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[Vick]

this is a video form one of the many YT Channels that somehow are loosely connected to that whole Abandoned story.


Take a look at the shadows, there is something wrong with them ... there are no shadows where one would expect them (fence casting no shadows) or some shadows seem to dark or "flying" mid air (at arround 12 sec. in.)...

Although it looks like a camera recorded video could this maybe instead have been a rendered Scene?

Yes, this is a computer generated, real time video. I can give examples of what to look for, but it's more interesting to let people discover for them selves.

Incredible the level of realism. Abandoned (Silent Hill) is going to be incredible!

FFFFUUUUUUUU That IS a pre-rendered scene! Boy, if this is what SH is gonna end up looking like.... the world is not ready

Definitely CG footage but also probably real time. Those trees looks so natural. No wonder Hasan is making such a big deal about the placeholder ones in the original video.

Show me one game forest that looks this realistic with every branch and twig being unique and lifelike. I'll wait.

It isn't. Look at the image I posted. Look at the headstones. You can see the polygons. Very similar visual style to PT. Very realistic at a distance but not so much up close. With the added grunt of the PS5 the realism is just that much higher though.

Watch the video again. The shadow on the big tree doesn't move. There are only 2 bugs flying. None of the leaves move at all. There are flowers at the Graves but no names on the headstones. I could go on. It's 100% CG.

I'm not linking this to Abandoned in any way, but come on man. Tell me where you're from and i'll find the nearest optometrist for you.

Just admit you're wrong. Even if there was a second source of light the camera light would dim the shadow. The light follows the camera and in a CG diffuse way rather than how even a large lantern style flashlight illuminates.

this is 100% CG i don't understand why for some is so hard to see it?

Maybe closing the Thread wasn't so bad of an idea, afterall.
You guys truly are crazy.

Very similar visual style to PT. Very realistic at a distance but not so much up close.

What the actual fuck..

This is how the game looks "up close", some from the extreme zoom only available when collecting the picture pieces.

 

[Wishmaster92]

https://www.nme.com/features/gaming...horror-game-its-not-what-people-think-3020184

Kahraman insists that Hideo Kojima is not involved with Abandoned. “No,” he said when asked directly. “No, absolutely not.”

But the man himself hasn’t exactly helped matters.

“A few days ago, Hideo Kojima posted on Twitter a doll of himself where he was zipped on a blue box and he was really vague with it,” said Kahraman. “Because a lot of people assumed that he was working on our Realtime Experience. This was after the delay, and he said ‘I wanted to change a few frames on the trailer, but everyone stay calm’. I think it was his way of trying to manage the craziness, to keep everyone calm, but other than that, we don’t really work with Kojima.”

I don’t even...

also Hasan confirmed this is UE5 there it is. The first console experience using UE5!!!

 

[rofif]

https://www.nme.com/features/gaming...horror-game-its-not-what-people-think-3020184

“At first, we said it was going to be an open world game,” he explained. “But with the high-quality graphics we have now, we had to sacrifice that. It’s not really open world anymore – it’s a linear story.”
but he said it will release this year.... and they just changed game from open world to linear? what.

Anyway - It is an indie survival shooter with thriller elements it seems. Like resident evil probably. Not stupid silent hill of mgs.
And it's UE5 so the demo we have on ps5.... is the first UE5 realtime thing on ps5

 

[ParaSeoul]

With what Geoff says in his Q&A and the Future Games Show hints,looks like it might be over soon.

 

[MudoSkills]

Why on earth has he given an interview to NME of all places? Hasan you nutter.

 

[Wishmaster92]

With what Geoff says in his Q&A and the Future Games Show hints,looks like it might be over soon.

Idk if we believe the interview then most stuff is not ready to be shown. I imagine most bugs came from the fact they’re using ue5.

Edit: actually....

The Cinematic Trailer will be very soon… like, really soon,” Kahraman revealed. “At first, we wanted to launch it at GamesCom but we just have to see if we can reach that. GamesCom is like, a week from now? We don’t want the same mistakes – we don’t want to announce a date and then make it really tight again for us. Because if we screw it up, then I think that it will be screwed up forever. We want to make sure that we don’t announce a date yet but it’s just really soon that the Cinematic Trailer will be up.”

Basically what we discussed yesterday. High probability this trailer is at geoffs event

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Why on earth has he given an interview to NME of all places? Hasan you nutter.

