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05-03-10, 16:46 | #102 |
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I'm not to impressed with the POP graphics tbh, or any game that uses that sort of graphic style. I'd much prefer realistic looking graphics...
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05-03-10, 16:55 | #103 |
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I think the POP graphics are beautiful, and wouldn't mind TR using them!
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05-03-10, 16:59 | #104 |
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Not cel shading, please! It look nice, yes...but TR (well...LC) needs realistic graphics! It looks too cartoony for my taste...
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05-03-10, 17:05 | #105 |
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I really like the art style of the environments in PoP 2008, but I don't like how the characters were done. I feel like they went overboard with black outlines emphasizing that the characters were cel-shaded, meanwhile the environment didn't really look cel-shaded at all (more like a painting than cel-shading). I guess what I'm saying is that I don't mind if they focus upon creating atmosphere through a particular artistic style rather than aiming for hyper-realism. They just have to be consistent about it, make sure that the environment is all done in the same style and that the characters fit in with the environment artistically. That goes both ways, too -- TRU had very good realistic-looking environments, but Lara kind of stood out because they tried to keep the stylized cartoony look to an extent. She looked good from some angles, but from other angles she seemed out of place against the realistic background.
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05-03-10, 17:09 | #106 |
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The black outlines are supposed to "flatten" the 3d model. It is a nice illusion but you are right, that PoP has them WAYY too think. Games like Sly Cooper had think lines because it was cartoony and it made more sense.
-- As for graphics I really think that a nice comic book style wouldn't hurt. I mean if it is a download only game then that type of graphics engine would help even more for saving space for actual gameplay instead of graphics. |
05-03-10, 17:37 | #107 |
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I have a hunch, that this one off Lara Croft game is another way of getting our reaction to the changes they make so that they know what the fans will think of TR9 before it is realsed, almost like giving a demo of the changes made but not giving a way anything about the TR9 story what so ever.
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05-03-10, 18:01 | #108 |
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Actually a bit of positive news. They have separated Lara from Tomb Raider, 2 different things altogether. Maybe.
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05-03-10, 18:18 | #109 |
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First Screenshot! :o
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/...&mode=previews
edit: you already saw it it is just me or does the game looks a bit like LOTR? Last edited by ViNi__; 05-03-10 at 18:20. |
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