I got that info from a sybex book on game creation using Maya, the word ridiculous isn't quite the right one....
You can use a less poly model, there's nothing wrong with doing so,but why would you...

True Coldwave, just want to point out one thing though,

In the next few years ( say a maximum of 5 or so) there could well be another step up in consoles, a next next gen, which would go along the...

Haha, yeah, with the way my characters are going it'll be NEXT NEXT gen.....lol

My smiler is at just over 26k, so it could be slightly reduced I guess, but then, it's not actually for a game, so I...

Yeah, 20k really isn't what they usually use, 10k is pretty standard, as far as I know environments are around about the quarter of a million mark or just over.
Give it a few years and characters...

The average poly count for a next gen game character is around 10-12000 as far as I know, for main characters a few games have gone as far as 20000,but that's not the norm,and map sizes are either...

If you read the criteria for this challenge again, it says
"In this challenge, challenge yourself in creating your very own serial adventure hero in this style!"
Meaning you couldn't enter a...

Sounds great! I have a couple of ideas that might be fun to do, but as with Joopson I'll have to work out if I have the time to put into it. Don't want to have to back out half way through...