The Art Style and Graphics Discussion
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Jadeinchains
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The game really does look great so far from what they've shown.
Ready for some Shadow of the Colossus photos? 
Don't be surprised, after the very bright and colorful Horizon Zero Dawn, I've now got my dark and moody phase. The game does also have its bright and colorful places, but so far the melancholic places intrigued me the most. The atmosphere in this game you can cut with a knife.
More inside the spoiler:
I do also have some critique though. Wander's blank, waxy gameplay (in cutscenes it is fine) face makes it nearly impossible to take good pictures with him from the front. :/ You will notice that it will be 95% back views from this point on.
The photomode has some depth, but it doesn't reach The Order 1886's, Uncharted 4's or Horizon's depth. Which is weird, because they really made a fuss about the photomode in this game in promotion.
Last but not least it feels a bit clunky. I'm still wrestling with it a lot. Some camera angles the system just refuses to do.
Don't be surprised, after the very bright and colorful Horizon Zero Dawn, I've now got my dark and moody phase. The game does also have its bright and colorful places, but so far the melancholic places intrigued me the most. The atmosphere in this game you can cut with a knife.
More inside the spoiler:
I do also have some critique though. Wander's blank, waxy gameplay (in cutscenes it is fine) face makes it nearly impossible to take good pictures with him from the front. :/ You will notice that it will be 95% back views from this point on.
The photomode has some depth, but it doesn't reach The Order 1886's, Uncharted 4's or Horizon's depth. Which is weird, because they really made a fuss about the photomode in this game in promotion.
Last but not least it feels a bit clunky. I'm still wrestling with it a lot. Some camera angles the system just refuses to do.
I'd actually be genuinely interested to see those. Everything I've seen from the original game is always very drab and gray.
Unless by "bright and colorful" you mean "raped by bloom," in which case I'll pass.
The game in general doesn't really apply extensive bloom. Only if you stare directly into sun glimpsing through the clouds. Bluepointgames don't seem to share Gendesign's/Fumito Ueda's fondness for nuclear fallout bloom, lol.
Photos of brighter places will come a bit later.
Jadeinchains
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Ready for some Shadow of the Colossus photos?
More inside the spoiler:
I do also have some critique though. Wander's blank, waxy gameplay (in cutscenes it is fine) face makes it nearly impossible to take good pictures with him from the front. :/ You will notice that it will be 95% back views from this point on.
The photomode has some depth, but it doesn't reach The Order 1886's, Uncharted 4's or Horizon's depth. Which is weird, because they really made a fuss about the photomode in this game in promotion.
Last but not least it feels a bit clunky. I'm still wrestling with it a lot. Some camera angles the system just refuses to do.
They look great!
I'm interested in seeing the more vibrant places too wince when I played the game for a short while a long time ago I only saw the greyer areas and same with videos I've watched. I didn't know about the forest either that was shown in videos for this until you started to post them.
Haha, Brute is going to love this! Since you have lots of options to play with filters and intensities, people already found a way to petty much emulate the nuclear fallout bloom of the original SotC in the remake:
This will make many happy as there have been indeed many that I've seen that lamented not having their retinas melted by bloom in the remake.
Since you have lots of options to play with filters and intensities, people already found a way to petty much emulate the nuclear fallout bloom of the original SotC in the remake:This will make many happy as there have been indeed many that I've seen that lamented not having their retinas melted by bloom in the remake.
Jadeinchains
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Have to say I actually like that intense bloom filter that it has, It gives It a kinda ethereal look.
Jadeinchains
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I love the forest in this game, it is so lush, overgrown and dense. It's depth is intimidating.
Okay yeah this area looks really gorgeous, I love areas like this, Those trees look so tall. The fog really adds to it as well It's like the lost woods or something. I like the kinda swampy look to it as well with the water. Last night I was watching a stream of someone playing through the game and then playing through the ps2 version and the differences are really crazy. ( They didn't play through the entire game. )
Jadeinchains
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Always loved the look of that colossus, So insanely beautiful and majestic. Shame on Warden. And great photos.
Who is this "Warden" and why should he be ashamed?
Is this like this "Lisa" girl who you keep talking about and who doesn't really exist?
Jadeinchains
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Wait?!... Isn't the protagonists name Warden? XDD Lmao I thought it was anyway. Also he lost some of his androgyny that he had in the original game. ( And anyway the reason he should be ashamed is for killing all the colossus. )
Is this like this "Lisa" girl who you keep talking about and who doesn't really exist?
Wait?!... Isn't the protagonists name Warden? XDD Lmao I thought it was anyway. Also he lost some of his androgyny that he had in the original game. ( And anyway the reason he should be ashamed is for killing all the colossus. )
Lol, he's called "Wander", you know, from wanderer/wandering.
Lemme post some more images of this beautiful game while I'm already here:
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Jadeinchains
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I don't know why that translated in my mind as warden but I shock myself everyday lol.
Then again I only remember the names of characters that are iconic like Lisa so It makes sense. ))))))
))))))And great photos, And that bridge is amazing lol It reminds me of that viaduct in Harry potter that's in Scotland but taken to the highest fantasy extremes.
The bridge, in general the architecture in this game, is breathtaking. I also made this photo of the bridge:
I've ranted about Tetsuya Nomura, lead character designer and break block of every FF that he's working on, here and in the FF thread before. Now lemme repeat again, that Nomura is probably the most repetitive and unvaried professional character designer that I know. :/
Kingdom Hearts 3 Riku is literally Noctis in just a lighter color scheme. *smh*
This is the most recent Kingdom Hearts 3 footage we got to see, by the way:
In general there's something I don't like about the game's look. It seems so sterile and as if everything is made of plastic...
Kingdom Hearts 3 Riku is literally Noctis in just a lighter color scheme. *smh*
This is the most recent Kingdom Hearts 3 footage we got to see, by the way:
In general there's something I don't like about the game's look. It seems so sterile and as if everything is made of plastic...