The Last Guardian Tech Analysis: Nine Years of Development in 14 Minutes
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- Опубликовано: 9 дек 2016
- Tom tracks the development of The Last Guardian from its original target render right through to the technical make-up of the final game. It's a remarkable journey...
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Finished the game earlier on today. It was glorious! The technical hiccups while noticeable at times, never really detracted from such a unique and magical game!
Adam Bolton I was very optimistic about this game..but my gut keeps telling me to go get the damn game.
MrCashmere101 Do it!
Adam Bolton I'm going to. Thanks brotha👍
Play ICO and Sotc, pretty sure you will change your mind about TLG
diego cordioli For me: TLG > Ico > SOTC
Im so glad the game is out and was not canceled
they said if fans were not begging so much for a release this game would be cancelled
Man, look at the background at 7:27... E3 2015 had much, MUCH better shadows, shading, better lighting in general. Plus, superior atmospheric effects, and a subtle depth of field... Looks far simpler in the full game...
Yeah, but the final game has much much better draw distance making you able to actually see stuff from far.
That's way more important than better shadows imo.
bliglum omg such graphics
***** Yeah, tradeoffs, give and take. Shame they had to drop all the shadows though, they really added depth to the scenery.
Hector Zeroni I know!! OMG! Talking about graphics in the comment section of a vid about graphics tech analysis.. Crazy!
I never thought I'd play another game as beautiful as SOTC. Just finished The last guardian over half hour ago, want to replay SOTC again. The last guardian delivers on an emotional level that most games in the past 9 years have ever come near. A true masterpiece in gaming, character bonding, and a simplicity that shows lazy developer's a thing or two on how a magnificent story can be told.
The Engine Tech & Artistic style used in The Last Guardian is very unique not too realistic and not too cartoony very unique.
What makes this game special is the lovely art style, animations, music, the boy and Trico himself. I have never seen such a huge and amazing animal in a game and the levels are so huge and the physics are cool. Bravo team Ico and I hopr PS4 fans enjoy this game. I would love to play it on PC but that won't happen :(
Waseem B312 its gendesign, no team trico anymore.
Waseem B312 and yeah, this game will never come to PC. The same as Death stranding.
"I would love to play it on PC but that won't happen" It could if a PS4 emulator is ever developed. I hope that happens so we can make it any resolution we want and a steady frame rate. What would be even better is if it can be hacked to run at 60fps someday.
Elvis S
Yes bro I hope one day we can use emulators for ps4.
looking forward to play a remastered version on PS5 )
The fur and water at 9:46 where the water falls dramatically off his leg made me go 'wow', that attention to detail is insane.
This is one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen in my life, and one of my favorites I have ever played. It is a wonderful and profound game if we understand the story ... this masterpiece has touched my soul in such a way that it still stirs me to this day. It's a game with simple gameplay and the graphics aren't photorealistic, but it doesn't need any of it to be amazing and wonderful as it is. Undoubtedly one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had
Totally agree!
Yep, one of the greatest games ever made as far as I'm concerned. Was to be expected all along too.I don't think the buildup to the ending has ever been so INTENSE and SATISFYING in any game ever. I truly TRULY was going nuts to get to the end to figure out what was going to happen and how it was all going to come together and end.
play shadow of the colossus thats it for me
@@Snaaake_Beater Already played de remake in 2018. Realy beautyfull game and i loved the bosses. It was one of my favorites of the year
to be honest, the visuals would have been more impressive if it were released as a PS3 title, if only they didn't have so many difficulties during the development.
It wouldn't look like this on PS3 and run at a playable framerate.
"It looks like a last-gen game," was the first thing that came to mind. Not groundbreaking at all.
Lucas Oblivion HDR at 4k, don't look last gen to me.
ATH3X G Hardly groundbreaking, and not what I was talking about. I'm referring to character models, textures, physics, etc. You can run GTA SA at 4k and slap on HDR, won't make it look like a next-gen game.
***** Do you own aHigh end 4k HDR tv, and the physics, textures and character models have some of the most realistic movement I've ever seen. Fucking xbox fans.
LMAO I remember this same guy saying some witcher 3 textures (one of the best looking games ever made) were bad, And let's be honest, some textures and models in this game looks like shit but he says it's ok and thst it holds up, I can't believe how fanboy this channel can get.
ThatGamer just play the damn game and have fun you fuck!
+kublaikhan1215 I agree. Too much attention to visuals. You buy a game to play it not just look at it.
Angel L if buy playing you mean jump on trico, spam r1 and pray he goes in the right direction, then yeah great game.
This channel is a PlayStation mouthpiece the last few months.
Kael maybe it's because PS have news?
