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This Nathan Drake GIF perfectly sums up how I reacted to this Nathan Drake GIF.
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Movalpolos
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I really can't see this becoming the standard. Too much work.
This along with The Order are definitely the best looking games this gen though.
This along with The Order are definitely the best looking games this gen though.
Very impressive. And bone structure is very hard to animate, especially in fingers, so that's why his left hand looks all creepy. His hand being on an uneven surface doesn't help with the animators lol.
That's why a lot of games have their characters with open, flat hands a lot, or closed in a fist, or cuffed together behind the back. Hand animation is hard.
That's why a lot of games have their characters with open, flat hands a lot, or closed in a fist, or cuffed together behind the back. Hand animation is hard.
Bornstellar
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GarciaHotspur
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Facial animations in TLOU looked better.
Maybe hands-made animations are too annoying to make.
Maybe hands-made animations are too annoying to make.
I don't know what they're technically doing with it, but just looking at it is not blowing my mind like some people here. It's no more or less impressive than this.
Look at The Order or Tomb Raider as well. All are great looking games. I guess I just don't get the reactions here. This should be standard for cinematic games today.
There is something off about the arms and hands and overall seems stiff. Might be better examples when it releases.
My goodness... New standard for animations?
Amazing attention to detail. Look at how the wrinkles on his sleeve change realistically vs. the stiffness in that Quantum Break gif.
wapplew
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Ninja Sharingan
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It looks awesome like cg. I prefer more crazy animations when I'm playing but these will obviously add massively to the cutscenes
Metalingus5150
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Not gonna lie, looking at the Quantum Break and Uncharted gifs side by side, I find the Uncharted 4 gif more impressive.
Boss★Moogle;198030613 said:
Not the best comparison shots but i just took those two screencaps from the trailers and it's definitely how you will play and not just a cutscene.
E3 2015 GAMEPLAY model, after that cutscene it switches seamlessly to gameplay.
Hahaha this thread is getting crazy.
Its (good) motion capture. It'll just get cheaper and better.
It's clear faces were a huge priority for Remedy and QB. I think ND got faces and materials. They seem to be showing off much of the same material techniques used in the order. QB is seemingly more conventional for non faces. Although their faces look very good.
Looks like there's some IK applied to his fingertips but the original pose was designed for a flat surface. Thus the awkward and unnatural look of the fingers' movement and positioning as they slide down the uneven rock surface.
You can definitely tell the animators cut corners there in the hopes that you wouldn't notice.
Anyway, janky hand aside, the soft-body deformation in that gif is insane. We've really come a long way.
WordsintheWater
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Oh please
Aceofspades
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Sony 1st party always pushing the industry forward.
Love it.
Love it.
I know it's your opinion but come again lol
Sorry when did you play the game?
Unless you find all UC stories boring and automatically think this will be the same..
Vulcano's assistant
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Nathan still high fiving every wall he comes across? Dude needs to put down the booze.
Triggerhappytel
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Visuals and animation look incredible. I wonder how it will compare to The Order 1886 or Quantum Break.
You are totally entitled to your opinion Always-honest
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It would be insane if that was animated by hand. But isn't the basis of this just mocap?
Looks amazing, don't get me wrong.
Incredible attention to detail. Like the folds under his shoulder and his skin and mouth
Looks amazing, don't get me wrong.
Incredible attention to detail. Like the folds under his shoulder and his skin and mouth
StrongBlackVine
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Don't hate. Also how did you get early access?
MisterSamMan
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I could stare at his sleeve folds all damn day.
Wishmaster92
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This is realtime....Amazing! Yes it cuts straight to gameplay
This is realtime....Amazing! Yes it cuts straight to gameplay
That was an example of a press triangle to interact moment, similar to the ones in TLOU, so all that effort put in for something that many players won't even see.
Bra deforms shirt too.
Ok, cool. Thanks for clarifying. Definitely impressive, real-time or not. Not that ND hasn't always done excellent work, but this is another level. The capture and animation cleanup has come a long way. Would really like to see how much mocap data is actually used for the face. I remember them always hand-keying faces in the past.
Ivory Samoan
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For me at least, this has gone over the dip of the valley and is peering across the plains to the ocean about 20km away.....
It is clearly more impressive. I always have to chuckle when certain people have to metion QB in a Uncharted related thread. QB looks nice, no doubt. But it's not a graphical showcase like Uncharted 4 is.
I believe they still hand key faces for that ND character flair, in addition to the facial capture.
Neoleo2143
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That looks about as solid as CGI animation (yes some hyperbole, but holy crap this is impressive animation work), damn impressed with that animation, it's got that rigidity you'd expect out of a jaw, but those lips are damn smooth. Insane attention to detail.
It's in-engine, just running in real time (previous games had pre-rendered cut scenes) but it doesn't mean it's in-game as in gameplay, it's a cutscene, and cutscenes can look quite better than gameplay, even realtime cut scenes as well.
Don't really want to argue semantics but realtime cutscenes can surely be described as in-game no?
I don't think in-game necessarily means only gameplay
Head.spawn
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I'm pretty sure at this point that all of Naughty Dog has a gaf account and they do this stuff for the gifs.
GarciaHotspur
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2013 vs 2016
i clearly prefer hand made animations
i clearly prefer hand made animations
Dictator93
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It is the whole capture blend shapes thing that every performance capture game does that is worth its salt (the mesh in specific shapes that transitions and animates in between, including macro folds in the skin of the neck for example), rather, everyone should be very impressed with the performance here. It looks natural.
2013 vs 2016
i clearly prefer hand made animations
These IMO look decidedly more gamey than any subtle features present in the OP.
MemoryHumanity
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Bye.
That's because you wouldn't notice if you weren't watching a 3 second GIF on a continuous loop.
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