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PD0's Joanna!?

Amir0x said:
This is the chick who played Joanna in the commercials... hair is kinda similar, right? Except color...

michele_merkin_l2.jpg


Obsure info....that's a 8 on the geek meter. Nice one! :D
 
Wow thats a hot picture, id be happy if they get anything close to that level of detail in game.


As oli pointed out (with PN03) it is possible, its not the same as sports because Joanna will definitely be 10x more detailed than any other model in the game.

Cant say how much more excited i am for thursday than i was this morning.
 
It's not Velvet Dark.

1) www.velvetdark.com has led to Rare's website since PD came out on the N64 and Velvet Dark was rumored to be the name of the sequel

2) Velvet is blonde

3) The story has been confirmed to focus on a young Joanna going on her first mission with her dad

4) This is a realistic version of the anime redesign. She has the same hair and all.
 
Velvetdark.com info:

Domain Name: velvetdark.com

Created on..............: Thu, Jun 24, 2004
Expires on..............: Sat, Jun 24, 2006
Record last updated on..: Fri, Nov 19, 2004
 
What are you guys smoking? That doesn't look like it's modeling individual strands of hair. It looks like some polygons with transparency effects layered on top of each other to give the illusion of a mass of strands. Look at Reiko Nagase's hair in the RR5 intro. I think that's kinda what's going on here. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a reason they're clumped together like that. Looks real to me. I don't see the point in releasing renders at this stage in the game. Are they gonna tease us with renders? I hope now. I'd hate to be proven wrong, b/c it looks like that's something we should expect from a next-gen face demo. PEACE.
 
Why the hell is everyone so hyped for this game? I thought general concencus was that the original was pretty dissapointing. And it certainly didn't sell as much as expected, there were tons of copies to be had for ~$10 new a year or so after it came out. Now all of a sudden it's some megaton franchise?
 
An interesting mix between the two styles, but I still prefer the short-haired, brown-haired Joanna.

This game should kick so much fucking ass.
 
What makes you say it's definately not hand drawn ? There's absolutely nothing here that couldn't be easily replicated by anyone with decent skills with oils and airbrushes.

Now, this is a render:

arnolfini-detail.jpg



And real time ?...well, actually it might get very close to this in a tech demo (think of Shenmue passport models and imagine 10x...) but i don't even think this is genuine 3D...unless there's some photoshop-artistic filter applied to the image
 
Shig said:
Why the hell is everyone so hyped for this game? I thought general concencus was that the original was pretty dissapointing. And it certainly didn't sell as much as expected, there were tons of copies to be had for ~$10 new a year or so after it came out. Now all of a sudden it's some megaton franchise?

I have no idea... console FPS fans are a strange breed.

If you like FPS games BUY A PC!

[console_FPS_fan]OMG WTF DRIVERS??@!?[/console_FPS_fan]
 
If it were third person, that would be cool. If not, it really doesn't matter what she looks like except for cutscenes.
 
looks alright. I dont like what I hear about it playing like "counterstrike". It sounds like MS is trying to push people into buying Xbox Live again.
 
Flo_Evans said:
I have no idea... console FPS fans are a strange breed.

If you like FPS games BUY A PC!

[console_FPS_fan]OMG WTF DRIVERS??@!?[/console_FPS_fan]

No, If I can play it with a piece of HW valued on 150$.
btw I remember a recent rumor about this game it was supposed to have a similar look to TS.
 
seismologist said:
looks alright. I dont like what I hear about it playing like "counterstrike". It sounds like MS is trying to push people into buying Xbox Live again.

This isn't a bad thing, considering the multiplayer aspect of Halo 2 is easily the best thing about it.
 
Flo_Evans said:
I have no idea... console FPS fans are a strange breed.

If you like FPS games BUY A PC!

[console_FPS_fan]OMG WTF DRIVERS??@!?[/console_FPS_fan]

Buy a PC?

What, so it costs 1000+ bucks to play FPS games? I have a PC. PC's, when done right for gaming, are expensive.

Drivers are indeed a pain in the ass. Consoles are reliable. PCs are not. Drivers, cost, unreliability, having to install a game... - all make the PC suck for gaming compared to the consoles.

