Video

how to i become a game developer? i also wanna be one of

Unreal engine 5 cinematic?

York, please react to the last xbox showcase

Their cinematics are way better than Hollywood animated movies lol

Yea but the game is weak as hell.

To bad the game isn't incredible lol At least we will "hopefully" always get great cinematics from Blizzard.

Its a good trailer im not gonna lie. Warframe has some great Cinematic trailers as well.

It's so good considering it's done in UE5, used to have to wait hours or days for a render like that, now it's done in realtime. My uncle used to sit on his amiga rendering simple stuff taking hours in the 90s, now we have Path Tracing games and in UE5. I started learning UE5, always been interested in graphics tech, tech demos and such since the 90s, Babylon 5 and it's amazing CGI.

I also dislike the screen effects for health and enemy splashes. I have always found them immersion breaking since the screen at that point functions more as a virtual camera lens, and so the player becomes a third party viewer versus inserting themselves into the main character’s role. Immersion is especially important in a game series like Silent Hill. I think a better implementation is the injury walk and that Bloober should just stick to just one thing

Certainly the best CGI trailer but ironically not reflective of the actual gameplay 😂 I love your reaction.

im so captivated by this trailer it's insane. simple yet extremely strong trailer.

Love your content and really appreciate the inisght, as a software development student i was always curious about this and you offered an amazing explanation

Blizzard and Kojima Productions make the best trailers. The rest seem a bit generic imho.

how come u never reacted to Inarius VS Lilith diablo 4 cinematics that is also dope !!!

Seeing york geek out for 15 minutes was great 😂

So refreshing to see the reaction of someone who works in the industry. I'm so used to see console-wars, negative opinions, etc., on CZcams, it was so wholesome to come across someone who makes games just revelling in the craft of what Blizzard made.

Yeah Cinematics for Blizzard games are always nice, wish the Cinemativs would be a hint how good the game is. Sad its not like this anymore

The other d4 cinematics are of the same quality. Absolutely amazing

Cutscenes in Diablo series have always been 🔥

Stunning

Thanks for your reaction to this trailer, Mike! I am an avid fan of this franchise and an artist myself, and it's very refreshing to see your passion for this art form and all the work that went into this trailer. Now play some Diablo IV!!!

Absolutely incredible work from the guys at Blizzard Cinematics. As a Character Artist working in this industry, my jaw hit the floor when I first watched this trailer. The Characters, the Environments, the FX and CFX, the Lighting and Compositing!! Everything is at such an incredible high level. People definitely don't realize what a big accomplishment this trailer is!

Blizzard with the best cgi since the 90s

York, I think this would be an excellent opportunity to bring up the debate about the capabilities/inabilities of AI. How were some of the specific nuances and details you pointed out designed, and how do you think the artists at Blizzard came to adopt, fine-tune and harness such creative skill and a mindset for detail? How can we artists hope to teach our audiences to truly recognize and appreciate the entirety of the creative process? I myself have recently taken to using some of the weekly meetings I have with some of my social workers to watch movies and/or play video games. Whenever I delve into the intricate details of how I think each individual respective product was creatively designed (e.g. elements of mise-en-scene; costume design; stage business; how characters on screen are framed in relation to the architecture found on stage/film set/within the game world, etc.). What I often find is that my social workers (just like any member of the general populace untrained in the myriad ways of the creative arts) tend to focus only on aspects such as the overall story, memorable one-liners spoken by specific characters, etc. You want to talk about how difficult it is to make the oily water in this Diablo IV DLC trailer look so surreal - can you break it down for us, maybe provide an entire separate video on the various properties of water and oil when it comes to animation and why such properties in real life can be difficult to mimick in the world of graphical arts? How do you think the realness of the oily water plays along with the quivering of the protagonist's lips or other facial expressions that you pointed out in this video? How do all of the small little intricate details that you pointed out in this video further help to tell and embellish the rest of the story in this trailer, helping to compliment the rest of the images that we see in this trailer? Heck, might the fact that the developers decided the main protagonist should have a mole placed prominently on her face have anything at all to do with the oily elements of the water? Especially given the myriad extreme closeup shots of parts of the character's facial features that seem prominent in this trailer. Does the mixing of colors seen at the very opening/establishing shot of this trailer (in which case we're treated with a top-down view of a mixture of colors/elements such as the red wood of the boat piercing through not only the black oily swirls found throughout the undulations of the water but the tint of black shadow the boat embeds into the water at the same exact time. These colors combined seem to work to create the exact blend of dark maroon that is the face of the devil/witch lady found in this trailer (think of the veins of the devil lady's hands slowly creeping alongside the face of the protagonist as well). In that light, as moles are oftentimes considered as small little imperfections of the skin (even to the point where some human beings attempt to remove such "imperfections" via the use of cosmetics and technology), could the sole mole on the protagonist's face symbolically represent a point of entryway for the demonic lady into the facial design of our protagonist, given how everything else in the trailer seems to be mired down in death and black muck (the water itself, the dead fish in the water, even both the blue crystal shard and boatman eventually end up mired in thick black muck). Could certain elements such as the camera angles, lighting effects, textures of the characters' sweat and skin be used to convey a sense of depth and heaviness to the mole? I think it would be beneficial if you were to put out some videos that delve into and put a real educational clinic out there in the name of building and maintaining an eye for detail, curating a creative mindset, and practicing and honing one's knack for problem-solving and intuitive design. I think these are the kinds of details the general populace takes for granted, especially given nowadays with the up-ramping of AI and debate of AI's ability to adhere to such detail and develop such creative thinking design processes and skills. I for one am someone who wants to help design AI solely for helping and assisting with the creative process, adding to it instead of flat out trying to replace the creative process, including the intricate art of individual human ideas and ingenuity that contribute to the whole process as well. Sorry for the ridiculously long message, but I think it would be a good idea for you to connect all the dots here, perhaps even going into a spiel about how technology needs to work hand-in-hand with the more creative and rustic elements of our world, and not flat out overlook, disrespect and replace established natural processes of our world. Keep up the amazing work on your channel, and I'm so proud and honored to hear how the ingenuity and work of others is able help fuel your own creative drive and aspirations!

