CruNcher wrote:Xilandro wrote:And here comes the CryEngine and says "It's all about graphics".
Sure but you cant create believeable character in Realtime in under 5 minutes if you have the right Workflow
I just don't have any idea what are you talking about. I heard nothing about realtime character creation, and can't even google it... But when i'm talking about visuals - i see only visuals. Graphics, effects, shaders. I'm not trying to compare game and reality, but if the game looks photorealistic (in visuals only, realistic colours, shadows, etc) - it's amazing (have you seen screenshots of Gionights ENB for GTA IV? Great example what i'm talking about). If i see character - i see only polygons, shaders, bugs of course =D. Even if it looks almost like photography of real human (maevan again) - only polygons. And i'm not trying to see or make something else with it, like avoiding uncanny valley by tweaking bodymesh, or trying to remove face symmetry. If i will try to see something alive in polygons - i will end my days in asylum, maybe. It is what it is - game. Even if with superawesomephotorealistic graphics, achieved with ENB mod)
Also believable characters, i think, are made mostly from story and behaviour. How they act, how react on player's actions. What they said, how they said it, how they show emotions (with voice acting is a powerful tool), other little tricky things like ai scripts. And visuals with good animations must simply increase that believability feel.
Maybe i'm in deep dark forest of wrong point of view, bc i'm not game developer or psychologist working with gamers. So everything i've said - it's just my opinion about all this philosophy of character creation, and don't get me wrong.
If you will made something out of the box, and your girl will just blow up our brains how believable she looks (no matter is she beautiful or not) - i will stand up and will say "dude, this is just freaking awesome, you did it!". But for now i'm just starring at it all from "what's that all about"-point.
k, i'm stop flooding the topic, sry guys)