Hi there  
 
this is my first post so I hope i've posted in the right place. 
I have seen some amazing visuals from this game but do you think that  
it will stuff from the uncanny valley effect like what append with 
FF fantasy the spirits with.  the character looked a bit to real and didn't animate well enough to look convincing.

I think that if it happens, it will be the least of their worries. 
 
If it plays anything like Fahrenheit, that could be a big problem.

I through fahrenheit played ok some parts of that game where a little broken tho :) 
but I did like what they where trying to do.
I can't image them quantic dreams not working out the problems Fahrenheit had. 

That's an interesting concept. First time I've heard of it, but I've certainly experienced it. 
 
The facial animation in Uncharted 2 for example was really well done, whereas in Assassin's Creed II they look very forced, more like puppets than anything.

Well, Heavy Rain is on the list of games on the Uncanny Valley concept page.

I believe games will still have this uncanny valley effect for quite a while. Though, the big budget games these days such as Uncharted 2, Resident Evil 5, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Heavy Rain all put a lot of effort (and a lot of money) in finding good actors and putting them in a motion capture studio for most of the development cycle, so for quite a while now I've been having a good feeling about video game animation and cinematics.

it is a strange concept but it seem to make a lot of sense 
I think it will definitely be something that will be come more prevalent  
as games getting more an more realistic. I think as gamers we tend to be a bit for forgiving  
of it than the average person.

a normal person will see that and say "wow that looks so real!" thats probably it, Uncharted 2 is a good example of how voice syncing and all that good stuff should be done. Some parts of heavy rain appear a little weird when the characters talk, but i'm sure they will work out all the issues when the game is released

Well think about this, Ryan previewed the game and he is the one that talks the most about the uncanny valley thing and he didnt say anything about that 
 
So I think thats a good sign

dude, this uncanny valley crap is pure bullshit. 30 rock makes a 30 second joke about polar express and now we all think the "uncanny valley" is real. fuck that.

" dude, this uncanny valley crap is pure bullshit. 30 rock makes a 30 second joke about polar express and now we all think the "uncanny valley" is real. fuck that. "

" Hi there  
 
this is my first post so I hope i've posted in the right place. 
I have seen some amazing visuals from this game but do you think that  
it will stuff from the uncanny valley effect like what append with 
FF fantasy the spirits with.  the character looked a bit to real and didn't animate well enough to look convincing.

chareter

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alphiehyr dude are you joking FF sw was a CG movie how is it not comparable?? 
the only really difference between the too are that a games gfx are in the most part generated real time 
and a CG film is pre rendered. the pricepal of the uncanny valley still applies to both of them.

Nah. I don't expect it to. The more things in the uncanny valley we experience, the less uncanny they get. If heavy rain was coming out as a PS3 launch title some years ago, the effect might be much more dramatic.
 
But those Japanese robotic toddlers are fucking horror movie creepy. Those will take much longer to make it out of the uncanny valley than videogames.
 

I don't get an uncanny valley feeling from all of the media released on the game thus far.

That main girl and the guy with the beard look terrifying whenever they talk or do anything with their faces.

@Jeust:

" I don't get an uncanny valley feeling from all of the media released on the game thus far. "

All of Heavy Rain was MoCapped by the actors and from what i saw in the demo the animations were actually pretty good.  The only thing that worries me is how good the voice acting will be.

Fahrenheit played ok-ish. I played it on a PC and for the timing sequences I could get past them with no problems by mashing all the keys on my keyboard constantly. Seriously, that worked. The big problem though was trying to use a mouse for the timing stuff, YUCK. I think Heavy Rain is refined it enough for it to work.