L'Arc~en~Ciel new single "Don't Be Afraid" - collab with RESIDENT EVIL series

[Pretsy 1343]

The quote off their FB:

 

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[L'Arc～en～Ciel]
L'Arc～en～Ciel's newly written song "Don't be Afraid" completed!

The world's first full-digitizing 360°music video is delivered for PlayStation®VR!
L'Arc～en～Ciel turns into Zombies!?

L'Arc～en～Ciel's newly written song "Don't be Afraid" completed!
PlayStation®VR's first full-digitizing 360 ° music video will be delivered for PlayStation®4!
Moreover, special collaboration project realized between "RESIDENT EVIL" series which marked 20th anniversary and "L'Arc～en～Ciel" who marked 25th anniversary!
Using the latest technology RE ENGINE that is also used in the latest game "RESIDENT EVIL 7" (Release in January 26th, 2017 for PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC), the members of L'Arc～en～Ciel becomes 3DCG characters!
This will be the unprecedented VR music video you can enjoy music and video experience. Through photo scanning and motion capture, L'Arc～en～Ciel members become digital characters and fight against zombies in the world of RESIDENT EVIL series.

◆Prior to the official release of this product in mid-November, a trial version which a user can play a part of the product will be presented at "TOKYO GAME SHOW 2016" at Makuhari Messe in Chiba prefecture from September 15th (Thu).

TOKYO GAME SHOW 2016＞＞
http://www.capcom.co.jp/tgs/ttl_museum.html

◆"Don't be Afraid –RESIDENT EVIL ® × L'Arc-en-Ciel on PlayStation®VR- Trial Version" will be pre released at PlayStation®Store on the release date of PS VR, October 13th (Thu).

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[suji 8317]

 

This is so weird...

[Pretsy 1343]

2 minutes ago, midi:nette said:

 

This is so weird...

Yeah this is really weird song setting (I thought of those cheery songs akin to Fourth Avenue Cafe for some reason) for RE sequel like this lmao.

[ruki11 965]

lol I'm a bit afraid

[nekkichi 6043]

they did a devil may cry song in the past though, so it makes.... some sense at least.

[nick 10212]

Wow, that sounds awesome! I'll look forward to hearing the full song.

[chemicalpictures 1888]

that face mapping tech is cool as fuck!

[tetsu_sama69 1119]

Not really weird at all considering this isn't their first collab with Capcom. The tech is really awesome as well and I can't wait to see how well it actually works. 

 

And fuck, it's a new song and it sounds pretty damn good.

[nekkichi 6043]

they did a bunch of presentations on that photogrammetry technique, good read (with a bunch of mildly unsetting pictures) here

 

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I also really love this t-shirt design

"good morning, son" meme tea strong

 

 

[Ro plz 1290]

Well....the song kind of gives off a dark vibe, which is cool. 

 

Either way, I'm keeping tabs on this. Sounds like it'll be promising.

 

[Silverhawk33 1435]

Digging it, plus I always welcome some RE collabs.

[herpes 1597]

4 hours ago, Carmelzors said:

 

 

I'd let zombie ken eat this [redacted]

[carddass 273]

I really like Wing's flap but this song is just meh.
By all accounts I should like this mash-up. I love Resident Evil / Bio Hazard,  like all things L'arc before Kiss and I'm getting into VR development but this song just doesn't seem appropriate for the mood of the project. And not to mention it was probably a shit-ton of development time spent by the capcom people to make this 4 minute VR video. Or rather, how many people from the RE7 development team got pulled aside to work on this thereby distracting from what I hope will be another great game in the RE franchise?

 

[nekkichi 6043]

^ it's actually pretty fast, and requires very little artist skill to produce content the way capcom have approached pipeline for REVII

 

idk if they have in house staff working on the PV, or they hired extra cgi artists/marketing team for this.

[Hakari 282]

Always in the mood for some new Laruku

[tokiko 6]

Sound fantastic. L'arc en ciel it's a great band.

[Pretsy 1343]

https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000135131&page=4

 

Stills from the VR music video (feat. L'arc getting themselves killed and turned into zombies)

 

 

 

Mini-interview

[Pretsy 1343]

Double post:

 

full song

 

 

It's not bad...but it's not "wow"-ish either

[wildjokerleia 24]

Well now. Ummm, that video was certainly something. LOL. The song was okay, but the video... I think I'm going to remember the video more than the song, honestly.