How could I forgot I would have thrown a photo contest for it but someone was already doing it but I did chip in for the prizes a bit
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Lest we forget, Sucker Punch popularized Photo Mode with Infamous: Second Son
- Thread starter Joule
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Halo 3 was my first taste of virtual photography via theater mode, but it wasn't until SS's photo mode that I really got into it. The ability to enable it at any time without having to leave the game was and still is so good. Funny enough though I wish more games had a theater mode like Halo or CoD so I could just play the damn game instead of pausing it constantly lol. Photo mode's are a blessing and a curse for me.
oh, Oh, OH my goodness. That last picture is satisfying to look at, all three but especially the last one.Halo 3 was my first taste of virtual photography via theater mode, but it wasn't until SS's photo mode that I really got into it. The ability to enable it at any time without having to leave the game was and still is so good. Funny enough though I wish more games had a theater mode like Halo or CoD so I could just play the damn game instead of pausing it constantly lol. Photo mode's are a blessing and a curse for me.
Op is 100% right! "Sucker Punch" is the first one that successfully implemented a proper photo-mode in it's wonderful game! It's basically a reason why i started taking screenshots in the first place. I took some of other games that came before it, such as pCars on PC, but Infamous SS is the game that got me hooked into screenshotting photos. Game's lighting sytem is great even by today's standards, and still looks pretty impressive.
That Delsin "chain" shot was taken by me, and got me some freebies as well. Here is few more i took of that game..btw, on OLED tv game looks orgasmic.
That Delsin "chain" shot was taken by me, and got me some freebies as well. Here is few more i took of that game..btw, on OLED tv game looks orgasmic.
Am I confused or wasn't LoU a PS3 game and Second Son a PS4 game?
Agree with OP, it definitely popularised the photo mode. Spent quite some time in the photo mode myself, plenty of settings to adjust / play around with.
OG TLoU didn't have a photo mode. Only the PS4 remaster did iirc.
They did and I appreciate them for it.
But here are some early experiments from the previous generation.
Halo 3
GT5
Wipeout HD
Uncharted 2 Multiplayer
Forza 3
Halo Reach
Gears of War 2
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
But here are some early experiments from the previous generation.
Halo 3
GT5
Wipeout HD
Uncharted 2 Multiplayer
Forza 3
Halo Reach
Gears of War 2
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
If you're saying that Halo 3 had a popular photo mode, I'd say you know plenty.
If you're saying that Halo 3 was more responsible for popularizing the idea of a photo mode than inFamous: Second Son, I'd say perhaps not so much.
They had a separate mode for photos. Infamous integrated the photo mode in the actual game.
The games are also 7 years apart and one was more iterative of a feature that had already been given mainstream focus, so I'd like to hear what makes Second Son stand out as being the catalyst for it.
Without second son I wouldn't be on my 8th photo contest. And it was all worth it. Wish for a remaster for PS5 even (replacing Troy's voice if possible)
I couldn't put it better than VanWinkle did:
Here's a Google Trends search for the term "photo mode":
The point I have highlighted is April 2014, when Second Son received the Photo Mode update.
The photo mode in Trials Rising allows you to move the camera absolutely everywhere, so you can see how the levels were constructed and find discarded elements. One track has a room floating high up in the sky, and I always wondered what it was for.
Gran Turismo 4's photo mode was hugely popular. I remember pages upon pages of photos being posted online.
Don't try to sell it short just to fit the narrative you have constructed.
If you want to know why it's become a common feature now: it's the share button, combined with developers realizing the free marketing potential, and the ease of posting directly to social media.
I think the images in this thread might be the first time I've even seen anything from Infamous' photo mode.
Don't try to sell it short just to fit the narrative you have constructed.
If you want to know why it's become a common feature now: it's the share button, combined with developers realizing the free marketing potential, and the ease of posting directly to social media.
I think the images in this thread might be the first time I've even seen anything from Infamous' photo mode.
PS4 likely popularised photomode due to having the share button right there.
But - I do slightly miss old photomodes where they'd render out at higher resolution, or 'develop' the image to be higher quality with better lighting and detail. These days you get lots of new filters and controls, but after that you're still mostly just capturing the screen. Eg when GT7 comes out with ray tracing, assuming its lower quality in realtime/replays, I'd like it to spend a second or two and give me full quality reflections for photomode.
But - I do slightly miss old photomodes where they'd render out at higher resolution, or 'develop' the image to be higher quality with better lighting and detail. These days you get lots of new filters and controls, but after that you're still mostly just capturing the screen. Eg when GT7 comes out with ray tracing, assuming its lower quality in realtime/replays, I'd like it to spend a second or two and give me full quality reflections for photomode.
on console GT4's photo mode was indeed the first big one and it wasnt really niche or anything, i remember browsing endless threads of people sharing their pics and even spending hours myself on taking them and saving them out to a usb stick IIRC.
but yes it definitely took the xb1/ps4 gen for it to truly break out thanks to having an inbuilt screenshot function. From there there was no stopping. (Also shoutout to NFS: Hot pursuit 2010 for integrating a screenshot button through the autolog system even on consoles).
