Quantic Dream after Hollywood talent - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 18th Dec 2007, 11:38

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/12...ywood_talent/1

The makers of Fahrenheit are eyeing up some of the best Hollywood actors to get involved in their new game, Heavy Rain after claiming to shatter the Uncanny Valley.

yakyb · 18th Dec 2007, 12:06

id love the new CSI game to be based on this tech it would be immense can it render in real time tho if so could we see FPS looking this good?

CardJoe · 18th Dec 2007, 12:15

Having spoken to both David Cage and Surf Girl about it - i don't think it'll work in FPS. The game design plays around the idea of multiple small locations with high detail rather than single larger levels. Basically, current hardware using this tech means you can choose between 1 medium level with not much detail, or lots of little levels with fantastic amount of detail.

David has worked this into the game design too because it's an adventure game. Instead of a level comprising an entire open-ended city or district, a level is more like just one house or one room - but that house or room has a tremendous (and I mean, tremendous) amount of detail in it. EVERYTHING can be interacted with.

Bladestorm · 18th Dec 2007, 12:59

I loved fahrenheit, even though I gave up on it after half an hour of the tutorial for a week before going back and actually "getting" the controls heh.

Loved the story-telling and the bulk of the gameplay, though could have down without that one scene that gave me terrible hand cramps because I was hammering the keys in time for what must have been a couple of hours, just trying to get past one 90 second scene of it. (avoiding being sucked out of the apartment!)

If they stick to PS3 I won't be able to do more than wish them luck on the next one though

Elz · 19th Dec 2007, 11:48

That movie is beautiful, there are so many achievements in there, but the lip synching seems really, really bad. I think some particular parts of her face are actually more static and less emotive than something you'd see in the Source engine, but maybe it is just the lip-synching throwing me off. I mean she doesn't even purse her lips - in fact the shape doesn't seem to change much at all regardless of what sound she's making, plus they aren't always moving in time.

Tell me, tell me they're going to improve that. I've never seen lip synching completely right in a game, but i've seen it better than that. The character in that may be as expressive as she likes, but at the moment it seems like it's someone else speaking, not her. With everything else that's wonderful in that tech, it would be a shame to let it down with this.

CardJoe · 19th Dec 2007, 11:59

That video is now about two years old - rest assured they've improved on that.

Elz · 19th Dec 2007, 15:40

two years old? Wow, I think that actually makes it more impressive

Now I just have to hope I don't have to buy a PS3 to play it (although let's face it, this game might tempt me to do so).

18th Dec 2007, 11:38	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,975	Quantic Dream after Hollywood talent http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/12...ywood_talent/1 The makers of Fahrenheit are eyeing up some of the best Hollywood actors to get involved in their new game, Heavy Rain after claiming to shatter the Uncanny Valley. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

18th Dec 2007, 12:06	#2
yakyb CK is God!!! Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,069	id love the new CSI game to be based on this tech it would be immense can it render in real time tho if so could we see FPS looking this good? __________________ Gaming Box:: q6600 @3.0 :: 9800gtx :: Abit IP35 :: 4gb :: 1.4TB :: akasa eclipse :: Win7 Development:: PhenomII 955BE @3.2 :: 4200 :: asus M4A785 M Evo :: 1.25TB ::Win7 Media Centre :: q6600 @3.0 :: x1950pro :: asus p35 epu :: 8gb :: 320 GB :: Lc17B :: Win7 server:: I7 860 :: p55 gd65 :: 3450 :: 8 TB :: 8gb :: Rebel 12 :: server 2008 R2

18th Dec 2007, 12:15	#3
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,975	Having spoken to both David Cage and Surf Girl about it - i don't think it'll work in FPS. The game design plays around the idea of multiple small locations with high detail rather than single larger levels. Basically, current hardware using this tech means you can choose between 1 medium level with not much detail, or lots of little levels with fantastic amount of detail. David has worked this into the game design too because it's an adventure game. Instead of a level comprising an entire open-ended city or district, a level is more like just one house or one room - but that house or room has a tremendous (and I mean, tremendous) amount of detail in it. EVERYTHING can be interacted with. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

18th Dec 2007, 12:59	#4
Bladestorm Hypermodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 682	I loved fahrenheit, even though I gave up on it after half an hour of the tutorial for a week before going back and actually "getting" the controls heh. Loved the story-telling and the bulk of the gameplay, though could have down without that one scene that gave me terrible hand cramps because I was hammering the keys in time for what must have been a couple of hours, just trying to get past one 90 second scene of it. (avoiding being sucked out of the apartment!) If they stick to PS3 I won't be able to do more than wish them luck on the next one though __________________ Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 250x10 (1.475v) \| EVGA GTX 260 55nm SSC \| A8N-SLI Premium \| 2x(4GB) Corsair Twinx2048-PC3200C2 \| Asus Xonar DX \| Antec truepower 550w \| Akasa Eclipse-62 DDC12VPlus1, DD TDX, 3/8 tygon r3603 tubing, PA120.2, DD double floppy bay res

19th Dec 2007, 11:48	#5
Elz miaow Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 71	That movie is beautiful, there are so many achievements in there, but the lip synching seems really, really bad. I think some particular parts of her face are actually more static and less emotive than something you'd see in the Source engine, but maybe it is just the lip-synching throwing me off. I mean she doesn't even purse her lips - in fact the shape doesn't seem to change much at all regardless of what sound she's making, plus they aren't always moving in time. Tell me, tell me they're going to improve that. I've never seen lip synching completely right in a game, but i've seen it better than that. The character in that may be as expressive as she likes, but at the moment it seems like it's someone else speaking, not her. With everything else that's wonderful in that tech, it would be a shame to let it down with this. __________________ Steam: stubborn_minion Add me as a friend, then I will shoot you

19th Dec 2007, 11:59	#6
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,975	That video is now about two years old - rest assured they've improved on that. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

19th Dec 2007, 15:40	#7
Elz miaow Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 71	two years old? Wow, I think that actually makes it more impressive Now I just have to hope I don't have to buy a PS3 to play it (although let's face it, this game might tempt me to do so). __________________ Steam: stubborn_minion Add me as a friend, then I will shoot you