MaskedRaider

I take it this is your first outfit, right? I used Po Yu's meshes for my first outifts too, (no reviews yet :-( ) so I won't downrate for doing so. Meshes are very difficult to make, and I'm sure you had a go first before deciding it was too difficult: I did for around an hour then just couldn't get anywhere! So: the breakdown. Originality: 9 This is a cool outfit, i've not seen many tattoos around before (love it, btw) and the logo on the shirt was original. Quality: 10 Seeing as i'm only really rating the textures, it's sort of difficult to give a quality rating, but they were all well placed and rotated and they looked good with each other - apart from the under-the-eye make up which looked a little 'slashy' in my opinion, as if she applied it with a stilletto knife rather than normal make-up tools! Textures: 10 Mostly covered in the quality section, but i will just say that to change hair colour in an outfit is quite hard, and i think your hair looked very good! Not rating meshes as they were all Po Yu's! A nice outfit, I look forward to some more soon! MaskedRaider

(21 May 2006 09:35)

Well well well! Here Po Yu is again, and although this is not a completely new outfit, he certainly gets back to us with a bang! Seeing as this outfit has already been released before, I am only going to rate the new head. Seeing as everything yuo do is so perfect ;-) i'm going to try to be as critical as possible without going overboard (i have only released one outfit and its update... no reviews yet!) Original: 8 Hey, it's an exact copy of the Legend head! It's so like it, I could possibly argue that it should get a 0 for this, but I won't cos that's just silly. I think you're the first person to look at the Legend head in so much detail, and I haven't seen the 3d-ish hairs on the back of the neck on any other outfit so far. Quality: 10 It's what we all expect from you now, and it's almost always what we get. This head is terrifically well put together, and the likeness is sheerly astonishing. Textures: 9 I really loved the detailed textures in the face, it looked so much more human compared to the sort of plastic-look faces that are so frequently what we end up with, no matter what we do. Itis very difficult to put in so much detail without making the face look horrible and grainy. Po Yu, you succeeded. However, I docked a mark for the hair, which I thought looked a little bit stringy and greasy, i do prever you older hair even though it isn't as 'Legend' Meshes: 9 The lips are great, the shape is great, the head's symmetry is soo perfect. I think it's great how you put just the first bit of hair on the head, then the hair objec underneath. It really is like the Legend head. The only reason you didn't get a full ten here was for the chin: It looked rather pointy! It would hurt if she jabbed you with her chin! Other than that, absolutely perfect! What a long review! I hope I wasn't too picky! A superlative head, great likeness, great everything! MaskedRaider P.S. could you please review my updated outfit Po Yu? I used all your meshes and a few textures and i'd like to learn from a master!

(20 May 2006 15:29)

I absolutely love this item. It's a simple design, easy to use (i hate having to have lots of complicated OCB and setup requirements) but it is very effective. The breakdown: Originality: 10 We have very few new switches as it is, and this one, with its beautiful wires and sharp (i'll come to this in a minute) console, certainly has some sort of an edge over the others. Quality: 10 It's all so lovely! The wires, as i've said before, are a nice touch. You can't see the switch through the casing, and the switch can't be pulled while the casing is still there. Perfect! Useability: 7 Well... I can't really see it in a temple, can you? And seeing it in a jungle would also look funny. However, because of it looking so good everywhere else, i didn't want to give too low a rating here. Textures: 10 Ah, the 'sharp' business. What i mean is, when people try to replicate logos, like the little lightning on the casing, they usually turn out a bit blurry. Yours doesn't! This is quite an achievment. The textures certainly look metallic, and i love the circuits around the switch. Well done! Meshes: 10 I never give a low rating for simple meshes if it's a simple object, but i never give a ten either. This is only a ten because of those fabulous little touches: the wires (they really are nice!) coming out of the box, the jagged edges jutting out when you shoot the box. (many people would just leave those edges blank, but you didn't at it looks really realistic) It's just the little things that make all the difference. A job well done!

(06 May 2006 10:22)

I really wish i could rate these two objects separately! Sadly, I cannot and therefore have to meet in the middle. The V-Packer is a lovely gun and i will certainly be using it for my next level. The scorpion X on the other hand i will avoid. Original: 7 They are straight copies of TRAOD weapons, and people have made copies before. Quality: 7 The V-Packer is great quality, smooth anims and shiny-looking textures, but the scorpion X is chunky, with grainy textures. It does not look much like its true AOD counterpart, whereas the VPACKer is a spitting image. Useable: 10 These guns are useable in any level, especially infiltration. Textures: 8 V-Packer: lovely and smooth. Scorpion: not so good. They were very grainy, too big, and they looked a little hasty, as if you had made them in a rush. Meshes: 8 V packer is great again, but the scorpion xs are chunky and simple. Too simple. Anims:10 Not sure how much was your own, but they were smooth and looked good in game. The VPacker is an excellent piece of work! Keep it up Danilo! (by the way yuor AOD outfit looks stunning, but sadly it doesn't fit in my levels!)

