Kristen Bell gets digitized for Assassin's Creed

by Dan Dormer on Nov 7th 2007 12:56PM

We'll admit it -- we're fans of Ms. Bell, from the spunky, spitfire junior private eye she played in Veronica Mars to the unseen, but ever present blogger in Gossip Girl, and even the lead in the god-awful Pulse. So, naturally, when she let it slip last December that she was contributing to Assassin's Creed, our hype meter exploded under the pressure.

Now, giving us a little taste, Ubisoft released the first image of what Kristen Bell looks like in the game. Despite a less than flattering hair style, the actual rendering looks extremely similar. Speaking about Kristen Bell, producer Jade Raymond stated she "is a remarkable actress who was able to bring her character to life in a dynamic way that I don't think anyone else could have done properly." We'd still prefer some QT with the less creepy Bell any day of the week, though.

Tags: Assassins-Creed, AssassinsCreed, Kristen-Bell, Microsoft, PS3, Ubisoft, Ubisoft-Montreal, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (53)

Jane Raymond ? OMG does Jade have a twin sister !?!? :)

Creepy-real likeness!

Oh, and it's "Jade" Raymond.

I couldn't tell that the 2nd image was rendered. I thought it was just her with her hair pulled back for a publicity shot.

Looks really good.

It looks good now, but wait until you see it animated before passing judgement. In my experience, a good still rendering isn't good enough once you have to put all of those features in motion...

Dunno, eyes, mouth, and skin complexion struck me as being off right away, plus there's an uncanny valley effect there. Maybe it's just an illusion by the hair, but it looks like the actual shape of the face is off slightly as well.

Still has that dead eyes look and the hairs looks off. Otherwise well done.

I've seen people in real life who look waaaay more uncanny than this.

The eyes are off, and the shape of her noggin' is all wrong up top! Almost downs-syndrome-like. I prefer the real Kristen Bell.

I like how the term "uncanny valley" has become a permanent occupant of the gamer's lexicon after we all read the Wikipedia article.

Where's the rest of her? (not-nude, im not a perv')

Nude please (I'm a perv)

yeah... little creepy. somethin about the eyes...

And part of her lip.

I think one eye was mirrored off the other. Something they commonly do to save time (er cost).

yea mate, it's a problem of texture, the texture from one eye is the same to the other and they are just flipped so you are seeing two different lights sources when there's only one ambient light in the image!

I made an image with that one where I created a new eye texture and lighted them "correctly" to illustrate better what I'm telling:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3131/lightuncannyap5.jpg

I hope developers start giving more attention to eye texture than just putting a simple shinning spark over the eye :|

More than likely they mirrored the whole head. Which is also what makes it look a little off, seeing as how no matter how perfect someone looks, they aren't symmetrical.

nice fix inlogic. but dont touch those lips. lovin the DSL.

Nice work, inlogic. That small change makes a world of difference.

inlogic made it better! though still slightly creepy

It's close, the lips and eyes are a mite too big and a little off.

The hair is the killer though, makes the model look like Macaulay Culkin. Yack.

So is Kristen Bell on the Assassin's Creed hit list?

the hair and the insanely plucked eyebrows

Its a good attempt but unfortunately its so good that it falls under the category where instead of imagining realism, you notice the faults.

No hair pinned back please. Her hair in the one to the left is so much better and hot

Huh, looks like they still need to do some work on the things that make her her. Like her eyebrows -- they're too thin. And the eyes are the wrong angle, or something. (and too light of course).

But yes, the render is surprisingly photo-real. It looks like Kristen at 14. :)

I think "samfish" avatar is hotter (of peach on her tummy).

there's something about the rendered picture that says missing chromosome

My interest in AC just went from nonexistent to OMFG KIRSTEN BELL EYE LUV U!!!!!

GOOD
GOD
UNCANNY
VALLEY

Probably exacerbated by her already asymmetrical face.

Anyway, looking forward to killing her. I loved her "I was just shot in the face" performance in Deadwood.

Mmmm, Kristen is so gorgeous =D

i dunno. the rendered version has that 'she's almost cute but probably has a disability' look to it.

Someone needs to make an Uncanny Valley theme song.

Don't forget she plays "Elle" on Heroes as well!

Why don't they just digitize Jade Raymond?

They should do this to Hayden Panettiere. I would so love that

Did anyone else think the render looks somewhat like the Childlike Empress from the Neverending Story?

A little, what was her name again?

:)

Not only can't she stand straight (referring to the first picture) she also looks ugly without make up on.(second one picture)

...how about a new Jade Raymond picture, joystiq? did they digitize her yet??

The render makes her look 12. Good job on the nose and lips, though.

Plus one for les chat dans le boite!

That is creepy indeed, I had to read the post to make sure that second picture wasn't just a different photo...

KB is hot and you guys are hot for posting this.

Also, if I woke up next to the digitally rendered version, I'd probably go Assasin's Creed in real life.

Also, I'd probably go to jail (in real life) for waking up next to a 12 year old. A DIGITAL 12 year old...

You know what? Let's not think about this anymore.

Seriously, have Joystiq forgotten who their audience is? I mean, Gossip Girl what? Veronica Mars who? What's next, semi-obscure references to High School Musical 2?

Tell us that she's on Heroes, for crying out loud. That's something your audience knows.

Seriously.

Andy, you are missing out if you aren't watching Gossip Girl dude.

My girlfriend loves it, and I can take a break from Halo every once in awhile for her! (Read: the chicks on that show are hot)

Veronic Mars was cool to watch too.

What do YOU watch? History Vs Hollywood, the 300 episode on repeat? Have fun with your buff dudes, I'll watch catty foxes be completely screwed up to each other.

The first 2 seasons of Veronica Mars was some of the best television ever. Period.

And I've seen a lot of TV...

Yeah, I agree with the guy who said there was an uncanny valley effect with the rendered pic.

This is just a reference skin and not a final render, right? Cause the dead, UV look here definately comes from the flat eyes and general lack of texture or mapping in the cheeks. Color looks good tho.

It looks pretty good, although it's immediately noticable that it's a render (people really thought it was just a second picture of her??). The only thing that REALLY bugs me about the render is that the way her lips droop down on one side make it look like that whole side of her face is sliding off. That definitely needs to be fixed.

Top lip in the rendering looks a bit funny to me.

like the hair.

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