It's nearly 2008...

[UndeadRoadkill]

And we're still supposed to think that that old "gibbing" effect is supposed to look good? It was ok in Quake, but haven't we come quite a ways since then? I don't get how things like reflections, motion blur and parallax-mapping etc. have come leaps and bounds, but the best "bodily destruction" effect anyone can think of is having the body suddenly disappear and be replaced by a handful of large rigid bouncing chunks.

Am I crazy to expect a little bit more than a prettier version of a decade-old concept from a "next generation" game, one whose amazing graphics are constantly touted?

[KriLL3.8™]

You suggest making all character models have real tissue and organs and stuff to manipulate? Sounds like a hard task and little reward.

[Reise]

Say what now? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nShot00008.jpg

I'm still amazed at how Epic pulled off the complex ragdolls without killing servers. Even having the ability to feign death with accurately placed ragdolls is crazy.

[UndeadRoadkill]

You suggest making all character models have real tissue and organs and stuff to manipulate? Sounds like a hard task and little reward.

I'm no graphics designer, I'm just suggesting they could probably find something that looks better than what they've got.

Say what now? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nShot00008.jpg

Hm, looks pretty "clean" for a spot where a body was dismembered, I'm not particularly impressed.

[Reise]

Ever seen something actually get dismembered? They don't bleed like in Kill Bill.

[Jocked]

I love the gore effects, I think they feel very rewarding and that they fit a game like UT3 perfectly.
I wouldn't want realistic gore in UT, that would probably just make me want to throw up :P

[UndeadRoadkill]

Ever seen something actually get dismembered? They don't bleed like in Kill Bill.

I wouldn't expect them to, but I'm pretty sure it does make a mess.

[KriLL3.8™]

Reise: while the heart still beats major arteries will spew blood quite some distance, but if that does happen it can't last for long, your blood pressure can't be maintained with a gushing wound.

A dead heart doesn't pump any blood, a dead person doesn't bleed much, but blood does collect in the lower portions, that's why bodies found a few days after death look like they're bruised on the side facing down.

[Reise]

Heh if the pieces weren't blown so far away from where the Krall was when it died, there you would see a decent puddle of blood.

I wonder if they meant to have giblets leave a patch of blood wherever they landed like in the other games. That way there would be a huge mess if someone got wasted in a hallway or some closed in area.

[UndeadRoadkill]

Heh if the pieces weren't blown so far away from where the Krall was when it died, there you would see a decent puddle of blood.

I wonder if they meant to have giblets leave a patch of blood wherever they landed like in the other games. That way there would be a huge mess if someone got wasted in a hallway or some closed in area.

Yeah, more decals would have helped it. I mean, I'm playing the Ballistic Weapons mod for ut2k4, and the gore in that mod looks better than UT3.

[PacVeli]

Say what now? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nShot00008.jpg

I'm still amazed at how Epic pulled off the complex ragdolls without killing servers. Even having the ability to feign death with accurately placed ragdolls is crazy.

I don't have the game yet, so I'm wondering are the gore updated from the Beta Demo? This looks much more bad *** than when you blow up the human bots.

[boTT1E]

yeah, some more blood would be nice. And I'd like blood on the walls when you shoot people with the shock. That looked so **** good in UT2k4 :>

[freakhunter]

It would be cool if they would make it more detailed. Maybe somebody should make a mutator that has better effects?

[T@F]

I`m to buzy fragging to look at the gore :P

[Devil_Spawn]

i like it when people expload into little chunks of meat lol