In a recent interview with Famitsu, Yosuke Hayashi divulged information about the Soft-Skin Engine for Last Round. Talking primarily about the Breast Physics, costume creation, and skin effects (Sub-scattered shading) on both the men and women. Hayashi appears to say that Honoka was given the biggest breasts from the start so they could show off the engine. He even mentions how he talks about the improvements the men get with the engine but interviewers cut that information out when posting. In the interview he also goes over the staff's take on the costumes and engine, with a majority of the costume creators being female.
シルフニーア of the Steam forums provided his translation of the article:
シルフニーア of the Steam forums provided his translation of the article:
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※this is rought translation, i skip some of translation
※i skip last few QA about honoka
※Still no PC/Steam info update ... expecting will be like this until a week or two after ps4/xbone launch
※comment marked with 「※」is my personal comment
Q:compared to other genre, fighting game really focusing in character,
there lots character polygon+data, is that the point/reason to use it in fighting game rather than other genre?
A:Thanks to current gen console. like i said before, PS3 already reach limit when we create DOA5/U
Q:If there any possibilities to use soft-skin-engine in game with there lots character in screeen, like ninja gaiden
A:its possible with more tuning/costumization. its for use/shared in Koeitec games
if there producer request for it, then i will be happy to share it.
Q:Wow! so there is possibility more optimization/improvement right?
A: we gathered know-how, and its shared within koeitec games, so its quite possibility
Q:more detailed question, with completed soft-skin-engine, is there "somethings" that created from soft-skin-engine?
A:we add raidou to DOA5LR, and we also add honoka. We already decide to make honoka have the biggest boobs since start.
she created to make soft-skin-engine more easily viewable.
So we can say she created from it
Q:in DOA5LR, the most smallest boobs marie rose and the biggest boobs co-pairing together right?
wait, is soft-skin-engine also used in marie rose?
A: of course, its to show realistic way. Even the small boobs with bounce like real thing
Q:i want to continue more about this, what we can see from soft-skin-engine in male character or something changed ?
A:regarding male, usually every interview also been asking about it
but everyone usually cut it (lol. so can i explain about it?
Qlease explain it
A:Technically,there is visualization with skin shader,shadow
resolution(texture?) is also up so it showing better real skin
the sweat, the sweat that make the body looks wets, will give better real look of the muscle
with that in mean everyone is exposed with soft-skin-engine.
(※ so to hayasi-san soft-skin-engine = updated boobs physics + SSS)
At last i can say without cutted (lol
Q: BTW, when creating male character, what female staff said about important things in the character?
A: If we say in graphic, i think there some visualization part that looks "sexy" to female staff
In opposite side, female costume design that created by female staff, things that overlooked by male staff lots created by them
Thats what kinda mysterious.... and the fact is, Costume that released up to now, are designed mostly by female staff
Q: maybe there is somelike break unconsiously in opposite gender?
A: yeah probably. When female think about it, refreshing sexiness can be visuallize
Lately there often costume design that went i saw myself i said [cute! i want to dress them fast!]
Q: before dev. team finished Soft-skin-engine, how their motivation ?
A: there was one day, from director [Come here right now!]
showing character with soft-skin-engine [at last we achieve New Age-like visualization!]
thats is just before TGS, and after we announce DOA5LR
Seeing this soft-skin-engine completion, we absolutely need to show this in TGS
Q: TGS influence is really big right?
A: its really supprised me. at the same time i feel to endorse soft-skin-engine is right thing
Q: BTW, how much reference of real female movement that used?
A: we didnt look from real movement then do improvement
like gravure idol movie, after we see it, do those leaving image in head or not is what important.
its improtant to find gesture that leaving image on our head.
We trying to make realistic, but its not always good everything realitics either.
Q: in real, even with big boobs that bounce hard, we can't just looking at the boobs right? (lol
what is the real bounce, there are lots things we not know.
A: paradoxicaly, the boobs bounce in a match, even we the person that create it, is really hard to see the difference
because the camera is fast. But suchs lose or win scene, if u dont press button it will stay in that frame
in doa5LR that will do 100% work, i mean appreciation when seeing the "realistic boobs"
In match, because if not like "Legend setting" it barely visible, we recommend for media people to take shot/look on win/lose scene
※which mean useless-marketing-system ? right? ... just make Volleyball with lots gravure
Q:Until now released series, DOAXB .. DOA spinoff series...
is there a hint that this going to be released in future ?
A: The things is, there quite people in our staff are also want to create DOAXB
If there lots request for it, we will make consideration of it
※what? arent that enough sound for people requesting for DOAXB
Q:with DOA5 character model, of course there lots people that want see more the model
A: if that title(DOAXB) with soft-skin-engine on current gen console, maybe people dont want to see the real thing anymore yes? (lol
if we keep creating cute girls, then how it become end ?
there lots cute anime girls, but there still not many company creating cute 3D models with that in might, we take it as our strong point, and we will going to keep polishing our skill.
not only looks cute, but there is more like "charisma" that bring people together, is what really important
Q:like when first time seeing marie-rose, its really supprise me with her cuteness
And Musou series too, koeitec games really putting lots attention in female characters right?
A: Well its rival/competition between team, like when wang yi-like popular character appearing. It kinda give motivation to make better one
Q:it because keep polishing 3D character it become looks goods
A:regarding marie rose, actually she is not created for Arcade release
but that because there was no time, so we can only create one
its kinda bad to launch arcade with only that.
then we make something different, if in doa series there is bounce boobs in all girls
we create/debut small boobs girls
we happy people really support marie-rose, but now we got pressing to make honoka as famous as marie
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