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Horizon Zero Dawn | Cinematic Trailer
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Guerilla are gods!
Yabberwocky
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The scale of the game is incredible, sheesh, let alone the scale of some of the machines themselves.
Hello, Evil Crispin Freeman!
Hello, Evil Crispin Freeman!
Equanimity
Member
BigEmil
Junior Member
DamnThey're perhaps a little bright but Aloy's imperfect teeth are quite a nice detail.
Giolon
Member
Hmmm...this is increasing my worry that as the game progresses it will shift from hunting robo-dinosaurs to fighting other humans. If so, that's going to be a real big disappointment. The fewer humans in this type of environment, the better it will be I think.
I also don't like the appearance of the more fantastical robot design at the end. I really liked the robots patterned after existing/previously existing creatures. I don't want to fight just big randomly tentacle-y monsters.
I also don't like the appearance of the more fantastical robot design at the end. I really liked the robots patterned after existing/previously existing creatures. I don't want to fight just big randomly tentacle-y monsters.
CrimsonEclipse
Member
Yeah, was gonna post this....something looks off about the animations in the cutscenes...sorta janky.
Hoping it ends up good though.
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
People shouldn't expect Naughty Dog quality facial animations in a huge open world game
People shouldn't expect Naughty Dog quality graphics from a huge open world game, but here we are.
Devilinthiscity
Member
Looks amazing. I really really hope the story and the characters don't suck. I like the female protagonists design. They changed it a little no? I think her hairstyle changed a bit.
Not to keep ragging on this but do we have an example of better facial animation in another RPG with dialog trees? First Mass Effect and now this. People are obviously bothered by it. Someone will have to come up with better solution than what is being used currently.
Equanimity
Member
Horizon is the best you'll get in an open world action RPG. I can't think of anything comparable.
Why Fallout 4 of course!
PeterLegend
Member
Hoping this game reviews well, for GG sake
MrChowderClams
Member
^ Pretty much this. I can't think of a game that does open world animations really well.
I don't work in animation, but my main issue with character animations open world games is that they don't really convey emotion like they would in a scripted scene. My guess is that it's relatively hard to have dynamic animations for body language, so most conversations end up looking really dead.
So much of what we communicate in a conversation is through body language, and I think the industry as a whole doesn't have a great way to do that on the scale of an open narrative.
CrimsonEclipse
Member
Just to be clear, I am still looking forward to the game...but there is certainly something up with the animations. Hoping it does well.
MaKTaiL
Member
Infamous: Second Son has the best facial animation I've seen in an Open World game. Watch Dogs 2 is also really great. Horizon is shaping up to be awesome too.
names2hard4you
Member
WHEW DOCTOR. My body Pro is soooooo ready.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
The last two AC games, Mafia III, WD2, Infamous Second Son.
FIREKNIGHT2029
Member
Day Zero.This game will be glorious on my PS4 Pro.
onemanasylum
Banned
Got to find something to complain about, looks great all around.
Hyperbole much?
Infamous doesn't do dialogue trees.
onemanasylum
Banned
The amount of NPC's with dialog in those pale compared to an RPG. Nor do they have dialog trees.
PeterLegend
Member
They'd much rather have Fallout 4 graphics and animations lol
Jawbreaker
Member
You'll have to better explain what you mean. Starting off by saying they "look like trash" isn't going to make for good conversation or replies.
Primethius
Banned
Mafia has got some great facial animation.
But I would like to point out that it's actual gameplay animations are pretty damn bad. It's like two different games.
Garrett Hawke
Member
this one is a perfect example of the facial animation not being too hot. it stands out especially BECAUSE of how impressive the models/textures/materials are
Jack The Nipper
Banned
not really liking the look of the characters. Reminds me of that cg change in the ads and box art of the early 2000s to recent
Unaha-Closp
Member
This releases the day before my BIrthday, Nier Automata is 9 days later and then Mass Effect Andromeda is 13 days after or the like but but but then Persona 5 hits very early April.
Sweet Baby Jesus
yeah exactly. I mean its obviously a big open world game, this requires a lot of work and they have coded some fantastic animations, though.
Grand Theft Auto wasn't bad for a last gen game too. But I think there's a distinction between an open world RPG and and open world game, the dialog can often change in RPGs depending on your choices or what side quests you did or skipped.
NHarmonic.
Member
Wow, gotg contender. Looks fucking amazing.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
True.
Most games have really bad facial animation outside of cutscenes, regardless of genre.
Oh yea if we're talking about RPGs the closest point of comparison would be ME:A and Witcher 3.
I still think it won't require 45 hours to complete 100%. Definitely more.
forknknife
Banned
I was not that impressed somehow. The hair constantly moving is fake looking and distracting and there's a lot of clipping, pop-in and artifacts. I think it's a case in which it looks much better in stills than in video.
17 Seconds
Banned
i want to get excited about this game, but i just can't shake the open world checklist vibes i get from it.
Most single player games have issues pulling this off, not open world games.
You're right. My bad. I guess what I mean is that a lot of the design in that trailer contribute to the feeling of a believable world. Many of those character designs feel toy like in a world that is supposed to be grounded. They're execution on their "robot parts meets tribal dress" shtick feels really shallow to me i guess? The designs feel overwrought and ridiculous in a way that is not at all self-aware. I just don't buy into the world.
these are the ones i'm talking about in particular. Not the main character so much but all the other characters in these images. This is just a slice of what i'm talking about. im I crazy?
MaKTaiL
Member
Does it matter? It's still all in-game. If they chose to add line options for you to choose it wouldn't change a thing.
You're right. My bad. I guess what I mean is that a lot of the design in that trailer contribute to the feeling of a believable world. Many of those character designs feel toy like in a world that is supposed to be grounded. They're execution on their "robot parts meets tribal dress" shtick feels really shallow to me i guess? The designs feel overwrought and ridiculous in a way that is not at all self-aware. I just don't buy into the world.
these are the ones i'm talking about in particular. Not the main character so much but all the other characters in these images. This is just a slice of what i'm talking about. im I crazy?
Personally I love it as the combination of random pieces of left over tech, metals and other elements with the tribal aspect looks really cool and is not something we see very often as a lot of post apocalyptic games are much closer to the actual apocalypse.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Some of that facial animation during dialogue looks a bit weak. I think my biggest concern is that everything about the writing looks generic and boring as can be. I don't mind having some kind of very archetypal man-machine-corruption story, but I do mind that everything sounds so bland and so poorly written.
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