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Video of a graphical analysis of Ark on Switch (handheld mode) - He is surprised and impressed by the quality

Last edited by Rab - on 23 March 2018

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:


how do you get dinosaurs so wrong?

#neverforget

Whats wrong about it?



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

zorg1000 said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:


how do you get dinosaurs so wrong?

#neverforget

Whats wrong about it?

This is closer to what a Carnotaurus looks like:

Carnotaurus didn't have hands like that in the picture, and also their snouts were really small in comparison to most Theropods, almost like a pitbull. 



AngryLittleAlchemist said:
zorg1000 said:

Whats wrong about it?

This is closer to what a Carnotaurus looks like:

Carnotaurus didn't have hands like that in the picture, and also their snouts were really small in comparison to most Theropods, almost like a pitbull. 

It's a game (I assume you've played those before), not a simulator 



Rab said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

This is closer to what a Carnotaurus looks like:

Carnotaurus didn't have hands like that in the picture, and also their snouts were really small in comparison to most Theropods, almost like a pitbull. 

It's a game (I assume you've played those before), not a simulator 

And yet, they changed the model due to criticism. So obviously, they care about realism to some extent! 



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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Rab said:

It's a game (I assume you've played those before), not a simulator 

And yet, they changed the model due to criticism. So obviously, they care about realism to some extent! 

To some extent, but of course game developers do take some poetic license with their creations, Ark has never been marketed as a sim 



Rab said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

And yet, they changed the model due to criticism. So obviously, they care about realism to some extent! 

To some extent, but of course game developers do take some poetic license with their creations, Ark has never been marketed as a sim 

I never said it was. Although, I feel like it's pretty obvious that dumbing down a Carnotaurus to just look like any medium sized theropod, if anything, is actually quite boring and repetitive ... 

Also, you realize my original comment was a joke, right? You've heard of those?  



AngryLittleAlchemist said:
zorg1000 said:

Whats wrong about it?

This is closer to what a Carnotaurus looks like:

Carnotaurus didn't have hands like that in the picture, and also their snouts were really small in comparison to most Theropods, almost like a pitbull. 

Those are pretty minor differences, its not nearly as bad as Michael Crichton making Velociraptors 6ft tall and 200lbs when they were actually about the size of a turkey.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Why didn't Capcom bring MHW to Switch? Seems like it would just ooze money for them.



zorg1000 said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

This is closer to what a Carnotaurus looks like:

Carnotaurus didn't have hands like that in the picture, and also their snouts were really small in comparison to most Theropods, almost like a pitbull. 

Those are pretty minor differences, its not nearly as bad as Michael Crichton making Velociraptors 6ft tall and 200lbs when they were actually about the size of a turkey.

No .... they really, really, really aren't. 

The Ark version looks like a big fat beefy creature with huge arms and a huge head. In reality it was small and slim, it had arms that were sideways and extremely small (way smaller than Rex's), and they were very slim. You would have to know almost nothing about Carnotaurus to think those are minor differences, it's like calling saying the difference between Cheetah and a Bear isn't big.  

But I will say you are right about Jurassic Park. Then again, I can at least understand where he was coming from, since his inspiration was actually from other species of raptor and not Velociraptors. Besides, I don't actually care either way, it was a joke. Plus they fixed it somewhat.