Heavenly Sword Screen Shot Down By Yahoo: "Not In Game But Good CG Art"

In an article by Yahoo.com they attack the allegations of the critically acclaimed screen shot of Heavenly Sword released last week as being actual in-game footage. They are quoted saying:

Yahoo.com
"Well obviously this screen hasn't come from any proper gameplay sections, but hats off to Ninja Theory's CG artists, whoever they are for this is stunning work."

That is a bold allegation. Does yahoo know something that we dont?

[sak500]

WEll everyone knew except the die hard sony fanbois. They'll believe that ps3 will power the next space shuttle to outer space.

[InMyOpinion]

As "ingame" as the E3 trailers for Killzone and Motorstorm...

Im not bashing Sony, I just hate this type of fake marketing strategies the game studios are using. Very manipulative indeed.
I mean Motorstorm looks great, why not show the real deal from start? The E3 trailer has just made people more doubtful.

[TheGoodMART]

for real i neva knew dat is evun possible, believe it or not i got straight a's in 5f grade astronomy, but if dis is possible think of da possibitilies

[FreeMonk]

Like a huge majority of us, Yahoo put 2 and 2 together and got four, unlike all the Sony Fanboys out there who got four hundred!

[DJ]

by permission of Sony and said it was an in-game capture (just with some photoshopped blurring for the DepthOfField). When asked about the huge improvement over the recently released footage, they said "Just because that footage was released last week doesn't mean it was recorded last week. This new scan was captured just yesterday."

[HighPs3v2]

So what is yahoo talking about? I think they should stick to email... Which they are not even good at. GMAIL ftw

[JOLLY1]

Weird I would just use the engines built in camera for fov. Oh, maybe dj doesn't know that you can do that sort of stuff.

[nicodemus]

In the same forum where the developer released the screenshot, he did say it was in-game, but more importantly-- that it was from a CUT-SCENE.

It's perfectly all right to expect this game to look good. But to think that this screenshot is representative of the detail you'll see while you're slashing dozens of enemies on screem, is quite a step beyond wishful thinking.

The game will look good, but not nearly at the level of its cut-scenes!

[techie]

Speaking to Ninja Theory - this is what they said, and I don't believe developers to lie - only Sony. They said this is an ingame shot of a CUTSCENE - but they said it's on the ingame engine. They said that their build had changed dramatically since Novemember, which is the footage we saw for the Cinematic Production trailer. A Ninja said that although this is a cutscene, they will be trying to make the gameplay nariko as good as this - at least so you can hardly tell the diffference. But that depends. But yes don't hold your hopes up.

[TheGoodMART]

ey dj is yous a real dj if so me would dig a face off, i bet i can kick your batty evun wiv biggies songs

[DJ]

The dev said that they wish in-game DOF was that good, and that it was a post-render effect. Obviously I know they have DOF in-game; it's simply a different in quality. You know, like how there's differing levels of Anti-aliasing?

[techie]

The game does have motion blur etc. But the screen they took they then removed the background and added a blur around the edge to give the picture focus and make it look good for a desktop background for the games fans. So...

[nicodemus]

The dev said it was an "in-game screen grab of Nariko from one of our cutscenes"

He never mentions anything about it being taken from the "in-game engine"

I'm not trying to split hairs here, or bash the PS3 or anything like that... All I'm saying is that PS3 owners are setting themselves up for disappointment when they actually sit down and play the game.

The in-game graphics will not come close to this level of detail -- you can see the dimples and tiny imperfections of her face for crying out loud! The PS3 is powerful, but there is a limit.

[InMyOpinion]

Anyone who has played Halo 2 knows that the ingame cutscenes don't represent what actual gameplay looks like.

[techie]

From the horses mouth - maybe we can leave this to rest until release.

"The DOF in-game is good but not THAT good. Better specular on the eyes is something we are working on and other techy bits to help improve the lighting response on the blend-shapes.

If these come together, then the layman should not be able to distinguish that screenshot from the final result. Fingers crossed!!!"

SO lets leave them to get on with their work - all they said is that overall it looks superior to anything we've seen so far - both gameplay and cutscenes. So that'll be good.

[StateofMind]

Who goes to Yahoo for gaming news? Or any news for that matter.

[Killer Cop]

What did I say?

I don't use Yahoo, and hardly even know Yahoo. lol

[Violater]

trying to make a name for themselves, I have already forwarded this to the HS website.
Well let the fanboyism begin, i know some people wont let this one die.
I just hope this doesn't cause Sony to pull back on releasing info for this title.
But like said already its Yahoo who isn't known as a gaming authority just seeking popularity.

[Loudninja]

Please, this is form Yahoo, not IGn or gamespot, I trust the devs words more than yahoo.I mena Yahoo for gaming news?LMAO!

[Loudninja]

Please, this is form Yahoo, not IGn or gamespot, I trust the devs words more than yahoo.I mena Yahoo for gaming news?LMAO!