Looks like a work of art, this game is also getting some great reviews :)
Prince Dizzy except one Xbox fanboy, an unfair review name Fat crapgamer
Daddy Keemstar, shit purchase? LOL it's getting some great reviews beggar.
I seriously don't see how people can take that clown seriously at all? His channel is a walking parody at best.
+Daddy Keemstar Yeah lets all ignore all the great reviews and the positive community reaction and instead listen to a PC fanboy hating on yet another Console exclusive video game LOL !
You people still exist? I thought fanboyism died down a little in the last few years. I guess it must be a new generation of insufferable kids.
Third game by Team Ico...
Three... Ico...
TRICO OMG
Simone Tarenzi Dun dun DUUUUUUN!
The implementation of it's art style is what makes this game so pleasing to look at even today. It's a huge shame that the relationship between Famito Ueda and Sony seemingly seems irrepairable because I would have loved to see this series continue for the lore and Ueda's artistic direction in his art and game design. Might need to play this again at 60 FPS on the PS5.
One of the best games ever made
If you don't play this game because you think it looks bad you're a FOOL.
Justin Stewart not playing outdated and badly performing games is a bad thing now lmao?
Justin Stewart the controls are shit and gameplay is repetitive. all you do is jump on eeco, spam r1 and pray he goes the right direction.
Aayush Sharma eeco? LUL.
If it ain't 60 fps it ain't worth playing :)
Aayush Sharma Do you own this game?
I have the game and I can confirm this, plays great, look good and it's Amazing but has some flaws on the camera and textures, you can see it is a game from Ps3 era but it's still a blast to play.
Hugo Azevedo
• The Last Guardian
• Plays great
Pick one.
+EMARCEUS Make some sense.
@@Tomato-lr2yu eh, I can deal with some gameplay mechanics.
Damn!!! even a technical review brings me to tears. Thank you to Ueda San and Sony for sharing an incredible piece of art with us. Thank you DF in helping us understand the technical wizardry behind this masterpiece.
Andy w gay
This Game is a masterpiece! And Trico is the best, loveliest and most adorable AI in any video Game! Everyone with a passion for Games and unique experiences has to play it and by that supporting such Projects!
Are you fucking kidding me? he didn't even bring up the single digit framerates on ps4, which, in a video analyzing the technnical graphics of a game, is kind of fucking important.
They've already done a frame rate analysis.
Wesley Tomsky yeah, they already analyzed the framerate. This is for visuals
ok then fair enough
Xbox one is still using 720p..lolol
The PS4 is struggling with 1080p too. Most games are using 900p and barely any games run with 60fps especially in Full HD.
True poor xbots users
*****
You are mentioning one game that's graphically not very intensive and very good optimised. What exactly do you expect people to think now? That I am wrong?
It's all us console peasants on Xbox could afford. It's still great to us! We don't care that we live in the past.
The Uncanny One
Online payments and higher prices for games.
damn so ...
beautiful game
the game is a masterpiece I damn! almost cried at the ending😭
No fps issues on my pro. Fantastic refreshing game.
***** More reason to get a pro, this is only the beginning.
+Ryo Hazuki Did you play SotC on PS2? If you did, did the framerate ruin the game? If it didn't then don't bother about fps.
I played 4-player split-screen Golden Eye at like 19 fps back in the day and it didn't matter. But it doesn't mean it'd be fine ever playing something at this framerate again.
I wouldn't skip this game for the framerate alone. I'd actually get it for sure if I had a PS4. But I don't remember the last time I had to put up with bad performance for an exclusive, with games like Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 3, Quantum Break and Halo 5 all having a "framerate first" goal.
Actually the game dropped to 22fps on DF frame test. Sorry, liar
Matheus Lacerda Not in 1080p mode.
It was on sale at the PSN Store. Finished it today. A $10 well-spent.
I couldn't give a flying fuck about fps when a game is as unique and emotionally brilliant as The Last Guardian.
God damn the art design for this game is absolutely breathtaking and it's so hard not to fall in love with Trico when playing this.
The Last Guardian is a masterpiece, thank you for the analysis. It took long, but it's finally here and results spectacular.
The most beautiful game I've ever played.
Just completed the game for a third time. Brought me to tears yet again. A masterpiece. I have decided that this is my favourite game ever made.
All of Tricoes animations were just incredible. That tail also never clipped through anything.
It's quite shocking in a way, during the 2012 phase. Seeing the team spit apart and stuff must have been really scary for people really excited for the game. I'm just glad it is finally out.
let's be honest. This game is getting attention only because it's a sony title made by team ico. If an indie developer made this game, no one would give a shit because it's so mediocre. Also all these ps4 fanboys would laugh at the art direction saying it looks like shit.
