Alien Isolation
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That's one thing that's really missing here, and I think it would add a huge amount for the immersion and, consequently, the fear factor. Way too few games use it, but this is one that I think really needs it. Maybe they could at least address it in an interview or something.. maybe the lighting is such that the shadow was too intrusive or something, and it was removed for a logical reason.
She does seem to have a body, though. I saw legs in one of the videos. Whether they're there when the player actually looks down, though, who knows.
As for the game as a whole... I want to believe. But we've all been burned way too much on this franchise. They show us exactly what we want to see, but it's not what we end up getting. So I'll wait until user impressions come out. And not press events... those are way too limited and generally too scripted. I'll wait a week or two until after the game launches and then see what the feedback is like around the 'net.
But on the flip side, I do have to ask this: They say the game is also coming to PS360... how in the hell are they going to pull off that kind of lighting on last-gen systems?
Downgrade it slightly...it's not like PS360 doesn't have the horsepower for small confined spaces and a single enemy..
New screenshots! Are they safe to be posted here?
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/345113-alien-isolation-reveals-all-new-screen-shots/
Alien is HUUUGE, also we have confirmed sighting of android.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/345113-alien-isolation-reveals-all-new-screen-shots/
Alien is HUUUGE, also we have confirmed sighting of android.
RenegadeRocks
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This one looks cool !
Why do the teeth have lensflare?
This one looks cool !
Also huge overuse of blur.
Really hope that the android is randomly selected from NPCs each time the game starts, just like in the C64 game.
Would also love to see lot of other things to be selected 'randomly' in each time we start the game. (Different subsystems damaged, variations on item locations, where the alien starts etc.)
Cinematic feel and look? It even looks like they are going for the Panavision lens flare look, impressive..
RenegadeRocks
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Cos lens flare is the new bloom ?
JJ Abrams. 'Lens flare' is added a ridiculous post effect all over the shop these days, not in any response to optical effects from direct light sources. Perhaps they should be called 'lighting smears'?
The alien's teeth are chrome. They dropped that look from Aliens on. Need to remember to stop using the later films as reference for what the alien is "supposed" to look like.
I'm not particularly impressed with the first person hands so far.
Then again, hand deformations are incredibly hard to do right without proper simulation tools; there's very little muscle, but bones and tendons contribute a lot to the final look, and the skin has to stretch and fold everywhere. And due to the high number of possible poses (because of the large number of joints) it's also hard to do any type of pose-based fixes.
Another thing missing from the screens is the alien's saliva. It's a very memorable feature from the first movie in particular, there was a lot of behind the scenes work to get it right (including the use of a lubricant, according to the documentaries). Surprise: such fluid things are also incredibly hard to do, faking them in real-time is a considerable challenge once again.
I still think that the art direction, lighting, and shading, are of a very very high quality, the new screenshots demonstrate it very well IMHO. Quite true to the original movie's style as well, can't really understand the complaints...
Then again, hand deformations are incredibly hard to do right without proper simulation tools; there's very little muscle, but bones and tendons contribute a lot to the final look, and the skin has to stretch and fold everywhere. And due to the high number of possible poses (because of the large number of joints) it's also hard to do any type of pose-based fixes.
Another thing missing from the screens is the alien's saliva. It's a very memorable feature from the first movie in particular, there was a lot of behind the scenes work to get it right (including the use of a lubricant, according to the documentaries). Surprise: such fluid things are also incredibly hard to do, faking them in real-time is a considerable challenge once again.
I still think that the art direction, lighting, and shading, are of a very very high quality, the new screenshots demonstrate it very well IMHO. Quite true to the original movie's style as well, can't really understand the complaints...
RenegadeRocks
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The new shots look killer B)
