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Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel impressions
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Zombie James
Banned
I love that cover art....
SolidSnakex
Member
This looks really bad
But these look awesome
It's almost like 2 different artstyles.
But these look awesome
It's almost like 2 different artstyles.
Yeah it's all art from this comic/graphic novel that came out last year:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_3/002-5283531-9112839?v=glance&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/002-5283531-9112839?v=glance&s=books
The artist, as mentioned in the article, is Ashley Wood. He also is doing cutscene art for Portable Ops.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_3/002-5283531-9112839?v=glance&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_1/002-5283531-9112839?v=glance&s=books
The artist, as mentioned in the article, is Ashley Wood. He also is doing cutscene art for Portable Ops.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
YES!
Ash Wood on mah PSP!!!
Ash Wood on mah PSP!!!
SolidSnakex
Member
WalkMan said:
Its only a start for the comics
Apharmd Battler
Member
I'm reallyl interested in this but haven't been keeping up. When is the US release date?
Maybe it would have been smarter to launch this alongside Sony's upcoming e-Distribution service. I can't see this graphic novel making use of the 1.8 GB that a UMD has to offer anyway, so it would make a whole lot more sense just to be able to download it and keep it on your memorystick.
That way you won't have to swap UMDs too often.
That way you won't have to swap UMDs too often.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
There's likely too much video on this "comic book" to be viable for a memory stick download. You have to see the trailer for this to understand what I'm talking about. This is not a comic book in traditional sense with static art, but instead looks more like a set of video sequences or something like that.A_Lee_N said:
ThirstyFly
Member
It kind of is. There's panels where he just wild is his usual style (the first pic you posted) and there's other panels where he just painted over screenshots from Twin Snakes (the other pics you posted). Personally, I like the more wild artwork.
I have seen the trailer, and it's all overlayed static images moving around on the screen with the occasional few-framed animation.Marconelly said:
It would not make an ounce of sense to compress that into a video since it would take up more space and give you worse quality. Moving around images like that is better done in realtime.
here's the website: http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mgs_dgn/
and the trailers:
E3: http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mgs_dgn/trailer_02.html or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xm375X46XQ&search=metal gear solid graphic novel
Gamer's Day: http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mgs_dgn/trailer_01.html
and the trailers:
E3: http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mgs_dgn/trailer_02.html or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xm375X46XQ&search=metal gear solid graphic novel
Gamer's Day: http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mgs_dgn/trailer_01.html
poppin fresh
Member
The artist behind this stuff Ashley wood is fantastic and he has worked on a number of different titles, many of you may recognise his work from the contra: shattered soldier concept art and cover art (which konami fucked around with big time). Also some of you comic guys may realise he was the man behind the original Hell Spawn stuff.
He has some other fantastic projects you should all check out like pop-bot, lore, Automatic Kafka and his art collection books.
http://www.ashleywoodartist.com/
And you can get most of his stuff from BAMBALAND.
http://www.bambaland.com/
He has been all for the digitisation of comics and new forms of media so expect more stuff like this from him in the future. And as I have said before if this goes well a few other people may release psp animated comics, after Kojima's meeting with Frank Miller maybe a psp version of sin city could very well be on its way.
He has some other fantastic projects you should all check out like pop-bot, lore, Automatic Kafka and his art collection books.
http://www.ashleywoodartist.com/
And you can get most of his stuff from BAMBALAND.
http://www.bambaland.com/
He has been all for the digitisation of comics and new forms of media so expect more stuff like this from him in the future. And as I have said before if this goes well a few other people may release psp animated comics, after Kojima's meeting with Frank Miller maybe a psp version of sin city could very well be on its way.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i dont get that map/game mode thing they put in there.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
You probably have a point there as they also mentioned you will be able to pan and zoom into layers of those panels and find some hidden stuff. So I guess for that it would have to be realtime manipulated. I guess nothing would be stopping them to release this as a download then, if they can restrict it to work only on your PSP, like they are doing with cellphone games.A_Lee_N said:
honestly i think this is a godsend for the mgs series. the story is half the fun in these games, and to have complete control over it, be able to review it and all its different aspects is amazing to me.
plus the art is amazing as well as the direction of how the cinematics take place. i personally think the mgs2 dgn will be even more engrossing given the complexity of the storyline.
plus the art is amazing as well as the direction of how the cinematics take place. i personally think the mgs2 dgn will be even more engrossing given the complexity of the storyline.
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