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GlobsterAGoGo from Mobile Leprechaun's alt account Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#121726: Jun 11th 2013 at 1:57:36 AM

@Spazz: One would think 3D models would be easier to keep consistent than drawings...

@Norm: That is just straight-up cray.

Going to go into my bed and die now. G'night, y'all.

and then they fricked in the booty
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121727: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:00:46 AM

You would think... I didn't even have time to find some of the more scary alien-looking ones.

G'night.

@Norm:Eh. Maybe some twelve year-olds complained?

I honestly think they might have. Rather than writing better dialogue for him, they just cheated by modeling his face with how they wanted you to see it? They'd make it more cutesy for sympathetic scenes, then give him back his cheekbones and shit for when he's supposed to be killing people?

edited 11th Jun '13 2:03:36 AM by GameSpazzer

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pyr0h1tman8 What'd you just say about my hair?! from The Land Down Under Since: Jul, 2010
What'd you just say about my hair?!
#121728: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:02:11 AM

They did it as a joke to annoy people that look closely at him.

Night Mobile.

edited 11th Jun '13 2:02:40 AM by pyr0h1tman8

In our heart, Mr. Ando will always be a penguin.
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#121729: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:03:00 AM

Meh.

Sorry for derailing your conversation.

Cloud is messed up mentally, physically and now metaphysically.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121730: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:05:57 AM

Ninja'd, so I'm putting it here: I honestly think they might have. Rather than writing better dialogue for him, they just cheated by modeling his face with how they wanted you to see it? They'd make it more cutesy for sympathetic scenes, then give him back his cheekbones and shit for when he's supposed to be killing people?

@Pyro: You don't even have to look closely, though. I actually remember looking away from the screen at times when watching it for the first time through simply because it jarred me so much and creeped me out.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
pyr0h1tman8 What'd you just say about my hair?! from The Land Down Under Since: Jul, 2010
What'd you just say about my hair?!
#121731: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:10:06 AM

That does make sense actually. It wouldn't be the first time that that's happened with animations either IIRC.

Huh. I see.

In our heart, Mr. Ando will always be a penguin.
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121732: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:25:24 AM

And there's his creepy paedosmile at the end... when he's surrounded by children... and he very, very slowly essentially sneers at the camera and stares for a full five seconds. -Shudder-

So... I think Mr. Nomura tried to apply what he knew about anime to a photorealistic CGI movie. And it didn't work.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
pyr0h1tman8 What'd you just say about my hair?! from The Land Down Under Since: Jul, 2010
What'd you just say about my hair?!
#121733: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:30:53 AM

... Wow, his frequent adoptions just took on a much creepier undertone.

From what I have seen of ACC (from a friend who to my knowledge hasn't actually played the game) that sounds about right.

edited 11th Jun '13 2:31:20 AM by pyr0h1tman8

In our heart, Mr. Ando will always be a penguin.
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121734: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:42:41 AM

Yep... ACC fixes several of the problems that AC had, but it... still didn't work.

(At least it didn't retcon half the original game, though!... Bastards.)

...Spirits Within stayed consistent and had synched up lip flaps. But the Uncanny Valley was even deeper there.

Which is a shame, because I think Spirits Within might have actually been good if they hadn't marketed it as Final Fantasy. To recap:

  • People familiar with FF will see "Final Fantasy" and be disappointed that the only thing it has in common with the series is a guy named Cid and a plot largely ripped off from VII (and all the unused ideas that didn't go into VII -- no, really, check the production thingies).
  • People unfamiliar with FF will see "Final Fantasy" and think it's part of a preexisting series and therefore not for them.
  • Lip flaps that match! Hooray for lip flaps that match!
  • It was a new, untried thing they were doing — it was the first feature-length CGI movie done in a photorealistic style, I believe. Done with motion capture, no less. That could have roped a few people into watching it.
  • The people looked like puppets sometimes, which probably scared some people off.

...

-Witty concluding line-

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#121735: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:45:30 AM

Spirits Within had a lot of visual cues that Mass Effect appropriated, so I can at least appreciate that.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
pyr0h1tman8 What'd you just say about my hair?! from The Land Down Under Since: Jul, 2010
What'd you just say about my hair?!
#121736: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:47:16 AM

I see. Said friend seems to like the movie a fair bit, but with no offence intended towards him... he's probably the kind of guy that would just overlook its flaws.

