BenjaminBirdie
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Thanks, Blim, for the warning, as I will never read that spoiler!
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Blue Dragon (Xbox360) |OT|
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Yeah, and it's even better in some other places I don't want to show and spoil here.jet1911 said:Wow, great ligthing. :O
When it's good, BD's lighting is the best I've ever seen in a game, ever. The one place I don't want to show here is the first time in my gaming career I honestly thought it looked as good as a Pixar movie. It's just incredible. When it's average, it's still better than 99% of other games.
Very little backtracking, if any. As for the speed of dev, I'll just post this again:pswii60 said:
Main credits: 32 people (also credited elsewhere for the most part)
Voice actors: 39
Microsoft: 18 (marketing and also audio/art/game design)
Mistwalker: 9 (marketing/vp)
Artoon: ~300 (that's crazy!)
Music: 15
Recording: 7
Sound: 8
CG (Robot) : 3
Story Unit ufo table: 5
CG Unit Shirogomi Inc: 45
Jet Studio: 7
Live Company LTD: 9
Sunny Gapen LTD: 3
Print: 3
Test: 13
Microsoft Games Studio: 39
Microsoft: 11
Microsoft tests: ~60
And a breakdown of Artoon's art team:
32 character&monster modelers
62 animators
30 town modelers
21 dungeons modelers
12 misc modelers
37 realtime cutscenes motion artists
Yeah. Though there are still quite a lot of issues to fix before I can use this hardware as easily as the old one. Time to buy some more video cables and stuff. YayManp said:WOW Blim, your new capture hardware seems to be doing an amazing job! say goodbye to the blurry look of the old captures
vspectra06
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Thanks Blim, looks awesome. Personally I like the way they use DOF.
Anyway, does the game still have motion blur on the character movements or anywhere else? I remember when Sakaguchi first talked about the game, and he mentioned there was motion blur on the characters.
Anyway, does the game still have motion blur on the character movements or anywhere else? I remember when Sakaguchi first talked about the game, and he mentioned there was motion blur on the characters.
Blimblim said:
Well I think what is more impressive than the speed of development is not just the fact that they used such a big budget to recruit so many people to work on the project, but the fact that they successfully managed the project (and the gigantic team) and got the game out there to critical acclaim.
I just hope Lost Odyssey turns out every bit as great. Can't wait to get stuck in to Blue Dragon, can't come soon enough
Manp
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Blimblim said:Yeah. Though there are still quite a lot of issues to fix before I can use this hardware as easily as the old one. Time to buy some more video cables and stuff. Yay
don't even want to know how much it costs you... capture hw, cables and the pc that goes after that for storage (i've read you talking about a future 2TB upgrade, damn!) and encoding
I'll try to do that this week-end, though it might be better to just wait for the english subtitled (asia version) of the game and just play through it againThoren said:
You don't want to know. Heck, I don't want to know either. Anyway, the most important part for me was to be able to capture directly in 720p resolution and not having to go through the 1080i->720p conversion which was the only way to get an acceptable quality with my old hardware. And of course 1080i worked nicely with the 360, not so much with lots of PS3 games...Manp said:don't even want to know how much it costs you... capture hw, cables and the pc that goes after that for storage (i've read you talking about a future 2TB upgrade, damn!) and encoding
typhonsentra
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Any word on a Limited Edition/Pre-Order bonus?
InsertCredit
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Oh boi....
Gamersyde is gonna rock so hard.
Gamersyde is gonna rock so hard.
dirtmonkey37
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Great job Blim.
Anyways, I'm curious if the comments about Blue Dragon in Milky's recent blog have any truth to them. You know, how he mentioned that Blue Dragon just plain-out sucks.
Anyways, I'm curious if the comments about Blue Dragon in Milky's recent blog have any truth to them. You know, how he mentioned that Blue Dragon just plain-out sucks.
Eteric Rice
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If Microsoft doesn't drop the price soon, my head will explode without this game.
MS DO EET!
MS DO EET!
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
This game will push me over the edge and get me to re-buy a 360
The water is so prettyz
The water is so prettyz
dirtmonkey37
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FootNinja said:This game will push me over the edge and get me to re-buy a 360
The water is so prettyz
Why would you sell it in the first place?
I dont know if people know about this, but its rumored that the sequal may be an online game:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/783/783061p1.html
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/783/783061p1.html
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
ps3 funds ><dirtmonkey37 said:
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
FootNinja said:
kicking yourself now. haha
dirtmonkey37
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FootNinja said:
Ouch. I wouldn't have done that if I were you. Especially when the 360's truly hitting it's prime. From mid '07 (about now) to mid '08, the 360 will see the release of multiple groundbreaking and high profile titles. You're missing out.
AKingNamedPaul
I am Homie
Which ground breaking titles?dirtmonkey37 said:
goldenpp72
Member
too many to list.
