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The Last Of Us "Bar Environment" Recreated In Unreal Engine 4

Franciszek Golebiowski has been working on a recreation of The Last Of Us' bar in Unreal Engine 4, and has today released some screenshots from the final version of his map.

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BBBQ_BYOBB3862d ago

The same reason we're not funding a recreated mario?

Braid3861d ago

Because the original is nearly perfect as it is.

filchron3861d ago

ill have to disagree with you on that, the original ones yes, but these new ones? If you like cat suits and kiddy shit like that sure, but id rather have something with a more serious tone and mature presentation (like the N64 days) with graphics close to something like this http://199.101.98.242/media... (on more powerful hardware of course)

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BISHOP-BRASIL3861d ago

Yeah, damn those new kiddy cat suits... Because frog suits and raccoon dog suits were so much more mature back in 1990.

Kornholic3861d ago

Because the original looks better.

diepdiep3862d ago (Edited 3862d ago )

Looks cool!

Though, reading the first comment on that page makes me want to break something...

ScottyHoss3862d ago

That's DSOG for you :D a bunch of self proclaimed gaming royalty (mostly)

ABizzel13862d ago

Comparison

TLoU
http://media1.gameinformer....

UE4
http://i.imgur.com/zG9MMLd....

There are some obvious improvements in the UE4 version such as lighting, shadows, resolution, and some textures. But it doesn't quite have the feel to it (it just looks like an empty bar, rather than Worldwide Outbreak happened and this is 20 years later).

Nonetheless, it look good, but another environment would have been better.

MajorGecko3862d ago

TLOU has better lighting, but UE4 looks crisper.

nveenio3861d ago

I really don't see any obvious improvements besides PC fidelity.

BBBQ_BYOBB3862d ago (Edited 3862d ago )

Comparing to the concept art, I would say the original is better in every way, better artistry with the textures, more natural lighting and shadows. It's a good effort for one guy, it's clearly a lot of work. Don't know how it compares to TLOU ingame.

Stuart57563862d ago

My thoughts exactly, the bricks look too new and clean. The bar itself has less going on and the floor is much cleaner. Original is better!

LightofDarkness3861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

There's just a lot less debris in the UE4 version, especially on the floor and behind the bar. Plus a lot of the debris in the original is comprised of static meshes ("baked in" world geometry) with POM rather than actual dynamic meshes like in the UE4 example. All of those objects in the UE4 version would be actual, movable objects with rigid body physics attached.

Still, for a one man effort it's very impressive, ND would have had a number of professionals working months to perfect the same scene.

nveenio3860d ago

This guy's scene is far from perfected, and ND wouldn't have a team of guys working months on one scene. That would push development time to like 15 years with all of the scenes that exist in this game and others.

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Darkwatchman3862d ago (Edited 3862d ago )

Am I the only person that has yet to be impressed by a single game or environment recreation using unreal engine 4? Is the engine itself really that underwhelming or are the artists/programmers poor? Anything that has the UE 4 name on it thus far has failed to impress me in the slightest.

filchron3861d ago

That zelda demo is what the 2012 WiiU Zelda tech demo should have been. that lacklustre uprezzed twilight princess they showed did not get me excited about the new hardware AT ALL. even mario galaxy excited me and i knew it was shown off on essentially last-gen hardware but that Zelda tech demo was one of the most uninspired things ive ever seen and usually nintendo hypes me up the most for the next gen :/

ABizzel13862d ago

So as you can see it depends on the artist skill level and the amount of time they had on the project. When you get amazing artist with the right amount of time, you can get some amazing results from this engine like this.

Near Photo Real
http://www.extremetech.com/...
https://forums.unrealengine...
http://www.gamerheadlines.c...
http://www.extremetech.com/...
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rOkJ1...

Running on Tegra K1 (tablet GPU, and this is why I say Nintendo should make a handheld-console hybrid and have just 1 platform)
http://www.itsartmag.com/fe...
https://c2.staticflickr.com...

Qrphe3862d ago

I see you're showing some of the tech demos that have been going around the web. Out of all those, the Temple demo is the most impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

The Shooter demo is not as impressive as I thought it would be, it doesn't look much better than KZ:SF if that, which I think says a lot when you're trying to use the engine to run an actual game instead of a tech demo.

