Uncharted 3 Characters Show Off Their "Smoother" Look

I wish I could come up with a better descriptive term than "smoother," but that seems to be the most accurate.

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception looks incredible from a visual standpoint, as one might expect. But as many have noticed, there has been a technical alteration to the character design and presentation. For example, here's a picture courtesy of GamingBolt.

It's Chloe as she looked in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and as she appeared in the E3 trailer for Uncharted 3. There's also a comparison shot of Elena and we've already seen plenty of Drake in past months. In our eyes, it seems plain: they've been "smoothed" over. The thing that's bugging me is this- I really can't decide if it's "better."

I mean, strictly from a technical standpoint, I think it's plain. They've taken another step by cutting back on that glossy, almost plastic-y sheen we've seen in the past. At the same time, it almost seems as if a touch of the rich color and definition from Uncharted 2 went away with that glossiness. It's certainly more realistic and more accomplished; I'm just not sure I like it more. Sorta torn right now.

You also get slightly different facial animations with this sleeker style, and in this respect, I haven't seen enough to make any decisions one way or the other. I'm just wondering what the fans have to say about this.

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6/15/2011 10:24:18 AM Ben Dutka

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jimmyhandsome
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:44:27 AM
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I noticed this too, and I think I'm a fan. Its very apparent in the E3 trailer that they do look "smoother" and more "natural". I think that picture really showcases that, but the UC2 Chole looks like its taken from gameply while the top pic of her is from a cutscene.

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Cavan1
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:56:36 PM

There arent really any cut-scenes in uncharterd, when they do go to cutscenes, their all in engine cutscenes, no cgi or anything is used, so whatever they do in a cutscene is the engine graphics

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karneli lll
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 5:18:02 PM

I personally like the new look, though the cutscenes with the 'bad lady' look like a massive step back

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manofchao5
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 5:41:18 PM

looks great, the new one looks like they got rid of scratchiness on the corners like say her eyes
i think thats called anti aliasing but who cares they smoothed it nice :D

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BikerSaint
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:47:03 AM
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Not sure if it's just the pics themselves, but I'm liking the top pic(U3) of Chloe 100% better than the bottom one(U2), where she actually looks a bit zombified.

And the same goes for Elena's pics too.

Last edited by BikerSaint on 6/15/2011 10:51:13 AM

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Beamboom
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:50:08 AM

Me too, and I do not know what is U2 and what is U3 of those two. The upper image is definitely the best in my eyes.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:26:54 AM

Yeah, I'm liking the U3 images better as well. I had to look twice though, because the article title and the way the images are stacked was confusing me. the characters don't look smoothed over to me, they look crisper. Chloe has more facial definition for instance.

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gangan19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:34:47 PM

no, that's how she looks without make up, it's very realistic, the new engine.

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Excelsior1
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:50:29 AM
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i'm not sure if i like it more, either. i'm mainly going to play uc3 for it's awesome set peices and action. i'm also very interested in the mp, too.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:51:46 AM
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Make sure to look at some comparisons of Elena and Drake, too.

...I mean, Chloe ALWAYS looks good. ;)

But one question...is that picture-perfect rear of hers "smoother," too, or is this only about faces?

Last edited by Ben Dutka PSXE on 6/15/2011 10:52:27 AM

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Clamedeus
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:55:36 AM

Brunettes ftw! <3 Chloe

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Beamboom
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:01:44 AM

Elena looks *much* better on the lower (U2) picture.

I am starting to believe this has more to do with the actual scene, lighting etc than anything else.

... But I never saw Drake anywhere?

Last edited by Beamboom on 6/15/2011 11:03:10 AM

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:13:52 AM

Beamboom
I agree. That scene with the snow in the backgroun of Elena really shows off her face and the modeling. While te other pic is in a room with more lighting, and shadows. It really does make a difference. Which is pretty amazing.

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Temjin001
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:58:39 AM
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This site has used terrible reference photos for comparison. The U3 Chloe is clearly a cutscene model where the the U2 Chloe is a game play model.... Hence the lower poly count and lesser detail.

The Elena one makes for a better comparison but the lighting is entirely off.

I'm not seeing anything I don't like, though. U2 looks to be shaping up to be another real stunner.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:04:10 AM

I know that Temjin but remember that cut-scenes and gameplay in these titles are almost identical. It's very difficult to tell the difference; we're not talking about NORMAL games, here.

There are some minor differences but the characters in Uncharted 2 pretty much looked the same all the time.

You can find other shots of Chloe in U2, for instance, but they're not going to look drastically different.

