Considering how beautiful the landscapes are, I don't think you can start complaining  that a lot of it is "auto generated " (where did you even hear this).

Oh and just because the ground grid is (supposedly) "autogenerated" does not mean they don't sculpt the world as they want it to look. Obviously they are.

Originally posted by Wizardry

 

well i might remind people that most if not all of that terrain was done by a terrain generator.I try to look at just the developers creations,and i did not see much there at all.I saw some tents/huts that pretty much looked copied over and over to of course save time/effort and polycount.Why does it matter?well i like to support a developer that CREATES,anyone can sell me a generated terrain[WOW],i mean anyone,the engine does all the work.So when i watch these types of videos i have to look beyond generated content and just look for DEVELOPERS content.

Forgive me, but I find your post to be uninformed so allow me to correct you.  Have you ever heard of a height map?  It's a grey-scale image that gives developers control over a terrain generator, allowing them to create a large landscape much simplar than drawing each and every polygon.  Here's an example:

As you can clearly see, there is a mountain range on the right side of the image with several of smaller hills covering the left side.  Furthermore, the options within a terrain generator allow the developer to control various aspects of the generation process, including resolution, polygon count (typically, per square unit), noise, smoothing, range, ect.  Suddnely, the various options of the generator and the amount of input a developer can provide suddenly makes this seem less like a random generator and more like a developer's creation.

You are correct about one thing; this is done to save time.  It would take an army of developers years just to sculpt a landmass out if they were to do it, polygon by polygon.

The landscape looked pretty nice to me. They are trying to implement VAST zones so I can understand that they have to simplify the process somewhat and have to be as low as possible in model count. One thing I noticed though, is that all trees in the first area look exactly the same in this clip. Not meaning the same type of tree, which is only natural, but the exact same model with the exact same placing angle. As an art director I would have atleast asked for a little more variation. You only need about 4 or 5 slightly different models to create realistic diversity in a random patch of forest. But that is somewhat of a pet peeve. I loved the river and the realistic feel to this zone in general.

glad ya'll like it :P

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Originally posted by denshing

The blood from striking an oponent looks awsome. but they really REALLY need to tone it down on the ground blood texture. Cutting someone's head off does not create a 15 foot pool of blood just like that.
Great potential for really good immersion factor, falling off horse, and staggering. They have all the right animations for mounting up ect. Looks REALLY nice. Instead of just popping onto a horse he actually grabs the saddle, and when running around he kept the lasso in hand and actally directed it.

Even after the guy started running without looking towards his hands, I got the feeling that he was actually steering it around, so the little animations have after effects even when not seeing them

Gotta say I am now official keeping a close eye on this title.

well i have seen people get their heads cut off on certain websites that will remain nameless but my point is a 15 foot trail of blood isnt hard when its leaking freely out of a major artery. other than that this footage isnt new still good though.