(21 Apr 2006 18:28)

I love this idea, and it works very well. It looks good only in cities, deserts or jungles however: You can't paraglide inside a tomb! Also, it doesn't work with Lara's Default outfit, but it looks super with military, jungle and many AOD outfits. Originality: 10 Then first of it's kind! I don't think anybody is going to try and compete with this either! Quality: 10 It works perfectly! Nothing more to say! Useable: 9 As i said before, some situations dont work, but i didn't want to give it too low a rating. Textures: 9 Simple, but no double texturing and the handle looks quite shiny. Meshes: 8 Good but extremely simple. It would be nice to have it taperin at the end, or curving at the sides a bit. However, I have no real problem with its look! A good object with plenty of good points. People will be making any excuse to use this in a level!

(21 Apr 2006 18:11)

Sadly this outfit is sexually challenged, i don't know whether it's man or woman. The meshes are all chunky and look very hasty, but the face is okay i suppose. Textures are a bit too... erm... RED and i think you ought to revise the colour scheme here! With work i suppose this could be good, but right about now i'm afraid it don't cut the mustard. Try again, and i HOPE you succeed *crosses fingers* gud luck mate!

(19 Apr 2006 18:29)

I desperately needed lasers for my level, but they had to be instant kill, rather than little-by-little. Originality: 7 There has, by now, been quite a few types of laser, and they are a sort of copy from TR3 / TRC. However, these are the first in the teeth_spikes slot, which is good as they kill at a different rate. It is nice to have variety, and also means you can put more than one type of laser in a level as many use the cog slot. Useability: 8 They aren't useable anywhere, but in areas like VCI, Base, possibly City and Desert levels they are great. Textures: 6 Surprisingly plain from you cornchild just plain red. This wouldn't be a problem if the mesh was srounded rather than a flat 2D rectangle. It would have been nice to see some dark/light variation at the ends, or even a colour fade from red to blue, say, in the middle. Meshes: 7 I can't do meshes well, so It would be very rich for me to rate this too low, but as far as I can see it's an uninteresting rectangle. Well, as the review says they could be alot worse, but they could be sooooo much better. We all know you are very talented, so maybe you could do a revised version later with that Cornchild class we all know and love?

(19 Apr 2006 09:12)

This is a great gun, which I will most certainly be using in my next level. I cannot believe how much detail there is in it, without all those horrible grainy bits you sometimes get when yuo make detailed objects. Originality: 10 There are few Uzi replacements, and guns like this are few and far between as Uzi's are difficult to reanimate. Quality: 8 What can I say? WoW! This gun radiates quality, in it's meshes, textures, smoothness of line, cool anims.... BUT ******VERY IMPORTANT****** If Lara is in a fight with two enemies and is using normal Uzi's, sometimes she fires one at each enemie. She still does this, having the gun in one hand and nothing in the other! However, the gunflash still comes out of her EMPTY hand and damages the enemie! I don't know how you will remedy this problem, or if you CAN, and though it is quite specific and minor it just draggeds your rating here a bit. Textures: 10 Oh dear SViper! You have GOOD (emphasises with little voice-raising techniques) GOOD GOOD competition! (not that I could do half as well mind you...) Meshes: 10 The gun looks good, it feels good. What more can you say? Animations: 10 Reanimating any weapon is hard. Such drastic changes from twin guns to one big gun I would have thought impossible. Yuo obviously worked very hard, and it certainly has paid off WELL DONE YOUNG MAN!

(18 Apr 2006 18:54)

The one thing that I think is lacking on this site is a good range of decent horizons. What I look for in a horizon is if it fits with the Editor and Tomb Raider in general, and how well it fades at the bottom. I hate a horizon that cuts off too soon at the bottom, leaving you with a nasty black line around an otherwise great horizon. Your horizon smoothly blends down to black, and goes down a lot further than most horizons anyway! :D I also think this horizon is more useable than people think. It looks good in space and fantasy yes, but it also adds a sense of magic to any night level. The only night horizon we are given is the green splodge from City of the Dead, and this is soo much better. The textures are wonderful, it must have taken hours! I only gave 9 for Useable and Original because it can only really be used for nighttime, and is a version of an older horizon. This is one of the best i've seen! Well done Barry! *EDIT* I sure hope there's more to come from this talented horizonist! [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(18 Apr 2006 09:58)

These cars were all very useful in my upcoming New Zealand Base level, and i'm sure they look good in other infiltration levels, city leves and many of them in desert levels too. Once you worked out which wheels went eith which car, the objects were very easy to use and look good in game. As they are ripped i couldn't give ratings for texturing and such, but i myself don't know how to rip things :-S and other numbskulls like me will also find these very helpful! Thanx Trinity!