Last edited by Ben Dutka PSXE on 6/15/2011 11:04:50 AM

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Temjin001
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:21:24 AM

All soft self shadowing has been turned off in the U2 game play model. It's really stands out to me.
Look at how U3 Chloe's own hair and features are generating a "soft" self shadow on herself.
Plus her hair appears to have greater volumetric density in U3.
In terms of tech prowess, there's no doubt, the U3 model is doing more visuaully.

Stylistically, between the two, that's different. There does appear to be a different smoohing process used for flesh tones. Chloe has also lost her thick dark eye shadow. Which I like, less of a zombie vibe going on for her in U3.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:28:45 PM

Noooo, world loves raccoon eyes!

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:10:25 AM
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Yea I'm really digging the new Chloe for sure. Although we may see a big difference from gameplay to cutscene, which looks to be the case between the two pictures of her. It's very apparent the look is different but lighting and given the facial expression can change a lot also. Chloe always looked to - I don't know - dark around the eyes for me, it fit her personality but maybe now is the time to refine her! I'm a fan!

Same goes for the Elena pic. Maybe ND is progressing the characters with time also? It just seems both Elena and Chloe seem more matured. Either way it may not necessarilly be better, as both Elena and Chloe were always modeled very well, hell that goes for all the characters. But it's definitely a step forward and I think we've learned even with the whole Cole, inFAMOUS 2 ordeal that it will work out in the end! They didn't go too far as to completely re-model the characters so I won't complain regardless.

Can't wait for this one!

EDIT: I just want to point out I have no problems with Chloe in UC2. I know I said she was dark around the eyes, but that wasn't a knock. I love Chloe and I loved her character, she was modeled perfectly for her personality especially! But it seems now she's going lighter on the eye shadow for UC3! ;)

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:31:06 AM

Cole in inFamous2 worked out really well, I was impressed with the characters in inFamous2. they did a tremendous job on the eyes in particular. Eyes seem always to be a bit of a bear for developers, but Sucker Punch did awesomely well in that regard.

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:52:18 AM

Indeed. I even like Cole's new voice and personality. I playing 1 and 2 back and forth(1 as evil Cole and 2 as good)making comparisons. While I like old Cole's voice and costume, the new voice and look is just as good in my opinion. Sucker Punch really set the bar high for visuals and performance in a sandbox game. Puts games like Red Dead and Assassin's Creed to shame.

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:02:49 PM

Yea I really like the new Cole. So much so that I've forgotten at times that he did get a new voice. I really enjoy the character and the growth sucker punch made, with regards to him. They did a great job with the characters Kuo is another good example, and while I'm at it Nix! Great job for sure, and your are right about the eyes Highlander!

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RadioHeader
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:57:21 PM

So you're all enjoying i2? I haven't been able to get it yet. My car's having an expensive month.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:58:44 PM

Yeah, i2 is a blast. I dodged the bullet on my car last month, so this month is coolness...apart from the blistering "too early for summer" heat we are having.

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:17:32 PM

I2 is just amazing... Such a fun game! But priorities first man, It'll be around forever.

Highlander We went straight from winter to summer. We didn't have a spring at all and up until literally a couple weeks ago the weather was just rain all day... Now all of a sudden 80 degrees it's like there was no comfort of spring at all. Terrible!

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Clamedeus
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:50:26 PM

I like the design, I didn't like the new voice actor but he's growing on me quick from when I seen people play it, it's not that bad actually.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:05:48 PM

We went from winter into the spring tornado season (nasty storm season this year) and then in the last week of May we hit 95F and have stayed there since with no end in sight.

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:49:14 PM

I like Coles new voice a lot actually. Like I said from the moment I put it in, I kind of forgot all about the whole ordeal of changing voice actors. But it's preference really, and it does suck that they got a new voice, but at least it works, and works well.

Highlander

Well I have no room to complain then... Hopefully no tornados real close to you, like those affected so far, it is a terrible ordeal. I just love spring weather, more so the temperatures than anything and, southern Oregon just skipped that part of the year!

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Clamedeus
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:04:47 PM

@bigrailer

Indeed, I didn't like it at first but it grew on me. I want the game badly, I see everyone playing it. >.<

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:19:12 PM

Yea you gotta get it, when possible. I would lend you my copy but I'm still playing it! ;) no seriously though it's a must own game!

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:17:04 PM

We've had some nasty storms this year, but the twisting winds have stayed away from us so far. Fortunately the odds of any one person being affected by a tornado are very small, but they can be such severe events that you always have to be careful.

