Still no release announcement so don't get too excited, guys
Speaking on the Update:
On the one hand, Julia's face in motion looks pretty cute but a bit... uncanny.
And I'm not quite sure why.
I don't think it's because of the "realism" of the textures or motion,
moreso the weird frontal light that makes her sometimes look like she's got no chin.
That and the video accents her large ears and weirdly petite mouth in every expression, no attempts at wide smiles to make the dimples and smile lines feel more natural and aligned to how her facial muscles are moving.
It's these kinda Zoolander-ass "smol mouth" expressions with this particular lighting that consistently handicap the feeling of a "cuter and younger in the face" Julia and reminds me more of a bootleg (Original) Ashley Graham model stuffed into a Jill outfit.
(**COUGH** BIG EARS, TINY FACE **COUGH**)
That and I was really disappointed to not see the faces that really matter represented:
The "Oh~" "Ah~" and "Fuckfuckfuck I'm cumming~" faces.
If you're gonna lean into a "cuter, face-fuckable" Julia, probably be a good idea to tease that more for yer porn game when showing her new model off for the first time.
(I know they said it was done on a crunch time to have something to show off for the 28th but... maybe they could've just... y'know... NOT done that, and instead delayed the video until they had a full suite of expressions, SFW and Lewd, to show off, and different lighting conditions. Y'know, to give a player the sense of what Julia will look like in a proper level)
With the focus on emotions and such for her, and not featuring much hentai teases from her facial expressions, idk if there's gonna be an excessive amount of time spent on cutscenes.
Cuz iirc she didn't really talk much or emote beyond getting fucked or attacked in the Arena mode, nor was there any sorta dynamic expression system where,
say,
if the fatty was charging or a cerberus/dog lunging to plap her ass raw and fast,
she wouldn't react in fear/panic as she kinda should.
And if they ARE in the game, kinda goes to show how forgettable the expressions overall were compared to her teeth-gritting "enduring the fuck" face while getting her ass blasted by zombie dick.
The video doesn't leave me optimistic that they'll put this tech to any good use while actually in-game, controlling Julia... which is honestly where this would and should be used most of all.
Given how long they spent on importing stuff so it works on UE5 and are still working on enemies and the like, with no big teases to NEW enemies and Sex-Attacks that weren't already in Arena (see: more variations of the basic zombie types - muscle, avg., skinny)
Me thinks this game won't be done until YEARS from now, given the pace and manpower of development.
Possibly long after anyone cares and another dev that works faster and more focused on the project at hand delivers on a similar promise. Who that is? IDK. But as with anything, time will tell.
Video doesn't help me get excited. If anything, it makes it worse. Cuz it shows that they're rushing when they should be taking their time, and dragging their feet when they should be putting more gas.
I do hope I'm wrong though.
I really do.
Cuz seeing Julia getting dicked by a zombie and shooting the gun at their heads was pretty fun.