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20 Times Until Dawn’s Uncanny Valley Made Us Super Uncomfortable

Until Dawn is a gorgeous game that looks incredibly realistic. Every once in a while though, someone looks a little TOO realistic for our tastes.

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Zotaku873146d ago

You know, I haven't cared at all about the PS4 since it's launch. The more I hear about this game, though, the more I really want one.

tigertron3146d ago

The last PS4 exclusive I bought was The Order, and I must admit I haven't really played my PS4 much since as I've been playing my XB1 more, but damn Until Dawn is good. If you enjoyed games like Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls then you should definitely check this game out.

XanderZane3146d ago

Already own a PS4 and I want to play this game as well. But not until next year when I can grab a copy for $20-$25. Heavy Rain and Beyond 2 Souls were decent games. Worth a play through at least 2 times.

Lightning Mr Bubbles3146d ago (Edited 3146d ago )

Yeah, a few times the camera angle changed and my character was right in front of my screen in a close up, and the face looked so real it startled me a bit.

Also, when you press the button to go to the menu, it has the head of the character you're controlling and you can move the stick to make the character turn and look at you. And it looks like someone is really looking at you in the eyes.

These characters are based off real actors, so there's real people that look like them, so I guess that's how they managed to make the stares so convincing.

uth113146d ago

the faces on the menu screen look amazing!

Especially Sam's :)

christian hour3146d ago (Edited 3146d ago )

I just pretended it was set on a planet where we discarded all our first generation androids and it made them much more believable and the uncanny aspect less jarring, because as early humanoid robots they tend to be uncanny valley deformities :)

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Christopher3146d ago

Kind of pointless. You can take a screen grab from TV and find humans making worse faces than these.

EdMcGlone3146d ago

Sure but it's Until Dawn's closeness (but not quite) to real life humans that makes it more pronounced. Until Dawn looks so good, but when it misses it misses hard (and comically) because of the Uncanny Valley.

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Until Dawn Remake PS5 Screenshots Reportedly Leaked

Leaked screenshots from Sony Interactive Entertainment and Ballistic Moon's upcoming remake of Until Dawn have reportedly emerged.

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Battlestar2356d ago

Doesn't look any different to the ps4 version. Hope it's not another lazy Sony remaster a.k.a remake.

Andy_Dee56d ago (Edited 56d ago )

Wrong, they even showed it on the last State of Play and I just played it the month before since I wanted to go back to it.

It does look better and more cleaned up, it's not a remake at least what they said. They said remaster so this article is wrong from the info I've heard.

Until Dawn is getting remastered to coincide with the live-action movie.

https://www.polygon.com/240...

https://youtu.be/pnbxcNmUcQ...

https://blog.playstation.co...

So not a Lazy remake and yes it looks better! :)

CrimsonWing6956d ago

It’s pretty different looking.

Neonridr56d ago

I'm sure it's a fair upgrade seeing as it's UE5 now. That being said, the original was not ugly by any stretch and I can't fully understand the need to remake this other than a cash grab to coincide with the movie that is coming eventually.

Crows9055d ago

Please point to me to a lazy remake?

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Hedstrom56d ago

A good game, had some fps troubles on ps4. So hopefully thats ironed out with some better looking graphics.

solideagle56d ago

I think Sony should rename PlayStation to RemakeStation. I am a Playstation fan but this is getting ridiculous. I think this is the weakest gen software-wise compared to all other gen.

PS2 > PS3 > PS1 > PS4 > PS5

Battlestar2356d ago

Agreed. Sony has released only remasters/remakes of games and noting new. MS has released so many new games i don't have the time to name the all.

solideagle56d ago

I have never owned or cared about Xbox, so I don't have any opinion about that. if you say that MS has released then I believe you I guess

Terry_B56d ago

Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man 2, Gran Turismo 7, Helldivers 2 , Horizon Forbidden West to name a couple.