The mid-south is an odd place because we can get severe winter cold, we can get roasting summer heat combined with humidity levels you'd think were more at home on the coast, and of course the spring and autumn storm seasons. You'd think that as far south as we are, winters would be mild, and as far inland as we are, humidity wouldn't be an issue. Sadly, the weather likes to prove expectations like that to be unfounded.

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kylemac6
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:32:11 PM

so, everybody really likes inFamous2? i thought about it but the reviews didn't seem as good as the first one. is it?

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 5:15:51 PM

Kylemac6-

My best advice is, if your are any sorts of fan of the first, you'll absolutely love inFAMOUS 2. So go get it. To me it is absolutely just as fun, if not more because of the new abilities and powers, plus a few new things making traversing buildings, and travel faster and easier. To me the story picked up great where the first left off and is growing more and more compelling. So go get it! ;)

Highlander-

I don't think I could live in those conditions, so I commend you. I'm picky with my weather and bad weather when prolonged really puts me in a bad mood, likewise so does not being comfortable when it's 80+ outside, haha. Even where I live I hate the weather because it can be 80 with no clouds one minute then the next be 60 and thunderstorms. But those conditions you described make me cringe! ;)
I've been to Florida and hated the humidity. An I've been all over the west coast including Montana, but never anywhere near where you are. But it does seem the weather you get, from the news as the source, is very, well how you said "odd".

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Clamedeus
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:34:33 PM

@Kylemac6

You need to get Infamous 2, it's a lot better. I can't wait till I can get it though it's going to be awesome. :D

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Riku994
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:25:52 AM
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I think the U3 pictures almost look like they're a painted portrait, whereas in U2 you can tell it's a model in a rendered area. The eyes have also lost their watery look, making them seem a bit more realistic. I guess we'll have to wait until we play the game for real.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:29:12 AM
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To me, it looks better in U3. I don't know about smoothing, the U2 models look smoother to me, although some of the videos I've seen drake looks a little less craggy in some than others. So I'm not entirely sure.

I suspect it's a storm in a tea-cup though, and the game will look ridiculously good.

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Ludicrous_Liam
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:50:08 AM

Most optimisations like polishing up models are done late in development, are they not? So I imagine the models will be perfect come release day. No doubt they already are; we'll see in the beta I guess. But perhaps the implementation of MLAA has something to do with it? When the beta comes I'm gunna be taking an extensive look at it and using my incredible skills of detection to compile all of the technical features of the game (*Cough* Read DF's Tech analysis *Cough*). :D

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Ludicrous_Liam
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:42:29 AM
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As ND employee's have said in their own forumns, this is how they wanted their characters in the begginning, only tech didn't allow them. While I like the almost 'cartoonish' style of the past games, uncharted 3 is un-doubtably better. When you have such a beloved series such as Uncharted, your gunna be skeptical when even the most minsicule thing such as pour detail on a character is different. But really, and I say this as ND's #1 fan, ND know what they're doing. If somethings wrong, as said in multiple interview's, they will 'iterate it, change it around until its perfect'. I have faith that they will do that, and any qualms I DO have, such as drakes frankly silly jog (I don't CARE if he's on a ship, he looks like a friggen drunken idiot!), should be sorted come release day.

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:43:13 AM
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They look A LOT better in U3. Especially Chloe's eyes. Her glassy eyes in 2 made her look like a soulless robot. I'm not sure what's not to like. The game is shaping up to be yet another bar setter when it comes to console graphics.

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Ludicrous_Liam
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:56:55 AM

Lol Chloe always looked asif she has just been crying, & had just took a swim in a barrel of oil xD

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:17:24 PM

Eyes are difficult, because sometimes it seems like devs add too much internal reflection to the eye, which essentially blots out the detail in the eye. I mean, an eye is glossy, yes, but it's not that reflective, if it was, we wouldn't be able to see. Cloe's eyes always seemed to be too glassy and reflective. but things improve in steps, and no doubt in U3 they will be deep and soulful instead.

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:18:46 PM

I didn't think they looked oily or plasticy. They looked pretty soft and smooth in U2 and they only made that look better in 3. When I think oily looking graphics I think anything made with Unreal.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:38:26 PM

But now her eyes have no glitter, they are plain and colorless.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:59:42 PM

@Jawknee

You mean the "shiny space marine armor effect" (c)?

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:04:17 PM

@Highlander, Exactly. ha

@World, her eyes looked too synthetic before. Like she had two glass eyes. They look more natural now in my opinion.