PLASTICA-MAN3862d ago (Edited 3862d ago )

I will post some examples from my Neogaf pots:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

The Infiltrator demo: https://www.youtube.com/wat... (It will be available some day).

Darkwatchman3861d ago

I'll be impressed once you guys show me an actual game running the engine. So far the 2 games to use it, Daylight and Fortnite, look terrible.

ABizzel13861d ago (Edited 3861d ago )

@Darkwatch

The engine wasn't officially released until this year and it takes at least 1 - 2 years to get graphically impressive games up and running, which is why many games are still using UE3.

Upcoming games using UE

Batman Arkham Knight (UE3)
Mortal Kombat X (UE3)
Tekken 7 (UE4)
Dead Island 2 (UE4)
Fable Legends (UE4)
Scalebound (UE4)
Kingdom Hearts 3 (UE4)
Gears of War (UE4)
Crackdown (UE4)
Most of MS exclusives (UE4)
and more

How good the games look depends on the artist / developers, their budgets, how much time they have, and how powerful the hardware is. Many of these demos are running on near high end gaming PCs (i7 + GTX 670+) in 1080p @ around 60fps. But when you add in characters, and AI, and effects that framerate is going to drop to something around the 30's. So they won't be 1 to 1 on consoles, but they could still run on them especially after developers learn how to squeeze every ounce of power out of them.

So something that impressive might be able to run 900p @ 30fps on PS4 with the graphics on High instead of Ultra, and 720p @ 30fps on XBO with the graphics on High instead of Ultra. So yeah it's just going to take time, but this level of graphics will be almost achievable in the years to come.

PLASTICA-MAN3861d ago

@ ABizzel1, You forgot Hellblade which uses UE4 and is the most impressive UE4 agme yet.

Also Geomerics Enlighten finally supports UE4: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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level 3603862d ago

Think you gotta put into account the atmospherics/mood of the game.

Really great effort and use of unreal engine but for sure you really wouldn't notice the tiny little details since the characters mostly move about quickly from scene to scene.. that is unless you leave them in a stationary pose or in slo-mo.

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PlayStation - The Concert "Changes Everything" for Music Lovers

PlayStation - The Concert is a magical musical experience for fans of the brand.

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The Last of Us Complete Now Available on PS5, Physical Collector’s Edition Coming July

Two award-winning masterpieces, together in one incredible collection.

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Christopher44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

As expected. Unless it's going to Xbox or Switch 2, we can stop hearing about these older games now? We can move on to just news about new games?

darthv7244d ago

....until the PS6 remake followed by the PS7 reboot

Christopher44d ago

Man, first year of PS6 is going to be 90% remasters. I'm going to hate it and likely hold off until new games actually get released that I can't play on my PS5.

Cacabunga44d ago

Yes I’m waiting for complete remaster…. On ps5

OtterX44d ago

...20 years later, "you haven't heard the last of us yet!" *releases The Last of Us Retro Collection*

cloganart44d ago

@Christopher

Oof, yeah. I don't think I'm picking up the PS6 until "Pro" comes out 😂

Cacabunga44d ago

I haven’t played Tlou1 since PS3 and i have the greatest memory of it

Notellin43d ago

I'm already dreading all the cross generation games and remasters we'll see with the next round of consoles.

LonDonE43d ago

lmao this is getting ridiculous but thing is if people keep buying them.. then why would they stop making them?
Peeps STOP BUYING this game.. that actually hurts me to say this as the last of us is high up on my greatest games of all times.. its one of the few games i played through start to finish 3/4 times back to back as i loved it so much. But sony need to stop, give us a Resistance 3 remaster, i would love and buy that.. such an underated series as was killzone.
Or give us infamous.. so many great series and titles i would gladly buy but they just want to keep giving us last of us.

I am done buying that game.. i would only buy part 2 remaster if they remade it and kept joel alive, or i am not interested. Hate last of us 2s story killing off joel.. the actual game is stunning and incredible, they improved so much in the gameplay department but i hate the story with a passion.

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Profchaos44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

We can stop hearing about it when they stop re-releasing them I guess.

I reckon the ps6 version will be 8k 240 and I'll still not care.

I miss new games from nd

Inverno44d ago

And HBO just announced season 3 even tho LoU2 couldn't possibly be so long that it wouldn't be able to fit in 1 season. They're just milking it at this point.

darthv7244d ago

speaking of the HBO series... I felt they should have made part 1 across two seasons, then address part 2 in seasons 3 and 4. so now i have a feeling they rushed through part 1 in season 1 to make season 2 a cliff hanger with Joel's impending demise being the starting point to Season 3.

