COD: Ghosts Art Assets Go 'Beyond Next, Next-Gen'

Develop: ''Call of Duty: Ghosts has been designed with art assets that are well beyond the next generation of video games, Infinity Ward has claimed.

Speaking to Develop, COD: Ghosts’ development lead Mark Rubin said that new recruits to Infinity Ward from the film industry have created art assets that are of cinema-quality, which he believes will ultimately mean the game looks the best it can on all its target platforms.''

[FrightfulActions]

... That is a pretty creepy preview pic.

[brettyd]

Yea that guy was the coolest part of the teaser, creepy fuggin dude,

[ElitaStorm]

you haven't seen the fish AI yet, they are pretty fast that is all i can say

[MWH]

reminds me of that creature in the movie Pan's Labyrinth.

@SIRHC13 I don't know if you meant this as a compliment or being sarcastic. if the latter, well played.

[FITgamer]

Awesome movie!

[dale_denton]

reminds me of pan's labyrinth

edit: yeah, what segamon said.

[Reborn]

One of them worked on Finding Nemo, right?

Well, we'll see come launch/actual gameplay reveals.

[SIRHC13]

That explains the incredible fish AI.

[nveenio]

I'm more interested in seeing them give us something current-gen, as it's been eluding them for a few years now.

[ElitaStorm]

60 fish per second.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[pixelsword]

Now that's some fish!

Next, next gen fish!

Now I fully understand the next, next gen graphics remark.

...Despite the fact that it isn't.

[That-Guy]

Super Mario 64 already did fish swimming out of the way.

[Donnieboi]

Didn't they already confirm that they're recycling more older assets for this supposed "new" (edit: "Modified") version of that old tired Quake engine?

I don't trust you Activi$ion.

[N4g_null]

Most highend normal mapping apps use polygon cout over 80 million polygons now.
Almost every 3d package has support for heavy models now. What is interesting is this old quake engine is using tessalation and possibly height maps to say wrinkle the mesh instead of just plain ol normal mapping. Also models are smooth out in real time. I'm thinking this is possible on the ps4 also.

You could tell this was being used when they showed the wireframes. I'm not a fan of tris since quads smooth so much better.

I knew this hype train was coming and yes it is powerful but really it is as pointless as fish AI apparently. Unless its a hardcore fishing game!

It's pretty easy to bolt things on to the quake engine though, almost every one is using a variant of it based on bsp or static mesh contruction. If I remember correctly it is the first engine to have native hyper nurbs which is similar to what they are using.

Yet any one can say they made a new engine since you know, most people can't see the source code.

[sigfredod]

LOL!!!

[secretcode]

You're using the same damn Quake 3 Engine that you've used for over a decade.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[Tei777]

But we've already seen it and it looks like an xbox 360 game.

[raytraceme]

I think what they are trying to say is that next next gen and beyond will also use the same engine ;)

[N4g_null]

The problem isn't their engine. It is there art. Plus you can't tell the difference as much any more visual. So it is very possible you won't see it. The only thing current gen can not tackle is texture res, frame rate and out put resolution and even that is getting better.

Most engines are using very similar rendering tech. We all are using the same 3d content creation suits be it 3d studio, maya, lightwave, etc etc...

So it really is only limited by the artist now. Yet you need better artist. Sony is doing just fine in that dept.

[coolmast3r]

Is there anyone who still trust them?

[Shadonic]

The millions of fanboys that are all brainwashed.

[SirBradders]

With a huge emphasis on the word 'boys'

[Tei777]

Art assets that go beyond next gen yet its also the least visually impressive next gen/cross gen title we've seen.

[Shadonic]

Its COD logic.

[bass4g]

...because the engine and the optimization is still crap. Those art assets are scaled down a lot. No matter how good the art assets are originally the game can only look as good as the point to which they've scaled it.

[N4g_null]

Correct so they are not rendering the orinignal art at 80 million polygons. The engine scales to the video card and amount of ram present, which could benifit the ps4! Scaling can be bad for art assets though, it is not all that controllable alot of times.