(17 Apr 2006 21:57)

I think this is a great outfit for two main reasons. The glasses: it is difficult to make a head with glasses, and i really like the way you did this. Many people like Lara wearing glasses as on the cover of TR3, so this will be a bonus for many. Two, the all new look: It is amazingly hard to change so much of the body like you have (i've tried and failed many a time!) and i admire you for the work you must have put into this and your Lady Croft outdfit. The breakdown: Originality: 9 I couldn't quite give a ten for it's overall resemblance to Lara's AOD casual outfit, although i upped it for it's new look for trle and the glasses and skull. Quality: 10 I couldn't find much to fault with this outfit at all! Useability: 10 Rather surprisngly i thought, this outfit looks good in many many places. For cities, great, although not so good for tombs. However I have tried it in desert and VCI like locations also and it looked VERY cool. Textures: 10 Lovely jeans, no chunky looking textures, great. Meshes: 10 I think the thinner legs give Lara a smoother, more AOD look, but it isn't so different that she looks out of place. The main downfall for me in this outfit is the hair. I don't know wether you lengthened it or if it's just the thinner body giving the impression, but it seemed a bit too long to be comfortable! Overall, i think this outfit is probably your best.

(12 Apr 2006 20:31)

This outfit really stunned me. The minute detail on the lovely green pants are better than I hoped, even from you Po Yu. The superb plaited hair had a wonderfully real look to it, and her face was radiant as always. I know this is a remake, but the way you take an old outfit and make it your own is so incredible. I loved the shoes, the top, the backpack, every last detail seemed meticulously planned and carried out. Right! Enough praise for you, on to the breakdown: Originality: 9 It's a remake, so hey no full score. But as i mentioned before, the way you made this outfit seem fresh and improved upped its score from the 6 / 7s Quality: 10 What can we say? We expect quality from you Po Yu and I certainly think we got it here. No gaps, fits together perfectly. Lara was meant to look this good from the start! Useability: 10 Apart from maybe winter levels, this outfit looks great anywhere, particularly in jungle, marine and sunsety temples levels. (an odd genre 'sunsety temples' but it fits into my level like a glove to a hand!) Texturing: 10 What can I say apart from.. STUNNING STUNNING STUNNING! Meshes: 10 As always, the head mesh really takes centre stage here. It's so wonderful! A Great outfit, well done!

(01 Apr 2006 18:27)

How do you do it Po Yu? I can't imagine anybody wanting to choose a different wintre outfit for their game. All you meshes fit together so perfectly, and your faces are simply beautiful. Originality is 8, as it is a remake (but a very high quality one!) Useability is 9, as it woul dlook very odd in desert levels What went wrong with the animation mark sorry! Texturing and Meshing is wonderful as always, a wonderfully smooth jacket mesh too. Well done, yet again! [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(28 Mar 2006 10:47)

I agree this outfit has fixed all the bugs, and yes Lara's new joints work very well. HOWEVER... i do not think it is fair to let this outfit take the centre stage as there have been other's like it, and many people have fixed bugs and created new joints ALONG WITH new faces, more custom meshes and body proportions. Very well done on the whole, i look forward to seeing a whole new textured outfit, perhaps with a new 3d-eye face mesh. You certainly achieved to a high-standard what you set out to do. I just think it could have been a bit more special.

(26 Mar 2006 16:57)

Originality is 10, because this is the first outfit with this wonderful new face, and the great flare animation. Quality: 10. Lara moves like never before, it all seems smoother, it all looks seemless. Useability: 10 again! This outfit can be used as the default outfit for any game, it works well in all areas, especially desert methinks. Textures: what can i say? 10! Meshes: 10 what really stands out here is the headmesh. I can see this mesh being used by all gamers, i think it really has such an edge over the old tr4 mesh. Animations:10 Just the one new 'flare' animation, but i simply can't fault it! I wish i could give some constructive criticism but the problem is i couldn't do half as well if i tried!

(26 Mar 2006 12:15)