Hello everyone,
Now that E3 is over, I would like to talk about a topic that has been in many video games but has been done very awkwardly. Kissing. Such a complex thing that we humans do that until recently didn't translate to video games very well.
When I think about kissing in video games i usually think of the awkwardness in the heavy rain and quantic dream games (Haven't played detroit yet so idk about that one), two polygonal heads trying to merge during the ps2 and ps3, or just connecting open mouths. I'm sure there are plenty more examples that I can't think of.
I believe there was even a conversation about the weirdness from the old site.
However, as I was watching the last of us 2 at Sony's presser and enjoying the dialogue between ellie and that other girl (dont know if they ever said her name). I started to feel that a kiss was about to happen. As the moment was approaching I braced myself for the awkwardness. And when the moment came something happened, something was different. why didn't I feel weird about this?
kiss starts at 3:12
That actually looks natural. That actually looks like two human beings are kissing.
Personally, I think the reason that kissed looked soo good is because of the subtleness of the facial muscles as well as two sets of lips moving and interacting naturally with each other. But overall I think this is a new step forward in video games. Yea its not a giant leap but I think its still important when it comes to story telling in games.
So what do you guys think? Is this a new age for story telling in video games? Does this even matter to anyone?
This is my first thread btw, so I hope this all makes sense with what I'm trying to get across.
tldr: kissing has always looked awkward in video games. The last of us 2 trailer showed us kissing finally doesn't look weird anymore. Not a huge leap but important when it comes to story telling.
Now that E3 is over, I would like to talk about a topic that has been in many video games but has been done very awkwardly. Kissing. Such a complex thing that we humans do that until recently didn't translate to video games very well.
When I think about kissing in video games i usually think of the awkwardness in the heavy rain and quantic dream games (Haven't played detroit yet so idk about that one), two polygonal heads trying to merge during the ps2 and ps3, or just connecting open mouths. I'm sure there are plenty more examples that I can't think of.
I believe there was even a conversation about the weirdness from the old site.
However, as I was watching the last of us 2 at Sony's presser and enjoying the dialogue between ellie and that other girl (dont know if they ever said her name). I started to feel that a kiss was about to happen. As the moment was approaching I braced myself for the awkwardness. And when the moment came something happened, something was different. why didn't I feel weird about this?
kiss starts at 3:12
That actually looks natural. That actually looks like two human beings are kissing.
Personally, I think the reason that kissed looked soo good is because of the subtleness of the facial muscles as well as two sets of lips moving and interacting naturally with each other. But overall I think this is a new step forward in video games. Yea its not a giant leap but I think its still important when it comes to story telling in games.
So what do you guys think? Is this a new age for story telling in video games? Does this even matter to anyone?
This is my first thread btw, so I hope this all makes sense with what I'm trying to get across.
tldr: kissing has always looked awkward in video games. The last of us 2 trailer showed us kissing finally doesn't look weird anymore. Not a huge leap but important when it comes to story telling.