L. Scofield
Veteran
If they were time, would the load time be really significant?
[PS3] Uncharted 2
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If they were time, would the load time be really significant?
I think he meant to hide the loading of the actual level while the cutscene is being played.
EDIT:
Found the Ice Cave gameplay video (just glimpses of it):
http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/gametrailers-tv/64?ep=64
Eh.. the game supports "live update" in an MP game.
EDIT:
Found the Ice Cave gameplay video (just glimpses of it):
http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/gametrailers-tv/64?ep=64
Eh.. the game supports "live update" in an MP game.
There's no visible loading in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune except at the opening screen. There's also no install. To achieve this a lot of the level loading is done behind cutscenes.
That's right ! No loading in Uncharted. U2 reminds me of Kill Zone 2 and MGS4 level of production quality, but those games have loading issues. MGS4 uses explicit loading while KZ2's in-game loading causes brief stutters. If U2 can achieve this level of visuals without noticeable loading, it's a clear leap from the rest of the pack.
In this case, they hand animated the characters again ? If so, I'd love to see Heavy Rain (mo-cap) and The Last Guardian (some physics-based animation, from what I hear) for comparison.
Every time I watch the trailers, I see new details. In the attack helicopter level, the small plants swayed when bullets flew through them. Reminds me of the foliage in Sony's tech sharing sessions (plants with physics). Then again it could be hand animated too.
In this case, they hand animated the characters again ? If so, I'd love to see Heavy Rain (mo-cap) and The Last Guardian (some physics-based animation, from what I hear) for comparison.
Every time I watch the trailers, I see new details. In the attack helicopter level, the small plants swayed when bullets flew through them. Reminds me of the foliage in Sony's tech sharing sessions (plants with physics). Then again it could be hand animated too.
Well Uncharted 1 used cutscenes which were pre-recorded so that to do hidden loading & its the same in UC2 I guess. KZ2 has cutscenes which directly transverses into Gameplay without any black screen in between [they did a mighty fine job if you ask me] & its almost the same case [cutscene to gameplay direct transition] for a few places in MGS4 as well [no apparent long loading except the installs]
Mo capped movements but hand animated facial expressions. [still looks better than Heavenly sword & heavy rain to me..& they both use mo cap for face expression
]No shit ! I forgot about that. KZ2 is amazing and I still rate it #1 so far. The amount of visual effects and mayhem in KZ2 is insane. [size=-2]R2 chaos is larger scale but it missed out on the effects[/size]
MGS4 has explicit loading when you move beyond the map.
Well Uncharted 1 used cutscenes which were pre-recorded so that to do hidden loading & its the same in UC2 I guess. KZ2 has cutscenes which directly transverses into Gameplay without any black screen in between [they did a mighty fine job if you ask me] & its almost the same case [cutscene to gameplay direct transition] for a few places in MGS4 as well [no apparent long loading except the installs]
Mo capped movements but hand animated facial expressions. [still looks better than Heavenly sword & heavy rain to me..& they both use mo cap for face expression
Nah Heavenly Sword is on another level IMO - the emotion through the eyes and direct attachment to the words said is still second to none in a video game. Uncharted is the top of key-animated though.
Ether_Snake
Newcomer
Err if the cutscenes in U2 are used to hide load time then it means they are not skippable, something I doubt.
Uh uh. Obv only at the beginning of cutscenes.
Hmm... interesting. I didn't know that. I always assumed it was to hide level loading. [Hats off to Naughty Dog]
I think HS has the additional advantage of "over-acting" (like theatrical acting) and main characters with large eyes. So the emotion came across rather strongly, which I liked.
Silent_Buddha
Legend
Ok let me preface this first by saying the GT screens looks better.
But in the second picture it looks like they lowered the texture quality in the background (even before DoF blur) in order to increase the textures on the character. It's very effective and does look better IMO.
Regards,
SB
But in the second picture it looks like they lowered the texture quality in the background (even before DoF blur) in order to increase the textures on the character. It's very effective and does look better IMO.
Regards,
SB
Lucid_Dreamer
Veteran
I'll have to disagree with you on that one. However, I did notice that they changed the pictures on the wall. I do agree that the GT pictures look MUCH better.
marcus_rocks
Newcomer
Ok let me preface this first by saying the GT screens looks better.
But in the second picture it looks like they lowered the texture quality in the background (even before DoF blur) in order to increase the textures on the character. It's very effective and does look better IMO.
Regards,
SB
No, the texture quality were not lowered. It is because the use of DoF was more prominent. Just look at the candle lights, they were more blurry too.
