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[LordOcidax]

Tropical Freeze clearly had the best hair.

And it was fully reactive. Basically Witcher 3 wolf, but... in a game that's been out for a while now.

(lol... Come to post this) The Dynamic Fur on DK:TP is amazing. I really want to see a Gif of this.

 

[AdanVC]

It's not that looks horrible. It's just that developers do the best they can with hair cuz it's one of the most difficult things to simulate properly.

 

[Dictator93]

(lol... Come to post this) The Dynamic Fur on DK:TP is amazing. I really want to see a Gif of this.

Does it actually move based upon their movement? That would be interesting and surprising for a Wii U game.

 

[LordOcidax]

Does it actually move based upon their movement? That would be interesting and surprising for a Wii U game.

Yes,and looks really amazing. I was talking about that with a friend a few days ago, great coincidence. I have the game, but i dont have a DVR to record a short video.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Tropical Freeze clearly had the best hair.

And it was fully reactive. Basically Witcher 3 wolf, but... in a game that's been out for a while now.

Forgot how good the hair looked in tropical freeze, and with 60fps on top of that. Even the enemies that had fur had the same great looking fur.

 

[VanWinkle]

Does it actually move based upon their movement? That would be interesting and surprising for a Wii U game.

Yeah. It looks incredible.

 

[Comandr]

While cool, that looks like she's underwater. I guess it could just be how fairy hair moves in the wind.

Same with the Alice gifs. Underwater hair movement.

I agree. I would expect that kind of reaction if she were underwater. Hair tech has a long way to go. Real hair is actually fairly stiff. Unless the wind is VERY strong, hair isn't going to move that much. Rustle maybe, but not blow around a lot.

 

[Lulubop]

- From Software
- PSP Port
- Bad screenshot (Unity hair is actually decent)
- Lastgen port
- Lastgen port

For real, come on OP.

Really? A fucking PSP port?

 

[brickarts295]

I bet last gen didn't have moving chest hair though XD

 

[benzy]

The hair in XV is amazing.

 

[wmlk]

The hair in XV is amazing.

My goodness this looks fantastic.

 

[TGO]

Bloodborne character models suck fullstop, nothing to do with hair, I wouldn't even say they're lastgen quality.

 

[Mifec]

Ew, that pre-alpha screenshot...

We're still a long way from what's seen in CGI movies though.

It downgrades heavily outside of cutscenes though.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

Uncharted will probably be king again in that department when 4 gets released.


https://youtu.be/70jVUBnp6lQ?t=2670

Truly amazing stuff by ND.

 

[Journey]

Depends on the game.

Seriously!

 

[jaundicejuice]

I laughed when the first pic in the OP was from a From Software game. From Software makes some fantastic games but they don't exactly have the strongest team of character artists in the industry.

 

[Crossing Eden]

The hair in XV is amazing.

So good. Setting the precedent for 2016 open world games.

It downgrades heavily outside of cutscenes though.

Unfortunately.

 

[Final Verdict]

I bet last gen didn't have moving chest hair though XD

Haha, beat me to it!

 

[Red Hood]

Don't you worry, it's coming.

 

[CO_Andy]

Moustache wobble sez you're wrong

 

[swazzyswess]

Classic hyperbolic GAF thread title.

Should read "Some next-gen hair looks noticeably worse than other next-gen hair," but that doesn't get THE CLICKS.

 

[Liabe Brave]

One day we'll have the real time Dawn hair tech in games ;_;

We basically already do. Marius' hair in Ryse moves very much like this. Both of them look impressive, but incredibly terrible as a simulation of actual hair motion.

 

[ScepticMatt]

Is there any evidence that this fur is in Witcher 3? This seems too good to be true.

Not just fur - also hair and beards. But you need a good PC and enable Nvidia HairWorks (which will probably run like shit on AMD)

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I like how the OP is ignoring all of the fantastic examples. Kind of a backfire here, eh?

 

[Red Hood]

Not just fur - also hair and beards. But you need a good PC and enable Nvidia HairWorks (which will probably run like shit on AMD)

Don't AMD have a similar technique? That effect looks great and I hope I don't miss out on a lot with my AMD card.

