Final Fantasy XIII intro movie

UPSLynxUPSLynx :KAPPA:Redwood City, CA Icrontian
edited December 2009 in Gaming

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  • chrisWhitechrisWhite Littleton, CO
    edited December 2009
    Gorgeous CG there! The hair still bothers me, can hair be an indicator of the uncanny valley? Strand based simulations look nice but something's still off about it, too thin and wispy I think.

    I've never actually played a Final Fantasy game, though I'm starting to play FF1 and maybe I'll work my way up.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Yeah. Hair, fur, and skin translucency have been the last real hurdles.

    AVATAR did it fantastically, but as I stated in one of my replies about it, using non-human characters really helped to bridge that.

    The valley is getting much smaller, though, for sure.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    I think people are misunderstanding that the art style clearly isn't <i>meant</i> to be photo-realistic; Squeenix prefers organics heavily influenced by anime.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Wasn't this whole trailer on the web early this year?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    No.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Then part of it was because I have seen for sure the first half of it.
  • chrisWhitechrisWhite Littleton, CO
    edited December 2009
    Thrax, I agree with you that they are going for a stylized look, but I don't think it's stylized enough to escape the uncanny valley completely.

    _k_, they had released an earlier trailer but I don't think it had (much) overlap between them, I could be wrong though.
  • GrimnocGrimnoc Marion, IN
    edited December 2009
    Sweet. I wouldn't mind giving it a play through. :)

    It's funny though, I always look forward to playing each Final Fantasy release even when nearly every single one has disappointed with it's bad writing, characterization, and usually (though not quite as much as the first two) storyline.
  • UPSLynxUPSLynx :KAPPA: Redwood City, CA Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    K, segments of the intro were in the first teaser trailer. This is the first time the video has been published with proper music, credits, ect.

    I agree with you Chris. Hair plays a massive roll (needs to 'stick' more) Even with a stylized look, that stuff still factors in.
  • QuadWhoreQuadWhore Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    I was impressed at 1:01 with the hair because her hair is sort of clumping together, and each clump of strands has its own shading and physics.
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