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KickStarter Underworld Ascendant Pre-Release Thread
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I think it looks pretty great already, actually. Didn't think it would be this promising, haven't kept close tabs on the project.
Aren't you the one who swore up and down that you absolutely knew that the huge statue was nothing but a photo-shop lie? That was you... wasn't it....
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Aren't you the one who swore up and down that you absolutely knew that the huge statue was nothing but a photo-shop lie? That was you... wasn't it....
No, I said the images were doctored. Please recreate the images in the bull-shots in the prototype game engine. A simple task, right?
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Looks promising. And actual 1st Person View in this day and age?!?
I don't think the commenter has played Dungeon Master, though, if he thinks UU was the first real time CRPG to have breakable doors.
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Aren't you the one who swore up and down that you absolutely knew that the huge statue was nothing but a photo-shop lie? That was you... wasn't it....
No, I said the images were doctored. Please recreate the images in the bull-shots in the prototype game engine. A simple task, right?
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Not without the development environment, data and tools it isn't. You assume they were playing the released prototype and simply clicked printscreen, lol.
Also, you said the 'Play dough man" was doctored in. Wrong again.
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You'd just need total camera control if they weren't doctored.
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And an assumption that they were taken in the very same distributed demo and assets. We don't know that.
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Do we have any reason to believe the prototype is based on an old build?
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What, this screenshot?
That location is in the prototype. Let's see how it looks like in-game.
That location is in the prototype. Let's see how it looks like in-game.
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There, close enough?
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Are you on fire or what?
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I just mean that a screen a Dev may take could be in a different build than what is released. Different entities, lighting, effects etc.
That said Infinitron 's screenshot looks pretty spot on.
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The processing is indeed different (they toned down the "plasticy" sheen that people complained about)
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The stone slabs look more detailed too.
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Aren't you the one who swore up and down that you absolutely knew that the huge statue was nothing but a photo-shop lie? That was you... wasn't it....
No, I said the images were doctored. Please recreate the images in the bull-shots in the prototype game engine. A simple task, right?
Zep--
Not without the development environment, data and tools it isn't. You assume they were playing the released prototype and simply clicked printscreen, lol.
Also, you said the 'Play dough man" was doctored in. Wrong again.
Quote me saying that. Hint: You can't.
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I just did. There are other, more desperate posts adjacent these. Infinitron's screen above is materially identical and the video above shows the smoke plume rising from a lava geyser.
Give up the now baseless doomsaying, this is looking good.
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Yeah, I'm ready to admit that I was wrong about the screen shots.
If you look closely, you'll see that the rock is behind the statue. Infinitron's pic is not exactly in the same angle, and yet you can see the same rock in his picture.
Is it?
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It looks the same in Infinitron's screenshot. There are some some poly popping issues that appear like LOD issues would in various areas... to be expected at this point in development.
Anyone who watches a video or has played the prototype sees that those screens are not doctored. Having played it now, it feels better than video or screens suggest. The areas reminiscent of the original's level design are particularly exciting to me because they look organic and have that UU feel.
Anyone who watches a video or has played the prototype sees that those screens are not doctored. Having played it now, it feels better than video or screens suggest. The areas reminiscent of the original's level design are particularly exciting to me because they look organic and have that UU feel.
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