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Marvel's Avengers Trailer: Is This Really Real-Time Console Graphics? | Digital Foundry
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I didn't see anything that couldn't be done in a base PS4, honestly. It's kinda of a clickbaity title for Digital Foundry standards lol
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People have no idea what they are talking about in this thread. The tech on display was impressive.
wrong but ok
I thought the game looked really impressive, I'm surprised to see so many people saying it looks like trash.
It looked in-engine, so I'm not surprised
It is technically not at all garbage - say what you will about how it stylistically looks, but it is just as cutting edge as your uncharted 4's or any console game really for that matter.
I think that sums up the entire reaction to the trailer from my perspetive, which I tried to separate out with levity in the video!
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Funny how Cap is actually very MCU in appearance in the thumbnail. It's like they designed around that that
I imagine it could be prerendered using in game assets, at least portions of it. That's not all that uncommon these days, no?
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It looked in-engine, so I'm not surprised
There are a few gameplay snippets in this trailer.
Look, I get that people are unhappy with the choices made for the looks of the Avengers, but from a technical perspective this is absolute top-notch
the reactions to the trailer were always weird to me, sure the character faces are not memorable, but technically the game graphics are of a very high quality.
exactly.
Jim Sterling made a good poont that it looks so cheap like a knockoff because they went for the same visual style as the movies, so instant comparisons are made. If they went for another art style like more cartoony, people wouldn't complain.
From what I heard of people that saw the actual demo it's a lot of QTE-style crap, so the reason it looks so "unreal" is because it's basically got a David Cage style intro mission and then after that it probably becomes a generic Shared World MMO-lite kind of game like Destiny or Anthem.
if they went for more cartoony they wouldnt get the main targeted crowd, which is all fans of the movies, and that is a huge crowd. many people just dont care about games/movies if they are too cartoony and "childish looking", so the decision to go for movie art style makes a lot of sense overall.
I wouldn't say top notch. The hair and faces look mediocre compared to current titles.
Technically, the faces and hair look good. It's just that people are comparing them to their MCU counterparts.
I think the game looked pretty bland, even if the technical stuff was impressive.
I'm sure they just wanted to go with basic 'MCU-styled' heroes for the reveal, but I hope the customization stuff branches out and allows for more interesting designs. From what we've seen so far I'm not holding out a ton of hope.
The rad thing about comics is the wide variety of visual differences between runs/ artists. If they could take the same idea and apply it to the customization items it could go a long way in both making everyone's Thor or whoever feel different and making the game look quite a bit different through the characters. They could go a step further and include some unlockable shaders to change the look of the world, but this would be more of a small fun thing than anything impactful.
The game just feels early. I hope some of these fears are quelled before we get too close to release.
I'm sure they just wanted to go with basic 'MCU-styled' heroes for the reveal, but I hope the customization stuff branches out and allows for more interesting designs. From what we've seen so far I'm not holding out a ton of hope.
The rad thing about comics is the wide variety of visual differences between runs/ artists. If they could take the same idea and apply it to the customization items it could go a long way in both making everyone's Thor or whoever feel different and making the game look quite a bit different through the characters. They could go a step further and include some unlockable shaders to change the look of the world, but this would be more of a small fun thing than anything impactful.
The game just feels early. I hope some of these fears are quelled before we get too close to release.
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The faces don't look mediocre though :s
I can understand people not liking their design but the actual models are good current-gen examples.
First of all, it's my opinion. You can't say me being not impressed is dishonest.
Sure, it looks good, but between that and impressive there's a long way. We're nearing the end of this gen, and outside of the clearly pre-rendered (although in-engine) scenes, everything looks completely doable on our current gen consoles.
Some people here are putting words into my mouth like me saying it looks like trash or bad while all I said was it's not impressive. For me, impressive means I say "wow" when I look at a game and actually wonder if it's gameplay or not.
Great video. Faces and hair aside I think the visuals look great - and even then there are moments (like with Tony Stark with his hair grown out nearer to the end of the trailer) where the visuals are really convincing.
I think they do. The elements might be there but I don't think it comes together in a convincing way.
I think they do. The elements might be there but I don't think it comes together in a convincing way.
I'm speaking technically. The faces especially look stiff and plastic-like. There was some weird blur going on with the faces as well during some moments, but I'll chalk that up to compression.
On a technical level it's a very impressive looking game.
Regarding the art direction though it couldn't be any blander. They are obviously going for the MCU aesthetic, but couldn't get the rights for any of the actors, making it look like a cheap knock-off without it's own identity.
I think that's why many of us think it looks horrendous.
Regarding the art direction though it couldn't be any blander. They are obviously going for the MCU aesthetic, but couldn't get the rights for any of the actors, making it look like a cheap knock-off without it's own identity.
I think that's why many of us think it looks horrendous.
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You might feel this way because of their design. Hulk looks mighty impressive.
There is something off about the game, and im not talking about the character models.
Im talking camera-off. It seems like the Characters are brighter than the background so it make a contrast, i can't quite put it into word but it just seems off, something missing, like the characters are out of bound from the background
Maybe it's just me
Im talking camera-off. It seems like the Characters are brighter than the background so it make a contrast, i can't quite put it into word but it just seems off, something missing, like the characters are out of bound from the background
Maybe it's just me
I mean. I don't see anything impressive. A lot of current games look better to me.