It's actually a great game.
this is more of an interactive animation than a game,if it was released as a animation nobody would give a shit about it but since its a game its automatically 10/10 ,this is why i don't own a console all of the exclusives are cinematic interactive movies with barely any gameplay and replay value
Polo Surf
triggered
Polo Surf
so salty
Polo Surf
not as creepy as you tho
is it me or e3 2009 still looks the best
SERIOUSLY, THIS WAS VERY PROFESSIONALLY DONE, GOOD JOB
From finishing shadow of the colossus and going into this game i was so in love with the presentation of the game
Im so happy sony did not abandon it!
10/10 game. It's wonderful
Really interesting video; made me appreciate stuff I would have totally missed otherwise. So glad this project didn't die.
The Masterpiece !!!
Seriously of the most beautiful games I have ever played not only visually, but emotionally! I can't wait to beat it a first time so that I can start my second play through! :-D
the art style is fantastic, it makes you forget some of the last gen textures
This is art!! So beaultiful, inspiring...just watching the trailer i cry,lol.
A flawed masterpeice. But one I'm truly grateful for being able to play.
wonderful game!
Sony simply not want to cancel what is arguably the spiritual successor to one of their best games on the PS2, which was Shadow of the Colossus. Joking say, this game is more a PS4 remastered of an unreleased PS3 game rather than a game actually made specifically for the PS4.
This game, was originally meant to more or less look and play like the one we have now for the PS3 in 720p, and if they do make it like this in 2011 with 20-30fps 720p, it would've been as impressive as Shadow of the Colossus in terms of dev achievement. Ultimately, as we now know, they didn't make it(the game on PS3 only runs at 1x fps), and had to rely on improved hardware just to finish what they have started.
CCloak Lung the main problem was programming Trico’s AI
Trico is magnificent.
I'm so glad you don't have to kill him like you do in shadow of the colossus 😢
Man this game NEEDS to run at 60fps, it would looks SO AMAZING with the wind effects etc
My daughter had a quick go of this last night, she was impressed, as was I...
It's not shadow of the colossus but it came close, for me best game of the year
Why is the kid actually yellow?
PROPHET GAME why? Is it racist to you???
AmericavJapan 1909 No it just looks weird and distracting. Everything else looks fairly realistic, but that kid looks like a crayon. It's bothersome. Literally nobody looks like that.
***** just ignore little boy.
hes asian and his name is Billy Lo
Y'all motherfuckers need to play ICO
I actually love those minimal textures
i feel bad for people who bought this 9 year old game for 60 bucks
Fernando Ramirez feel bad for people who buy a no brain games and spent more on dlc it lol
Why? If they're enjoying it what does it matter to you?
Fernando Ramirez Money is just something that can be spent. The emotions from the game - it costs 200$.
Yeah!! Let us enjoy our outdated spec games and spend more money then what it's worth!
better than buying a 70 bucks game while paying 30 extra for dlc.
I want to cry Everytime i heard the music eventhough i didn't play the game
time to reevaluate this title in PS5?
it was a pain to play it on ps4.play it on pro if you can.sometimes i got 15 fps.
its such an adorable game
I bought the game on release day, but I'm waiting on my Pro before I play it!
Tiff's Right Ear - I see you all the time in JKNews
Md Ray that's not even the actual person
***** i know.
THESE KIND OF VIDEOS > Console vs PC videos. More please!
Such a fantastic game
Really impressed at the overall look, especially when you get outside, but jesus the camera and framerate are still really frustrating on my base PS4.
I think it looks beautiful and at home on the current generation, especially given its scale. That was an enjoyable watch.
Fumito Ueda proving that polygons and textures mean nothing. art direction and accepting limitations does.
sadly this will be the last amazing looking ps4 title that will scar generations to come.
unless Fumito announces more titles.
many people seem to believe that higher polygon counts mean a game looks better. i agree with you though, the art style is much more important. there are ps1 and even snes games that to me look better than many modern games. crono trigger for example is a game that impresses me more visually than ff15. although ff15 is obviously far technologically superior, it just looks so dull and boring to me. it never wowed me the way crono trigger or the ps1 ff games did and still do.
Ps3 could easy perform picture like this in 720p
PriestRipper but not in WiiU
At 15 fps locked maybe.
Espartano 301 Wii U could do it consider the Wii U have a better GPU and more RAM
No way, if shadow and global illumination are missing, with minor physics (like first trailer of Project Trico), maybe can run this at 720p at 15-20 fps on PS3. Even with all this, it would be difficult achieve this performance.
He said that the 2009 trailer was running at 15 fps on a ps3 and then sped up. You are not really good at paying attention right?
This is art. Fuck shooters, fuck everything. This is just beautiful.
someone explain why the last guardian and upcoming legend of Zelda have a white-filter-like make everything extra white
instead of that why no bump up saturation a bit more so things could much more be colourfull and be more enjoyingable
I guess to give it a more Dream-like look.