Yep. Also NME games section say they have proof!.....Because "Hasan" gave them an exclusive!! run down.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Just when I thought this couldn’t get dumber, there are posts thinking handheld camera footage is Abandoned and the greatest graphics ever.

keep it up, team real. You’re exceeding expectations.
I think you guys should get back to focusing on the floor texture.

 

[GuinGuin]

https://www.nme.com/features/gaming...horror-game-its-not-what-people-think-3020184

A few days ago, Hideo Kojima posted on Twitter a doll of himself where he was zipped on a blue box and he was really vague with it,” said Kahraman. “Because a lot of people assumed that he was working on our Realtime Experience. This was after the delay, and he said ‘I wanted to change a few frames on the trailer, but everyone stay calm’. I think it was his way of trying to manage the craziness, to keep everyone calm, but other than that, we don’t really work with Kojima.”

Don't really or don't?

 

[Wishmaster92]

Best interview of the game so far

People were like, ‘No, that’s a stock image, it was ripped from this website, I can tell’. The thing is, it’s actually a MetaHuman-powered character. He looks bald, but he actually has facial hair, and he has some hair as well. But it’s so blurred that you don’t see that. The reason it’s blurred is because we want to surprise people – we didn’t want to give it away, But people misunderstood that, so from now on we’re not going to blur anything anymore.”

Proceeds to insert a blurred image after the teaser...lol? Also confirmed to be using metahuman too.

 

[GuinGuin]

“I’m really depressed right now,” added Kahraman. “I can’t sleep, I can’t eat."

He literally just admitted he is an AI.

 

[TheGodfather07]

i have no idea whats going on anymore. this shit needs to end! unless this is something bigger, sony have absolutely fucked up here. they should have shut this down ages ago, instead of staying fucking silent all the time. im starting to agree with people that their communication is a fucking joke these days. i bet they'll give us a shitty state of play this week to announce the delay of horizon forbidden west and we wont hear from them again until next year.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

https://www.nme.com/features/gaming...horror-game-its-not-what-people-think-3020184

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

https://www.nme.com/features/gaming...horror-game-its-not-what-people-think-3020184

And yet, people are still reading this and thinking it’s still kojima. Unbelievable.

 

[GuinGuin]

i have no idea whats going on anymore. this shit needs to end! unless this is something bigger, sony have absolutely fucked up here. they should have shut this down ages ago, instead of staying fucking silent all the time. im starting to agree with people that their communication is a fucking joke these days.

Shu has said plenty. Whenever he's asked he just responds with an emoji. Why the hell would he want to spoil the ARG that Kojima spent almost a decade working on?

 

[TheGodfather07]

Shu has said plenty. Whenever he's asked he just responds with an emoji. Why the hell would he want to spoil the ARG that Kojima spent almost a decade working on?

its gone on too long. they should have just revealed it by now. with gamescom coming up soon, there isnt long left until we maybe find out but i honestly would not be surprised if we still know nothing by the end of the month. if that happens, i'll be jumping over to team fake.

 

[TheGodfather07]

It's not one reveal though. lol

The app is as Jeff grubb leaked and I myself have talked about is interactive real-time app where you can explore and find demo's and trailers to other titles that are going to be shown in greater length at this co-event. The app goes with the event Sony is planning.

So in one of the leaked screenshots there's a sign that says "God something" and pretty sure thats where you go to watch the new God of war trailer. Then you venture further and I bet there are clues to lead you to other game reveals as time goes on. I suspect you wont be able to view each one all at once. They want to keep the app going as a interactive experience, and in the social media. So I suspect we get to dissect clues then once people have gone through certain sections I bet sony will unlock the trailer once we hit specific % of completion.

It's super smart engagement. They did this a while back with a interactive PSX app and certain activities on PSN for you to unlock things.

where the hell did you get all this? also why is the app called abandoned? it would make sense if it was just for konami IP coming back but god of war?

 

[GuinGuin]

its gone on too long. they should have just revealed it by now. with gamescom coming up soon, there isnt long left until we maybe find out but i honestly would not be surprised if we still know nothing by the end of the month. if that happens, i'll be jumping over to team fake.

As long as people are talking about it then it hasn't gone on too long. This thread is proof it is working as intended. You remind me of the kids that start crying December 5th about why it can't be Christmas already.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

its gone on too long. they should have just revealed it by now. with gamescom coming up soon, there isnt long left until we maybe find out but i honestly would not be surprised if we still know nothing by the end of the month. if that happens, i'll be jumping over to team fake.

