Saint of Killers
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TLG is not a game that I have fervently been looking forward to, but the footage from the IGN interview clip looks really impressive. This really is a game that needs to be seen in motion.
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The Last Guardian - new screenshots and footage (IGN preview)
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Jack The Nipper
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Will need a demo or stick a demo with a other get. That really should be more of a thing.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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I'm really looking forward to playing this as its a change of pace from the usual shoot bangs. However...
I must admit, I'm...not really blown away, considering how long this game was in development it just doesn't look as good as what I expected it to be.
Don't get me wrong, there's some impressive stuff going on, but I dunno, it just looks kinda 'meh' to me.
I must admit, I'm...not really blown away, considering how long this game was in development it just doesn't look as good as what I expected it to be.
Don't get me wrong, there's some impressive stuff going on, but I dunno, it just looks kinda 'meh' to me.
A lot of Ueda's magic tends to come from interaction, and experiencing the whole work as it unfolds. It may not have the same epic in your face adventurism as SotC, but TLG is still in this wonderful artist's universe.
Wait for the word of mouth if nothing else.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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Yeah, don't get me wrong, the movement/animation looks to be top notch.
But for some reason the boy stands out to me. I feel like is model doesn't fit the game. I dunno how to explain it. Maybe it's because I'm watching shitty ign videos on a phone.
More_Badass
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I imagine Ico didn't seem like much from screenshots or short clips, but all its elements coalesced in the end to deliver something special. This has that SOTC-esque factor of a little kid interacting with a massive creature, combined with the intimate friendship aspect of Ico
Crayon
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Neither Ico nor Sotc where great looking in stills at the time but as soon as you played them moving they conveyed the sense of technical achievement before anything even really happens. Very unique looking/moving games and both gave the impression that they where pushing the limits of your ps2 at the time.
Laurel_McFang
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For what its worth the game retreads mechanics and design elements from Ico with A.I. Partnership and shadow of the collusus with the giant dog. What we've been shown so far is not as startlingly original as SoTC was or as serence as Ico appeared to be. That said it combines SoTC larger than life ineractions with the puzzles of Ico. The new mechanic appears to be training Trico and that is where the A.I. Comes in. If Ueda can get it down exactly we will have a game where you're having to figure out how to convey and explain puzzles to an A.I. Partner using a limited vocabulary. I think its that space that is intended to set it apart. Also we haven't seen the
open world that both previews alude too
I really shoulda added an /s, I'm so bad at this. Sorry.
Coulomb_Barrier
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Don't know how people were expecting to be 'blown away' in the traditional sense given the widely-known context of this game's development and the last footage we saw. Also, we should know by now that this isn't a game in the mould of SotC where the epicness and scale would blow us away. I think it's also quite clear from what we'd seen up to this point that this game is going more for little touching moments of gameplay, closer to ICO, over the sometimes blockbuster of SotC.
I am personally more than impressed by how its shaping up given I thought it was firmly in development hell.
I am personally more than impressed by how its shaping up given I thought it was firmly in development hell.
The thing with Uncharted 4 is that the modelling/shader details and the general photo-realistic graphic fidelity is sooo god damn high that animations can't match that detail. I still get the uncanny valley effect from Uncharted 4.
When Nate talks - I feel the lipsynching keeps drawing me out of the experience even when the model could be easily mistaken for an actual human in the right lighting conditions.
TLG has this hyper stylized look with handcrafted 'exaggerated' animations that make it look more whimsical and the lower graphic fidelity is raised by the very high quality of animation.
Think of how Ghost Trick oozes personality through its slick stylized animation, even though it is using SPRITES.
Yeah like WTF, why didn't they flip the PS4 switch, lazy devs smh.
GarciaHotspur
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90% of the posts are about The graphics...
On a Ueda's game thread... Damn...
On a Ueda's game thread... Damn...