Yet that will not stop them hyping or urrr lieing that it renders 80 million polygon characters on screen. If that where true micheal bay would port the movie transformers directly to a console lol.

[dragonyght]

COD: Ghosts Art Assets Go 'Beyond Next, Next-Gen'

Lol those guy are drinking too much kool-aid -_-

[bass4g]

They probably do. It's quite common actually to create art assets far in advance of what the hardware is capable of then scale down especially if you want a game to be easily scalable. It's obviously much easier to scale down than scale up which is why they do this. It won't look "beyond next gen" because it'll be scaled down massively but it does mean that the game will look better on pc.

[MNGamer-N]

I want to see hearts exploding and organs falling out.

[ginsunuva]

I want to use the five-point exploding heart technique instead of knife melee.

[SpinalRemains]

It will promote camping since the receiver cannot move after without dying.

[SpideySpeakz]

The balls on this guy.

[Ashunderfire86]

Well they sure didn't give us a better example than this either:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[oxcar1]

So far COD Ghosts looks subpar with a lot of fps games, not looking next gen...

[spongeboob]

Either show it or shut up, infinity Ward.

[windblowsagain]

The movement in COD is wrong tbh, feels weird even for 60fps.

All games movement should be like BF3, it's done right.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

"COD: Ghosts Art Assets Go 'Beyond Next, Next-Gen"

BF3 & crysis 2 looks better.

[Cyfyxtfg]

enjoyed this article

[vickers500]

It doesn't even go beyond this-gen.

[mamotte]

"Call of duty" "Art"

Two words that just cant go together.

[lizard81288]

The Art of Mediocrity that is....

[420Tokes]

Stupid asses creating a one of a kind game back in 2007 get bullied/pushed around by activision get fired wow stupid ass activision no wonder call of duty has been sucking ass the past years cause its not the actual call of duty develepors money hungry basturds

[420Tokes]

They shouldnt be called infinity ward cause its NOT infinity ward not 1 single person is from the original call of duty creating crew

[SpinalRemains]

Just turn COD into a show already and be done with it.

[sniplerifer]

when is the cartoon coming out?

[quenomamen]

" Art assets that are beyond Next Gen " thats great Infinty Ward, thats awesome.
Too bad the actual game isn't about people flipping through said production art. Most game devs produce conceptual art in game making process, Bioshock, Killzone, Tomb Raider, you name it. Doesnt matter if your concept art was done by Rembrandt himself, what mattets is how your game looks and plays and unfortunately for IW, they're concept isnt gonna make their tired game any better. Now, hurry up and disagree with me.

[Skate-AK]

“I approve every screen, or should I say disapprove every screenshot,” says Rubin. “You know the Call of Duty: Ghosts branding skull? We designed that in the studio.”

So we know who to blame when they release some bullshots. I still can't believe this guy said Battlefield 3 is able to add guns because it is less complex than MW3. You can't add guns because you're using an over 10 year old engine. People should read this link. Mark R is full of it. http://mp1st.com/2012/06/14...

[quenomamen]

These guys are all a joke, COD has smaller maps, no vehicles, no destruction. And they cant find room for more guns. They do not want to work any harder than is required to shit out the same game every year, plain and simple. And i will say it now, they will continur the same rinse and repeat throughout all next gen, no doubt in my mind. But hey the sheep keep buying their yearly turd.

[Bonerboy]

“You know the Call of Duty: Ghosts branding skull? We designed that in the studio.” (as he nods with a smug look on his face no doubt) NOOO WAY!! What brilliance! What panache'! What a unique concept! MY GOD! get the mayor! CoD branding skull!? Bad ass? Sure isnt. Limp? Sure is.
Well that just proves why they cant seem to evolve the game at all. BAHAHA what a weak pile of shit. What a pathetic series this has devolved into

[pokynrocky]

After seeing that creepy pic the dog jaw dropped to the floor;)

[reko]

the heck?

[Max-Zorin]

When I first saw the trailer on TV. I thought it was a trailer for a new season for Deadliest Warrior.