Anyway, back on topic. IT'S NOT A RENDER! (at least thats what I think)
 
WordAssassin said:
4) This is a realistic version of the anime redesign. She has the same hair and all.


and rare continues to copy nintendo.

zelda goes cell shading... PD goes cell shading.

zelda gets mature... PD gets mature.


;)
 
trmas said:
If it were third person, that would be cool. If not, it really doesn't matter what she looks like except for cutscenes.


I disagree, even if you cant see them you still want to be playing an awesome character, Master Chief is the prime example, Halo wouldnt be the same game if he were just another marine.

And part of creating that "i love playing as this character" feeling is the right look.



So this is a good start imo.
 
Amir0x said:
This isn't a bad thing, considering the multiplayer aspect of Halo 2 is easily the best thing about it.

Like I said all along Halo 2 was like one big infomercial for Xbox Live.

I hope they dont pull this with Perfect Dark.
 
i never played the original, but reading about it, the one thing i like is that the multiplayer was deathmatch based, not focused on squad stuff (i guess that was because it had to be split screened)... hopefully they retain some good deathmatch elements in this version, i am totally sick of squad based bullshit, i just like to hop online and frag people. with all the crazy weapons, it sounds like the original perfect dark was one hell of a deathmatch game.

i love the look and i like the way they melded the anime style with a realistic style. she looks hot.
 
quadriplegicjon said:
and rare continues to copy nintendo.

zelda goes cell shading... PD goes cell shading.

zelda gets mature... PD gets mature.


;)

PD0 was going to be celshaded LONG before Zelda. It had the anime look when it was going to be a launch title for the GCN from what I've heard.

But I get what you're saying. :p

Nintendo:
Zelda 2001 -> PSYCHE! Winder Waker -> Zelda 2005

Rare:
PD 2001 render -> PSYCHE! Cel shaded! -> PD0 realistic look?

About the timesplitters comment...

It could be that this picture is an airbrused photo of a real woman. Then there would be the in-game graphics version (the anime, TS look) and then for promotional shit, this chick that looks like a real version. Just like they did with the N64 game.
 
Shig said:
Why the hell is everyone so hyped for this game? I thought general concencus was that the original was pretty dissapointing. And it certainly didn't sell as much as expected, there were tons of copies to be had for ~$10 new a year or so after it came out. Now all of a sudden it's some megaton franchise?
Did you even play Perfect Dark? The multiplayer is awesome. I remember the days when my friend would go vs 8 sims. Or team batttles. There was so many options you could change to make any game you want. Remember the infamous matrix mode? Hahaha loved playing my friends with that.
 
It's amazing, it's the same people on the same side of the fence, throwing barbs. Gotta love GAF. IF that is real, then holy shit
 
About the picture...it still looks pretty cartoonish to me. Which makes me think it's not a render. Next gen Madden sort of has that same look to it.
 
eso76 said:
What makes you say it's definately not hand drawn ? There's absolutely nothing here that couldn't be easily replicated by anyone with decent skills with oils and airbrushes.

Now, this is a render:

arnolfini-detail.jpg



And real time ?...well, actually it might get very close to this in a tech demo (think of Shenmue passport models and imagine 10x...) but i don't even think this is genuine 3D...unless there's some photoshop-artistic filter applied to the image
Oh look an RE4 reference....
 
Shig said:
Why the hell is everyone so hyped for this game? I thought general concencus was that the original was pretty dissapointing. And it certainly didn't sell as much as expected, there were tons of copies to be had for ~$10 new a year or so after it came out. Now all of a sudden it's some megaton franchise?


wow.. calm down. breathe. its gaming.
 
seriously if this is what she looks like in-game then I will be suitably impressed with what next-gen can do. This is a first-gen game, too, and we still haven't even seen what Rev and PS3 will offer. I mean, this would be genuinely great imho. RARE would get mucho props in my book.
 
Amir0x said:
seriously if this is what she looks like in-game then I will be suitably impressed with what next-gen can do. This is a first-gen game, too, and we still haven't even seen what Rev and PS3 will offer. I mean, this would be genuinely great imho. RARE would get mucho props in my book.

Yeah, in-game graphics like this would blow my mind. I don't even like First Person Shooters...but this shit right here looks hot.

*hops on hype wagon*

Take me away, GAF. Take me far away.
 
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