Unposed model renders? That’s a death knell.
I have come to the conclusion that ANY, ANY, ANY mod or game website that shows UN-POSED renders of the models is completely unprofessional horse-puckey that you should close immediately.
Any serious developer will put the model in-game, and make it look enough like it works to take a screenshot and post.
Anything less than that is pure desperation for content, and reveals insecurity, incompleteness and a probable notification of future failure.
Case in point: Team Orbit
Sorry, guys, but this is the same as everything else I’ve ever seen. Learn.
There are 3 Comments to "Unposed model renders? That’s a death knell."
Yes.
LoL, good point. IMAGE, PEOPLE, IMAGE! Thats why good projects have good PR-folks to make sure stuff like that doesnt hit the public eye.
The death knell has already tolled before they’ve reached that point. If they’re posting model shots, then they are a mod team attempting the usual, well-trodden route of reskinning Counter-Strike or Team Fortress. Real mods don’t put up model renders, they put out gameplay test releases.