there are only 3 review sources i trust as of late
evil avatar:
http://evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121084
(4/5)
1up:
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3180884
(B-)
and game trailers:
(jury is still out on that one !)
all the journalists that hated the game already before unwrapping it
and all the "you can buy a 9/10 review here" news outlets
can go swallow a dick as far as i am concerned !
splintercell conviction coop is good stuff played that a couple of month ago and its itching under my fingers again !
a bug that makes the game lag when you kill someone ? D: thats HORRIBLE how could this slip ?
i hope this will not be counted in the meta critic average:
http://www.destructoid.com/review-kane- ... 1575.phtml
i doubt this guy has actually launched the game he is just still bitter from the first game for some reason !
fingers crossed for good sales and more good reviews !
Quote from 2d-chrisYeah or less than 60 fps
Low res textures are the worst offender ever.
WOHOHOHO hold your horses there:
60fps > everything else .... on the importance scale !
but if your awesome new tech feature is we have infinite unique texture resolution than having lowres textures on your prerelease promotional material is kidn of a big deal
imagine splintercells promotional screenshots not having dynamic shadows for example ... cant have that !
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D: id take highres tileing textures over this any day !
look great i love it
i know from many engines that they dont support translation keys on bones but only rotation ... so ....
Quote from skdrI like how the "Featured Post" section bounces from right to left
Anyway, when I look at the screenshots everything looks stretched vertically for some reason. I know that's not the case but the look of the game really makes you see it like that. Lookin good tho
no actually on the thumbnail list they are a bit vertically stretched but not on fullsize !
getting some free floating limb action with rayman2 on the dreamcast 
Quote from PogoPDisplay MoreThanks HP!My workflow was as follows, I'm just doing what feels natural to me now that I'm getting my head round modelling, sculpting and texturing.
-base mesh in max for each plank of wood, equal quads across the entire mesh. These planks were all assembled in the shape of the chest.
-subdivide in mudbox with smoothing turned off, then with smoothing on to slightly round the corners.
-scraped the edges to give it a worn look.
-used a stencil to rough out the wood look for the normal map and ao map.
-exported a lower subd version of the sculpt back into max (high enough to keep detail but low enough to not break max!)
-optimized the mesh to make it easier to work with.
-built the low poly up around the high poly planks.
-unwrap!
-textured in photoshop using xnormal for cavity/ao/normal maps.
-rendered with xoliul's shader.
wow my work flow is really getting old it seams
here is what i like to do:
- paint myself a beautiful texture of something ( or modify a photo if the art direction calls for it )
- map it onto a plane (or sometimes a cube ) and start cutting around on it until it looks 3d /edit yeah yeah if it has to have a normal map i make a highres 3d model right on top of the original 2d plane in maya and bake it form maya too
- done
has served me well so far i like it simple !
whats the purpose of this model ? if you are planing on baking normal maps out of it let me tell you right now that a lot of the modeled detail will get lost because it is not BROUGHT enough ! 90° angels dont show up in normal maps !
if its just for prerendering keep rocking !
animations have to be exported to a separate smd if i remember correctly are you doing that ?
also one of your 3 flags in the model viewer does seam to move whats the difference between the one on the left and the 2 on the right !
i was also expecting a completely new ip so i am bit underwhelmed as well
the trailer IS very cool though especially how they go from underwater into the sky was very cleverly done !
id much ratehr have this scenario
- playing it safe and driving home some more cash into the war chest for safety of future projects
than this:
- trieng to launch new ip ... mediocre sales ... studio gets shut down
its just much more of a gamble !
definitely cool but i like the ingame trailers better ! they look more REAL somehow !
just let it go gracefully please !
i might have to buy sc 2 just for mod tools
jop but id go even further:
fun > gameplay > graphics > realism
you heard me !
thats actually why i love blizzard their stuff always runs on the crappyies of crap machines and still manages to look totally awesome by sheer virtue of great art !
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=258213
official xbox magazine:
9/10
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKK YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!
i am still expecting the meta critic score will be 7/10 
