Borderlands Screenshot

[hal]

The change in the art direction of Borderlands has been a pretty big topic of conversation with some bristling at the mention of "cel-shading" and others expressing interest at the twist.

Well, Gearbox has finally coughed up a formerly PC Gamer-exclusive screenshot of the game and I don't think it fits the idea I had in my head when I first heard that term tossed about. To me it looks more like a gritty high-quality computer-animated film. Sign me up!

[Beelzebud (Satanas)]

Something about the way it looks reminds me of how TF2 looks. By that I mean the way the characters are shaded and highlighted.

[Kantham]

Originally Posted by Beelzebud (Satanas)

Something about the way it looks reminds me of how TF2 looks.

I know what you mean, but all in a more detailed look.

[Northrawn]

Originally Posted by Beelzebud (Satanas)

Something about the way it looks reminds me of how TF2 looks. By that I mean the way the characters are shaded and highlighted.

This cannot be true. So many people are saying that UE3 games look all the same.

[WildFlower]

Originally Posted by Northrawn

This cannot be true. So many people are saying that UE3 games look all the same.

Hehe, for me, this is the first time my interest in the game got sparked. It looks pretty great.

I wonder how much of that image translates into the actual game, i.e. how much of it is retouched or taken under dubious circumstances (screenshot: *cough* taken from our game as it runs on a Cray supercomputer in 12800x10240 with high quality textures that'll never ship with the game... and downsized by a factor of 10).

[NeoNight]

I like the new art style for the game looks really cool.

[Dark Pulse]

Well, I had initial reservations when I posted the original news story awhile back, but that's not obtrusive at all.

In fact, I kind of like it. It does everything they promised it would, and the characters don't look like a flat, washed-out mess.

[khindjal]

for me, this too sparked an interest in the game.

i think it is much more pleasing to the eye now.

[Ignotium]

I'm liking cell shaded gibs, idd

[MaestroMaus]

I really, really like the change as well.

[Cox]

Yeah, me too. Looks preety cool.

[Guyver1]

looks incredibly similar to Appleseed Ex-Machina

and that was an awesome film

[Hedge-o-Matic]

I think most people assumed that it would look like the relatively crude cel-shading techniques of about ten years ago. But this look great! Hard to see how people could be displeased at the new look.

[UBerserker]

Looks very good.

[evilmrfrank]

Love the new look

[Numb51]

Do you think that kind of cell-shading is completely possible in the ut3 editor? I can't ever seem to get the line to be that thin, but I've also never tried it on any of my models before, only bsp. I guess I'm assuming it doesnt work well on bsp because the face is to large?

[Hyrage]

Great look!! It's very cool

[NitrousUser]

I think it looks fantastic!

[nELsOn]

nice new look. kind of a mixture of TF2 and the new Prince of Persia.

[Slainchild]

Originally Posted by Numb51

Do you think that kind of cell-shading is completely possible in the ut3 editor? I can't ever seem to get the line to be that thin, but I've also never tried it on any of my models before, only bsp. I guess I'm assuming it doesnt work well on bsp because the face is to large?

It's probably some custom shaders or post process they've made for the game.