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Insane little details in video games
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Yeah, this has to be a Naughty Dog / Rockstar thread. The detail put into a game like GTAV is almost incomprehensible.
Breath of the Wild. Shooting a fire arrow at an apple on a tree to make a baked apple. Setting fire to a barrel to cook the contents inside. Hold a fire weapon to keep warm in the cold climates. Throw metal at enemies in a thunder storm to hit them with lightning. Many really neat details that surprise you.
When in-game sound effects harmonize with the level's music.
I watched a recent video that demonstrated this phenomenon, using Mario Odyssey as an example: https://youtu.be/U5-YDxH6It8
I watched a recent video that demonstrated this phenomenon, using Mario Odyssey as an example: https://youtu.be/U5-YDxH6It8
Knew this would be first - although I actually prefer the frying pans that make different notes.
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Here is a collection of some things in W3.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoNQLKsIHBOhcN29u2wCV1tM5DLohAQF/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoNQLKsIHBOhcN29u2wCV1tM5DLohAQF/view
Half-Life Fact Files playlist from MarphitimusBlackimus
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDmcwfn8y0lMtlqcpUhggk0FB1EC2i3iB
Such little details I've learned after playing, the alien behaviour ones are fascinating to watch. THEY CAN FUCKING SMELL.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDmcwfn8y0lMtlqcpUhggk0FB1EC2i3iB
Such little details I've learned after playing, the alien behaviour ones are fascinating to watch. THEY CAN FUCKING SMELL.
In System Shock your head tilts forward when you start to run, and jerks back a bit when you stop. If you run in a tight circle, you lean a bit towards the center. If you bump into something or fire a big gun you jerk back a little.
Also, you can control your eyes independently of your head. Probably a bit too detailed with the movement controls.
Also, you can control your eyes independently of your head. Probably a bit too detailed with the movement controls.
I've been playing Yoshi's Island for years now and every time I see something new. Like how melon seeds bending downwards, frogs and birds hopping around, the background smileys, the disgusted look on Orange Yoshi when Froggy poops him out, etc.
In Planescape: Torment you can meet the personification of the letter O in a bar and chat with him.
In The Last of Us in Pittsburgh the amount of houses and shops and that that are like fully detailed, able to be explored, even when they're not used for story or combat encounters or anything, they might just have a single bit of scrap or something.
I think Breath of The Wild might be the new king of small details. But Rockstar and Naughty Dog games are certainly up there.
Nathan's realistic shirt physics still blow my mind.
Nathan's realistic shirt physics still blow my mind.
Aye, my missus that has no interest in video games once asked me "how do they do this?" as I hitched a ride on the back of the train in gta v and did a lap of the world. Absolute masters of their craft.
This. He's even nice enough to give you a small glimpse into the secrets of existence, thus giving you a nice permanent boost to your wisdom. You can also use a fake name during many dialog situations throughout the game. Doing this leads to some strange events
Keep using this fake name, and a man with the same fake name will be willed into existence inside the same bar you meet O at. Talk to him (but make sure you don't tell him that he's technically a figment of your imagination) and he'll give you some money, a ring, and a nice dagger he just happened to have on him because you can spontaneously will those into existence as well (if you're clever enough).
Too bad the rest of the game doesn't keep up with the Tanker part. It's like the team spent 90% of their time developing that level and 10% was for the Raiden parts of the game.
Saiyoris Hands are bloody/hurt. Indicating - although she hung herself - it didn't quite work like it was supposed to. So she war hurting her hands while trying to loose the rope around her neck as the survival instinct kicked in. It is an insane little detail I guess.
I'd recommend trigger warning that since the photo is a bit....much.
Weight distribuiton in BotW works as in does in real life, hold up an object and move Link to a slanted surface and he will position his legs accordingly, same goes for balance center of objects, you can cut a tree slightly then climb Link on it and it will start to fall because of Link's weight.
Animals fighting each other in Assassin's Creed Origins. Last night I saw two deers locking horns.
The browser mouse cursor being a middle finger is the most Rockstar thing of all time.
The Yoshis singing Totaka's Song in Mario Kart 8 is a cool detail. Not super big, but it's nice and quirky.
Battlefield Hardlines campaign levels were incredibly detailed.
Favorite example is when you're in a building in one mission, all of the monitors and computers had cables plugged into them. Monitor has a cable to computer and an outlet extender, and the computer has a cable to the outlet extender, which the extender is plugged into an outlet on the floor.
and who could forget the burger
Favorite example is when you're in a building in one mission, all of the monitors and computers had cables plugged into them. Monitor has a cable to computer and an outlet extender, and the computer has a cable to the outlet extender, which the extender is plugged into an outlet on the floor.
and who could forget the burger
This type of detail where the content of a letter actually exists in the world is quite frequent.
That dialog naturally resuming after being interrupted in UC4 is awesome.
One of my biggest pet peeves is being afraid to do anything in a game while ambient dialog is happening because it will cut off the dialog and I'll miss it.
One of my biggest pet peeves is being afraid to do anything in a game while ambient dialog is happening because it will cut off the dialog and I'll miss it.
I came here figuring someone would say this, and I didn't have to scroll far.
My god, never saw 10 of that and i already played 200 hours.
Naughty Dog, Rockstar and Nintendo are the kings of the small detail.
This type of detail where the content of a letter actually exists in the world is quite frequent.
Yeah, this type of world building is not restricted to just papyri.
That blew my mind when I first watched that video. MGS2 amazed.
Venom having a separate crawling animation in MGSV for shooting with one arm while crawling.
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