Anyone notice the improved faces?

#1 Posted by Vinny_Says (5160 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

Seriously, of all the things the multiple demos showed off at E3 it was the facial animations that surprised me the most. Not only on Connor's face but on the NPCs too. There is a particular scene where Connor is talking to someone in a camp during the Ubisoft demo that impressed me. Now it's not LA Noire facial animation but it's pretty good for something running on a PS3.

What impressed you the most? Is your excitement greater or lesser after E3? Personally I can't wait for October 30th.

#2 Posted by Joeybagad0nutz (1413 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

The Combat looks a little more like Batman which is fucking amazing in my book.

#3 Posted by FritzDude (2206 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

I was to busy looking at the improved water.

#4 Edited by Master_Funk (637 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

Every component of this game that I've seen so far looks incredibly polished. I just hope they can find a way to make vertical traversal as interesting as it was in the previous games, since there wasn't much in the way of grand architecture during the period.

#5 Posted by awesomeusername (3159 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

No duh! It's a new/super upgraded engine. 3 years does that.

#6 Edited by ShinyTan (31 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

From what I have heard, they say they did the mo-cap, voice acting and... face acting at the same time.

Granted, they said they used more L.A. Noire and Mo-cap in revelations and those models looked weird.

#7 Posted by Wheady (59 posts) - 11 months, 9 days ago

Everything looks better in this game. I was a little worried about the tree-climbing aspect, but it looks really smooth. The combat also looks a lot more fast paced and I can't wait to grab this in October. Now if they would only announce some NA CE's so I can pre-order it! lol.

#8 Posted by Benny (1623 posts) - 11 months, 9 days ago

I'm so glad they've improved so much, because Desmond seriously looked like a corpse in revelations.

#9 Posted by adam1808 (1030 posts) - 11 months, 9 days ago

Eye movements impressed me the most, that one dialogue scene between Connor and the Soldier was great to watch.

#10 Posted by Largo6661 (275 posts) - 11 months, 9 days ago

Conner's movement impressed me, it just looked so fluid and natural

#11 Posted by Bwast (1309 posts) - 11 months, 9 days ago

At first I read the title as "improved feces.". Just thought you all should know. Whelp...bye.

#12 Posted by DeF (4167 posts) - 11 months, 9 days ago

By not playing Revelations until sometime this summer, I think I might have a nice surprise waiting for me when I then play ACIII right after!

#13 Posted by fetchfox (787 posts) - 11 months, 9 days ago

Yeah, it all looks a lot better. I've played the previous games to death, so a new engine in a polished, proper sequel? Probably day one. I'm dieing for a good Assassins game (Revelations was a bit disappointing..). Though now that I've got a high end pc, I'm not so sure that I'll get it for ps3.

#14 Posted by Baconbot (103 posts) - 11 months, 7 days ago

@Largo6661 said:

Conner's movement impressed me, it just looked so fluid and natural

I was noticing this too. THe game is looking pretty great.

#15 Posted by Gravier251 (183 posts) - 11 months, 7 days ago

Yeah, does seem much improved. Though I am wondering if they have ditched the whole Animus aspect that had Altair and Ezio look near identical to Desmond in terms of facial structure and the scar on the lip. Always figured it was an Animus thing where they kind of just see themselves and what is familiar, rather than the actual ancestor. Hoped the wardrobe and facial change of Desmond in Revelations was a result of his fragmented mind and the bleed over from his ancestors muddling his facial features. Might have just been a matter of lazyness or something I suppose :/

Still, faces in 3 are looking much better.

#16 Posted by Redsox44 (470 posts) - 11 months, 7 days ago

Yes that conversation with the soldier was really cool.

Assassin's Creed III

The fifth console entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise. It introduces the half-Native American, half-British Assassin Connor and is set in North America in the late eighteenth century amid the American Revolutionary War.

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