Come to us. Search your feelings. You know Team Fake is right.
I do kind of want this to continue, because Team Real are hilarious.
somewhere, right now, a team real member is whispering nonsense into the dual sense and entering random inputs thinking they’ll crack the app.

 

[M1chl]

That forest video is not CGI. There's a car or spotlight illuminating the cemetery, while the person is using a handheld cam or smartphone to record the scene with night mode enabled.

I think it would be one hell of a light source for camera, for starters...

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

I think it would be one hell of a light source for camera, for starters...

Such a light source is impossible, says man who lives in a world where very powerful lights exist.

 

[CityHunter1981]

Lol at the interview, if Hasan would be a real developer I assume they would get from him for the article a better photo instead of just using the cut out head of his profile picture.

 

[M1chl]

Such a light source is impossible, says man who lives in a world where very powerful lights exist.

To be portable and work for like a reasonable time on batteries? Not sure. But I am not a film making nerd, so I don't know.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Come to us. Search your feelings. You know Team Fake is right.
I do kind of want this to continue, because Team Real are hilarious.
somewhere, right now, a team real member is whispering nonsense into the dual sense and entering random inputs thinking they’ll crack the app.

im waiting until gamescom. if we know nothing more by than, i give you my word that i will jump ship to team fake.

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Lol at the interview, if Hasan would be a real developer I assume they would get from him for the article a better photo instead of just using the cut out head of his profile picture.

Whatever this whole Abandoned saga ends up being there is a long list of things wrong with this interview!

ETA: I feel a Shu style would be an appropriate response to the article.

 

[IntentionalPun]

its gone on too long. they should have just revealed it by now. with gamescom coming up soon, there isnt long left until we maybe find out but i honestly would not be surprised if we still know nothing by the end of the month. if that happens, i'll be jumping over to team fake.

Reveal what exactly?

You know in April all Hasan had was that asset flip trailer? He said the game changed because.. it was in early development then lol

He then claimed in June he had his app ready but it was pushed back due to localization...

And in August.. we get.. a 5 second teaser.

The guy is BS'sing; there is no real game to show. The dude has never created more than a small shitty demo for his past games that he bothered to release as a "game" and charge money for.. who knows how long that garbage took him to make.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Abandoned segment (timestamped):

 

[ParaSeoul]

Digital Foundry talking about Abandoned

 

[Beelzebubs]

I'm 100% team real but that footage is not CG. That's just a dude with a decent camera, a gimble and some decent image stabilisation. If I'm guessing, I'd probably say a Lumix series camera.

 

[ParaSeoul]

I'm 100% team real but that footage is not CG. That's just a dude with a decent camera, a gimble and some decent image stabilisation. If I'm guessing, I'd probably say a Lumix series camera.

We're gonna have to have three teams now,team real,team fake and team gullible.

 

[VN1X]

OMG I JUST FOUND THIS VIDEO!!

 

[GuinGuin]

I'm 100% team real but that footage is not CG. That's just a dude with a decent camera, a gimble and some decent image stabilisation. If I'm guessing, I'd probably say a Lumix series camera.

Explain the static shadow and lack of any cone of illumination.

 

[Mr Moose]

Explain the static shadow and lack of any cone of illumination.

A car behind the camera guy illuminating the area.

 

[Alebrije]

Abandoned segment (timestamped):

Abandoned segment (timestamped):

DF lined to Teamreal...

 

[ParaSeoul]

DF lined to Teamreal...

Of course,it is the correct position.

 

[rofif]

DF lined to Teamreal...

and that's before all revealing NME interview.
I am back to #teamfake - just an indie game

 

[IntentionalPun]

And what exactly is the link between Blue Box and this YouTube account people keep posting?

And I mean; with links/receipts.. because people keep making claims about it w/o any info backing it lol

 

[Outrunner]

Explain the static shadow and lack of any cone of illumination.

That's just a guy with a camera, don't be delusional.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Arguing about whether a tree is real or fake now. Love it. So…….Sony event announced tomorrow for Thursday?

 

[VN1X]

I think it's probably one of walking videos posted by this guy..
Rambalac - YouTube
Like this one:

Why would you do this?!

Shit's already too terrifying to watch let alone actually do. *shudders*

 

[GuinGuin]

A car behind the camera guy illuminating the area.

