Uncharted 4 reportedly uses multiple models per character

From the article: "Uncharted 4's gameplay trailer which when first released, led many to speculate that it was CGI, but Naughty Dog was quick to point out that everything we saw in the trailer was actually in-game running real time. The gun-totting Nathan Drake has a facial model that looks almost photo-realistic. Ever wondered why that is so? Well, wonder no more"

[XiSasukeUchiha]

Hmm interesting for sure using multiple model if this true.

[snipermk0]

That's why the title says, "reportedly" if you actually stop to read things properly

[Emrage]

why the fuck are you always first or second

[rezzah]

the attention, or to get points for each comment made.

[jebabcock]

Time travel my friend... he has discovered the secret of being everywhere at once..

[Relientk77]

I honestly want to know if he even sleeps

[FalconLover]

@Sasuke what Ninjitsu or you using to be always on top -,-

[MegaRay]

*facepalm*

Not everything about an interesting game have to be "interesting"

[F4sterTh4nFTL]

It is called Level of Detail (LOD):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[gamerfan0909]

I'm excited for this game. I recent;y played Uncharted 3 again and man it's such a well designed game. It literally feels like you're playing an action movie at all times. I just hope they keep the light hearted feel of the uncharted games and not the more dark serious feel of TLOU.

[ltachiUchiha]

The funny thing is I think 3 was the worse out of the series but when I say worse, I mean it was still a great game, its just it couldn't top UC2 but then again a few of the heads who worked on UC1 & UC2 & TLOU didn't work on UC3 so that is why UC3 turned out that way. Great game but didn't top the game before it. UC4 has the main team working on it so u know it is going to deliver.

[gamerfan0909]

I felt Uncharted 3 was better than the first one and better than the TLOU. I thought it was the best written Uncharted game they made and the set pieces were the best of the series. The airplane setpiece, the abduction level, and the boat set piece, and the desert journey are some of the most beautifully excited scenes/ levels in a game I've ever played. I think Uncharted 3 is the most complete game they've ever made. I didn't like it as much as I do now when it came out, but after a second playthrough it's amazing.

[imuze]

This is nothing new to gaming. Gamecube's Resident Evil 1 remake used two models you could easily tell. Close up cut scenes looked way more detailed compared to the gameplay models.

[chrissx]

Looking forward to this game. Looks set to be the best looking thing ever on a console

[GamingTruth]

then it must be the best looking game ever

[colonel179]

But wouldn't that go against what Naught Dog said about wanting to do the entire game real time, including cutscenes)?

Also, what Trevor Sticker mentions is just a "general" rule they use in games, and we all know that. There are several games that do that, including The Last of Us. It doesn't mean and specially doesn't confirm that Uncharted 4 will use multiple models.

Also, no part in the article do they refer specifically to Uncharted 4, they are just using it as an example.

Misleading title considering the content of the article.

[mixelon]

LOD models are used in almost all games. If the camera pans out so much that you wouldn't be able to see the extra polygons, it always makes sense to swap out the model for one with less poly's and texture detail. It's common practice industry-wide and means we get a lot more performance out of games.

In cutscenes it just shows the highest LOD.. Most games switch between them on the fly.

[CertifiedGamer]

This article isn't even something confirmed from a naughty dog developer so just take it with a grain of salt.

[mixelon]

Haha, a story that basically amounts to "LOD is a thing!" Well, yes! And most games have been using variable LOD models it for well over a decade.

Pretty funny. :D

[CertifiedGamer]

So some random website had an interview with a developer who doesn't work at Naughty Dog then the article acts like its a confirmation. What this article is delivering is speculation that can be googled from the web. Nobody except. Naughty dog knows what animation they are using. I don't think they are using multiple character models at all.

[Bathyj]

Reportedly?

That's like the equivalent of Fox news "it's been said"

[Dan_scruggs]

It's called LOD and it's in every game. Calm down people. They aren't reinventing the wheel here.

[sadfeet]

Wrong! It's called adaptive tessellation used on faces.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

GT6 was reportedly using the same technique on their cars.

Some how Naughty Dogs found a way to make it work on facial models.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[sadfeet]

whoops my last video showed a false video to prove my point.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

After reviewing the trailer there was only one instance where LOD maybe was used and were his head was but off, but adaptive tessellation could potentially work. Tessellation isn't new but I wouldn't be surprised either.

[Pandamobile]

Every single 3D game on the planet does this.

[hkgamer]

uncharted always used more than one model, one for gameplay and one for cutscene.

also would like to point out that uncharted cutscenes have always been prerendered ingame assets. think it was done so that loading would be quicker aswell as them able to add more detail and lighting effects.

[plaZeHD]

This has nothing to do with cutscenes. It's just basic LOD(level of detail), the closer you get to an object the more detailed it will look just like in real-life.
It has been done well since forever.

[hkgamer]

isnt that character model always the same distance away from the screen in gameplay? maybe im just not thinking properly but it seemed more like it was talking about cutscenes.

[PersonMan]

This is how every game is made isn't it? The closer to get to an object, the more detail is loaded on it.

[agame914]

Let's here people say ryse is still the best looking game lol

[DarkAzureIIIX]

LOD is used all the time, it just best done when you don't notice it.

[Cueil]

that might be because it is still in effing development as well... *face palm* the game is a year and a half at min. and most likely over 2 years away

[veegeeeffex]

Not the first Uncharted game to do this.

[masa2009]

As long as they discard the pre-rendered cutscenes they had in the previous ones (and The Last of Us), there's no problem.

It looked pretty bad when the game removed all weapons or went back to default gun for a cutscene and then immediately put the weapon back in your hand when you reverted to gameplay.

That's where MGS has the edge on games like these. It doesn't look exactly as good as Uncharted or Gears of War but it's all real time, all the time.

[system22]

i can't wait for this game. this is the game thats going to show off the ps4.

[SoulSercher620]

This isn't anything new. Naughty Dog already made it clear they did this in TLOU.