on PC as well right now, but my roots are on console and I love Uncharted.

 

[Amentallica]

So that is where the missing 30FPS went. I fully agree though - facial animation is way more important than playability. They may as well aim for dat magic 24FPS now, like they did with TLOU.

*sigh* hopeless

 

[Herb Alpert]

Chest hair physics is true next gen

 

[King Beyond the wall]

I bet Lara Croft from Rise of the Tomb Raider won't have chest hair affected by physics!

 

[Garrett Hawke]

So good

Spoiler

help

 

[Garrett Hawke]

chest hair? are we going to finally have shirtless Drake? I'm actually kinda surprised we haven't had any shirtless Drake scene after 3 games, lol. would have gain a couple more female fans I'm sure.

also MALE fan here and would be here for shirtless Drake to demonstrate next-gen chest hair physics