Eteric Rice
Member
goldenpp72 said:
Ground breaking titles? Not really.
Really, really good games? There are lots!
I want them so.
dirtmonkey37
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CAPCOWNED said:
I feel Blue Dragon is ground breaking from what I've read about and played of it. Have you played Blue Dragon?
Blue Dragon, like God of War, doesn't do anything new per se, but once again, from what I've read, it does everything right. Aesthetically it is amazing and technologically it is head-over-heels above many other games out there according to the press, Blim's impressions (and pictures), and my own impressions. Let's not forget about the amazing sense of scale and extremely high production values. But forget all that if you want: it's the first next-gen RPG to truly realize the concept of making a fully living, breathing world from what I've heard.
Let's go back to the list of groundbreaking games:
Thoren said:
Mass Effect. I don't need to explain this one.
Fable 2 " "
Alan Wake. Because of its story, physics, and unprecedented sense of atmosphere working harmoniously with the breathtaking visuals, I'm willing to wager that Alan Wake will be a revolutionary experience.
Too Human. I'm sure the footage did the game justice. SK is doing so many "groundbreaking" worthy things with this title, it's hard to list them all. Here's one: seamlessly blending film and interactive software into one in a new, fresh way.
Halo 3. The online portion is what will be groundbreaking. Taking what people thought an online console game was and evolving that to a disturbing degree into something brilliant that no one has seen done before.
Just a few.
However, I will admit that my use of "groundbreaking" is somewhat incorrect. There are actually just more "amazing" games than there are "groundbreaking," because groundbreaking denotes something that revolutionizes, not something that's brilliantly and artfully crafted.
Excuse me for the confusion.
CAPCOWNED said:
Too Human
Bioshock
Mass Effect
Are about as groundbreaking as you get in the video game world, all three claim to be offering new experiences never really seen before.
Bioshock with it's variety of of gameplay possibilities which they claim to be extremely diverse.
Mass Effect with it's huge universe, natural dialogue system, and evolutionary evil/good/neutral system.
Too Human with creating a game that is closer to immersing you in the feel of a movie than we have ever seen before.
dirtmonkey37
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CAPCOWNED said:
Just because it doesn't implement any new gameplay mechanics innovates more than that "other" game doesn't mean a title cannot be "groundbreaking."
Groundbreaking: being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before
-Wordnet 3.0
Taking that into account, from reading various reviews (Play) and previews (IGN) and playing the game for myself, I can confidently conclude that Blue Dragon is a groundbreaking next-generation RPG experience.
Blue Dragon is something that has not been "experienced...before." Because of its graphical and aesthetic prowess, it manages to realize a 3D interactive world, filled with life and secrets about better than any RPG before. It immerses the player like "nothing done...before" all wrapped around a shiny cellophane wrapper of RPG gameplay that takes the old and dissolves it in some fresh, "nothing done...before" ideas.
Once again, this is what I have read in previews, reviews, and what I can infer from my ten-minute demo of the game. Take it with a grain of salt, but I have my own reasons to believe Blue Dragon will be groundbreaking.
jj984jj said:
I have managed to get us back on track!Karma Kramer
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oo Kosma oo said:Doesn anyone know how good the soundtrack is? I've heard that most of it is awesome (except crappy singing @ boss battles).
I really need to hear some samples though
WHAT!
The Boss Battle songs by Ian Gillan are ****ing fantastic.
dirtmonkey37
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oo Kosma oo said:Doesn anyone know how good the soundtrack is? I've heard that most of it is awesome (except crappy singing @ boss battles).
I really need to hear some samples though
Check the earlier pages of this thread for some samples. I believe Blim put up some links to some (not sure if it was him though).
The music is excellent though. The melodies are so catchy and well composed.
dirtmonkey37
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Karma Kramer said:
I feel similarly. Many find it to be a cacaphonous mess. I guess at first it is a bit obnoxious, but when it grows on you, it's one of the coolest songs ever!
Holy crap!
I just found some link to the radiocast of mistwalker or something burried in this massive thread.
Soundtrack sounds like pure gold! I remember listening to FF7 soundtrack for months before it came out...can see the same thing happening here
*urge to buy OST overwhelming!*
I just found some link to the radiocast of mistwalker or something burried in this massive thread.
Soundtrack sounds like pure gold! I remember listening to FF7 soundtrack for months before it came out...can see the same thing happening here
*urge to buy OST overwhelming!*
dirtmonkey37
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oo Kosma oo said:Holy crap!
I just found some link to the radiocast of mistwalker or something burried in this massive thread.
Soundtrack sounds like pure gold! I remember listening to FF7 soundtrack for months before it came out...can see the same thing happening here
*urge to buy OST overwhelming!*
I told you it was amazing. That "cave" song is simply brilliant.