Comments on: Love In The City

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:51:19 +0000

“Better than real? How is that possible?”

Heh. Looked at any pictures of pretty women lately? Noticed how their skin always look so perfect and how their teeth are so shining and white? :-)

By: Fashigady

Fashigady — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:36:51 +0000

“they’ll be outshone by games that look better than real.”
Better than real? How is that possible?

By: Stromko

Stromko — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:44:36 +0000

I think the graphics are a good choice, an attempt to be sort of ‘ageless’. High-definition realistic graphics show their age immediately, even if they ever become 100% realistic, they’ll be outshone by games that look better than real. Going for a sort of symbolic vision rather than realism should avoid eyepain down the line. I think the time will come when Gears of War or MGS3 is too ugly to look at, but I for one never get tired ASCII-esque ROGUE-likes or ‘altered reality’ games like Uplink or DEFCON.

I don’t think using symbolic art is necessary for a game to be ‘art’ though. Even the worst game is more unique and less derivative than a summer blockbuster.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:59:25 +0000

game looks so good

By: Mooey Poo

Mooey Poo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:44:31 +0000

It’s all too brown today

By: Noc

Noc — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:08:34 +0000

What those jerks said.

By: dbdkmezz

dbdkmezz — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:40:31 +0000

Cheers for the link, Corvus. The stills alone look beautiful, but in action, Wow, spectacular!

Better start queuing for spaces in the first 400 player server now :)

By: nabeel

nabeel — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:52:59 +0000

Thanks for the link, Corvus, that looks bloody awesome.

nabeel

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:50:31 +0000

Cheers for linkage Corvus, it’s nice to know it’s much more than some fancy screenshots ;)

By: TychoCelchuuu

TychoCelchuuu — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:42:59 +0000

Looks like that filter that Grand Theft Auto 4 uses to make everything blurry.

By: Valentin Galea

Valentin Galea — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:50:14 +0000

Finally a game where I can be the Nameless One! given that you won’t be able to choose/have a name…

By: Corvus

Corvus — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:36:23 +0000

Here’s a link for anyone looking for some actual footage. Though it doesn’t show any actual gameplay, and is filmed on a camcorder, I still think it shows that Love looks just as spectacular in motion:

http://www.massively.com/2008/02/26/gdc08-when-love-came-to-town/

I think the day-night cycle might need slowing down a bit however.