-Foxtrot44d ago

I love how they decided to rush, chop and change things for Season 1 to get through the game yet for TLOU Part II it’s like “we’re going to do multiple seasons and take our time”

Inverno44d ago

Okay after seeing that there's only 7 episodes I take it back. Though I think it's incredibly stupid not to have just made the season longer. Another season just to finish what could've just been a 13 episode season seems counterintuitive but aiight. I put that on HBO tho.

Neonridr44d ago

This will be the 4th time Sony sells us The Last of Us Part 1.. And the 2nd time on the PS5.

Knushwood Butt44d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz43d ago

Strange, I thought the record went to Street Fighter 2.

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FPS_D3TH44d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos44d ago

At this point we are at Skyrim in terms of frequency. Skyrim was one per generation. If you exclude VR Skyrim we've now exceeded it

Tlou 1 PS3, 1 PS4 2 ps5
Skyrim 1 ps360 2 PS4/x1/vr 1 ps5/sx

Tlou 4
Skyrim 4

Christopher44d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

PS3/360/PC
PS4/X1
VR
Switch
Skyrim Special Edition PC/PS4/X1
Skyrim Special Edition PS5/XSX

VersusDMC44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

Also add skyrim bundles like the one below and all the humble bundles since that's what everyone is doing here

https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/...

darthv7244d ago

@Chris, LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base. At least Skyrim was able to sell to a wider audience via different platforms.

Christopher44d ago

@darthv72: I don't know why you're telling me that. I only corrected on number of Skyrim re-releases/ports/etc. I didn't say anything else.

Profchaos44d ago

@christopher guess I forgot just how much was out I think the special editions are technically one release despite being cross platform though would the Alexa version count

Christopher44d ago

@Profchaos: I guess, but I'd consider it a separate release since it rolled them into one at a later date but definitely there is a PS5/XSX version with PS5/XSX supported updates specific to them.

Chevalier43d ago

"LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base"

Weird. Like 35% of PS5 owners are NEW to Playstation. Plus this is really for new fans from the TV series for season 2 of TLOU.

I recall the same idiotic comments when the 1st one was remade just before TLOU TV Series came out and it went on the be one of the best selling games that year.

So maybe get your FACTS straight. Unlike Skyrim getting literally releases in 3 generations and 10 releases.

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Neonridr43d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH43d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr43d ago

@FPS - we've had quite a few RE4 remasters, only 1 remake.

CrimsonWing6942d ago (Edited 42d ago )

@FPS_D3TH

It blows my mind how people do some mental gymnastics to try to cope with a game they like doing the same thing (technically more) they’re complaining about for another game.

RE4 - PS2, GC
RE4 w Motion Controls - Wii
Literally RE4 HD Remaster - Xbox 360, PS3
I’m assuming a port of RE HD - PS4, Xbox One
RE4 Remake - PS5, Xsex

1 Remake and the bunch are Remasters… how, I mean how—Y’know what, it doesn’t matter anymore…

P_Bomb44d ago

Store says I already own it. I guess it’s just a straight twin-pack. Looks like they added 4 maps to ‘No Return’.

VersusDMC44d ago

You don't need to buy this to get the maps, marlene and bill. It all got patched in to the game on the 3rd.

P_Bomb44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

Good to know. I’ve watched runs of ‘No Return’ but have yet to try it myself. Soon, soon 😉

Knushwood Butt44d ago

Yeah, No Return got a content update.
Three new trophies too.

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A mysterious physical edition of a Naughty Dog game is in the works

billibil-kun: "As The Last of Us season 2 prepares to air on HBO, we've spotted a mysterious reference to a special edition of a physical PS5 game from the franchise. Here's our take on the game, which remains unclear for now."

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Relientk7754d ago

It's probably a bundle of both The Last of Us games

Nyxus54d ago

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. The Last of Us Part 1 + II Remastered.

lukasmain54d ago (Edited 54d ago )

That's totally what it is I believe. It would be a great bundle for new players getting into the ecosystem

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Goodguy0154d ago

They're really milking this franchise lol

anast54d ago

You must comment on every Mario, Zelda, and Skyrim article too.

darthv7254d ago

....because there has been the same mario, Zelda and Skyrim games for three console generations?

