My first game has been officially announced!
polycounter lvl 17
Destroy All Humans 3 for PS3 and Xbox 360! Been working on the characters and props for this game for nearly a year now , I don't think the screenshots portray anywhere near as well as seeing it in action. Check out one of the first previews here:
http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=732
http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=732
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BTW, according to the magical interwebs, its also coming out on the wii and psp.
seriously though, how does it feel? i hope to post that exact same message title on these boards a few years from now....
hey ebagg, I've been workin on that too
BTW, according to the magical interwebs, its also coming out on the wii and psp.
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There are two separate games being made, one is the Wii, PSP, and PS2 and the other is ours, for PS3 and Xbox360. Each has a different storyline and features. Which did you work on? There is quite a bit of outsourced assets in ours but you could be working for the other "DAH3"...
CONGRATULATIONSSSSSSzzzzzzSSS1111!!!
seriously though, how does it feel? i hope to post that exact same message title on these boards a few years from now....
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I'm geeking out over seeing some of the assets I made in an official game preview (I made the Venus Human Trap). Very very exciting, and the first of many titles in my career I am sure...
congrats ebagg !
May you have many more to come!
-caseyjones
It looks like complete and utter dog shit. Its one of the worst looking "next gen" games around. It may as well be a direct port of the PS2 version the graphics are that poor...
That said well done...
While I'm looking forward to it, I have to say...
It looks like complete and utter dog shit. Its one of the worst looking "next gen" games around. It may as well be a direct port of the PS2 version the graphics are that poor...
That said well done...
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Christ, you're an ass.
Nice one, ebagg!
fuck you odium
Please don't tell me it needs to have normal maps or it doesn't qualify.
For a cartoon style game the engine looks pretty sweet - nice lighting, impressive level of damage on that car in the shot posted, and a good amount of particles being thrown around too. Looks like fun, which is the important thing.
The Human Trap fits into the DAH world perfectly well, and you work with what you're given, so nice job ebagg (I've done a lot worse in my time). Looks a lot like Audrey II from LSOH .
Odium, why not enlighten us and give some constructive critisism as to what you think makes it look last gen? Or are the things I listed above, plus the crispness of the textures and the lack of jaggies not sufficient improvements on the previosu games in the series?
You have seen the previous games in the series right?
Didnt Pandemic work on the first two?
Didnt Pandemic work on the first two?
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Yes.
That venus man trap is the only attractive thing in the screenshot
congratulations on your first shipped title, very elusive indeed
Congrates Ebagg !
I think the screenshot posted here looks good. More than enough texture detail on the ground for me to be content, neat sense of style, etc -- I'll buy the game. I always wanted to play a Destroy All Humans game but never ended up picking any of the previous ones up.
McIlroy, it kinda weakens your point to demean their art, doesn't it?
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The point is Judge not least ye be judged yourself . I don't go around putting myself on a pedastel . I don't say anything unless I have something nice or consructive to say . Saying someones art is shit is just being an asshole .
Odium and Professor420 until either of you have a game your getting paid to work on your not qualified to go for the throat like that ,also it does not bode well to insult fellow game artists.
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Interesting opinion. We have an entire thread currently going on that basically is bashing how crappy a game is looking: http://72.232.179.131:8003/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=219764&an=0&page=0#Post219764
I suppose your next stop will be to put a stop to that.
The screenshot, with the exception of the venus man trap, looks like shit. There is no coherent style, there is no context, there are piss poor shaders and rendering.
Be careful when you make assumptions about what people say and mean. I could have been more precise in what I said, but why? In the thread's context, that is, ebagg's contribution to the screenshot in question, I complimented it; the rest of the screenshot is crap, for the reasons I've already said and can elaborate on if you so wish. If anything, this probably speaks more about the graphics programmers than the artists, and it may not be the graphics programmers fault (they could have gotten shitty code, maybe there are not enough, etc.), but something is wrong with the screenshot; however, its certainly not ebagg's fault, the monster looks nice and stylish, and that's all that mattered in this thread's context.
And seriously, cut the 'thou shalt not judge' crap. Its what we do every day as artists. There are some works from the Old Masters I don't like; just because I can't sculpt marble, I shouldn't have an opinion? That's absurd, the whole 'don't judge' argument is absurd. Could I have been constructive? Yes, but what's the point; if the graphics engineers for DAH3 are visiting polycount, if they are presenting themselves and pimping their work, sure, but it was irrelevant for ebagg as I have no crits for his work.
This dude was just saying he got his first shipped title and thats awesome to get to that point. Can you say that? Who cares if it's a can't stay on the shelves blockbuster. It's a huge accomplishment to reach that point and to see all the hard work finally come to life.
Man oh man seriously take a step back and read what you wrote you asshole.
I've heard a lot of good things about the series, but haven't ever played one. That may change now that I have a 360.
So lets here it for our fellow Polycounter living out his dream and FINALLY working on something that has been announced. Good job so far ebagg. I've been working in-house now for nearly 2 years and can't announce any of the 4 projects I've been involved with. It's frustrating, so I imagine you've a sense of relief from this cat finally being let out of the bag.