On PC, while games may not have had specific photo modes until around the time consoles got it, print screening cool moments and uploading them was a thing for a veeery long time.
but yes it definitely took the xb1/ps4 gen for it to truly break out thanks to having an inbuilt screenshot function. From there there was no stopping. (Also shoutout to NFS: Hot pursuit 2010 for integrating a screenshot button through the autolog system even on consoles).
On PC, while games may not have had specific photo modes until around the time consoles got it, print screening cool moments and uploading them was a thing for a veeery long time.
I do wonder if in the renaming of the 'share' button to 'create' instead that kind of functionality will be included as an option along with ability to render out pristine video too, which is something I think would be necessary for something like Dreams.
Yep. End of story.
I did love Infamous Second Son, but can't agree with the OP's assertion.
I could see the argument for PS4's share button as being the catalyst for many more games adding photo modes though.
Halo 3 was the one OP.
I still remember doing so many stylish screenshots in replays where you could real time move the camera around and freeze the game whenever you want. And then upload the screenshots directly to the Bungie website.
That was one of the true first real photo modes in the way that we know them today. (+Gran Turismo)
Here is my original gallery from 2007!
halo.bungie.net
I still remember doing so many stylish screenshots in replays where you could real time move the camera around and freeze the game whenever you want. And then upload the screenshots directly to the Bungie website.
That was one of the true first real photo modes in the way that we know them today. (+Gran Turismo)
Here is my original gallery from 2007!
Bungie.net
Project Gotham Racing 3 was the first one I remember. I didn't play GT4 or Smash Bros.
Infamous does feel like it was the first one in the share button world and did provide a template for other games to follow. However Halo 3's theatre mode shouldn't be understated. That feature was pretty incredible and carried into ODST and Reach.
People were pretty annoyed when Halo 4 didn't have theatre mode for campaign.
Infamous does feel like it was the first one in the share button world and did provide a template for other games to follow. However Halo 3's theatre mode shouldn't be understated. That feature was pretty incredible and carried into ODST and Reach.
People were pretty annoyed when Halo 4 didn't have theatre mode for campaign.
It's the combo, isnt't it. Photo mode - share button - social media. That's when the potential for one of the best marketing tools out there was realised and snowballed.
My vote goes to Halo 3. It really popularized it and it was MASSIVE.
A lot of people used it and shared their galleries on Bungie.net
But I'm sure a few games did it before Halo 3.
A lot of people used it and shared their galleries on Bungie.net
But I'm sure a few games did it before Halo 3.
Never saw one user screenshots of any of the racing games mentioned in my life, yet after infamous second I started seeing them everywhere. It definitely popularized them.
Popularizing something and being the first one to come up with it are of course different things and a lot of people missed that.
Popularizing something and being the first one to come up with it are of course different things and a lot of people missed that.
This is way off
It's easy to forget those who came before because the current generation put this feature into so many games.
There were plenty of games with photo modes before infamous lol.
It's easy to forget those who came before because the current generation put this feature into so many games.
There were plenty of games with photo modes before infamous lol.
Gran Turismo was well know for it's photomode, it was actually the cause of a lot of console wars discussions with people calling them(and the replays) bullshots.
You're in a bubble. Call it "inFamous revolutionised photo mode" or made it work in a third person action game or something. But GT4 is a game played by 11 million people that had a robust and heavily marketed photo mode that was a huge deal to many people. And there are dozens of other games that followed its influence BEFORE Second Son.
This was a later update to a game that wasn't even THAT popular to begin with, that most people had already finished playing for good by the time said update was released. Reality check.
Gaming media and forum users really like to pretend racing games aren't REAL games or something lmao.
If we're going this route we may as well mention games like Pokemon Snap and Donkey Kong 64 lol
How can anyone debate this? Infamous Second Son popularised the photomode in third person action adventure games made by Sony first parties that released on PS4. Nobody cares about niche games like *checks notes* Gran Turismo 4 and Halo 3. The simple and undeniable fact is that before this, nobody had even heard of photos.
Share button and the communities have definitely made it more mainstream.
Didn't Skate have ridiculous photo and camera recording options? Also racing games and wipeout.
I don't think I ever saw a single Second Son screen shared, but I could have mistaken screens for one of the dozens of white bald guys in macho games around then.
Having the best photo mode on the launch of console with a dedicated screenshot button counts for something.
I don't think I ever saw a single Second Son screen shared, but I could have mistaken screens for one of the dozens of white bald guys in macho games around then.
Having the best photo mode on the launch of console with a dedicated screenshot button counts for something.
OP isn't saying that inFAMOUS invented photo modes, but the game definitely popularized it. Many games that came after it included photo modes that were very similar to the one in Second Son, there's no need to get upset over such a dumb thing.
GT4, Uncharted 2, Halo 3, Forza from 2 on IIRC, WipEout HD.... photomodes were huge way before InFamous SS.
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It's not true though.
Yeah they basically had the screenshot and video share button before it was on the consoles as a system wide feature, so good