 

[a916]

I like how the OP is ignoring all of the fantastic examples. Kind of a backfire here, eh?

OP's arguement got rekted. There's plenty examples both ways of good and bad hair.

 

[The Artisan]

 

[Jezan]

Looks like Chocobo feathers

 

[psylah]

That wolf looks fabulous.

 

[ScepticMatt]

Don't AMD have a similar technique? That effect looks great and I hope I don't miss out on a lot with my AMD card.

TressFX. First seen in Tomb Raider. The 3rd version of which will be first used for Deus Ex Universe [PowerPoint slides]

 

[Journey]

Lara seems upset...

 

[Eggbok]

Drake's hair actually get's wet.

 

[Hans.Gruber]

Hardens beard in 2k15 looks nice too, guy on the right not so much

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

The hair in XV is amazing.

Oh. Maybe I shouldn't have run the hell away when I saw that ship.

 

[Acquiescence]

It's still not perfect, but the hair in The Order is a significant step above anything else I've seen in a video game. Lafayette's got some luscious locks.

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

I'm just mad we still can't render black people hair properly.

 

[Creaking]

Infamous Second Son/First Light don't have amazing hair animation, but it's rendered very well.

 

[Audible Phonetics]

Fetch's hair doesn't look bad in comparison to other games this Gen.

Edit: beaten

 

[ubersticky]

Bloodborne looks like a damn joke. It's not even only the hair. It's the entire character model. Thought I was looking at some PS2 model.

 

[El Sabroso]

well it really depends of the game if the hair effect is good or not

/dead

 

[Ulysses 31]

So good. Setting the precedent for 2016 open world games.


Unfortunately.

Do hope they continue on that grass movement till then.

 

[ReBurn]

We need Hair Simulator 2016.

 

[Summer Haze]

Isn't that Uncharted 3 though?

Isn't that UC3?!

I don't know why some people keep making this mistake, but this is from Uncharted 3. It's in the forest before you reach the chateau. Anyway, this pic gets me excited for ND's hair tech in Uncharted 4. Nate's chest hair blowing in the wind may be subtle, but can you imagine Elena's or Chloe's hair blowing in the wind? *drools*...

I think that's UC3 but I could be wrong

Oh yeah, UC3, my bad. XD

 

[SmokedMeat]

Outside of Bloodborne I think most hair has been fine.

 

[Violater]

You can't really use bloodborne as a good representation of hair imo. Overall though I agree with you. There have been some good ones though.
Far Cry 4

I liked the curly hair options that sunset overdrive provided

That looks amazing, I didn't realize the IQ was that clean but then again Insomniac were always great at that.

 

[Caayn]

That looks amazing, I didn't realize the IQ was that clean but then again Insomniac were always great at that.

Check the resolution of that image It's 5760x3240, the image has been altered by Photoshop afterwards. SO isn't that clean.

 

[Gurish]

Guys please only use gameplay pics, show me Unity's hair during gameplay (hint: it׳s not even close), as well as The Order and any other game. cutscene's hair doesn't count, post gameplay pic or even better- videos during gameplay so we can see the animation.

 

[Hawaii Jeff]

I was actually thinking about this recently, too. Even FFXV's demo had really bad hair (although probably more the aliasing issue than the actual hair tech itself).

Yeah the extreme aliasing really jumped out at me too. Hope they figure out how to antialias the hair to match everything else.

 

[Pyrrhus]

Guys please only use gameplay pics, show me Unity's hair during gameplay (hint: it׳s not even close), as well as The Order and any other game. cutscene's hair doesn't count, post gameplay pic or even better- videos during gameplay so we can see the animation.

Why doesn't cutscene hair count? The only time you're really going to notice the quality of the hair is a close up shot when the camera is staged so that you can focus on it. Arno wears a hood 90% of the time when it's not a cutscene, anyway.

 

[Gurish]

Why doesn't cutscene hair count? The only time you're really going to notice the quality of the hair is a close up shot when the camera is staged so that you can focus on it. Arno wears a hood 90% of the time when it's not a cutscene, anyway.

cause it's not something the console is able to render during gameplay, i don't find it impressive because of that.