The Coalition - Character Rendering Test on Unreal Engine 5

The Coalition share a real-time character rendering test on Xbox Series X and their first bits of discovery on what’s possible with next-gen character creation using Unreal Engine 5. This demo was showcased at GDC21.

[alb1899]

I just imagine Hell Blade 2.....uffff!

[Obscure_Observer]

Is gonna be incredible! I can´t wait.

[LordoftheCritics]

Gears 5 has the most detailed and accessible graphics settings in a video game ever.

Coalition have been working with Unreal engine for some time.

[4Sh0w]

Honestly I've been seeing incredible tech renders for over 10 yrs at least close to this= impressive but Im NOT truly excited until I see the tech running in FULL RELEASED GAMES, no downgrades.

[itsmebryan]

This looks great. Remember when people for some reason believed UE5 would only run on PS5. I wonder where they got that information from?🤔 smh

[camel_toad]

I wish I could go back in time and show stuff like this to the 80's kid me so I would slap adult me and call myself a damn liar.

[Obscure_Observer]

The Coalition is on a whole new level!

Their new IP is gonna set the graphical standards to a new high.

[RaidenBlack]

The thing is, UE5 has all the resources available by default on the SDK and extra textures and meshes can obtained from the marketplace. So creating a realistic environment and characters can be done by most UE5 user/studio.
Bend Studios with Days Gone and Coalition with Hivebusters already showcased what they can do with UE4.
With UE5 those two studios will surely wow gamers again, as well as Ninja Thoery.
And also other 3rd party studios for that matter. (Respawn, GSC etc.)

[Atticus_finch]

Bash Days gone is graphically superior to Gears of war. Gears stands out because of its colorful, saturated look but it is nothing especial.

[RaidenBlack]

@ above two ^^
Both games are available on PC. You guys can easily compare and judge.
https://youtu.be/4UkWYaNiBA...
https://youtu.be/8pWA8inBM9...

[Obscure_Observer]

@Atticus_finch

"Bash Days gone is graphically superior to Gears of war. Gears stands out because of its colorful, saturated look but it is nothing especial."

Lol. You´re full of sh!t.

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

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

[neomahi]

Doubt it. No Microsoft studio posses such talent, especially under Microsoft. Microsoft cant create anything, only mimic, they lack any creative or innovative gene in Microsofts DNA, they all opperate according to "The Ballmer Effect".

[RaidenBlack]

"No Microsoft studio posses such talent" ~ you sure you're not tipsy today, lad?
Maybe MS has few studios with really good talent (if you follow the game industry unbiasedly) but I wouldn't say MS has no studios with such talent.

[Eonjay]

look at RaidenBlack's PC Comparison videos.

Days gone clearly is superior in terms of realism and detail, but this may just be an artistic choice.

[chiefJohn117]

My eyes just had an orgasm

[JackBNimble]

Did they explode ?

[Sayai jin]

The Coaltion and Unreal Engine 5...whatever they are working on is going look astounding.

[Spenok]

I wonder how likely it is the fidelity and realism this character portrays will be doable in game. Especially since they put that disclaimer front and center that "This does not represent a game product."

Almost leads me to believe it's them just putting everything they can into a character render with nothing else around it.

But at the same time, games like TLOU2 looks astounding, but that was last gen, and this is designed for current gen.

Here's hoping it's possible.

[Abbott123]

I think that was to tell fans to not look too much into who the character is and is simply a tech demo. Might be wrong but that’s the way I took it.

[The_Sage]

I'm going to get crucified for saying this, but I can't see how this looks any better than The Last of Us Part 2. Maybe I need new glasses.

[IanTH]

Given the general look of the character, I was reminded a bit more of The Order 1886. I'm not going to say there aren't some improvements here, but the differences aren't overt. These kinds of tests are always neat to see, but never really end up being representative of the fidelity you end up getting in-game anyway.

[ABizzel1]

I said the same thing, looks like The Order meets Gears.

There's more details for sure like the Hair, pores in the skin texture, and material quality of the uniform but it's not the jump gamers saw for the first time when we moved from PS2/GC/Xbox up to Gears on the 360, or even Killzone / Ryse on the PS4 / XBO. It's not going to happen, as often because developers are aiming for 4K and 60fps.

Like the Battlefield comparison video, this looks great, but the old game still look good too.

[The_Sage]

Well said.

[alb1899]

Is not the same type of art. The last of us use a more realistic art.
You guys should understand that and enjoy everything for what it is. I think it looks fenomenal if you compare it with the gears of war characters that are made with the same concept in mind.

[LordoftheCritics]

Its the hair, beard, skin texture, more natural sub surface scattering. Also the skin looks lived in with imperfections and blood showing through.

LOU2 is pretty but it is clearly last gen in some ways. Still very well done and top of the last gen.

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

[Neonridr]

either way, talking about a ND game when comparing is always a good thing. This looks stunning, much like TLOU2 did as well.

[Aussiesummer]

Show us what can be used in game then I'll be impressed.

[King_Noctis]

“ The Coalition share a real-time character rendering test on Xbox Series X and their first bits of discovery on what’s possible with next-gen character creation using Unreal Engine 5.”

[dbcoops]

Whats that have to do with what he said? I have to agree with Aussie there's nothing impressive here, wait and show us your game and then we can choose to be impressed or not on something worth caring about.

[King_Noctis]

“ wait and show us your game and then we can choose to be impressed or not on something worth caring about.”

When Sony shared their UE 5 tech demo, why didn’t I see comments like this?

[DazaMc]

Looks great with a static model, lets just hope they can animate them correctly. The bearded guy in Halo Infinite just looks wrong from an animation standpoint.

[Father__Merrin]

The developers stressed multiple times this is not game graphics just tech demo

[Atticus_finch]

Lol

[neomahi]

Microsoft dont have the talent to create such tools, because Microsoft's Xbox Execs are suits, not gamers.

[isarai]

I mean it looks good, but character tech demos are really not at all representative of what you'll see in-game. There's a long history of character tech demos, they never look that good in a final product, so people should really only take this for what it is, a tech demo

[Darkborn]

If this was a Sony video, they would have had journalists saying it was a gruff white male. Probably a white supremacist in these days. In all seriousness, it does look good though.