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[Grief.exe]

I don't think it's true at all, but saying it costs a million dollars to do it is pretty silly. It's an engine they already have, graphics they're already using. They stick to a script and give Geoff the questions to ask. It would be pretty easy for them to do it probably.

Are you kidding?

It cost 150,000 for a skull girls character.

This will have far larger textures
More animations
More voice acting
Complex lighting

This isn't something they could slap together overnight. Getting something to that degree of perfection would take months.

 

[Dawg]

We should have gone along with the theory just to see if it ended up on gaming sites.

oh please no

I hope they won't pick this up.

 

[Noisepurge]

Can we even prove Geoff Keighley isn't CG?

holy shit i just found a real confirmed photo of Geoff:

 

[Wallach]

I hope this thread is 100% CG. I'm not sure my computer would have enough RAM to load it, though.

 

[PaulExcellent]

Watched the video just now.

Why would they be in different places? That's silly.

The screenshot of the whale was neat. I hadn't seen that before.

I would be very surprised if it is FOX engine. Still, the dude looks like a dude.

If that guy is CG, I will have his face as an avatar for a whole year.

I'm excited.

 

[Shito]

Are you kidding?

It cost 150,000 for a skull girls character.

Now you're the one being funny and all.

 

[Salsa]

So you think rendering a few minutes of video would cost millions of dollars?

I think that you saying he is a scripted in-engine model is the most hilarious thing ive read all day

 

[Goon Boon]

We had semi-realistic CGI in the 80's, we can have more realistic CGI in games now.

 

[DrBo42]

I love that you guys are so enthusiastic about the potential of VFX but we're just not there, not yet. I mean look at that bad Audrey Hepburn commercial, they threw ridiculous amount of money at that and it looks rather fake. Do you really think a developer or publisher would do this for a spot on SpikeTV with the Dorito Pope? Guys? Please...

 

[Darryl]

So you think rendering a few minutes of video would cost millions of dollars?

would you believe a few hours can cost hundreds of millions

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

My phantom luls.

 

[Salsa]

I bet the pope is cg

 

[Misterinenja]

Definitely not CGI. Look at his eyes. The eyes are alive. No CGI will ever be able to create eyes with a soul.

FOX Engine renders souls!

 

[flipswitch]

The Moon landing was also done on Fox Engine.

I thought it was done with the Quake engine with all that brown?.

 

[PaulExcellent]

I bet the pope is cg

Can I be CG?

 

[Nibel]

This thread is CG

And all posts so far are ugly jaggies

 

[WrenchNinja]

I believe it.

 

[Salsa]

Can I be CG?

sure, im already using this engine and graphix for my next game

DING youre cg now

 

[Punkster_NY]

I'm going to go ahead and say that no it's not CG.

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

Kojima might be the biggest troll in the entire industry.

 

[Kariodude]

Are you kidding?

It cost 150,000 for a skull girls character.

This will have far larger textures
More animations
More voice acting
Complex lighting

This isn't something they could slap together overnight. Getting something to that degree of perfection would take months.

Um, are we talking about the same thing? I'm just talking about the interview. You're making this sound like way more work than it is. If they already have the graphics, the engine, the lighting effects. Then they take all that stuff that they already have, they record a few simple lines of voice acting, then they put it together. You honestly think that would cost a million dollars?

 

[Salacious Crumb]

So you think rendering a few minutes of video would cost millions of dollars?

At that fidelity yes, it would be the most convincing CG anyone has ever seen.

It's also not fucking CG....

 

[PaulExcellent]

sure, im already using this engine and graphix for my next game

DING youre cg now

There is a God.
Now I want to be a penguin.

 

[Kariodude]

I think that you saying he is a scripted in-engine model is the most hilarious thing ive read all day

I didn't say that? I think the CG idea is ridiculous.

 

[waypoetic]

The press is gonna love this thread.

And that's not CG. And when did Joakim become "Juaquin"? And why does he talk like he's from Norway? Lol.

 

[Salsa]

Um, are we talking about the same thing? I'm just talking about the interview. You're making this sound like way more work than it is. If they already have the graphics, the engine, the lighting effects. Then they take all that stuff that they already have, they record a few simple lines of voice acting, then they put it together. You honestly think that would cost a million dollars?

I dont understand

do you think games are cheap after you build the tools for them or something?

you seem to think that having an engine is the only part of game development that costs money

 

[Trent Strong]

This sure makes David Cage's old man head look crappy.

 

[DrBo42]

Um, are we talking about the same thing? I'm just talking about the interview. You're making this sound like way more work than it is. If they already have the graphics, the engine, the lighting effects. Then they take all that stuff that they already have, they record a few simple lines of voice acting, then they put it together. You honestly think that would cost a million dollars?

My blood pressure. "They already have the graphics" Do you see a single character in the trailers running FOX Engine with comparable textures? The answer is no. You're also forgetting animation, nothing Kojima has comes close to a real human.

