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Ok, many of us do it in the sense that most of you thought of when you read the title of this topic. It passes many hours and at the end you feel satisfaction and you are usually always happy. Of course I am talking about playing a 1 player against AI controlled oponents. No not the other one you dirty minded .... :-)
But this isn't what I mean or anything at all to do with the content of this post. No not at all, this is all about playing with yourself, making you the star of the game, making the player look like you etc. Is it possible?
Firstly yes it is very possible, but not easy. Looking through a magazine I noticed screenshots for WWE smackdown - Shut your mouth. Closer look shows faces for Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. By far the most detail I have ever seen on a computer game generated character. So it is possible to re-create the look of someone - but we are dealing with a big name developer here, they have the technology etc to do this. We don't and couldn't unless we payed money for it. The visuals in all games these days seem to get better and better, we can make characters look, move, react etc just like your average everyday human and I'm sure we could also make them act and look like your not so average one.
So without paying for it could we have a cheap alternative? Well at the moment I can only see on possibility for this, PC's. So either only make it possible in PC games or perhaps future consoles allowing some way of linking with PC's but that in itself has a number of issues from compatibility, different operating systems and the dreaded old arguement on piracy being a lot easier etc.
So take PC games for the time, it may well be something we see, perhaps using a digital camera or scanned image and then using software in or with the game to input it onto a character skin and use it in the game. So you could play using someone who looks very similar to yourself.
But it is here a number of issues come up. It is all perfectly normal in a game to run around smashing things, shooting folk and generally having fun playing a game. But what if the character looks like you, are there moral issues raised here? No doubt there would be many more fools joining the "Games make you evil" fan club. Yeah just like chocolate makes you thin and pigs fly. But I guess there could be some phycological problem with kids, maybe wanting to imitate what 'they' are doing on screen - In which case give the game the 18 it deserves and speak no more of the matter in hand.
So if this was an idea to see then we could see us all uploading our on faces and faces of friends etc into the game, so in footy games you and your mates could feel a bit more of the action, in fighting games you could beat all seven shades of monkey poo out of people who give you grief or even celebrities whos images you have loaded up. Nice.
Also is there an interest in this sort of thing? I for one would like developers to run competitions etc, bit like the MGS2 dogtags thing but instead actually use your face, body etc in the game. Why use the name when you can have the full image, its not as if it isn't possible with todays technology - as mentioned before with the smackdown game bit.
Also I'm sure there are some out there who would like to take the time and effort to make the character look like them, to try get involved more into the game as I am pretty sure that some people out there like to think they are the character and that they are saving the world, winning the race or taking a leak on some cop they just wasted with a chainsaw.
The main issue for me is how will a game suffer if this was to be introduced, obviously for a developer to be using faces they decide they can add them as normal and they can be read straight of the disk. But trying to do it yourself loading it of a disk/memory card could cause slowdown or things like the overall graphics could suffer just to allow this which as most will agree is not what gamers want to see.
So where do you stand on all this, after all us gamers are what count in the industry and we can almost decide what we want to see and what we don't want to see. So would you use this kind of option? Any views on the issues it raises?
But this isn't what I mean or anything at all to do with the content of this post. No not at all, this is all about playing with yourself, making you the star of the game, making the player look like you etc. Is it possible?
Firstly yes it is very possible, but not easy. Looking through a magazine I noticed screenshots for WWE smackdown - Shut your mouth. Closer look shows faces for Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. By far the most detail I have ever seen on a computer game generated character. So it is possible to re-create the look of someone - but we are dealing with a big name developer here, they have the technology etc to do this. We don't and couldn't unless we payed money for it. The visuals in all games these days seem to get better and better, we can make characters look, move, react etc just like your average everyday human and I'm sure we could also make them act and look like your not so average one.
So without paying for it could we have a cheap alternative? Well at the moment I can only see on possibility for this, PC's. So either only make it possible in PC games or perhaps future consoles allowing some way of linking with PC's but that in itself has a number of issues from compatibility, different operating systems and the dreaded old arguement on piracy being a lot easier etc.
So take PC games for the time, it may well be something we see, perhaps using a digital camera or scanned image and then using software in or with the game to input it onto a character skin and use it in the game. So you could play using someone who looks very similar to yourself.
But it is here a number of issues come up. It is all perfectly normal in a game to run around smashing things, shooting folk and generally having fun playing a game. But what if the character looks like you, are there moral issues raised here? No doubt there would be many more fools joining the "Games make you evil" fan club. Yeah just like chocolate makes you thin and pigs fly. But I guess there could be some phycological problem with kids, maybe wanting to imitate what 'they' are doing on screen - In which case give the game the 18 it deserves and speak no more of the matter in hand.
So if this was an idea to see then we could see us all uploading our on faces and faces of friends etc into the game, so in footy games you and your mates could feel a bit more of the action, in fighting games you could beat all seven shades of monkey poo out of people who give you grief or even celebrities whos images you have loaded up. Nice.
