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[olimario]

Impressive.

 

[RonaldoSan]

Fuck yes! Is this all dx9?

 

[Minotauro]

Jesus Christ, it looks like an action figure.

 

[number386]

Nice, whats the resolution on that?

 

[cybamerc]

The excessive light bloom looks ridiculous.

 

[dark10x]

I still do not understand why so many people seem to hate bloom lighting with such a passion...

 

[Funky Papa]

Bloom lightning is only bad when used in excess, it looks fine here IMHO. I am still surprised about how the first complain about this awesome pic did not came from GAF's normal mapping hate club.

 

[cybamerc]

I still do not understand why so many people seem to hate bloom lighting with such a passion...

I don't hate it when used properly. This looks like shit.

 

[belgurdo]

I still do not understand why so many people seem to hate bloom lighting with such a passion...

It's as overused and played out as cel-shading, and is usually used as a cheap and distracting way to hide modelling flaws.

The picture here is fine though, although someone should tell the devs that fabric usually ain't that coarse

 

[Stinkles]

I like excessive bloom, since weird and artificial as it is, it's much more like the types of contrast and sunlight you encounter in real life. Think about how painful it is to look straight at the sky, even on a slightly overcast day. It's the same type of thinking that makes me play no Hud/cockpit in driving or flying games - it better recreates peripheral vision and real-life visual awareness.

 

[Doc Savage]

I am ready for the next gen!!!!!! This is the worst time, being months before all the unveiling of new hardware and technology. The wait is agonizing!

 

[Elios83]

As someone has just said it looks like an action figure
Very impressive technically speaking.
I think this techonlogy+ artistically skilled developers ( aka japanese developers) will allow next generation games to have life-like graphics (well...something like that )

 

[Tunesmith]

nice!

 

[SteveMeister]

Looks good, but I want to see 5-10 of these guys, some bots and some human-controlled, running around a detailed terrain with weapons fire, visual effects, sound, etc...

 

[Of All Trades]

Jesus Christ, it looks like an action figure.

Bringing me one step closer to my dream of a UT mod where you control a giant hand that picks up models and bangs them against other models, knocking them over, all while making "BEW BEW BEW PKKKKKKKKK E-E-E-E-E-E" sounds.

Version 1.1 of the mod will contain the Lincoln Log Launcher.

 

[dark10x]

It's as overused and played out as cel-shading, and is usually used as a cheap and distracting way to hide modelling flaws.

The picture here is fine though, although someone should tell the devs that fabric usually ain't that coarse

I don't think it should be compared with cel-shading, though. Moving towards a cel-shaded design requires an entire shift in the type of art you are generating. This is not the case with bloom lighting.

While not entirely realistic, I do enjoy the "dream-like" appearance that heavy bloom lighting brings to the table as well as the more subtle uses.

The lighting presented in the pic above is certainly more realistic looking than it would be had they completely skipped out on the effect.

 

[Zilch]

As someone has just said it looks like an action figure
Very impressive technically speaking.
I think this techonlogy+ artistically skilled developers ( aka japanese developers) will allow next generation games to have life-like graphics (well...something like that )

ARTISTICALLY SKILLED JAPANESE DEVELOPERS WHAT

 

[cybamerc]

I like excessive bloom, since weird and artificial as it is, it's much more like the types of contrast and sunlight you encounter in real life.

There's nothing realistic about this effect. It looks like he's glowing.

 

[Gek54]

 

[nightez]

Looks like a render.

Why isnt the shot taken from actual gameplay with other characters and objects on screen.

 

[Zaptruder]

Bloom lighting aside...

The animation will probably suck compared to the model. suck bad too

oh well.

 

[bitwise]

I think this techonlogy+ artistically skilled developers ( aka japanese developers) will allow next generation games to have life-like graphics (well...something like that )

eh, jap developers aren't the only ones with skills. you really believe that?

 

[Kuroyume]

Looks like he is holding a car engine in his hands....

 

[PhatSaqs]

Cant wait to see next-gen in game footage.

GDC PLEASE!

 

[Guns N' Poops]

Looks like a render.

Why isnt the shot taken from actual gameplay with other characters and objects on screen.

