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KingofTrolls on 26 March 2016
CGI-Quality said:


Nothing wrong with disagreeing with the named conclusion, but what I'm seeing goes much further than that.

Do u agree with OP CGI ?  U are kinda specialist, so maybe u will settle this for once.



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TallSilhouette on 26 March 2016

I'm not quite sure what it is about QB's visuals that isn't making me say wow. It's certainly nice looking and the faces are one of its better features...maybe it's how soft and blurry they look. Other games have any combination of higher poly counts (shown in wrinkles and facial hair f.e.), higher res textures (seen in pores and imperfections), better lighting or physics, etc that really add to the fidelity. I'm also not a particular fan of photo scan facial animation for games compared to mocapping and handkeying facial rigs as it just doesn't feel as consistent and convincing within the game world.

As for 'emotion', such as that moment of fear in the OP, I can't say it had the same effect on me (4:50). Those quotes feel kinda sensational. And no, I wouldn't put it above Until Dawn or most other recent games with high end facial animation, either.



Mr Puggsly on 26 March 2016
KingofTrolls said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Maybe we should have this discussion when the games are released.

I havent played the game = I will talk about a game. This is an absolute rule since ( put the year when this site was created )

I hear ya, but its really hard to determine graphics until you actually play it. On many occasions graphics have been boasted about based on videos, but we get a better idea of what's going on when actually playing it.

Bloodborne for example received a ton of praise for its graphics and the promotional videos looks great. But actually playing it... its visuals became less impressive. Look great in gifs though!



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KiigelHeart on 26 March 2016

Facial expressions in QB are more subtle than those in LA Noire, which imo makes them more real and believable. LA Noire was brilliant though and maybe it's technically more impressive idk, but it looked a bit like overacting. Of course it had to be that way for gameplays sake.



KingofTrolls on 26 March 2016
Mr Puggsly said:

Bloodborne for example received a ton of praise for its graphics and the promotional videos looks great. But actually playing it... its visuals became less impressive. Look great in gifs though!

Yup, the game was just downgraded.



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KingofTrolls on 26 March 2016
CGI-Quality said:

 I've seen lead me to believe that he could end up correct. 

Problem solved.



HoloDust on 26 March 2016

WHAT!? Isn't this guy King of CG Emotions?



Seriously though, QB looks pretty good.



Nemesis1993 on 26 March 2016
TheMessiah said:
Nemesis1993 said:
What?I don't think Quantum break is so good,the graphics are better than the facial animations,I'm not impressed,games on last gen has way better animations,like L.A. Noire,Beyond two Souls and the Last of Us,not even close to Uncharted 4.

What do you think of the recent previews which say Quantum Breaks Facial animations are better than all those games. 1 specifically says all those games are bettered by Quantum Break.

One or another preview does not make it a universal truth, I'm not impressed and most of the comments also agree,I'm impressed by comparing QB with those games,what clearly are better,QB has better graphics(you know,next gen),better expressions?no way,who was paying YouTube Video Makers?



AEGRO on 26 March 2016
Nemesis1993 said:
TheMessiah said:

What do you think of the recent previews which say Quantum Breaks Facial animations are better than all those games. 1 specifically says all those games are bettered by Quantum Break.

One or another preview does not make it a universal truth, I'm not impressed and most of the comments also agree,I'm impressed by comparing QB with those games,what clearly are better,QB has better graphics(you know,next gen),better expressions?no way,who was paying YouTube Video Makers?

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Skratchy on 26 March 2016

Nah. I'll leave that sort of thing up to Naughty Dog or Quantic Dream or something. People are SERIOUSLY complaining about high pixel counts here?... Lol. Well, guess what? If Quantum Break was ALSO 1080, it wouldn't look as good as some of you seem to think it does.