Also is there an interest in this sort of thing? I for one would like developers to run competitions etc, bit like the MGS2 dogtags thing but instead actually use your face, body etc in the game. Why use the name when you can have the full image, its not as if it isn't possible with todays technology - as mentioned before with the smackdown game bit.
Also I'm sure there are some out there who would like to take the time and effort to make the character look like them, to try get involved more into the game as I am pretty sure that some people out there like to think they are the character and that they are saving the world, winning the race or taking a leak on some cop they just wasted with a chainsaw.
The main issue for me is how will a game suffer if this was to be introduced, obviously for a developer to be using faces they decide they can add them as normal and they can be read straight of the disk. But trying to do it yourself loading it of a disk/memory card could cause slowdown or things like the overall graphics could suffer just to allow this which as most will agree is not what gamers want to see.
So where do you stand on all this, after all us gamers are what count in the industry and we can almost decide what we want to see and what we don't want to see. So would you use this kind of option? Any views on the issues it raises?
I think one big problem with this would crop up with some games. It would probably be fine for fighting, driving, free-roaming shooter kind of games. Fighting and driving there is little to no plotline. You don't make plotline decisions, you just try and win basically. And in games that are pretty free (like the GTA series) you can usually do stuff as you want to. But what about a more linear style of adventure game. You see your characters face on the in-game model, but you have to do something to progress that leaves you thinking "I'd never do that. It's stupid." Most of the time when you were forced to do something in a game you might think it's the stupid way to do something, but I think when it's your face on the model you're more likely to think "why can't I do that instead." and the illusion of being 'in' the game is totally lost. When the character isn't 'you' you can write it off as being something the other guy has to do for whatever reason.
And there's also the problem of no proper character development. If 'you' are the character you already have a great many pre-conceptions about them and what kind of person they are. This gives very little scope for what developers can do in terms of the plotline. Because you may just be left thinking that you'd never be doing something like that. The developer would likely have to use very linear games (ie. the fighting/driving examples or games where your character is forced down a particular route with little choice) or very non-linear games where you can effectively do what you want (a D&D style of RPG where you create your player at the beginning anyway would work, as would a GTA style game where you are relatively free in what you do). If the developers make a game where the character is supposed to be 'you' and they set out the basic plotline you may well just be left thinking "I wouldn't be in that situation anyway. How stupid." thus losing the whole illusion of it being you. Dunno if I've explained what I mean at all well, but I've tried... Anyway, I reckon this would be a novel feature but it's not really anything to get too excited about. You can download tons of 'skins' for online FPS, I'm sure they do have editors for download too so you can make your own skins for your characters and paste in scans of yourself and that. It would be novel, but I don't think many people would be too bothered about it in the end...
And there's also the problem of no proper character development. If 'you' are the character you already have a great many pre-conceptions about them and what kind of person they are. This gives very little scope for what developers can do in terms of the plotline. Because you may just be left thinking that you'd never be doing something like that. The developer would likely have to use very linear games (ie. the fighting/driving examples or games where your character is forced down a particular route with little choice) or very non-linear games where you can effectively do what you want (a D&D style of RPG where you create your player at the beginning anyway would work, as would a GTA style game where you are relatively free in what you do). If the developers make a game where the character is supposed to be 'you' and they set out the basic plotline you may well just be left thinking "I wouldn't be in that situation anyway. How stupid." thus losing the whole illusion of it being you. Dunno if I've explained what I mean at all well, but I've tried... Anyway, I reckon this would be a novel feature but it's not really anything to get too excited about. You can download tons of 'skins' for online FPS, I'm sure they do have editors for download too so you can make your own skins for your characters and paste in scans of yourself and that. It would be novel, but I don't think many people would be too bothered about it in the end...
Ok, many of us do it in the sense that most of you thought of when you read the title of this topic. It passes many hours and at the end you feel satisfaction and you are usually always happy. Of course I am talking about playing a 1 player against AI controlled oponents. No not the other one you dirty minded .... :-)
But this isn't what I mean or anything at all to do with the content of this post. No not at all, this is all about playing with yourself, making you the star of the game, making the player look like you etc. Is it possible?
Firstly yes it is very possible, but not easy. Looking through a magazine I noticed screenshots for WWE smackdown - Shut your mouth. Closer look shows faces for Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. By far the most detail I have ever seen on a computer game generated character. So it is possible to re-create the look of someone - but we are dealing with a big name developer here, they have the technology etc to do this. We don't and couldn't unless we payed money for it. The visuals in all games these days seem to get better and better, we can make characters look, move, react etc just like your average everyday human and I'm sure we could also make them act and look like your not so average one.
So without paying for it could we have a cheap alternative? Well at the moment I can only see on possibility for this, PC's. So either only make it possible in PC games or perhaps future consoles allowing some way of linking with PC's but that in itself has a number of issues from compatibility, different operating systems and the dreaded old arguement on piracy being a lot easier etc.
