Releastic looking guests
- Thread starter Boldson
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I like the current look of guests! For me it's the guests that add the extra charm to the Planet franchise, I love the cartoony appearances! 
When I play a want to distance myself from the hectic world around me. So I love the guest as they are now. They are funny! Personnally I hope that never will be changed.
I also used to love settlers 4 very much in the old days (lol).
And not only for the game itself, but the animations and little jokes you can do better with cartoonish people were the cherry on the cake; those little men with their jojo's when they were bored....
I also used to love settlers 4 very much in the old days (lol).
And not only for the game itself, but the animations and little jokes you can do better with cartoonish people were the cherry on the cake; those little men with their jojo's when they were bored....
t would seem this is a design choice with respect to artistic and performance issues of having more detailed models and still have the random outfit options.
I don't care about the guests looks, to be honest. Would be different, if we had to buy them with CC though...
But with this cartoonish looking faces, my mind plays tricks on me and I keep on spotting guests who instantly remind me of other people. So one day I had Will Riker with his beautiful and cheerful son Kim Jong-un visiting my Zoo....
...nvm, nvm...
But with this cartoonish looking faces, my mind plays tricks on me and I keep on spotting guests who instantly remind me of other people. So one day I had Will Riker with his beautiful and cheerful son Kim Jong-un visiting my Zoo....
...nvm, nvm...
It was worth asking if it was a possibilty to be implemented or give people the choice. Probably never happen but worth an ask after seeing it in JWE 2. Who knows but for me personally given thats its a fairly realistic sim that maybe one day could be an option. Realistic guests on/off. Im sure some other would agree.
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The Jurassic world peeps look and act like robot zombies with inflexible rods up their ###es - and they are supernatural too, for they can walk right through each other and have no spacial reality or group dynamic to each other. They seem to walk in straight lines that intersect and I find them eerie and don't often go in for closeups for they are creepy - I really love the expression filled and cartoonish characters in PlanZoo - at least their expressions and happy and joyous and often bring smiles to my dial.
And PlanZoo have the lemming effect - I often fast forward to see the guest AI in all its glory - they spread like spilled paint. I think they are excellent.
And PlanZoo have the lemming effect - I often fast forward to see the guest AI in all its glory - they spread like spilled paint. I think they are excellent.
I use to keep my zoo closed, because I don't like the look of the guests. I wish I could keep the employees out, too, (especially these silly keepers with their silly jump in the air) but that would cause problems...
It is a bit strange having the fairly realistic animals and scenery but the cartoony guests.
However, I agree with XT and others that it saves processing power. The game tends to start bogging down for many players once the guest count rises to a certain level anyway, and imagine what it might be like if the guests were rendered in as much detail as the animals.
There is also an "uncanny valley" thing that can happen when human figures surpass cartoonishness levels of realism and detail but still fall short of full realism. You end up with animations that look kind of creepy and zombie-ish (maybe this is why GGG21 feels the Jurassic World guests look robot zombies with inflexible rods up their, ah, tushes).
For folks who haven't heard the term "uncanny valley" it was coined by a robotics professor in Tokyo and refers to a sort of creepiness many people feel when something approaches anatomically correct human-ness but isn't quite right. It especially seems to revolve around human faces that look realistic but are also just wrong in some way. It's why many people find human like robots, clowns, lifelike dolls, mannequins, and CGI graphics that are trying for realism but not quite there to be off putting.
I imagine it is a challenge for game designers, as there is a zone, somewhere between cartoonish and complete realism that turns many folks off.
However, I agree with XT and others that it saves processing power. The game tends to start bogging down for many players once the guest count rises to a certain level anyway, and imagine what it might be like if the guests were rendered in as much detail as the animals.
There is also an "uncanny valley" thing that can happen when human figures surpass cartoonishness levels of realism and detail but still fall short of full realism. You end up with animations that look kind of creepy and zombie-ish (maybe this is why GGG21 feels the Jurassic World guests look robot zombies with inflexible rods up their, ah, tushes).
For folks who haven't heard the term "uncanny valley" it was coined by a robotics professor in Tokyo and refers to a sort of creepiness many people feel when something approaches anatomically correct human-ness but isn't quite right. It especially seems to revolve around human faces that look realistic but are also just wrong in some way. It's why many people find human like robots, clowns, lifelike dolls, mannequins, and CGI graphics that are trying for realism but not quite there to be off putting.
I imagine it is a challenge for game designers, as there is a zone, somewhere between cartoonish and complete realism that turns many folks off.
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For me the cartoonish npcs are just immersion breaking.
I know what you mean, but I don't tend to zoom in on the guests very much.For me the cartoonish npcs are just immersion breaking.
Maybe in some future version of this game it will be more plausible to have realistic looking guests, but I think it's just how it has to be for this one.
Absolutely soulless.
PlanCo styled guests were the right choice. If you get realism it dates itself instantaneously. The PlanCo style is charming and dare I say timeless. Plus, they can express themselves a lot more organically rather than the lifelessness that JWE guests have.