Why Do Character Models Look So Dated?

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

I mean, I was just comparing ER to BG3, and the character models in this game (both the PC and NPC's) look like they're ten years old. Faces have little detail or animation, and even the static detail is kind of sparse.

I'd expect for a game released in 2022 that characters would have more detail in them.

[Mr. Mundungus]

They have plenty of detail, stop running on a potato.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Escrito originalmente por Rekk (Perx):

They have plenty of detail, stop running on a potato.

I'm not.

[Dogi ( ﾟ ヮﾟ)]

you end up covered in armor pretty fast, character looks have never mattered in a souls game.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Escrito originalmente por Dogi ( ﾟ ヮﾟ):

you end up covered in armor pretty fast, character looks have never mattered in a souls game.

I mean, that's just an excuse. You can still often see the face (open faced helms), and regardless, the NPC's also have really dated looking character models. Like from ten years ago dated.

Tech these days can make some really advanced looking characters. See Star Citizen, or Baldur's Gate 3. Like, REALLY nice looking.

This game's models are so dated...it's just kinda weird.

[SecularStoner]

Escrito originalmente por pandariuskairos:

Escrito originalmente por Dogi ( ﾟ ヮﾟ):

you end up covered in armor pretty fast, character looks have never mattered in a souls game.

I mean, that's just an excuse. You can still often see the face (open faced helms), and regardless, the NPC's also have really dated looking character models. Like from ten years ago dated.

Tech these days can make some really advanced looking characters. See Star Citizen, or Baldur's Gate 3. Like, REALLY nice looking.

This game's models are so dated...it's just kinda weird.

Your copy must be messed up.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Escrito originalmente por BigEazy420:

Escrito originalmente por pandariuskairos:

I mean, that's just an excuse. You can still often see the face (open faced helms), and regardless, the NPC's also have really dated looking character models. Like from ten years ago dated.

Tech these days can make some really advanced looking characters. See Star Citizen, or Baldur's Gate 3. Like, REALLY nice looking.

This game's models are so dated...it's just kinda weird.

Your copy must be messed up.

I don't own the game - I'm just watching streamers play it in 1440p (which is what my monitor also happens to be).

[SecularStoner]

Escrito originalmente por pandariuskairos:

Escrito originalmente por BigEazy420:

Your copy must be messed up.

I don't own the game - I'm just watching streamers play it in 1440p (which is what my monitor also happens to be).

Then there you go. Watching a streamer play vs playing yourself is entirely different.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Escrito originalmente por BigEazy420:

Escrito originalmente por pandariuskairos:

I don't own the game - I'm just watching streamers play it in 1440p (which is what my monitor also happens to be).

Then there you go. Watching a streamer play vs playing yourself is entirely different.

No, it's not. What I am seeing does not change whether I am watching it on Youtube in 1440p or playing it natively in 1440p. I see literally exactly the same thing.

[Liyran]

The game is literally just an open-world Dark Souls 3, did you really expect them to touch up the character models? This is FromSoftware we're talking about.

[Dregora]

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Escrito originalmente por BigEazy420:

Then there you go. Watching a streamer play vs playing yourself is entirely different.

No, it's not. What I am seeing does not change whether I am watching it on Youtube in 1440p or playing it natively in 1440p. I see literally exactly the same thing.

Quality always degrades in streams or videos, that's just how it is.

That being said, it's not state of the art, but serviceable. Whining about something so insignificant is just weird, especially when the examples you mention, one of them being a game that's never gonna be released, let alone run on a lot of pc's.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Escrito originalmente por Liyran:

The game is literally just an open-world Dark Souls 3, did you really expect them to touch up the character models? This is FromSoftware we're talking about.

I have no idea what to "expect" because I've never played one of their games before.

It's open world-ish. It's no Breath of the Wild, but it's definitely somewhere between Skyrim and Dark Souls.

[SecularStoner]

Escrito originalmente por pandariuskairos:

Escrito originalmente por BigEazy420:

Then there you go. Watching a streamer play vs playing yourself is entirely different.

No, it's not. What I am seeing does not change whether I am watching it on Youtube in 1440p or playing it natively in 1440p. I see literally exactly the same thing.

No you do not.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Escrito originalmente por Dregora:

Escrito originalmente por pandariuskairos:

No, it's not. What I am seeing does not change whether I am watching it on Youtube in 1440p or playing it natively in 1440p. I see literally exactly the same thing.

Quality always degrades in streams or videos, that's just how it is.

That being said, it's not state of the art, but serviceable. Whining about something so insignificant is just weird, especially when the examples you mention, one of them being a game that's never gonna be released, let alone run on a lot of pc's.

No one's whining here except you little boy, I'm just looking for explanations.

How can a developer create a AAA game that looks like it was made in 2012?

[Kain]

Well. Regardless of that, it's the first from software game which you can make a character that doesn't look like a nugget.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Escrito originalmente por BigEazy420:

Escrito originalmente por pandariuskairos:

No, it's not. What I am seeing does not change whether I am watching it on Youtube in 1440p or playing it natively in 1440p. I see literally exactly the same thing.

No you do not.

Yes, I do.