uncanny valley...

[Vault101]

I think it varys from person to person....I don't feel as bothered by it as some people

deus ex on the other hand....I don't know I think older graphics bring back nightmares from my childhood

 

[Captain Awesome]

It's always in the eyes, they look empty.

Still though...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF_NFmtw89g&feature=fvw

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

Isn't that LA Noire game trying to fix the Uncanny Valley problem with that new face recognition technology that they have? The trailer didn't look that impressive.

I think we're getting closer, but not there yet.

Personally, I thought Heavy Rain had some of the worst uncanny valley problems I had seen in a while.

 

[PurplePlatypus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFFs4DHWys

Well the video?s beside the point but if something is off it?s off and you can tell. I?m not entirely sure we?ve hit rock bottom yet

 

[Omikron009]

We're nowhere near out of the uncanny valley. If anything, we're deeper in the hole. In previous generations, it was totally clear that character models weren't human, but now we're close enough that they usually just look creepy. Like corpses, or wax figures.

 

[Zhukov]

You realise that the uncanny valley technically only applies to people... right?

And no, we are nowhere near past it. Just look at Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed II, Heavy Rain and any number of other recent games.

But we'll get there one day.

 

[tharglet]

I think there's a lot of abuse of the term "uncanny valley" in this post. In my experience, different people do have a slightly differing opinion on where the creepiness lies.
I think the majority of games are before the valley, and some fall in it - you can tell they're fakes, but they're not eerily close enough that they look like real people, but not quite, so they look creepy.
If we were beyond the valley, then games would be truly movie-like.

For me, most stuff people find creepy doesn't bother me much, but I do notice the oddness lol.

 

[Ashcrexl]

yes, i do (though this is somewhat subjective). people are all like, HEAVY RAIN has hideously soulless monsters as the main characters, and i'm like, god, this game is beautiful in every way.

which is funny because indigo prophecy was on the exact opposite side of the uncanny valley for me. what an improvement! they skipped right over the valley and are rapidly ascending the peak!

 

[DustyDrB]

Ever since the Gamecube-PS2-XBox era, when graphics were smoothed out and weren't "blocky", I couldn't tell you if any game had good or bad graphics.

If you popped in a PS2 game and a PS3 game, I probably couldn't tell you a the difference. I can't tell for the life of me the difference between standard TV and Blu-ray.

I (personally) think we're past it, but mainly because of my bad disguisement of graphics.

As for OoT: Yeah, lots of blockiness: Most things were 2D and the 3D models were... bad.

You can't tell the difference between Standard and Bluray? Please tell me you only own a SDTV or I will cry...

I only own a SDTV, but I do have a lot of experience with HDTV and Blu-ray; my friends have HDTV and Blu-ray. I noticed a slightly different color spectrum and some depth but that was all it.

I'm sorry, here, take these.

Spoiler

I have the same opinion. I only notice the difference right when I'm watching something on SD/HD for the first time in a while after only seeing HD/SD before for some time. Then after a minute, I've forgotten about the difference. So it really doesn't affect much anything for me. The only exception: game text that's made for HD resolutions. But really, out of all things, why make text be an issue?

OT: Older graphics don't bother me. I'm aware that they are, in fact, older so am pretty forgiving of those things. The uncanny valley effect I think explains why I am very much terrified of zombies. All these freaking Walking Dead ads up everywhere are creeping me the fuck out. They don't need to show rotting human faces on websites (I'm looking at you, The Onion's AV Club).

 

[badgersprite]

In fully rendered cinematics, maybe, but 99% of gameplay, definitely no.

Damn it, Miranda, stop creeping me out.