smArtist thoughts04 Jan 2006 01:05 am
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.
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January 4th, 2006 at 1:12 am
Yes.
January 5th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
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.
January 24th, 2006 at 11:09 am
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.