ViewtifulJC
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It's not like we have much else to go on about the gameplay without using the words magical and whimsical
Psycho_Mantis
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They don't understand
level1
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I can only assume that those people not 100% hyped for this game because it doesn't look like uncharted 4 have never played Ico or SotC. In that case, you're all in for a treat. That being said, thank god for devs who finally give some importance to AI rather than making their game as shiny as possible
Also, ending spoilers -
Also, ending spoilers -
you know trico, you really are the lasut guardian
UnluckyKate
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It's an Ueda game. Either the boy or the beast dies at the end. And you will cry. Sorry.
It's gonna be like this in every TLG thread. Unless we start adding FAQs about why it doesn't look like Uncharted 4 and how it was basically put on hold at some point in its development.
Coulomb_Barrier
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Good posts. Ai being as important to gameplay and taking more equal importance over silly high res textures is very refreshing, actually. That is almost never the case.
That's not to say the devs aren't trying to make the game look great. But it looks very good to me nontheless.
This.
Acheteedo
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Man, Japanese devs really don't give a fuck about aliasing do they?
Cave Johnson
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Ummm.. But ICO??
lukeskymac
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GravityInsanity
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New video is up from IGN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w71wDbXYheM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w71wDbXYheM
Jawbreaker
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Does it spoil anything in particular, or is it legitimately about the development history of the game?
GravityInsanity
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No spoilers, mostly just how development went.
Jean Valjean
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Yeah, maybe it could use some higher res textures...
Perhaps the Neo version will have them.
I'll buy the game regardless.
Perhaps the Neo version will have them.
I'll buy the game regardless.
Jawbreaker
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Cool. I'm gonna watch it now.
butman
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Dangansona
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The good news from that video to me is Ueda said that he hopes he gets a chance to partner with Sony Japan for the technical side of things in the future.
He's not totally burnt out on game development!
He's not totally burnt out on game development!
Acquiescence
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At around 3:40, Ueda says he likes the circumstances in which the game is being made (the differing roles of genDesign and Japan Studio) and implies he would like to work on his next project under similar conditions.
Thought that was quite interesting, since he's freelance now.
Jawbreaker
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Sounds like Ueda reached the acceptance stage, and his motivation has been rejuvenated. (He makes mention of having a similar development structure with Sony for future titles.) I can understand his frustration with being unable to deliver the game on PS3 since part of his goal was to have a shorter development cycle than his previous two titles, and that didn't exactly pan out. Upon reflection, he's able to see the positives of moving the project over.
mcz117chief
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Um, mate. In neither of Ueda's games does a protagonist or deuteragonist die, actually Deus Ex Machina always makes sure that nobody dies (except the queen but nobody shed a tear for her). I would be extremely surprised if either of them died since it would totally not be Ueda style.
Wut?
After so many years of near silence (Sony's choice I assume), it's refreshing to hear him finally get to talk about how development on the game progressed.
SolidSnakex
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The part starting at around 2:15 is why I have no worries about this game. Ueda talks about how the gameplay design really hasn't changed since the very beginning of the development. So it's not like some long delayed games where they struggle with what the game itself is going to be like and that's constantly changing over time. The issue with TLG has purely been technical.
NoctisVsStar
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He talks about the graphics not being a priority to push the machine to its limit like his previous games.
Oh man this is a great video. So Ueda was initially not happy about moving it to the PS4 [3:55], and it was probably Allan Becker's decision, that's the thing Allan was talking about here:
http://kotaku.com/how-sonys-most-creative-studio-rose-from-the-ashes-1458030068
I couldn't get the sense of whether he was unhappy about having to make the decision, or if the decision was made for him and he was unhappy about it. In any case I'm sure an additional few years of his life spent in dev limbo waiting for the PS4 to come around wasn't the greatest prospect. He made the decision to go from PS1 to PS2 with Ico though, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one that made it here.
nelsonroyale
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I don't think they look really bad at all. In fact, watching high quality footage it looks technically competant and the art is very, very good.
Honestly I think the wording clearly suggest it wasn't his decision. "When it was decided" "but when the decision was first made I had some difficulty and I felt a little disappointed because I wanted to release the game earlier"
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
I really don't understand the complaints about the graphics, the art is gorgeous.
Animations are incredible like all their games as well.
Animations are incredible like all their games as well.