Can someone post pics in this thread for me? I can't load the page, it makes my shitty computer hard crash for some reason. The one I saw looks like its done in vein of the other 2 which is a fantastic thing.
It doesn't have to be a swank looking game to be on the 360.
Let's have it then.. pics please!
Tell me what ya think..
As for Odium and Professor420's comments, well you are entitled to your opinions, I won't argue against that. I think you two lack tact, if you consider saying a game's graphics as fugly as a constructive critique, that only demonstrates your ignorance. A few things you two aren't taking into account are;
-as I said previously, the game looks better in motion. You cannot always fully appreciate a game without seeing it in action.
-those are pre-alpha screenshots, plenty of tweaks are being made on a daily basis to the look of the game.
-the game will never beat Gears of War, it is an open-world game, not just in the same sense as Oblivion even, in this game you switch between on-foot and flying saucer action high above the streets, and thus assets for this game are spread thin as to accomodate huge views of the massive levels.
Thanks for all the kind words folks, I definitely recommend it as a fun game, its a fun game that really builds a bunchof new gameplay and storyline on the PS2/xbox titles.
It wasn't constructive. But what would be the point of constructive criticism here? Your artwork was very nice; the rest, is not. If you are going to pass a critique on to your shader writers, sure, I'll be constructive, but until then, I'll observe and opine instead.
"the game will never beat Gears of War"
The XBOX/PS2 levels look better, the characters on 3 are better though. There are some pretty egregious art issues, IMO, and presentation is important; if its too early, don't release screens, if that's how the game looks, deal with it. Has nothing to do with you personally but its a fact of life.
What the hell is going on here? Shitty looking games (DAH1 was fun as hell for sure) are taken to town pretty regularly; I suppose, its alright to trash a game as long as no one is part of the team who made it is on these forums? I even congratulated the polycount member as his stuff is definitely visually above lots of the other content.
Forgive me if I am unable to put honesty and bluntness aside in a congratulation thread, I certainly did not intend it to be taken as an insult by ebagg, seeing as I didn't even insult him. I even used a freakin emoticon.
hahahaha Your talking about E3 and not releasing screen shots of a AAA game title when it should be out before next the E3? That is madness!
In this industry if you have anything that you can take a screen shot of you bet your ass your going to show it.
Its far better to show early beta shots of a game than to not show or say anything. Because even if it looks like ass people will remember it,and later when you show something better looking they will be wowed.
Wait for the game to come out then once its on DVD you can crit all you want because then its what was ment to be seen by players.
Christ people, get a clue. The point I was making is that the game looks like it could easily run on a PS2... and does. Its an effortless port, and the PS2 version is the one thats had the most work gone into it.
Lets look at it more.
The draw distance? Awful. Even for a 360 drawing low poly stuff with fuzzy textures, its awful. The actual effects are bland as hell, it looks like a mod... Or a PS2 game. You have bare effects being hidden by lots of bloom? Why? You have a console with the power of the 360, yet you still only have four or five different human models, and the only reason they look different is because they are all blue. Or all green. What?
Its also got some of the most painfully bland building work since... Well... Spiderman. On PS2.
My point is, this is a 360 game. But its not. Its a game made by devs for PS2, where they did a damn fine job. Its probably gonna be great on PS2. But its been picked up by what looks like a group of two people, ported to 360, and then just left to rot with no real work done on it AT ALL. Sure, they can boast about how they had to code it again to get it working, or that certain things just were not possible on PS2 hardware...
But the simple fact is... It LOOKS like a port. Thats when the job is done bad. Not only that, but I just KNOW by looking at those shots there will be frame rate dips, where there is zero reason for there to be. I can tell because everything over 10 feet away is blurred/lodded out...
Alpha or not. New game or not. It doesn't hide the fact that there things are peoples, my, thoughts, and I can say them. I've seen some people here act like true cunts to people just for posting a simple render. Dont give me the high and mighty just because some guy got a job working at a games studio. I've been making DS and PSP games for about 2 years now, and I have never came here looking for a good sucking off. I wouldn't anyway at Polycount, its full of hypocrites.
The point is, the 360 is a beast of a machine. Anybody that pumps out a game akin to Dynasty/Samurai Warriors needs ot be punched in the face and sat down. There isn't an excuse for lazy ports any more. The power is there use it.
That said, the game will sell like mad anyway, because of the title. So who cares right? Why bother making something as good as it can be when the money will come anyway...
Plausible theory, touche.
http://www.gameplaymonthly.com/games/destroyallhumans/dah2.JPG
oh and I laughed my ass off on the "if its too early, don't release screens" comment...man you obviously don't have a fucking clue how retarded marketing guys can be.
I didn't start this thread to have my ego stroked, although I appreciate the kind words. This forum has seen many people go from aspiring artists to seasoned pros, and I've always been inspired by the success of everyone. I'm just pumped to see my game finally getting press!