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Ludicrous_Liam
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:38:45 PM

By the way, in regards to her swimming in oil, I was talking about her skin. If you watch the cutscene where they're at the table after chapter 2, you'll see what I mean.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:56:42 PM

They do look more natural, but it wouldn't have killed them to have a little color in there (they are grey now) and to make them a tad brighter. I've seen plenty of people who have naturally bright eyes.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:33:33 PM
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Yeah I looked at the pics before I even read the article and came to the same conclusion as Ben, I'm not sure if I like it either. But it isn't a big deal either like suddenly going cell shaded or something devastating like that. (Just for example, I know they'd never do that)

They are certainly softer, but I'm going to miss that hypnotic glow in Chloe's eyes even of some of you say it made her a zombie.

Hey was Elena's voice actor Kuo in inFamous 2? She sounded familiar.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:00:20 PM

Dunno about the voice actress, but I was definitely liking Kuo.

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maxpontiac
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:02:18 PM

It sounds like it to me World.

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:26:12 PM

Emily Fisher did Elena, and she does sound like the voice actor for Kuo. But I don't see inFamous 2 on her resume. So I'm not sure but that would be interesting.

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Temjin001
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:29:25 PM

I downloaded that free PoP game trial with that PS Plus stuff. The prince is definitely Nolan North. No doubt about that. Even underneath the nearly last gen looking character models I could spot it ;)

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sawao_yamanaka
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:53:03 PM

Elena Fischer? I think the name you are looking for is Emily Rose.

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:55:02 PM

Sawao-

Haha thanks man for catching that. That is exactly who I meant. You see, Emily Rose does that character, Elena, So well I combined them! ;)

Again good catch, appreciate it. Don't mean to cause confusion, ha!

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:58:27 PM

okay, I think Kuo was Olivia something, I just thought toward the end of the game they sounded similar. I'm usually really good at picking out voices but I was distracted by the full epic production.

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:23:34 PM

Yeah, there is definitely a lot of distractions with inFAMOUS 2. That game has my undivided attention whenever I start playing it. Oh man I wish I was home so I could play it! I'm trying not to finish it super fast though, and I definitely wanna play as a non hero, or inFamous character also to try those powers and other quests.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:12:41 PM

Zeke was voiced by Caleb Moody, Kuo was voiced by Dawn Olivieri, Nix was Nika Futterman, Wolfe was Michael Ensign and Bertrand was Graham James Mctavish (what a name!).

Michael Ensign played a Judge on Boston Legal and was also in Titanic (among his many credits). I liked his performance as Wolfe.

Dawn Olivieri (hotness alert) played Lydia on Heros (among various credits).

Nika Futterman does tons of voice work in games and TV animation such as Star Wars The Clone Wars.

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maxpontiac
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:01:52 PM
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I am kind of shocked how much more realistic the characters look in Uncharted 3.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:02:59 PM
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Where's Claire? We need some opinions on the makeup change on both ladies. I'm not keen on it.

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Scarecrow
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:47:48 PM
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Again, ps3 has more power left. The cell processor is the thing allowing devs like Naughty Dog to push these graphics fruther.

Beautiful

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:09:24 PM

the cell BE is/was the PS3's not-so-secret weapon. When Devs use it in conjunction with the RSX - they way it's intended to be done - the PS3 is capable of some phenomenal results that can put just about anything else to shame. I read a story today that Crytek say that MS will reveal the Nextbox at the next E3, and subtly suggested that Sony might too. All I can say is, that if Sony evolves the PS3 design and adds an additional CellBE's worth of cores along with a modern GPU and modern amounts of system and video memory, there will be nothing to stand against it.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:00:29 PM

I think expanding on the GPU will help the weak multiplat devs to make better experiences and expanding the Cell will help 1st party devs make top notch exclusives. For whatever reason Multiplats seem to ignore the cell and try to run in the gpu.

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Temjin001
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:03:31 PM

I remember reading a sucker punch interview. They said that with infamous they realized they were doin everything on the "slow side" of the PS3. And now with infamous 2 they learned how to do things on the "fast" side. I think reading in-between the lines they went from a purely RSX rendering engine in the first game to a very Cell-centric rendering engine with Infamous 2. And while it can bog down under heavy load, there's no denying the sheer volume of content (lighting, effects, enemies, geometry etc.) that is a cut above the rest on open world design.

Texture detail is the only area I see that is relatively on par with other games like AC. not surprising seeing that textures are stored in, or streamed into, the RAM which is about the same for 360 and ps3 in capacity.

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Temjin001
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:20:47 PM

Oh I forgot to highlight Infamous 2's self shadowing. It's sharp and well implemented. Many games use that crappy blocky-feathered edge shadowing garbage, not so in Infmaous 2.