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isarai53d ago

@darthv72

Literally yes 🤨

Cacabunga53d ago

Every Mario and Zelda is different. This is just the exact same game over and over

anast53d ago

Skyrim, yes. Mario and Zelda since the 80's

Loktai53d ago

@darthv72 Uh yes. Yes it has. They milked BOTW across Wii U and switch and they STILL want 40+ for it new and never discounted it. They made "remasters" of older zelda games as well on switch and in the past onto the other gameboy platforms from the older platforms. They have done the same with Mario. They port the paper mario games and mario RPG to switch. And now I PROMISE you they are going to show "enhancements" for those same games on Switch 2. I PROMISE you thats going to get mentioned, maybe even tomorrow. Last of us Part 1 has been across techncially 3 generations, but 2 has been 2- and JUST BARELY 2 because it released just a few months before the PS5 did - and so if that counts as milking it, what do you call breath of the wild on Wii U then going to switch or Twilight Princess coming uot on gamecube and Wii - OR ZELDA WIND WAKER HD coming out?

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Chevalier53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

"Skyrim games for three console generations?"

Darth showing some idiocy here. Seriously yes Skyrim has been re-released more than any other game period. It's been released on 3 generations - PS3, PS4, PS5, PSVR, PC, PC VR, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S. That's 10 releases across 3 generations! So Seriously get your DAMN facts straight.

Yui_Suzumiya53d ago

And yet Fallout 3 has never been Remastered. Prison time should be given for that offense, lol

darthv7253d ago

Skyrim sure, but the other two... not so much

thorstein53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

@darth GTAV says hi.

Skyrim has an Alexa edition.

Chevalier53d ago

Clearly a guy with business acumen! Why would Sony want to rebundle games and release them in time for the 2nd season of TLOU to release? I mean the last time a bunch of idiots laughed at Sony then guess what? TLOU part 1 for PS5 only hit top 5 sales and kept popping onto charts throughout the year?! Lol

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Chevalier53d ago

"Skyrim sure, but the other two... not so much"

Multiple Mario and Zelda games have made 2 generations. Maybe you guys forget that over a 3rd of the gamers on Playstation have NEVER owned a Playstation system before and some are coming into it as a result of the TV show.

People said the EXACT same crap when the 1st game got released on PS5, but, it ended up being one of the best selling games the year it came out.

Also for all the idiots complaining. Playstation at least offer $10 upgrades for some of these games. Have you EVER seen a re-release by Nintendo, Xbox, Bethesda offer that?! No I didn't think so.

darthv7253d ago

releasing a newer version because the previous version is not physically compatible is not quite the same as taking a perfectly good existing game that already works on the newer platform and repackaging it under a remaster brand for that newer platform and then repackaging it AGAIN for the same platform.

And that whole line of *insert people here may not have had a PS before* is a line of BS. PS2 is the most selling platform in history... chances are very good a high percentage upgrade to the PS3 and then upgraded to the PS4 and are upgrading again for the PS5. So dont give me that line of bologna. you'd rather swallow every bit of Sony propaganda instead of call them out for milking (and yes this is milking) this game. You know there will be a PS6 version and likely a PS7 remaster.

Of course i am purely speculating on the 6 & 7 but there is a high degree of probability because of what they did already between 3, 4 & 5. And you defending even the $10 upgrade when most of the XB games get free upgrades is just another sign of your blind loyalty. I didnt think it possible and gave you benefit of the doubt but now I can see i was totally wrong.

Chevalier52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

@Darth

Again your examples are absolutely terrible. Repackaged games for new audiences isn't new with the high cost of development. This release is timed for people that are new to Playstation coming from watching season 2 of the TV show. If you're surprised and annoyed by this then stop gaming then. It will happen if there's some new Skyrim, Fallout, Doom or whatever TV show comes out too.

Also you're the guy who defends Xbox for this crap too. Skyrim releases were done while owned by Xbox.

Also you mentioned the PS2, repackaged games happened all the time then too. If you think that repackaged games is going to go away with the skyrocketing cost of development is going away then sorry cover your eyes and plug your ears and pretend like an idiot then. You will be complaining daily soon.

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OhReginald54d ago (Edited 54d ago )

I hope it's both ps5 games bundled with all updates including the new no return add ons for April. I'll triple dip on that.

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