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FF8 Teaser Movie
Simmons writes " Gaming Intelligence
has some links to a small sampling (10mb) file of the CGI
for the new FF8 movie, fairly amazing. No "Realistic" environments,
but wow." Hopefully I'll have the other 6 megs before you guys
attack the mirrors *grin*
OOOH LAA LAA
Come on Rob! You should know better than to post the story before you have finished downloading yet!
Torment-
i got mine :P
*waits for the announcement of a *nix version*
uhh, oh yeah.. first post or something
Downloading this mpeg as I type this... Woo-Hoo! it's done!
This looks really good! And I especially like the detail in the close up of the eyes. It looks very realistic.
:o)
Check out legions.com for the article on it and a mirror.
Erm, I believe Final Fantasy 8 and Final Fantasy the movie are very different things...
i DLed the file but the audio is all in japanese...if anyone out there knows japanese, could they translate it?
PHroD
What about Zelda? imho, all the zelda games have been top notch. There just aren't as many...
1) This is Final Fantasy: The Movie, not Final Fantasy 8, the game. The movie has nothing to do with any of the games except the name and probably some things all the games share (Ultimate Weapon, cool story, etc...) /. effect I think. The mpgs have a total of what, 12 mirrors? Sheesh.
2) Square is a Japanese company, so of course the mpg's voiceover is in Japanese. The show this clip aired on was in Japan as well (where the voiceover came from I think..)
3) Someone warned them about the
I got the video at 58kbytes/second from the last listed mirror (I think that's the one I picked).. I think I want the boxen they're using to render this beast.
Rendus, who is using Lynx over Telnet right now.
Very nice realistic humans. Considering what's being generated in real-time nowadays compared to ten years ago, I imagine that in ten years we'll be able to generate _very_ realistic humans in real-time.
:)
I can imagine the impact on the digital porn industry when they can sell a multi-CD (or DVD or whatever may replace one or the other in the future) set with interchangeable body types, features and voices, along with an "action" library of pre-recorded motion captures and let life-less geeks sitting at home build their own porno movies on-the-fly. (Something like this could probably be cobbled together in a less-realistic version today, and probably has for all I know.) If it's not pre-designed to allow it, someone will inevitably hack it to allow end-users to install their own "feature" sets and put anyone they can get a scanned photo of into their porno movie. Maybe we'll get to see "pornostars.themes.org" come online sometime in the next ten years?
(I pick porn in particular rather than, say, "traditional" movie making since we all know that Sex is still pretty much the primary driving force behind technology. I think that a lot more people would buy a "do it yourself porno movie CD" than a "do it yourself western movie CD.")
When translated loosely, the description says that the FF movie will be all in computer graphics, the computer graphics are really good and the movie will rock.
Also, rumors have it that the movie will be based on FF9, not FF8. We won't know that one until 8 is finally out though..
Well, in case you were wondering... these guys are using SGI Octane machines, the creme de la creme of CG, and apparently they've got about $10 million worth of hardware in there (oh, and at least one Octane to a desktop- sometimes more.)
Since they keep on having a new version of
the game every year or so, maybe they should
change the name from *final* fantasy to
*forever* fantasy!
Actually, Final Fantasy is a perfect translation of the title. The title is Finaru Fantasi (katakana) which is the way that Final Fantasy is pronounced in Japanese. Of course, the first question on any Final Fantasy FAQ is the meaning of the title, which shows how banal your point is.
Valkyrie Studios. Even published by Monolith, more the sweetness...
Maybe it is just because I know they're CGI, but the people there didn't look quite right. They were a little plasticy IMHO, but excellent quality nonetheless. The deciding factor will be of course when I see someone actually moving (and not just the camera panning). Those blinks were quite realistic though!
The real question is: Did the developers incorperate enough detail to make the people dynamic instead of wooden.
I read the internet for the articles.
Posted by psychokid:
Xenogears is (IMHO) the best game that Square has released to this date. Apperantly, it's release is quiet here in America, but it's pretty big stuff in Asia. None of the fracnchising weight that the FF series carries, but it's good stuff. They have cool characters plus Anime FMV clips in it.
Even my local newspaper rated it as one of the best gifts (not just games)this last Christmas season. Too bad not enough people are into it
neuromancer can be made without a budget larger
than the gnp of canada.
hmm. aging actors? replace 'em with cgi.
carrie fisher returns in star wars 7...
-yd
http://heroine.tampa.fl.us/fftmclip.mpg
p.s. Talking of modern technology, how many here heard about Fox's online store fiasco?
