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Title: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: fastolfrus on 27 October 2013, 09:14:52 PM

Just seen this from de Montfort University and thought it may be of interest/use to some

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-24-check-out-this-brilliant-virtual-version-of-17th-century-london-before-the-great-fire

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: Mason on 27 October 2013, 09:19:52 PM

Brilliant and extremely inspirational.
Thanks for posting!
 :D

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 27 October 2013, 10:48:51 PM

Very inspirational and not to downbeat the large amount of work that's gone into it, it does seem a like a Hollywood take on it  :?

Plenty of screen grabs nonetheless  :D

cheers

James

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: Captain Blood on 28 October 2013, 09:42:13 AM

Yes - a wee bit fantasy / video game looking, but very nicely done nevertheless. Great piece of music too.

Would have been good to follow the actual streets that were supposed to be being shown, rather than a generic representation of the period.

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: Bugsda on 28 October 2013, 11:51:44 AM

Brilliant! Looks like an advert for Assassin's Creed V - The Cockney Git  ;)

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: FramFramson on 28 October 2013, 04:49:27 PM

Quote from: Captain Blood on 28 October 2013, 09:42:13 AM

Would have been good to follow the actual streets that were supposed to be being shown, rather than a generic representation of the period.

That's what I was hoping see a few shots of: Actual recognizable landmarks or major thoroughfares. Most of the video was very close-in.  

Regarding "an excess of Hollywood", I've found that the best person for this sort of thing is Sven Dannart:

http://svenart.cgsociety.org/gallery/
http://medievalworlds.com/

Extremely inspirational and my primary source for late medieval-styled buildings.

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: mrtn on 29 October 2013, 10:05:19 AM

Thanks for posting. :)

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 29 October 2013, 11:28:56 AM

Quote from: Bugsda on 28 October 2013, 11:51:44 AM

Brilliant! Looks like an advert for Assassin's Creed V - The Cockney Git  ;)

I find it strange that this period isn't done as a game, could easily imagine something like Assassins Creed or Red Dead Redemption working in the ECW...

Title: Re: Virtual London 17th century
Post by: Elbows on 30 October 2013, 08:04:45 PM

I'd imagine it's entirely due to the video game market (which I'd assume is mostly US by comparison to other countries).  I'd wager 80-85% of Americans aren't even aware that there was an English Civil War.

If it can't appeal immediately to 12 year old Americans, a game is already behind the power curve - unfortunately.  :'(