One of the most impressive parts of the animation for me was the mother’s thumb pad. Watch the pad of her thumb when she caresses her face. There is an ever so slight shifting of her thumb pad as she does it. Amazing level of detail.

- in the design typical of diablo games, the very close-up view of the face and the use of aligned opposite pairs of the symmetry case are always visible, e.g. cover images, this is present throughout. - the film uses this throughout, it uses a close-up perspective covering every detail, so far the videos related to Blizzard games have been rough, but this one differs in that there are no big "Epic" scenes (with the exception of the demonic part), but it brings nature closer. - the swirling of the water, the difference in the curling of the oil stains on it, creates a completely realistic effect. - for some reason it affects the feeling of a living person, but it does not fulfill it, it is a mystery to me why. - Maybe there is a smaller difference between the brightness and moisture of the eyeball compared to the brightness of the facial skin, maybe the edges of the folds of the skin are stronger? I'm just guessing. We are very sensitive to the eyeball and the type of facial skin, as we constantly focus on the person's gaze. I sense some ratio.. - The little hairs on the girl's face, which are illuminated by the sun, all enhance the realism. - Well, the girl's lighting is amazingly realistic, I wouldn't say it's mechanical... - Especially as he looks towards the sunlight, many more shades are drawn, a beautifully struck hue. The reflection of moisture on the lips, the reflection of moisture on the face, the presence of small warts and freckles. - Skillfully used Depth of Field, its multi-level blurring enhances the optical effect of the camera, since there are mostly complete close-up scenes and it is used there. - there is no shortage of animation due to the micro-muscle twitches. - the young girl has few micro-furrows on her face, but their depth is noticeable. - The mother's eyes made me feel more "hollow", maybe an allegory, they say, soulless or "demonic"... :) - I don't see so many reflections in it, it seems much more superficial and lifeless. - in addition to the yellowish lighting, there is also the blue lighting, which can be observed especially in the reflection of the wet parts on the left side of the girl. yellow-blue dynamics. It foreshadows the coming evil. Because there is less blue than yellow. - His dramaturgy is simply fantastic and rough, as the environment changes in seconds. - I'm tired, the video is too demanding. - You present the video fantastically, they encourage me to observe the detail and how much work and dedication there is behind each scene.🧐

thanks for providing your perspective as a developer, would be neat if blizz releases a making-of vid...very proud of the team for reaching new heights! 🖤

Its very good.

It's a crime they're putting out these cutting edge cinematics and not doing more in-depth behind the scenes videos on their creative process.

captured on PS4?

I read an article about the work that went into the first Diablo 4 opening cinematic "By Three They Come".. The modeling supervisor confirmed that everything was handcrafted, including the facial animation. They used real actors for animation and facial references and were provided concept art.. but no facial motion capture..They said from a stylistic point of view. They don't want to do photorealism but were striving for hyper-realism.. I imagine the same work went into this one

As a fellow artist. Man i really appreciate you actually appreciating how much work went into this cinematic .

I almost fell off the chair when i watched it for the first time! You can tell how proud they are of the tech since they stay close up to the girls most of the trailer! Such a great achievement by all the teams!

Blizzard and cinematics, thats something they always deliver. Some scenes were really disturbing (in a good horror way). Now if they could match the quality of the cinematic with the rest of the game...

I'm not sure if you've done it already but please react to The Matrix Awakens tech demo. It blew me away when it became available.

React to assassin’s creed shadows gameplay!!

why "corridor crew" never react to something like this xD

Man i hope the rumors are true that they gonna make an animated Diablo movie or series in the same style as their cutscenes! But isnt CGI easier to make in regards of animations? I always thought they look much more realistic than ingame

Bro did you react to Perfect Dark yet?

Now i get why the end of the campaign was soso (at least for my liking) cant wait to play it :) p.s = thats her mom, not granma (apologies for being the nazi guy lol)

We’re hitting that pinnacle where we really can’t tell what’s real or CGI

What happened with Fable reaction 👀?

I'd say The War Within trailer had incredible facial detail as well, but then again, it was also a trailer made by Blizzard lol

Saga Anderson being a black woman has nothing to do with SBI's involvement with the game. Without spoiling too much, it's an important part of the plot and how this game connects to the Remedy connected universe, which will become more clear later on in the game.

1:34:10 - Actually that's a PS5 Dev Kit, not PS4. 😇😇😇😇😉👌

The layoffs have been crazy. Lots of animators I knew at Pixar are being laid off. Many of them were in my internship group in Summer 2019 when I worked there.

Got a question about a early build of the game, no worries if you dont know but we've found some leftover lods of autumn variations of trees, have you ever seen them in any version of the game? If so which chapter?

This details the problems with modern gamers.

Love the intro 😎🤘🏻

17:43 - I was actually INCREDIBLY impressed by this animation/sound design. Moving his tongue inside his mouth, contemplating whether to help/trust her. Me and my partner watched the Reveal live and we both went “HOLY CRAP THAT DETAIL IS INSANE”.