The team making Shenmue III seem pretty naïve to us. So, you may recall the title’s first trailer releasing recently, and the ribbing that ensued regarding its non-existent facial animations. Well, now Ys Net has clumsily deployed a video showing it faffing about with an old lady’s face. This is basically the studio proving that it does have the tech to animate faces, but as it fiddles around with the grandma’s jowls like the intro scene from Super Mario 64, it just looks weird. “Her face is scary,” the voice over notes.
Look, we appreciate the intent here, and it’s cool that Shenmue III is moving forward. But we think that the developer needs to be careful about what it shows, because these kind of videos are doing more harm than good in our opinion. Of course, it’s in a sticky spot because Kickstarter backers will be demanding regular development updates, but maybe it’d be best keeping its head down and reserving reveals for when it’s got something meaningful to show.
[source youtube.com]
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Pillars of Eternity has some of the worst facial animations I've seen in a game. It's like crack to me though. Just sayin!
Its one thing to show you have the tech.
But itd be better if you showed you knew how to put it to good use.
@kyleforrester87 Sure, but Pillars of Eternity is an RPG dungeon crawler thing whereas Shenmue III is a narrative adventure.
@get2sammyb The obvious solution then is to zoom the camera out on Shenmue until it no longer matters
Of course, I'm being an idiot, just ignore me.
@kyleforrester87 Wait, how did you see facial animations on Pillars of Eternity??
Honestly, you use your personal photo as a profile pick on a kickstarter campaign once and they think they can slap it all over the internet. Oh well, lesson learned.
Bedroom programming, he's even still got his pyjamas on.
@Athrum I closed my eyes and wished real hard, then when I opened them I found I'd been magically transported to the Dyrwood. I stayed for a few hours, met some NPCs and completed a few quests, and when I woke up I was on the sofa with one hand down the front of my pants.
Did they drag him out of his hospital bed to introduce this?
I mean... it's no worse than Mass Effect Andromeda.
It's not that bad, a bit retro maybe? I wouldn't mind too much if the game was good.
Considering Shenmue was one of the main games (if not the game) that forced Sega out of the Console market - thanks to its very high cost and low sales, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this doesn't live up to expectations. I know it exceeded its 'Kickstarter' but whether it has the budget, the scale etc of the predecessors or turns out to be a bit of a 'cash-in' for the name/brand, time will tell.
To be honest, I think I can animate better facial animation, especially since they're just using sliders to move the bones, which makes it easier.
Sega, release the Shenmue remasters before this bubble bursts. It looks bad and I dont even feel any passion from the devs themselves.
It's like Marvel vs Capcom Infinite again.
If this game was going to have Dreamcast-level graphics and animations I wouldn't mind. Bit unfair to hold it up to AAA standards when it's a Kickstarter project for a sequel to a 15 year old game. I have faith in Yu Suzuki.
They must have hired some animators from Bioware.
I wish I could win the euromillions. I would slap a good few million into this without blinking!
The budget is a little lower then the blockbusters from the biggest studio's. Just let ND help Sony and make it 100% exclusive.
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