And what Microsoft released in the last couple of years was way beyond the league of those listed games.

MrNinosan56d ago

Ratchet & Clank, Returnal, Spider-Man 2, Gran Turismo 7, Helldivers 2, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West to mention a few of the good ones.
Then everything on PSVR2.
Then we have the bad ones, like Destruction AllStars and medium ones like Sackboy: A Big Adventure.

On top of that, there are lots of third party games.

Compare that to MS.
Redfall, MS Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 5, Forza Motorsport, Starfield, HiFi Rush. Did I miss anything?

Now lets compare the games, and see which console had the best start this generation.

solideagle56d ago

I think Sony should have abandoned the PS4. we have not seen true PS5 potential yet. where are those games that would load Assets from SSD where the character is looking <-- Mark Cerny

I hope all new games from Sony Studios are PS5 only from now...

CrimsonWing6956d ago

What’s worse is this gen is almost over, if you can believe it.

staticall56d ago

@solideagle
I completely agree with you. At first it was like «Hey, so cool, i've never played this game and it's getting a remake, means it'll be much better!» but now it's «Come on, i was just playing that, it still looks and plays just fine». I want to play new games, try new experiences, hear new stories from new characters. It's like gaming companies have hired George Lucas as a consultant or something.

@Battlestar23
> MS has released so many new games i don't have the time to name the all
Suuuuuuuure, dude. Come on, be real.

Felix_Argyle_Catbro56d ago

Looks like the PS4 version. Lol, that'd be 70 bucks.

Machina55d ago

Cheap and quick way to fill in the release calendar in-between major new games - that's why pretty much all the major publishers have been doing it.

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New Until Dawn Comparison Video Compares Upcoming UE5 Version to 2015 PS4 Version

An early new Until Dawn comparison video has been released, comparing the visuals from the upcoming UE5 version to those of the 2015 original.

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anast71d ago (Edited 71d ago )

This is a fun game. But remaking this is lazy. A cheap remaster while a new game is being developed would have had more value for the customer.

EvertonFC71d ago

Yeah I here ya, I'm on the fence tbh as I think the haptics could be really cool but it seems a little early.
I guess it's to tie in with the movie release so makes sense somewhat.

outsider162471d ago

This over Killzone remake? Or Socom 2 remake?

monkey60271d ago

Less effort and there's a movie release to tie into.
I am very tired of all these remakes and remasters of games from recent years. If they're going to remake anything it should be a lot older.

Chevalier70d ago

If the Resistance trilogy on PS3 was being remade I would buy that day 1. Really hope the franchise returns along with Killzone

JEECE71d ago

Socom 2 remake wouldn't be worth the effort. I don't know the exact number it finally sold, but from looking at articles from a few years after launch, it looks to have gotten in the ballpark of 3 million. It has been twenty years now so many of those people probably don't even play games anymore, and the people who play multiplayer games now would start whining about Socom about three weeks after launch about how "there isn't enough content" and "they just sent it out to die." Granted, it would probably develop a small but dedicated player base from the old crowd who want a stable, solid multiplayer game instead of a live service, but that isn't a lucrative proposition for Sony.

EvertonFC71d ago (Edited 71d ago )

It was the same when millions of gamers asked for a sly remake then when the game came out it sold like 10,000 copies.
Sometimes we think we want the old games then in reality nobody ever buys it 😂🤣

outsider162471d ago

You have a point though. I guess we want it because of nostalgia. Was hoping we'd get a socom with a good single player and ofcourse multiplayer, maybe it'll sell well.

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Shane Kim71d ago

It's nice and all, but who asked?

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Quarter Disorder Podcast: Episode 3-PlayStation State of Play 2024

Tim and Luis talk what they’ve been watching and playing along with the news from the past week, including all the games from Sony’s “State of Play,” Evil West, Silent Hill: The Short Message, Hideo Kojima weirdness, Spec Ops: The Line delisted and more!

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