The Wii U has a limited color range via HDMI. That probably gives the illusion of the whiteness. The Switch will probably improve upon that.
Watching this analysis right after videogamedunkey's "The Last Guardian" video feels weird...
This is wxactly why Sony is the market leader - because it believes in projects others don't...
Didn't know so many people hate this game.
The framedrops arențt an issue on the PS4 Pro. I only caught them a couple of times, and they were during scripted events and brief, so they didn't affect the experience. Maybe there have been some patches in the meantime. I would only complain about the camera and the unpredictability of climbing on Trico, but otherwise, the puzzles are varied and the story is engaging once it gets going.
DigitalFoundry. well done.
So a game designed for the PS3 can't run at a stable 30 fps on the PS4?? WOW!
It's because they basically ported the PS3 code to the PS4. The game wasn't originally made for PS4 so it isn't fully optimized for the system. I have no doubt that this game would run at 60 fps with no problem if it had been rebuilt from the ground up for PS4. They could have even given it better textures and other graphical upgrades as well. I think they just wanted to get this game finished as soon as possible after delaying it for so long, and as a result, they rushed the PS4 development.
Elvis S Not smart to be honest.
This game is so breathtaking!
looking back im so glad that game didnt come out on ps3, it looks so so so much better on ps4
Should've just been released for the PS3. Graphical fidelity would have made more sense/pissed less people off.
Also would have been a great and emotional sendoff for the system.
Good work
the 2009 version looks the best imo
RIP Team Iko
Last it was. The PS3 really killed all sorts of great stufios and ties of Sony. Its tragic
Glad this had a happy ending.
Sure would be nice to see a video like this chronicling the release of Beyond Good and Evil 2.
A boy can dream.
What a fantastic breakdown...thank you. Gorgeous character animation and I love the art style of TLG.
i think the game is beautiful, stunning
that was beautiful
A very good technical analysis! Thanks for the video!
Do you guys prefer playing it in HDR, or should I turn that feature off?
There is no HDR for this game If I remember right.
AJ Singh There is bro, it goes on automatically, but you can turn it off manually through the PS settings.
I just wanted to know which one they preferred.
But was it a "buttery smooth 15fps"...
Ha! Ironically, the ad that RUclips chose to put with my viewing of this was for the X-box. Nah, don't think so.
I bought a ps3 for this game 😭😭😭
true art not commercial garbage
Fog was eliminated from the 2015 vs the final build?
I kinda get why the game doesn't look "that good" . Because it was meant to be a last gen game . IMO the game still seems to be very good and has sone good art style
IMO it still looks very nice
I still love the way the game looks its beautiful 😍
It's a true successor to Ico and SOTC in the sense that it runs like shit on the platform it was developed for and you need upgraded hardware to get a steady framerate
"graphics graphics graphics"
Wow so interesting where's the actual information on other development, hmm?
still looks a lot better than Zelda breath of the wild xb
Alejandro Rocha agreed.
Alejandro Rocha Zelda breath of the wild is more like 3D cartoonist
I think they should have kept the poncho/tabard costume rather than the robed design for the boy. It would have been a good way to have a common theme for the main characters in the three games.
man I wished that some demo disc for ps3 version would leak to see how shitty it worked so that they decided to never release the game for ps3.
They would have got exactly what they wanted if they just made the damn thing on the PC instead of the ps3. Only high-end stuff would have been able to run the game like it's shown in the E3 2009 footage, but at least we'd have settings to tone some things down.
xXSwegAFIluuminatiBruh360AnD420BlAzEItXx Raygoza the E3 2009 render looks like hot garbage compared to the final game.
It was only improved because they finally got some good tech, if the game started from the ground up to be a primarily PC game, like the first Crysis, I doubt it would have ever looked like hot garbage at any points in development. I will admit that I doubt the game would have been as mainstream as the final game is now, since it there would be in a "But can it run The Last Guardian" type of situation. Also I meant the game they had at the time, since the E3 2009 footage had to be sped up to keep a frame rate, a simple port to the PC could have solved that and the game could have released much earlier. Of course they improved everything since they devs finally have the technology now.
xXSwegAFIluuminatiBruh360AnD420BlAzEItXx Raygoza Oh my god, your name is long, VERY LONG, EXTREMELY LONG, WAY TOO LONG!
It took 15 years for the ICO Trilogy to become complete
That's great stuff! That's what any artwork really needs... time!
Can you do Return to Arkham next? They just released a patch tht gives PS4 Pro support, locked Arkham Citys framerate to 30 and said they made a few optimizations and "supposedly" graphical changes (I heard it was the lighting) to the 2 games across all platforms.
2:45 3DMark DX12 API Overhead lol