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| == Myst V's E3 trailer ==
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| Date: May 13, 2005
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| {{ambox|text=NOTE: The E3 trailer for ''Myst V: End of Ages'' caused some fans to worry about the quality of the game. RAWA responded to reassure the community that the trailer did not reflect the final product's quality.}}
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| <Sigh.>
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| I think we've been down this road several times before.
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| And I'm reasonably sure that I've typed this precise phrase before:
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| I've given up trying to understand the people in marketing.
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| What they seem to like and what I like don't even seem to be in the
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| same universe.
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| Disclaimers:
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| * We (Cyan) did not make the trailer.
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| * If we had made it, it would have been different.
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| * Some of our input was disregarded.
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| * Our technology was not used to make the trailer.
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| * The footage in the trailer was not captured from the game itself.
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| On May 12, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Joseph Davies wrote:
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| <blockquote>About the only complaint I have about what I see in that trailer is the 10-years-old CG human.</blockquote>
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| Yeah, I didn't even recognize that guy. He was loosely based on a
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| character in the game, but I believe that our real-time 3D characters
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| look better than their pre-rendered guy.
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| If you've kept up on the articles that have been written, you'll
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| already have read the comments about our characters. One article
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| explained: "the facial animations were filmed and superimposed on the
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| polygonal models. Consequently, the effect seems expressive and
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| lifelike, even at this early stage."
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| Obviously, they didn't use our technology for the CG guy in the trailer.
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| <blockquote>It reminds me of the attempts of the late Sierra or Ultima 9 at CG humans. I mean, surely we've been spoiled by some awesome stuff in recent years, but still I think this only reinforces your assertion. If you can't make it look terrific in pre-rendered CG, then why not go live-action?</blockquote>
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| Unlike the trailer, nothing in the game is pre-rendered. The game is
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| completely done in real-time 3D. Live-action simply would not work
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| well.
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| <blockquote>Oh well, I'm sure it won't detract terribly from my enjoyment of the game, but I'm concerned that the dated CG will hinder sales.</blockquote>
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| It is very unfortunate that this trailer will give people the wrong
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| impression of what the characters in the game will be like.
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| When you see the actual character in the game itself, I think you'll
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| agree that he bears very little resemblance to what was shown in the
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| trailer.
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| But never fear: I've been assured that 95% of people who see the
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| trailer are going to love it the way it is.
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| So there are only a few of us who don't like it, and we're just
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| entirely too picky, I guess.
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| To each his/her own.
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| RAWA
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| PS - _Everyone_ knows that the Bahro have _blue_ eyes… ;)
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