What the heck happend....

[SkyFinch]

What the heck happend....

to those graphical demos we saw at E3 a few years back? The one with the old man and the rubber duck in the sink? I know they are just demonstrations, but they were created to show the systems potential.

Has there been a PS2 game that ever came close to replicating those graphics?

 

[Nastyman!]

I know this is just a render, but dosen\'t it look sweet?

 

[SkyFinch]

Yep I saw that. I\'m still debating if it\'s a cutscence of actual gameplay.

Honestly, I think it\'s a cutscene. It\'s just rendered with a lowpolygon count. (When I say \"Low\" I mean, not a high as the CG we are acustom to seeing....)

A dead give away that this is not realtime is the cast shadows. Even the Xbox has trouble making \"soft\" cast shadows. They\'re usually hard edge...ie, too defined and straight.

Hope that all makes sense.

 

[Nastyman!]

I know what you are talking about. Yes it is most likely a cutscene, but his face is done very well I think. As for the rest of the photo.... it\'s not so good.