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Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski has explained to Develop why there are a lot of short-haired action heroes this generation. Apparently, it’s because current gen tech can’t do hair very well.
“I just think that the technology of this generation just happens to be very good at rendering metals and stones and dramatic lighting, which is why you see a lot of pillars and girders and destroyed blown-out areas because that’s what the bump-mapping happens to do very well,” he said.
“At the same time, in this generation the translucent effects are very hard to pull off. That’s why everybody sees a lot of these bald characters and wonder why games feature so many fucking space marines. Well, the tech is good at showing off armour and it’s not that good at doing hair. That’s why we have bald space marines. There’s your answer people.”
There. It’s got nothing to do with appealing to action-loving men. Full interview through the link.
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Syrok said:
Somebody should tell that the guys who make Final Fantasy.
elronathon said:
anyone think its really strange that here we have 3 stories posted on this site drawing out a single interview on Develop…?
3 x the coverage of an interview than the source site…
Gekidami said:
The Unreal 3 engine is the only engine this gen…
Hunam said:
To be fair though, most hair in games is pretty terrible.
Bringit said:
elronathon, I don’t think it’s strange at all. Common practice in fact.
I imagine the Develop team are gutted that VG247 has linked to their interview three times.
frostquake said:
So if they are NUDE they can’t show private parts hair right…Then Shave them and let them be NUDE…or just go with a racing stripe..VROOM VROOM!!!
Hunam said:
Private parts eh?
ultrabrilliant said:
This has made me respect ‘Cliffy’ a bit more. I admire his honesty.
elronathon said:
@ Bringit…still seems odd to me to stretch out content like this but at the same time you are right – I know Develop would be happy to get the traffic
dirigiblebill said:
“Somebody should tell that the guys who make Final Fantasy.”
I was just going to say that it never held the Japanese back :p
frostquake said:
Naughty bits…better Hunam?? ROFL…Curtains should always match the basement…Though I am all for racing stripes!!! Cliffy Has trouble now with Hair..Well On next Gen that want be a Problem…Gears of War 3: Nude Space Marines Gone Wild..Talk about crazy Bump Mapping…Gotta get the upper and lower jiggly right!
deftangel said:
@elronathon – It’s the norm on this site more than anything else. Breaking it down in to bite sized chunks is seen to make it more easily digestible so more people read it. I tend to agree, I read Develop but on a busy day, I’m not likely to spend 10minutes reading an interview but I can take a minute 2-3 times a day to catch up on the best bits here.
Jonarob said:
Hang on. People are complaining about VG247 splitting different bits of news from one interview into digestible chunks that can all be discussed and read separately?
elronathon said:
has anyone actually read the interview? its a good un but its hardly Gray’s Elegy…the breaking up into ‘digestible chunks’ thing seems a little melodramatic.
ah well, different strokes etc.
Jonarob said:
By ‘digestible chunks’ I obviously didn’t mean to imply that anyone wouldn’t be able to actually read an interview. In chunks, we can discuss each issue the interview raised separately instead of talking about different points at the same time in one thread. But yeah, if you have time to read the full thing, good for you!
Hunam said:
Why would I read the interview when Pat will? Seems a waste if both of us read it.
elronathon said:
@Hunman that was ironic right?
No_PUDding said:
Drake’s hair in Uncharted 2 beta was amazing.
Jonarob said:
Yeah, but we’re talking about graphics here PUD, not nicely sculpted quiffs.
Withnail said:
Generalisations FTL. The article does however make sense if you replace all instances of “tech” or “technology” with “Unreal Engine”.
No_PUDding said:
Jonarob, you clearly haven’t played it, becuase it’s no longer concrete, it moves in the wind, and looks way better than Uncharted 1’s concrete hair.
elronathon said:
my hair is pretty good
No_PUDding said:
I believe you.
MasterChiefFenix said:
Cliff’s trollan