Intergrade Photo Mode Thread

[Tetsujin]

Might as well make a thread for this because I don't know where to post my screencaps and such

Tag spoilers, I guess? Or just tag things in general if it's lots of images

Anyway, here goes:

Spoiler: Cloud solo vs. Bahamut

This is a sparkly-ass game.

Posted these in another thread but will repost here:

Spoiler: INTERmission chapter 1 screencaps

 

[Odysseus]

I took a few but this is the one I really liked

 

[Misterbadguy]

 

[Makoeyes987]

Well, I spent hours on this sonofabitch, so of course I took some photos

Spoiler: Taunting a Tsviet for fun and profit

Cloud looks pretty badass when he successfully parrys Weiss's Stab attack.



Weiss's expression after missing with his Stab just amuses the fuck out of me. He looks genuinely bewildered over the fact the enemy is no longer in front of him.



This shot of Cloud Focus Striking Weiss straight in the chest is incredible. Like, this looks like something out of an anime. I love it.



Tifa looks pissed as she punched Weiss in the back, lol




This would make an incredible Static Arts statue of Weiss. Of course, Square won't make one for Weiss but... That pose? The stance? It'd be perfect. But alas

I definitely am gonna have more fun with this photo mode.

 

[Claymore]

Coming off of Miles Morales, this photo mode just feels lacking? I can't even define exactly why. Definitely going to have fun with it when I make time to replay the game at some point soon.

The improvements to lighting though are insane.

Spoiler: InterMission

 

[Makoeyes987]

I'm having a ball with this photo mode. This game is so fucking photogenic.

Spoiler: Now for the other Tsviet and the White Rose of Wutai

An invitation to darkness.





The Remake lends itself to such cinematic shots, goddamn.


Like, holy shit. This would be an epic framed artwork.




I just love the colors and posing of Nero here. So awesome.

I'll be taking more, the potential awesome shots are endless, lol

 

[Odysseus]

Damn, I love that second to last one.

 

[Tetsujin]

Coming off of Miles Morales, this photo mode just feels lacking? I can't even define exactly why.

I can exactly define why. I don't wanna shit on this too much because it's better than no photo mode or "Prompto takes photos for you" but I'm passionate and enthusiastic about photo mode in games and have my opinions

- Camera movement is very limited and doesn't move very far away from your character
- the camera always orbits around your character and always vaguely points towards the character's center of mass. Meaning if I wanna take my camera close to the floor, it will always inevitably point upwards. I cannot do a straightforward low-level shot
- Focal length is very limited meaning you can't zoom in or out very far
- no aperture options at all meaning no fancy background blur for portrait shots or similar
- no options to adjust the intensity of filters. Filters at 100% rarely look good imo unless you go for B/W
- no frames

Now the best photo modes in games go even further beyond with selectable poses or facial expressions or lighting options.
The Spider-Man PS5 and Miles Morales photo modes even let you place your own light sources and let you adjust the color and everything, letting me take pics with fancy neon lighting like these:

Spoiler

Now one thing to keep in mind is that I assume the limited camera may be a side effect of the game's overall linear and narrow level design and the fact that photo mode was tacked on way after the fact.
But man...at least give me aperture options or something.

I wanna have hope that with them finally implementing it at all, they will improve and add to its features in future games and have it be available from release. Especially if we get more open environments.

 

[Claymore]

Thank you @Tetsujin for putting into words what I couldn't. It just felt so lacking and you've expertly explained why that is.

 

[Tetsujin]

Properly began my re-playthrough, so here's a batch of chapter 1 images:

Spoiler

 

[Makoeyes987]

More photos because I can't help myself

Spoiler: The final boss of Intergrade just creates so many damn good photo moments

Deep beneath those homicidal urges and S&M wear, perhaps there lies a lonely child? As if! This looked really cool though, as if he's lost in thought midbattle or something.



Yuffie, straight up knee'd Nero in the balls.... Jokes on you, he's into that shit.





Say what you will about Deepground, but I love how the Remake played up the nihilistic and horrific aspects of it. This shot of a dead Deepground SOLDIER, just forgotten and faceless in darkness? It's ghoulish and horrifying. Great horror material, I love it.



Nero went from a nii-san obsessed tool to Integrade's depiction of sadistic horror and mayhem. Like, they went all in on the horror with him, that shot with him puppeting the SOLDIERs was darker than I predicted the Remake would go. Love this shot here.

I wish there was more free control of the camera in photo mode, it makes getting good shots pretty difficult. But it's fun nonetheless. Battles have an added layer of enjoyment thanks to trying to get the best shot of things.

 

[LegendarySaiyan]

Question: Are you taking your photos while on Graphic Mode or Performance Mode?

 

[Tetsujin]

I'm taking mine in Performance because that's how I wanna play the game and it's too tedious to switch back and forth.

Actually, add that to the list: Spider-Man photo modes automatically switch to fidelity mode whenever you go into photo mode and I wish that was the case here (and in FFXIV).

 

[Makoeyes987]

Yeah, I take mine in performance mode too. I think they still come out looking good, and I can't switch display modes, AND battle AND pause AND try to angle for perfect shots. I'm only one person.

 

[Odysseus]

I don't even have a 4K display so Graphics mode wouldn't make much difference for me.

Anyway, here's some more random ones I took:

Spoiler

(I see that Easter egg, square.)


(was trying to get close to the camera angle from the original)

 

[Roundhouse]

The remake has some issues, but jeez....those are stunning visuals.

 

[ForceStealer]

Ooo I like that comparison shot

 

[Tetsujin]

Spoiler: Chapter 2: SUCH DEVASTATION

 

[Odysseus]

Fun in Wall Market Part 1 +1 from chapter 8 lol

Spoiler

Johnny's lament, part 1

 

[Odysseus]

Part 2

Spoiler

Johnny's lament, part 2

Part 3

 

[Makoeyes987]

Love that shot of Johnny, very nice!

 

[Odysseus]

Love that shot of Johnny, very nice!

There's three of them lol

 

[Makoeyes987]

The black and white one, my bad lol

Love the one where you see the colors of the Honey Bee Inn as he's just sitting in the alley. Very nicely shot.

 

[Highwind]

I haven't taken a whole lot of screenshots on my first playthrough, but I like this one. And I can't believe this isn't a pre-rendered cutscene. The game looks so good.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Some more Intermission photos.

Spoiler: It's quite clear I'm fond of Chapter 2 the most

Loved this scene. Reminiscent of the key art of Dirge of Cerberus that had all the Tsviets and Weiss on his throne in Mako Reactor 0. Loved its new iteration here. I imagine Weiss must have the best fucking internet connection from that chair.



A perfect visual summation of what Deepground is to Shinra. Loved this scene too, lol. Hell, they made Scarlet 100x more cruel, threatening yet charismatic in this.



Ninjas don't fear bullets




Yuffie going in for the kill.



Sonon's limit break is pretty awesome looking, yet it's difficult as hell to get a good visual for it since you can't control him and the camera focuses only on playable characters. A frustrating limitation. But I was able to get this one which looked pretty nice.

I really love taking in-battle photos the most since you can get some really unique and unexpected shots. If only the camera wasn't so limited in its movements.