Will TT Engine be capable to render photorealistic graphic?

[Arodin]

Yeah the awesome special effects of Jurassic Park bringing dinosaurs to life on the big screen was what made that movie a classic. Without the jaw-dropping "omg it's a dinosaur staring right at me" effects, there's not much there. This will be a tough one for TT. Personally, I think they would have been better off with Maniac Mansion/Day of the Tentacle.

[Santar]

Originally Posted by taumel

Dr. Nucleus's assitent: Finally, we've succeeded and as expected we can confirm that also adventure gamers can be turned into visual dependants!

Don't give me that crap, I just played a regular old gameboy game an hour ago for craps sake.
I just want the game to be as good as it can be.
And as I've said I think these new properties lend themselves to a realistic art style. If you want a crappy looking game then by all means wish for that.

[taumel]

Originally Posted by Santar

I think Jurassic Park deserves something more than the dated graphics of the CSI games.

Maybe there indeed exist people who think it's reasonable beeing kind of afraid of that an upcoming game will have the same gfx like a more than 2 years old product.

Maybe, these people look like, this:

[MusicallyInspired]

Originally Posted by PariahKing

You're kidding yourself if you expect to compare anything Telltale produces to Crysis.

That's not what Telltale is about.

I never said that. I was just stating a possibility. I fully expect them to catch up to at least 2006-2007 graphics sometime soon with these games....or at least it's certainly possible for them to attain that level of detail. There's nothing to prevent it.

[RMJ1984]

I somehow doubt the engine is the problem, its rather their target audience, if you look with past release, They target people with mid / low end pc.

I mean afterall if we want photorealistic, i mean Telltale can properly borrow Crysis engine. But i think that will someone narrow their target audiences quite a bit xD

[jp-30]

If the episodes are downloadable, which seem almost certain, there are considerations with model polygons and texture compression to keep the file size down.

[taumel]

Also depends, as a) an engine's capabilities don't add much to the filesize and b) generative algorithms for the rescue in terms of tiny media sizes like for instance textures and music. Remembering the meanwhile over six year old .kkrieger?

Reminds me, that i'm still addicted to the .detuned song. :O)

[MusicallyInspired]

I don't think file size is that big of an issue anymore. Steam games can come to 9GB+ to download them completely. But of course, there's that targeted audience problem. Some of these guys still run on dial-ups, for crying out loud.

[taumel]

I would less count on Steam but all the movie sites. Those Blu-Ray rips in MKV containers aren't this small as well. Anyway with the proper technology it is possible to deliver large content also with a reasonable filesize.

[RMJ1984]

Hopefully they will do Maniac mansion someday if its possible to get a hold of the licens well or make a deal with Lucas Arts over whoever holds it.

[MusicallyInspired]

Actually, I kind of think it'd be more fitting for LucasArts to make a new Maniac Mansion game themselves. As a way to reintroduce the genre to fans (and reintroduce themselves as well), seeing as Maniac Mansion was LucasArts' first adventure hit. This would also work out with my theory more that it would be better to have a Maniac Mansion 3 than a Day of the Tentacle 2.

[jp-30]

Marketing a title called "Day of the Tentacle 2" would be a whole lot easier / more effective than with "Maniac Mansion 3".

[Spadge]

Originally Posted by jp-30

Marketing a title called "Day of the Tentacle 2" would be a whole lot easier / more effective than with "Maniac Mansion 3".

Oh, numbers in the title are bad. People don't like sequels. I'd say keep the brand name "Maniac Mansion", but add another title for each game: "Day of the Tentacle", etc. Sort of what they did with "Star Wars". But I don't want them to make a new game before they make special editons of the first two and introduce them to the younger audience.

[jp-30]

Originally Posted by Spadge

Oh, numbers in the title are bad. People don't like sequels.

Hollywood would tend to disagree. And the gaming community for that matter.

Though I see your point with this many years between DOTT and a potential new game. Still, if there was a DOTT Special Edition first, that would work in the favour of a new game in that franchise.

[Tor]

Originally Posted by Spadge

Oh, numbers in the title are bad.

That's what Hollywood seems to think... I prefer numbers in the title to the alternatives however. Consider:

• Rambo (the fourth Rambo film)
• Rocky Balboa (the sixth Rocky film)
• Fast & Furious (a sequel to The Fast and the Furious)
• The Final Destination (a sequel to Final Destination)
• Life Free or Die Hard (fourth Die Hard movie)
• Alien/Aliens and Predator/Predators

That shit gets confusing! Bring back the numbers I say.

[Lena_P]

I still think "Live Free or Die Hard" is a hilarious title, especially since the movie had nothing to do with New Hampshire. (New Hampshire's state motto is "Live Free or Die" for the six billion of you who had no idea that each state in the US has its own motto.)

[Icedhope]

Originally Posted by Lena_P

I still think "Live Free or Die Hard" is a hilarious title, especially since the movie had nothing to do with New Hampshire. (New Hampshire's state motto is "Live Free or Die" for the six billion of you who had no idea that each state in the US has its own motto.)

Yep, Illinois is Grow corn, and commit crime.

[MusicallyInspired]

Err....there was never a Predators plural movie title. Ever.

[Tor]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

Err....there was never a Predators plural movie title. Ever.

Not yet, but there will be.

[MusicallyInspired]

.......

*facepalm*

EDIT: Laurence Fishburne is involved in this???