It's not a render. You can see small jaggies.

 

[SantaC]

nice, but they need to get rid of the plastic gun look.

 

[Gek54]

nice, but they need to get rid of the plastic gun look.

In future, plasma cannons are composit.

 

[Rhage]

Looks great, aside from the gun.

But wake me up when we see a REAL screenshot, or the game in action.

 

[Borys]

Very OMFG-like impressive but it's just one model on a black background. Show me a 64-player Assault screen with this kind of graphics.

Na-ah. Won't do.

 

[Blimblim]

Same screen in high res :

 

[Doom_Bringer]

I bet thats running on Xenon!

I wonder what game it is, Unreal Tournament 2005 or a new franchise starting Unreal series characters like Malcom?

 

[sonycowboy]

Looking at all of these next gen shots just reinforces to me how much my TV sucks!

It will be an insult to these systems to NOT have a 1080p HDTV next gen.

 

[funcojoe]

badass!

 

[xexex]

nice high polygon nose

 

[Blimblim]

I bet thats running on Xenon!

I wonder what game it is, Unreal Tournament 2005 or a new franchise starting Unreal series characters like Malcom?

The rumor says that these shots are from the new franchise game that should be announced real soon now. Nothing more than a rumor though.

 

[xexex]

It's not a render. You can see small jaggies.

i was just gonna say

 

[Lord Error]

It looks great, and yet I hope not all the games will start looking like this, come next gen.

 

[cybamerc]

It will be an insult to these systems to NOT have a 1080p HDTV next gen.

Well... a 720p capable set should be sufficient for Xbox 2.

It's not a render. You can see small jaggies.

It's still a render.

 

[Doc Savage]

The char model has been shown before, It's just now they are showing him holding the new render of the flak cannon. I hope they unveil more of this title very soon, there was some video footage showing some of the larger creatures in an outdoor enviroment that was pretty expansive. The video quality was a little on the low end though. Does anybody else remember or am I just imagining things.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

Impressive, PC gaming is about to make another quake 3 like jump with this new engine out there next year.

 

[ram]

looks very good - now we need only some talented character designer stuff.

 

[element]

It's still a render.

how is it a render?

Did they click the 'render' button in maya? No
Did they click the 'render' button in XSI? No
Did they take a screenshot while running the game engine with that model being displayed in realtime? YES

Not a render. Directly from the game engine.

 

[xexex]

It's still a render.

hey look, another render :lol

 

[cybamerc]

Not a render. Directly from the game engine.

What do you think a render is?

 

[1337]

It's not that superb like some of the guys here try to make you think. It's not an ingame or fmv sequance shot and thereby complety irrelevant. There are way better renders released, even a few years ago there were better renders available.

 

[element]

What do you think a render is?

the way you are trying to describe this is that it isn't real-time. That they are somehow tricking everyone that Pixar did it at the renderfarm.

 

[cybamerc]

the way you are trying to describe this is that it isn't real-time.

No. I merely corrected someone who mistakenly believed it isn't a render because he could see jaggies.

 

[element]

No. I merely corrected someone who mistakenly believed it isn't a render because he could see jaggies.

by your description everything displayed on a monitor is a render. all pieces of art are a 'rendering'.
just happens that people make the association in terms of computer art that render = not real time. so watch your words.

 

[cybamerc]

element:

> by your description everything displayed on a monitor is a render.

What description?

> all pieces of art are a 'rendering'.

No.

> just happens that people make the association in terms of computer art that render =
> not real time. so watch your words.

Why? It's not my problem that people don't know the meaning of a word.

 

[Tellaerin]

element:

> by your description everything displayed on a monitor is a render.

What description?

> all pieces of art are a 'rendering'.

No.

Yes.

Go look it up. For someone who's arguing definitions, you're awfully ignorant. I can render an image in pencils, or watercolors, or pixels, which would make the result a rendering.

> just happens that people make the association in terms of computer art that render =
> not real time. so watch your words.

Why? It's not my problem that people don't know the meaning of a word.

Since you apparently don't know the meaning of the word yourself, I'd suggest you take Element's advice. If you insist on using the term that way even after being reminded of how it's commonly understood here, it'll be clear that you're stealth-trolling.