Not quite real life

[andrewducker]

Visual from Half Life 2.

Several more here.

Jesus Christ.  Not long before you can't tell it's not real.

Comments

[cloverbee.livejournal.com]

wow!

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

I think this is going to be one of the major differences between Doom3 and HL2. Sure Doom3 is very visually appealing and but the essence of the game is claustrophobia</> and horror. All the rendering being done is generally in a very small space.

HL2 is going to present us with huge open environments that are truer to real life environments as we know them. I think this is going to present a huge difference in gameplay - Doom3 presents us with pure fantasy but Half-life 2 is going to show a game which is set in a believable environment which can make things scarey in a whole different way.

[avatar.livejournal.com]

I thought that was real, until I scrolled down. Jesus!

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it'll be harsh on you then, Mr "I had to change my pants while playing Doom 3"...

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's incredible.

[ipslore.livejournal.com]

Well, it certainly looks amazing just sitting there, but I'll have to see how it moves before rendering final judgement on it.

[douglasbryant.livejournal.com]

I am not totaly convinced that it is not a real photo.

[lilitufire.livejournal.com]

Wow.

And hello! :)

[andrewducker]

Hello....again!

[red-cloud.livejournal.com]

I'd have to see how that thing moves, assuming it isn't just a background plate. I mean, how many polygons is that?

Actually, being a cynic and all, it is my duty to suspect that this really is just a background plate, a shot of a real scene (undoubtedly used for reference) slipped in amongst the rendered images (which seem to be of a distinctly different, lesser, quality). There's just too much incidental detail in this picture for me to believe it's the work of a graphics artist, and certainly far too much for me to expect it to behave as a 3D environment on anything but the most highly-specced machines.

[beltanera.livejournal.com]

hi andrew, remember me? i mooched you once last year.
ever thought you look a little like mr freeman in that pic?
on the back of Doom III, it said it was 'disturbingly life-like'. zombies from hell attacking a space station on mars, incase you don't know the 'plot'. halflife will be a lot scarier, but there won't be no chainsaw! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

[andrewducker]

I do look a bit like him, although he's far sexier :->

I have Doom3. Which terrifies the living shit out of me.

Half Life will hopefully be even better...