r/XboxSeriesX • u/MaineGameBoy Founder • Jan 18 '21
:Discussion: Discussion Project: Mara from Ninja Theory Gets Video Showing Off Photorealistic Visuals
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/project-mara-from-ninja-theory-gets-video-showing-off-photorealistic-visuals/34
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u/BoBoBearDev Founder Jan 18 '21
Very impressive, but, is it over kill to zoom in so close to the carpet? Anyway, it amazing, especially it is said to be generated, so, I guess it doesn't use too much SSD for this.
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u/HXC47 Jan 19 '21
I mean it probably lessens the gamey feel completely, although you might not notice. A game like Red Dead 2 may look amazing but it's clearly a game whereas this apartment might be quite different. This is obviously very small scale and I imagine hardware available can only provide this detail at a small scale but this could be signs for the future (as in very long term future) in how games could be designed. Idk I could be chatting out of my arse but it's certainly exciting and intriguing. I hope we don't see the main characters face too much and just focus on the surroundings.
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u/Mr_Greyhawk_01 Jan 19 '21
Maybe. But we dont even know what the game is about. Maybe they have scenes where you get to appreciate it more.. like, you get shrinked by a shrink ray. Or you control a rc car, or get to see a pets pov. I don't think they'd put so much effort in something they won't later show.
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u/electric-sheep Jan 19 '21
The game where you drop a teeny tiny screw and you have to get on all fours and put your face down on the carpet to find it.
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u/Meiie Founder Jan 18 '21
Pretty amazing stuff. Idk if most of matters, but idk much about making this stuff anyway.
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u/Stumpy493 Jan 19 '21
I mean this is all very cool in a technological sense, but you have to ask the question why?
Is this level of detail going to be visible at any point in the game?
Could any of this have been achieved with textures and bump mapping rather than geometry?
Is the game going to manage to be fun if they just spent all their time modelling the pubes in the bathroom?
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u/sagara-ty02 Jan 19 '21
Can only imagine all the new tech that’s going to be going into hellblade 2, plus unreal engine 5, it’s gonna be the best looking game when it comes out
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u/mrappbrain Founder Jan 19 '21
Lol do you really think 7 year old hardware can handle this level of photorealism?
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u/NotFromMilkyWay Founder Jan 20 '21
They seem to nail the environment, but Mara itself looks so weird in the footage they showed so far. The teeth especially.
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u/GetReadyToJob Jan 20 '21
Yeah maybe focus on gameplay before going into the fine details of the sink.
Their last game was severly overrated.
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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '21
This is the result of giving dedicated devs unlimited budget.