But this Uncharted 3 game. Hot dang. That looks like a true blue soft shadowing system they have in place that fittingly looks more realistic in softer ambient light conditions, not to mention a processing hog. I hope ND does a behind the scenes feature on how they implemented that.

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Highlander
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:56:03 PM

Temjin,

It sounds like all Sucker punch have to do now is figure out how to let the Cell do the heavy lifting where it's best suited, and how to hand off to the RSX where it's best suited, then perhaps they won't see any areas where the system bogs down.

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AshT
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:08:14 PM
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2 or 3, Chloe look awesome and so does Elena :)
although in U3 they look more realistic

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Alienange
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:05:52 PM
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The smooth skin, those eyes, that blush, those lips those bre... sorry what was the question?

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bigrailer19
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:25:36 PM

I got lost in your comment... Chloe, Chloe, Chloe... She needs a song or something.

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xnonsuchx
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:15:14 PM
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I wish they'd figure out a way to make CGI teeth not looks like shiny rocks. I don't know if it's because they're making teeth too white or if it's the lighting, but it almost always looks creepy.

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nogoat23
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:33:12 PM
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I like the new models better. Chloe's eyes freaked me out in the second one.

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Douchebaguette
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:23:30 PM
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Hmmm... This has been a debate since the beginning of this generation. A mainstream example would be Xbox 360 vs. PS3 graphics. Sharp & colourful or soft & smooth? The former has jagg and plastic-y problems, whilst the latter would normally be panned for it's lack of colour contrast and slight blurriness.

I would say U3 reaches that category. Skin tone definately looks better on the above picture, however judging by the pictures alone, the clothing doesn't look as defined as Uncharted 2's, and the shadows aren't darker either. Definately more refined shadows though.

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Either way we'll see what approach Naughty Dog has decided pathe with; it's still nitpicking at the end of the day.

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DarthNemesis
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:39:53 PM
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I like it and think it makes for better game design.

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Crabba
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 5:10:00 PM
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These are just two screenshots. Seriously it says nothing at all, you could take any number of screenshots from cutscenes or gameplay from Uncharted 2 and get the same type of differences depending on the scene, lighting, angle and how close the characters are.

To make something of a proper comparison you at least need a similar screenshot from both games.

Oh and based on the screenshots, I think U3 looks much better on Chloe and U2 looks slightly better on Elena, so again this says nothing.

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 6:14:35 PM
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LOL! This is off topic but did anyone see the jab Sucker Punch took at MS in inFAMOUS 2? There is a store in New Marias called "Red Rings" and there's a sign in the window that says "We Fix All Systems".

My buddy just sent me a picture he took with his phone. Comedy Gold!

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 7:02:22 PM

more comedy gold from DNF: "Duke we got your green power armor ready for you" You look at the Mast Chief suit "Power Armor is for pussies"

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Jawknee
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:27:23 PM

LOL!

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Clamedeus
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:46:57 PM

In my books, someone who wears a power suit armor isn't a bad ass.

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Socrates
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:09:36 PM
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I think it looks good. Closing in on a more 'realistic' look - albeit a bit on the airbrushed looking side at the moment.

I think the image of Elena shows this quite well.

It would be difficult I guess to think that human's in games would be photo-realistic - like cars do in Gran Turismo 5 (and Forza 4) - but then again I remember thinking that the graphics in the first Tomb Raider "just couldn't get any better!" ...

Very much looking forward to Uncharted 3 ...

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Lawless SXE
Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 1:57:46 AM
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Yeah, the pics from the third game look phenomenal, but did anyone else think that Elena just didn't quite look like Elena? Eh, don't care it'll be a great game regardless.

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___________
Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 5:43:24 AM
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very subtle differences which is better is purely subjective.
i prefer the top one, gives a smoother less wax like look.
one thing i REALLY want to see in all games from now on is brighter colors!
everything these days for some reason is either grey and brown ala resistance or brighter colors but darker tones of them ala uncharted 2.
compare the forest level in uncharted 2 to some forest in uncharted 1.
the original has bright luscious greens for the grass, trees and such.
2 has a real dark almost ivory green to it.
we need more bright vibrant colors, like bulletstorm that was a color frenzy!
sick of all these dark toned, or two toned games!
makes me feel like im watching a dreary WW2 video!

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StangMan80
Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 5:42:31 PM
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Holy crap! U3 looks wayyyyy better!!! in all aspects. Who says different!???

U3 is the one of two guaranteed titles of the year, the other is the MGS HD Collection. :D

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StangMan80
Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 5:44:30 PM
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I don't see how you could question it not being better...

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