These are 2 characters I made for my character modeling class. The first is a self portrait of myself which is 6656 tris. The second is a girl who is 3991 tris.
In Unity there the free open-source Lux shader framework which are physically-based: http://u3d.as/content/forst/lux-physically-based-shader-framework/6X6 (requires Unity 4.3) So it can be implemented ;)
I think I know which game you mean, I dont remember the title but its for the xbox360. edit: found it you mean Crackdown? http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/656/656110p1.html
really!? it's working for me.. well shit dudes.. it gave me a vicious boner too.. vid: http://quakersnet.sponsored.by.clanserve...451527f0dedd05e codec: http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=1144&s=266 i tried..
The non-commercial version of Substance Designer has gone as low as $34 on steam, and $166 for the commercial version. I'd also say Substance designer is more optimized for a commercial environment, a higher price for commercial makes sense.