[T-Virus]

It's just the most visited website in the world, for the past 6 years.

[power091999]

"Well obviously this screen hasn’t come from any proper gameplay sections"

OH obviously....

Has to be true because this nobody says so.

Thanks but I think I will take the word of the dev's until you have something a bit more solid that just putting obviously in a sentence.

[zonetrooper5]

Yahoo is well known but i think they are crappy lol. Well we won't get these sort of graphics until a few years time.

[gnothe1]

because anytime someone says something bad about sony or a sony product(HS) people get all bent out of shape!! then they start make claims that that company is the one going down.just like another post about a month ago when somebody said something about sony an the sony boys flew off the hanger!!will you people please calm down!!

[PS360PCROCKS]

who cares? the game will look excellent, maybe not that good but why do I want to stare at a characters face anyways this is a 3rd point of perspective game so whatever.

[richie007bond]

When will you Fony Fanboys wake and and learn,Truly pathetic mindless drones who believe every ounce of Fonys BS,THE MIND BOGGLES how anybody after been let down so many times still hangs on for bitter life...

[CaliGamer]

Just like when MS abandoned the XBOX and now you think they aren't capable of doing the same with the 360. Being let down is not only something that Sony is capable of, MS is also capable of doing it in a big way.
I would rather get very nice looking graphics and an excellent game than having spent $ on an XBOX and having MS stop making games for it because they couldn't compete with an "inferior" machine. Who is mindless given this logic?

[PS3n360]

it very well could be an in game engine shot with some photo touch up. since Mass Effect game play footage looks as good (especially if you photoshoped it, why shouldnt this? No doubt PS3 will push out some eye candy sooner or later. Sony should be careful though. I agree with a previous post that mentioned motorstorm. If sony never released fake footage people would be more impressed with the final product rather than saying its weak compared to E3. Now HS is gonna have to live up to this or its gonna get slammed. Stupid Sony!

[ApocalypseShadow]

anyone dumb enough not to believe that a cut scene can look this good,not talking about the game since we haven't seen it since last year(we did see nov footage,but we're in march baby boys-we don't know),is fooling themselves.with the proper lighting,it can be done.
CUT SCENE.........CUT SCENE......

here we go:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=...

and just for 360 fans:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=...

conclusion: don't speak about something you don't know about.

if you go to the ninja theory site,in the forums,the picture was posted by one of the devs......OF A CUT SCENE.......CUT....SCE..NE...

and to jolly,i'm not worked up,i just hate stupidity.some here just aren't using their heads or are just flaming.have a cookie.

[JOLLY1]

You my friend need to calm down. Everyone should get that it is from a cut scene. The dev said it was. people are just wondering if it is CGI or in game assets. Which I believe it is in game, because if it was cgi it would look a lot better!

[Bathyj]

Her face looks different? I'd trust the developered over these hacks. Sorry but how the hell would they even know?

[zantetsuken]

This is sad, the fanboys will buy into anything. Next week McDonalds will say it's CG and the'll be quoting it as truth. Give me a break. The devs confirmed it's in-engine, get over it.

[DiLeCtioN]

i dont think ive visited the site since march 2006

[TheGoodMART]

i can't get any wicked porn via yahoo google as da betta plop

[ReconHope]

yahoo that was a worthless comment--

"Well obviously this screen hasn’t come from any proper gameplay sections"

the developers themselves already stated that it was a cut-scene using the in-game engine.

but hey good job yahoo on getting your site meter running for no reason.

[Dreyals]

about as good as me saying that this is the first boss of the game:

[power of Green]

Why are all you so ass hurt?. It's abvious this pic's a jazzed up freeze/pic using ingame resouces that are jazzed up and altered for Movie moments.

#15 WTF are you talking about?.

[cmrbe]

Weather your a PS or XBOX fan nobody would argue that this is not a cut scene.The dev said it themselves. It is way too good for it to be real in gameplay graphics. I don't know why you guys are making a big fuss about this.Regardless, from the sound of things. This game might actually be as good as God of war.Good times ahead for us PS3 gamers.

[Karibu]

They should prove it if they claim bs like that.
They haven't played it, saw it or anything, only it's developers and some inside peeps. What happened to the innocent-until-proven-quilty thing??

Fair enough, it's enough fanboyammo for xbots.

[FirstknighT]

Dont you guys know??? Yahoo is anti-sony! :p

[techie]

Oh and I expect the layman to be a ps3 fan - and the eternal critic to be a 360fan. An impartial observer will be impressed

[GaMr-]

Hey whats your PSN:ID? Judging by the way you post. I like your energy. I would love to have you in a clan. You seem like the guy to Sound the Charge. UT3/SOCOM im planning on forming dominating clans in those games. Deepbrown your invited too. You can talk down the opposing team with your cunning word play. hehe just kidding.