Quote: "Square Enix have two full length films, also they have some of the greatest 3D artists ever..."
yes , but do we know if the picture shown is a single frame of a film/animation or a one off to show how much detail you can get out of it.
both Spirits within @ advent children were to be fair animated films and although , yes they did try to add a realsim factor. Even the most proficient animator artist wouldn't have put the level of detail shown in the picture above into a full movie, the rendering alone would have taken (I presume,based on when they were made and technology used,especially spirits within)litterally years and the expense would have been outstanding with no hope of getting the return on what they'd paid out for manpower and rendering farms etc.
I have yet to see more than a few frames of animation to *near* the quality of the above picture and I'm sure we are getting much closer to it, but I don't think its quite there yet. Whoever you are and however much money you have to spend on it.
I could be wrong and I would love for someone to prove me wrong.
'Ooh 'eck chief'...'crumbs'