This was pretty funny.

[Glo-Boy]

Found this pic somewhere.

 

[Wilsonator]

eh? ...

 

[baron insig]

well maybe if all the pictures wee the same size it would be a fair contest how ever that picture IS bisaed to the gman model

so Meh.

 

[Recoil]

...and I don't see a winner tbh. Or are they meant to be equally good?

 

[Sui]

It's only the textures that make the Gman face look so good... And in the game i believe they reduce the texture resolution (except for the first scene). These games are about creating revolutionary gameplay and enviroments though, it's not like they're competing to make the most realistic face.

 

[Pai-Mei]

well maybe if all the pictures wee the same size it would be a fair contest how ever that picture IS bisaed to the gman model

Actually, models should look better from further away. Being this close up SHOULD show all of the polygons and major flaws in the model... but it doesn't because the G-Man is the best game model ever.

It's only the textures that make the Gman face look so good...

Uh-huh. Why don't try taking a look at the edges of the faces... look at tops of their heads. See how there's only like 6 lines per head? See how the guy in the upper left hand corner has his head come to a point? Since you can't see the top of the G-Man's head in this shot, compare the chins.

Even as far as models go, you can barely tell that the G-man is a model. The only real giveaway is the earlobes, and maybe the white shirt beneath the suit.

...and I don't see a winner tbh. Or are they meant to be equally good?

It's fairly obvious that in THIS picture, anyway, the G-Man is the clear winner. Even if 90% of it IS the textures, he is still the clear winner by any standards... at least in this picture.

That having been said, I think that these pictures were taken with some severe bias towards HL. I think the Doom models were all take with the least detail and effects possible. Even if the G-Man were taken under the same effects, as he may have very well been, his model was specifically designed for that particular close-up scene. I think if we compared NORMAL models all under the highest detail settings, the contest would be a little more fair. Having said THAT, I still think Half-Life would win, at least because of their awesome facial textures and animations.