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Uncharted 4 preview thread. New footage/info
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Holy shit, is this going to be rated M? That shotgun blast looks freaking brutal.
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Negotiator
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inb4 censorship in PAL territories
It's a game where you go round the world shooting people and the story contains mature themes. Isn't that an M anyway?
xenorevlis
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Uncharted 1-3 are all T.
Well, the previous three games were all rated T. The difference this time is that the guns feel much more punchy and as you can see in that GIF, the shotgun blast looks pretty brutal. There's no amputations or decapitations like The Last Of Us, but who knows.
flipswitch
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All Uncharted games including UC4 are rated MA in Australia.
Ah, cool, thanks for this. I just thought that point blank shots to the face with that amount of impact would easily net an M rating from the ESRB.
You never point blank shot someone in the face in UC 1-3?
I edited my post with more clarity.
xenorevlis
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Huh, I honestly don't remember shotguns throwing the thugs back that much in previous games. I guess it's a combination of the much improved gunplay and more realistic animations that makes it seem much more brutal in Uncharted 4 to me.Uncharted 1
I don't think it needs an M rating, maybe if his chest was ripped open but there's no sign of bodily damage when he gets hit with the pellets.
Yep, no gore, but still pretty brutal, though. Not complaining, in fact, I love that the guns now feel much more punchy. Anyway, it's already confirmed that the game will be rated T. Just kinda shocked when I first saw that GIF.
SolidSnakex
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I believe it's the handling of blood that can alter ESRB ratings. For example, Perfect Dark and Goldeneye both had blood. But only Perfect Dark had it where if you shot someone the blood would splatter onto a nearby wall. It ended up getting a M rating while GE received a T. As far as I know in Uncharted the blood doesn't stain the ground or walls. It comes out of enemies but just disappears afterwards.
Oh yeah I know your not complaining, I love the way the shotgun blasts look in the game too. Wonder wether it'll be the same physics in Multiplayer? Can't wait to blast people off rooftops into the sea below.
Yeah, I think it's that.
They learnt a lot from The Last of Us in terms of animation and feedback. Animation is all about 'bounce and thud', and the ragdolls etc in Uncharted 4 look best in class for that. Hugely more so than UC 1-3. The animation (from these vidoes) for when he snaps a neck and drops the guy's body to the floor looks really brutal just because it has that real-life 'thud' to it. I think that's what's jarring you here.
Yeah, good point. Seems like blood flowing from enemies or being splattered on surfaces automatically nets an M rating on ESRB.
Haha, this would be awesome in MP. Unfortunately, I'm more of an assault rifle guy who prefers mid range.
Pretty much everything you just said, man. It's like watching Tom and Jerry whacking each other with hammers and then watching two real people doing it. Extreme example, but I'm sure it's the much more realistic animations that make it feel much more savage.
GTAV has pretty good blood splatters, I'll always remember that one gif of the shopkeepers brains being splattered on the wall next to his booze rack...Yeah, good point. Seems like blood flowing from enemies or being splattered on surfaces automatically nets an M rating on ESRB.
Haha, this would be awesome in MP. Unfortunately, I'm more of an assault rifle guy who prefers mid range.
In any case, I couldn't get used to the shotgun in the UC4 beta, had to use AR or Sniper.
Oh, yeah, I love holding up stores in GTA 5 then blasting the poor cashier's brains out. Just feels so savage.
Haha the Gif in question has been taken down by R*. But yeah seeing that First Person Gif of the shopkeepers brain matter being pasted all over the magazine rack was the first time I've ever felt uncomfortable. Obviously I don't feel that way anymore...Oh, yeah, I love holding up stores in GTA 5 then blasting the poor cashier's brains out. Just feels so savage.
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That's some TLOU's shotgun action esque right there...
Could be. I mean Quantum Break just released and it's rated M for...
From my playthrough I don't recall any blood spatter sticking to objects and there only were a few instances of "strong language". There are no decapitations either but the guns and hit animations are pretty intense though.
EDIT: Ahhhhhh, Uncharted 4 already confirmed to be rated T? Well never mind then! If it's a T then I'm not sure what constitutes Quantum Break getting a M. Maybe the animations or the amount of blood?
DeepEnigma
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Equanimity
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Thanks for the reminder.
psychotron
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Coolbgdog12
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Isn't it the same playthrough we saw a million times last week?
DISSESHOWEDO
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Open the thread, first comment to read and the person in front of me is covered in my coffee, thnx!
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GravityInsanity
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I saw that too. Someone has to gif that lol.
hmm you're right, the model does seem like the reveal trailer one without the wet shaders of course:
edit: added higher quality
It's not 60 frames but incredible how close it got to the reveal in the end since it looks better than most 30 fps games currently out.
Equanimity
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So many contextual moves for melee and movement, looks crazy fun
Coolbgdog12
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Gif?
https://www.twitch.tv/naughtydog/v/60558593
@34:40 for car to rope
Anyone who knows how to make good gifs, there are a bunch of gems in this footage. They replayed the combat encounter like 5 times.
Equanimity
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It looks absolutely fantastic. All the animations and their transitions are remarkable.
Car to rope swing was awesome. Shooting the barrel during the swing was even better. Mechanics look really snappy and show great visual feedback.
Also enemy layouts change based on difficulty: For example
Also AI reacts faster. Hopefully faster than what's shown in this demo lol
Also enemy layouts change based on difficulty: For example
RPG dudes in the Madagasgar demo combat section on Hard and above.
gamerMan
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It's amazing how good this game looks during gameplay, but a lot of the effects that they are pulling off in real time are faked. Even though the game appears to be using lightmaps, one of my favorite effects is the faked cloud casting. It looks like an animated map passing over the environment, but it looks very convincing even though the effect is obviously baked.
Madagascar does have an implementation in GI but it is faked on the models and sometimes you can see the glow of the rocks applied wrongly to the models. You can sometimes see the GI solution leaking through objects that should be occluded and in darkness. With the way GI and volumetric lighting is implemented here there is no way you could adjust the time of day in realtime as most of the lighting is done through lightmaps and light probes.
I know a lot of people have said the reason the models don't appear as detailed as the cutscene models is because the camera is not close enough. You wouldn't want to get too close to the gameplay models as they lose detail as the effects are not rendered at a high enough resolution. If you get too close you will see dithering appearing on the models. Unlike the cutscenes, the shadows during gameplay do tend to shimmer a lot when the the camera gets close. This is the sign of low res shadow maps.
All of the effects seem to be rendered at higher resolution in the cutscenes. During gameplay, they appear to have a dithered look. As the game transitions from gameplay to the cutscenes, you can see the transition in lighting sometimes as the lighting, shaders and shadows appear to be dithered on the models before resulting in a cleaner image in the cut scenes.
I love the way the smoke dissipates after a large explosion.
Where Uncharted 4 really shines is it's animation. I have never seen anything like this in a videogame.
The way animation are blended are seamless. It doesn't even look like the animations were captured separately. Apparently, there is a physics model running over the animation according to Jeremy Yates.