So take PC games for the time, it may well be something we see, perhaps using a digital camera or scanned image and then using software in or with the game to input it onto a character skin and use it in the game. So you could play using someone who looks very similar to yourself.
But it is here a number of issues come up. It is all perfectly normal in a game to run around smashing things, shooting folk and generally having fun playing a game. But what if the character looks like you, are there moral issues raised here? No doubt there would be many more fools joining the "Games make you evil" fan club. Yeah just like chocolate makes you thin and pigs fly. But I guess there could be some phycological problem with kids, maybe wanting to imitate what 'they' are doing on screen - In which case give the game the 18 it deserves and speak no more of the matter in hand.
So if this was an idea to see then we could see us all uploading our on faces and faces of friends etc into the game, so in footy games you and your mates could feel a bit more of the action, in fighting games you could beat all seven shades of monkey poo out of people who give you grief or even celebrities whos images you have loaded up. Nice.
Also is there an interest in this sort of thing? I for one would like developers to run competitions etc, bit like the MGS2 dogtags thing but instead actually use your face, body etc in the game. Why use the name when you can have the full image, its not as if it isn't possible with todays technology - as mentioned before with the smackdown game bit.
Also I'm sure there are some out there who would like to take the time and effort to make the character look like them, to try get involved more into the game as I am pretty sure that some people out there like to think they are the character and that they are saving the world, winning the race or taking a leak on some cop they just wasted with a chainsaw.
The main issue for me is how will a game suffer if this was to be introduced, obviously for a developer to be using faces they decide they can add them as normal and they can be read straight of the disk. But trying to do it yourself loading it of a disk/memory card could cause slowdown or things like the overall graphics could suffer just to allow this which as most will agree is not what gamers want to see.
So where do you stand on all this, after all us gamers are what count in the industry and we can almost decide what we want to see and what we don't want to see. So would you use this kind of option? Any views on the issues it raises?
But this isn't what I mean or anything at all to do with the content of this post. No not at all, this is all about playing with yourself, making you the star of the game, making the player look like you etc. Is it possible?
Firstly yes it is very possible, but not easy. Looking through a magazine I noticed screenshots for WWE smackdown - Shut your mouth. Closer look shows faces for Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. By far the most detail I have ever seen on a computer game generated character. So it is possible to re-create the look of someone - but we are dealing with a big name developer here, they have the technology etc to do this. We don't and couldn't unless we payed money for it. The visuals in all games these days seem to get better and better, we can make characters look, move, react etc just like your average everyday human and I'm sure we could also make them act and look like your not so average one.
So without paying for it could we have a cheap alternative? Well at the moment I can only see on possibility for this, PC's. So either only make it possible in PC games or perhaps future consoles allowing some way of linking with PC's but that in itself has a number of issues from compatibility, different operating systems and the dreaded old arguement on piracy being a lot easier etc.
So take PC games for the time, it may well be something we see, perhaps using a digital camera or scanned image and then using software in or with the game to input it onto a character skin and use it in the game. So you could play using someone who looks very similar to yourself.
But it is here a number of issues come up. It is all perfectly normal in a game to run around smashing things, shooting folk and generally having fun playing a game. But what if the character looks like you, are there moral issues raised here? No doubt there would be many more fools joining the "Games make you evil" fan club. Yeah just like chocolate makes you thin and pigs fly. But I guess there could be some phycological problem with kids, maybe wanting to imitate what 'they' are doing on screen - In which case give the game the 18 it deserves and speak no more of the matter in hand.
So if this was an idea to see then we could see us all uploading our on faces and faces of friends etc into the game, so in footy games you and your mates could feel a bit more of the action, in fighting games you could beat all seven shades of monkey poo out of people who give you grief or even celebrities whos images you have loaded up. Nice.
Also is there an interest in this sort of thing? I for one would like developers to run competitions etc, bit like the MGS2 dogtags thing but instead actually use your face, body etc in the game. Why use the name when you can have the full image, its not as if it isn't possible with todays technology - as mentioned before with the smackdown game bit.
Also I'm sure there are some out there who would like to take the time and effort to make the character look like them, to try get involved more into the game as I am pretty sure that some people out there like to think they are the character and that they are saving the world, winning the race or taking a leak on some cop they just wasted with a chainsaw.
The main issue for me is how will a game suffer if this was to be introduced, obviously for a developer to be using faces they decide they can add them as normal and they can be read straight of the disk. But trying to do it yourself loading it of a disk/memory card could cause slowdown or things like the overall graphics could suffer just to allow this which as most will agree is not what gamers want to see.
So where do you stand on all this, after all us gamers are what count in the industry and we can almost decide what we want to see and what we don't want to see. So would you use this kind of option? Any views on the issues it raises?