Game Art and Machinima: DC Universe Online

 DC Universe Online, created by Blur Studios, is a massivley mulitpler action game free to use which lets users create their own hero or villian and interact with well known DC characters and vist sites such as the watchtower and Arkham Asylum. The games cinematics though are very different to the gameplay. Far more realistic and well rendered, it uses great animation to display realistic movement with well modeled charcters to show a darker take on the the DC universe, which is just as sci fi driven as the one we're used too. 

The opening cinematic is even more impressive due to the use of well timed choreography and dust particles which I feel look superb. The characters are semi-realistic, more so than the game play but still over exaggerated as most superheroes are. The shots are great and the characters portrayed in their best sense, the only let down being the rather classic/90's look of their costumes, which I would have liked to have seen fit the darker nature of this cut scene a little better. The film displays I great film making skills a highlight I feel when Flash is running from in explosion in well timed snippets of slow motion, which looks like it could be straight out of a film. But it equally shows great use of technical animation through rigging, animating and models all making a visually stunning piece, using both aspects of film and game to make a great piece of machinima.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Nf-m6WGl4