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Check out Summoner at Volition. Looks really good, and I have high expectations--these are, of course, the people who did Descent and Freespace.
Now let's see...How long would it take to download 8/1000 of a bit---and how do you split bits anyway?
Oh, he meant 10 Mb? Never mind...
I refuse to believe corporations are people until Texas executes one. -- desert rain on http://www.dailykos.com/user/
Kind of an ironic name, "Final Fantasy", eh? ;) Actually, a Japanese-speaking friend of mine tells me that that's a poor translation; "Ultimate Fantasy" would be closer to the intent (but sound too much like "Ultima"). I still think it's funny.
The key word is "plot".
No Mortal Kombat game or movie has ever had a plot. The second movie nearly put me to sleep.
Final Fantasy DEFINES the word "plot". With it's epic storylines, it's tales of good vs. evil, this is one game series that I have never been disappointed with, no matter which platform. Most books don't have the deep level of character interaction that these games do, with the possible exception of Tolkien's writing or possible Asimov's Foundation series.
Stunning musical scores and graphics that border on ART--- Square has always done a brilliant job with the games, and I have no doubt that the movie will surpass all game-->movie conversions that have ever been made.
Cheers.
-- SG
Note, this is a snippit of FF:The Movie, not FF:8. Still pretty nifty though. There was a link to the Honolulu based development team a few days back right here on Slashdot..
It's not _really_ a game -> movie crossover like Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter The Movie, other than that it'll probably have some of the notions of the game overview involved in it, but that's a fairly broad brush.
We need Sound, Now
OverLord
Could someone please post some mirrors here? I'd mirror it, but the site is down for some reason or another ;-)
Could someone please post some mirrors here? I'd mirror it, but the site is loaded down for some reason or another ;-)
Could someone please post some mirrors here? I'd mirror it, but the site is loaded down for some reason or another ;-)
all i can say is WOW! i love it :)
will this movie be entirely CGI?
(i hope so)
Cybie! aka Ralph Bonnell
Looks like Bioware beat the real Diablo II to the shelves, because BG is nothing but combat. In depth? My god, it's ... trite. There's nothing more to say than that. It's nothing but combat and town and dungeon crawls. Beautifully rendered scenery that is utterly not interactive. You can't even take a closer look at it like you could with Fallout2 (the smartass descriptions of stop signs and tables were worth it).
... though the intended audience for BG might not fare so well in that department.
Don't even get me started on the utter shallowness of the generic AD&D milieu it uses. Now I know there are creative and thoughtfully designed D&D campaign settings, even within Forgotten Realms, but BG is not one of them. Comes complete with the generic weapon shops, magic shops, and all those kobolds and hobgoblins you've seen in every single other module thrown together by a 13-year-old DM.
Combat's kinda fun in BG, but as for roleplay? *snort* Even the narration is annoying. The presentation couldn't be any more flat, and it's not like I can't read
I've finally had it: until slashdot gets article moderation, I am not coming back.
Most people aren't on a multicast backbone, perhaps?
I've finally had it: until slashdot gets article moderation, I am not coming back.
ftp://129.186.180.71/pub/
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. --Robert A. Heinlein
Got it mirrored here. It's in a dorm room in Iowa, so your mileage may vary.
ftp://minerva.dodds.net/pub/
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. --Robert A. Heinlein
But I think I got the japanese version... (LANS are nice too;-))
or some foreign version they arent speaking english....
ohh so realistic......
Only 'flamers' flame!
I'm getting a bit tired of the FF hype machine. 7 was ok but a bit overrated and 8 will probably be the same. Its just getting a bit Old.
When will someone come up with a new RPG franchise that really distinguishes itself?? Sooner then later I hope, its getting very Stale.
only got 170kB transfered before it crapped out.
I'll bite. What fiasco?
this is all assuming that you *like* the idea of game --> movie conversions. like mortal kombat. eugh...
this is all assuming that you *like* the idea of game --> movie conversions. like mortal kombat. eugh... I for one will give that a miss... Interactivity every time thank you.
So what does the game Final Fantasy N have to do with the movie? Square is just leveraging the advertisement value of their games to achieve a good level of hype for a movie; its value has nothing to do with the games, unlike Mortal Kombat. The movie will succeed or fail on its own... First of all, the assumption is you have played the games, and understand that Square seems to be desparately trying to make interactive movies with its games... and is testing out new technology for its products, and a movie just happens to be one of them.
Heck, they could have called it the SquareSoft movie, for all it has to do with Final Fantasy games...
Louis
louisjr@cco.caltech.edu