But surely that hi-detail model for Aloy being discussed is just the cutscene/conversation model. The normal gameplay model is probably still decent, but there's an obvious difference between the two.
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Which character model is currently using the most polygons?
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But surely that hi-detail model for Aloy being discussed is just the cutscene/conversation model. The normal gameplay model is probably still decent, but there's an obvious difference between the two.
DongBeetle
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Yeah, there's no way the PS4 is pushing 400k triangles per character model in an open world.
hydrophilic attack
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Most games here are multiplatform.
And generally PC games for last few years focused more on scale than on high fidelity character models due to different budget priorities.
The Hermit
Member
I actually feel less of a pervert now. It's just a really well modeled butt afterall
ShockingAlberto
Member
I don't know if it's true, but at some point, Tecmo was bragging that Ayane in NG3:RE set a record for polygons in a character model.
"As we kept going with every character we just pushed it more. It's the kind of thing that sounds insane. Like one character is as big as the polygon count of Arkham Asylum, the whole environment."
so it's certainly not the whole game.
and likely not including any 'non map-geometry assets'
Giftofgab24
Member
That made me literally lol. Thanks.
While my expertise is mostly in the virtual Ubisoft brand vaginas, I can hopefully shed some light on this issue.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/201...n-of-2b-by-nier-automatas-character-modeller/
This blog gives a rough estimation of 100,000 polys for PS4 character models which we can assume includes 2B.
From this concept art I estimate 2B's lower waist area to be around 20% of her total person. We must then estimate that around 2/3 of this area are the backside and constitute as pure butt. From these calculations we arrive at 13.33% for the rear endeture of the android known as 2B and can then conclude that 13.33% of 100,000 is 13,300 polygons.
That hip/waist ratio is too absurd for me to take seriously.
Armoured characters or characters with lots of layers/accessories would usually have higher poly count than a T-shirt dude like Drake. Female models will also usually have higher poly count than males due to hair and well....boobs.
I'd say the highest has to be between Aloy, Batman and Lara Croft.
I'd say the highest has to be between Aloy, Batman and Lara Croft.
100K for hair that is stiffer than Lara's hair is a bit much but then again her hair has a lot more volume than Lara.
Theonik
Member
I have seen the booty. No-one can lie to me.
UnemployedVillain
Member
That hip/waist ratio is too absurd for me to take seriously.
Your loss
llien
Member
That hip/waist ratio is too absurd for me to take seriously.
But why (NSFW)
Or better, just google gynaeoid body type.
That's true. Ayane plus costume was made up of 90k polygons, which was insane back then. Team Ninja games are in general known for their high polygon character models. Just look at the DOA girls. They still look great. Costumes like Kasumi's black storymode suit are made of 60k polygons.
lastplayed
Member
Actually some of Ayane's costume equipment combo can take her around 111K...which is a ridiculous amount for a human character model from PS360 era.
nkarafo
Member
Lara in ROTTR is almost 200k polys
I bet a large amount of those are for the shotgun shells belt.
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
Thunder Jaw in Horizon has 500k polygons alone. pretty sure that counts as a character.
550K.
It must be the highest in any game right now.
LittleAngryDog
Banned
Yes, this is a complete waste of resources. It is not necessary to create a character with 11 million polygons to impress if today there are already techniques such as photogrammetry or simply the good art work with textures in high definition.
If the PS5 is able to duplicate the polygonal count of the characters of the current generation and add beautiful textures the final result can be aesthetically very close to this Tech Demo. Without the use of so many resources. And yet I do not find these graphics so impressive.
I hope to see more realistic things in the next generation.
nowhat
Member
Do correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the design of original Crash on PS1 partially due to the fact that it could look "expressive" (for lack of a better word) with very few polygons? There was a series of interviews with the original ND founders somewhere, but I can't be arsed to look it up at the moment.
Laserschwert
Neo Member
Norhing of UC4 is photographed. It's all CG.
I think the hardware demand and visual ratio isn't quite good, when I compare this to UC4. Of course this model here looks very detailed, but thinking of the rendering power needed it seems to be overkill and not very efficient.Yup
Next next (next?) gen can't come soon enough.
It's large and has lots of parts, so it's possible to have different LoDs for different parts, allowing very high quality for closeups.
I'm quite sure they never have the whole thing at LoD0 or it's very rare.
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DemonCleaner
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japanese tech power houses became pathetic. that's what happened.