Nope. Watch it again. If there was a car behind the iron fence would also be in shadow on the tree. The angle of where the source of light would have to be coming from to cast that shadow is shown earlier in the video. Also look at the shadow from the headstone earlier in the video. It is facing away from the camera and the shadow on the tree is facing right of camera. If there was a car illuminating the area the tombstone shadow would also be right of camera.

 

[CrustyBritches]

Rich's reaction to the "trailer update" was funny. Like, "Kill me now." Then he just casually moved on to the next subject.

 

[K2D]

Please tell me all of you who are being amazed at this forest video are trolling

This is the stupidest shit I've seen in a thread packed full of stupid shit.

It's a handheld camera.

I think it's probably one of walking videos posted by this guy..
Rambalac - YouTube
Like this one:

That forest video is not CGI. There's a car or spotlight illuminating the cemetery, while the person is using a handheld cam or smartphone to record the scene with night mode enabled.

I had a bit of difficulty highlighting in this gif, but if you pay attention to the guys shadow in 4k, you'll notice hickups in the shadow. Shadows are notorious for giving away realism.

There's also som noise in the dark background parts in the very beginning of the video, opposite side of the screen.

Can't prove this is related to Abandoned, but it definitely isn't a camera shot.

 

[Mr Moose]

Nope. Watch it again. If there was a car behind the iron fence would also be in shadow on the tree. The angle of where the source of light would have to be coming from to cast that shadow is shown earlier in the video. Also look at the shadow from the headstone earlier in the video. It is facing away from the camera and the shadow on the tree is facing right of camera. If there was a car illuminating the area the tombstone shadow would also be right of camera.

The trees remain illuminated as the camera passes by.
It's just some weird video, like these: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIMisE5Dbg8S7BbigYwsbcw
Edit: Not sure if the link above has been posted already, but it's linked from that videos channel, so yeah, it's real not CG.

 

[Beelzebubs]

Explain the static shadow and lack of any cone of illumination.

You can see there's multiple lightsources when looking at the branch in 1 as it is being lit from 2 different directions. The lightsource to the left is a lot stronger and the central one (affixed to the camera) isn't as strong. The branch at 2 also confirms the multiple lightsources. Once again, I'm team real but you're seeing shit that isn't even there.

 

[baphomet]

Nope. Watch it again. If there was a car behind the iron fence would also be in shadow on the tree. The angle of where the source of light would have to be coming from to cast that shadow is shown earlier in the video. Also look at the shadow from the headstone earlier in the video. It is facing away from the camera and the shadow on the tree is facing right of camera. If there was a car illuminating the area the tombstone shadow would also be right of camera.

Jesus Christ.

There's a flashlight on the camera as well.

And people in here are wondering why no TeamFake people post much anymore. It's because it's filled with actual fucking gibberish with no basis in reality. You get dumber by actually reading this shit.

You guys will be posting in here looking at the fully released Abandoned game trying to figure out how to unlock Silent Hill. Any time Kojima mentions a door or the color blue there will be pages of the dumbest human thought ever known trying to figure out what it means.

 

[rofif]

Nope. Watch it again. If there was a car behind the iron fence would also be in shadow on the tree. The angle of where the source of light would have to be coming from to cast that shadow is shown earlier in the video. Also look at the shadow from the headstone earlier in the video. It is facing away from the camera and the shadow on the tree is facing right of camera. If there was a car illuminating the area the tombstone shadow would also be right of camera.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Y'all are analyzing a video on a channel that has nothing to do w/ Abandoned.

Prove me wrong. <3

 

[baphomet]

I had a bit of difficulty highlighting in this gif, but if you pay attention to the guys shadow in 4k, you'll notice hickups in the shadow. Shadows are notorious for giving away realism.

There's also som noise in the dark background parts in the very beginning of the video, opposite side of the screen.

Can't prove this is related to Abandoned, but it definitely isn't a camera shot.

it is a camera shot.

it's OBVIOUSLY a camera shot.

 

[Outrunner]

I had a bit of difficulty highlighting in this gif, but if you pay attention to the guys shadow in 4k, you'll notice hickups in the shadow. Shadows are notorious for giving away realism.

There's also som noise in the dark background parts in the very beginning of the video, opposite side of the screen.

Can't prove this is related to Abandoned, but it definitely isn't a camera shot.

Those artifacts because camera is in night mode...