I had an opportunity to watch Spirits Within once on band camp a couple of years back IIRC, but the other people in the cabin wanted to watch a show about porn stars so I let them be.

In our heart, Mr. Ando will always be a penguin.
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#121737: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:56:02 AM

[up] Something sexual happened at band camp, yet you give up the perfect moment for an American Pie quip.

I am disappoint, Pyro.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121738: Jun 11th 2013 at 2:59:50 AM

@Norm: So I'm not the only one that noticed that, then... when I first saw a picture of Miranda Lawson online, I thought it was a weirdly-stacked Aki Ross at first.

@Pyro: You can find it online for free easily enough, and the English dub is pretty decent. Haven't seen the Japanese yet.

Of course, they did market it as Final Fantasy... and then Squaresoft nearly went under because they put so much into the movie and it bombed, taking the practically-stillborn Square Pictures with it. Which nearly killed the merger with Enix. And then the VII-remake for the PS 2 was cancelled due to money issues. And then came the age of money-grubbing, low-quality spinoffs...

</resentment>

Of course, Squeenix was desperate enough for money to brownnose Disney that Kingdom Hearts got created, which I suppose is good, but still...

...Anyway, when ACC was good, it was definitely good. The fights are fun to watch, and the animation (the motion, at least. Thank god for mocap) was executed quite well. The updated graphics also touched up a few scenes to look less creepy and added new ones which cleared up some plotholes and character derps. But if you're looking for anything deeper than a guy with a really big sword chopping a motorcycle in half and watching it explode behind him, you're in for disappointment.

[up]This. You have failed as a human being on the most basic level.

edited 11th Jun '13 3:02:35 AM by GameSpazzer

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
pyr0h1tman8 What'd you just say about my hair?! from The Land Down Under Since: Jul, 2010
What'd you just say about my hair?!
#121739: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:01:23 AM

Every single year, every single time I've mentioned the words "band camp" near anyone, they have made a reference to American Pie.

I've never seen the movie.

[up] Sorry, I have to have dinner now, so I can't respond to that. Bye.

edited 11th Jun '13 3:03:25 AM by pyr0h1tman8

In our heart, Mr. Ando will always be a penguin.
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121740: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:05:14 AM

Goodbye.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#121741: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:07:08 AM

Yeah, but you can see inspirations in the armour, vehicles, weapons.

Even the omnitools.

Topics Norm has derailed into Mass Effect: 2.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
LiorVal Since: May, 2013
#121742: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:08:39 AM

Good afternoon/morning/evening everyone, how is your day?

GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121743: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:10:04 AM

Yep. Like that glowy chest thing. And the glowy barrier things.

...Shaddap, I'm not good at describing things this late.

But yeah, definitely.

Hello.

edited 11th Jun '13 3:10:41 AM by GameSpazzer

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ArmoredFury she is one steamed bun tall from amidst flowers and gunsmoke (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
she is one steamed bun tall
#121744: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:17:27 AM

I OFFICIALLY GRADUATED TODAY

-Guitar riff-

Nothing seems to have changed. But perhaps one day it will.
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#121745: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:17:28 AM

Someone start another conversation so I can turn it towards Mass Effect.

[up]-Applause-

edited 11th Jun '13 3:18:16 AM by SR3NORMANDY

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
LiorVal Since: May, 2013
#121746: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:19:43 AM

[up][up] Congrats! Only 9 days of non-learning here.

edited 11th Jun '13 3:19:52 AM by LiorVal

fancywig ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ from heckie Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: It was only a kiss
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#121747: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:20:34 AM

@Fury: Congrats!!!!!!

Only a week till school is finiiiished

can't waaaait

hi everyone!

GO AHEAD .... MR. JOEHSTUR .......
LiorVal Since: May, 2013
fancywig ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ from heckie Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: It was only a kiss
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#121749: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:23:07 AM

I'm sweelll

might sleep in a few hours since I've been up all night, and Pan is doing fine

he's having trouble with his claws, poor thing. I have to get them unstuck from my pants.

GO AHEAD .... MR. JOEHSTUR .......
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#121750: Jun 11th 2013 at 3:23:27 AM

Ooh! Wait wait wait — CALIBRATIONS.

AHAHAHAHAHA... why am I still awake?

...Fuck, now Garrus sounds like Steve Buscemi in my head.

I should go.

...And Shepard is Alec Baldwin.

DAMMIT.

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