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Insomniac: We're 'getting close' to CGI-movie quality graphics
Insomniac tell us that they're 'getting close' to CGI-movie-quality visuals, but that there's a way to go yet.
Written by David Scammell, 27 October 2009
Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games has said that it believes they're "getting close" to recreating CGI-movie quality visuals in a game, but that they're not "quite at that Pixar-level yet".
Speaking to GamerZines last week, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time writer TJ Fixman explained:
"I think we're definitely getting close to CGI movie quality. In terms of our cutscenes looking good, that's more our post team than the engine, because it's something that we capture in layers and they spend their time polishing up, so I don't think we're quite at that Pixar-level yet but it was a flattering comparison we got with Tools of Destruction that we started taking really seriously after that.
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And we would tend to agree, TJ.
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time launches in Europe on November 6th exclusively on PlayStation 3. It looks pretty. Very pretty.
You can check out the first part of our exclusive interview with Insomniac by clicking on the link to your right.
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