 

[Darryl]

Um, are we talking about the same thing? I'm just talking about the interview. You're making this sound like way more work than it is. If they already have the graphics, the engine, the lighting effects. Then they take all that stuff that they already have, they record a few simple lines of voice acting, then they put it together. You honestly think that would cost a million dollars?

this isn't what your PS4 games are gonna look like, don't get your hopes up.

 

[Wallach]

I didn't say that? I think the CG idea is ridiculous.

Wait, that idea is ridiculous but the idea that their in-game engine assets could be used to create something like this isn't?

 

[EVIL]

We had semi-realistic CGI in the 80's, we can have more realistic CGI in games now.

thats not CG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_(character)

the computer-generated appearance was achieved with prosthetic make up as the computer technology of the time was not sufficiently advanced to achieve the desired effect

Also Joakim is also not CG.

 

[eXistor]

I love that this is even a question. Kojima: king of the trolls.

 

[Salsa]

There is a God.
Now I want to be a penguin.

happy feet 3, you are now in it

 

[MormaPope]

This isn't based around if it's CG or not, but why do Mogren's lips look extremely puffy when compared to that pic Geoff posted? It's not even the coloring, looks like the dude's lip was stung by bees.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

I wonder if the actual guy it was is weirded out by people thinking he's CG.

He's probably questioning his own existence.

 

[Grief.exe]

Um, are we talking about the same thing? I'm just talking about the interview. You're making this sound like way more work than it is. If they already have the graphics, the engine, the lighting effects. Then they take all that stuff that they already have, they record a few simple lines of voice acting, then they put it together. You honestly think that would cost a million dollars?

You either have no idea what you are talking about or are not realizing just how much work would go into something like this.

'They already have the graphics.' That made me laugh.

 

[LightofRohan]

dude, you're so behind it. such details are easily done in Zbrush.

Easily done in zbrush... Have you used zbrush? No. Not easily. Nothing is easily done in that program

 

[UrbanRats]

I thought it was done with the Quake engine with all that brown?.

The Quake engine was cgi, done with the Fox engine.

 

[Dawg]

This isn't based around if it's CG or not, but why do Mogren's lips look extremely puffy when compared to that pic Geoff posted? It's not even the coloring, looks like the dude's lip was stung by bees.

because he's a god damn human with imperfections like everyone else I tell ye!

 

[waypoetic]

I bet he's an american and it's all a ruse. Fucking ridiculous how he confirms questions with "jah" - been watching too many GERMAN films have we bandage-head?

Swedish? Bullshit.

 

[Salsa]

next up on GTTV: we speak with jeff bridges about how he got young again for tron legacy

 

[Kariodude]

Wait, that idea is ridiculous but the idea that their in-game engine assets could be used to create something like this isn't?

No, that's ridiculous too. I never said Joakim was CG or that there is even a possibility of him being CG. I only said that if it were possible for him to be CG, it wouldn't cost a million dollars to do this short interview.

 

[PaulExcellent]

This isn't based around if it's CG or not, but why do Mogren's lips look extremely puffy when compared to that pic Geoff posted? It's not even the coloring, looks like the dude's lip was stung by bees.

I noticed that, too.
Maybe it's the bandages, as they make his mouth and eyes the center of attention.
Or maybe the guy has big lips. Eh.

Or maybe he actually is CG. I mean, I'm CG now.
I'm a goddamn penguin.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

We had semi-realistic CGI in the 80's, we can have more realistic CGI in games now.

this is a joke, right?

This thread and the Sim City modding thread have completely destroyed my sarcasm detector.

 

[MormaPope]

I noticed that, too.
Maybe it's the bandages, as they make his mouth and eyes the center of attention.
Or maybe the guy has big lips. Eh.

Or maybe he actually is CG. I mean, I'm CG now.
I'm a goddamn penguin.

You can be anything with computers. Geoff Keighley became a computer even.

 

[mclem]

This is hilarious. Someone questioned in the other thread if Keighley was CG as well. lol

Well, at least rendering engines work with triangles, Keighley will be fine.

 

[Bedlam]

I'm going to put my previous reply here.

Sure, they covered most of his head up... But the mouth and the eyes are always a very difficult part to cover up with cg and there are details in his face that cg would easily miss.

Look at this bigger image for example. There's a lot of details in his face that cg would miss. The small red dot under his lips for example. And the cracks in his lips because they're dry.

It's not even the face parts that let me doubt that this is cgi. It's the lighting on the bandages. It looks a bit too real.

Still, I wouldn't rule out the possibility.

 

[gofreak]

Don't think he was CG, but I'm not sure he and Geoff actually met at all. Think they filmed in separate locations and spliced it together. It is a bit stilted and weird.

 

[Salsa]

interview directed by james cameron

 

[BosSin]

Through the magic of CG I am now my avatar and I command you to masturbate