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Posted: Oct 20 2011 03:00 pm

if you want to talk about nice animation, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time had some great animation in it. the prince just moved so fluidly, it was great.

Posted: Oct 20 2011 03:04 pm

watching that Smash Bros video when it hit the Princess made me wonder, what is up with the Japanese focusing on the hand and then panning down to show the arm, the body, then full form body?.. It's been done SO many time... Sailor Moon is the most prominent that I can think of...
Maybe they have the same sexual drive as Gomez (from the Addams Family)?
Kiss the hand, kiss the arm, and then continue kissing where the cameras aren't allowed to look... A la then current Americans standards and (seemingly) now current Japanese sexual innuendo?

Is porno still a hottopic in Japan?, cause any japanese porno I find ALWAYS has the dude's wang blocked/pixelated... are they really that uptight about sexual reproductive organs over there? are they really that misogynistic that a guys parts can't be shown but a girl's can?
Hell I'm used to pissing in the alley waiting for a bus/taxicab.

Posted: Oct 20 2011 03:05 pm

Not necessarily the prettiest game ever, but I really enjoyed the art direction in Ghost Trick, and the use of rotoscoping.

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Syd Lexia wrote:

If you have a Wii, Greg, they just released a budget collection of all six games last month.

ONLY GOOD GRAPHICS IN MY GAMES.

Seriously, though, I'll snatch up a Wii one day. I don't care too much for major games beyond a few titles, but I definitely want to pick up a lot of the indie/marketplace exclusives that it has.

Joined: Aug 28 2011 Posts: 537

Okay guys. I think we can get back on-topic now.

Posted: Oct 20 2011 08:18 pm

I really enjoyed the Dragonball Z inspired graphics of Dragonquest VIII. Such vivid colors that were fun to look at:

Edit: I can't embed to save my fucking life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWLivVN849w

Posted: Oct 20 2011 08:24 pm

Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I really enjoyed the Dragonball Z inspired graphics of Dragonquest VIII. Such vivid colors that were fun to look at:

Edit: I can't embed to save my fucking life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWLivVN849w

lol

Posted: Oct 22 2011 02:49 am

The entirety of Xenogears when I was like, twelve.

The water effects in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. It's the little things that really matter.

The runny-looking bloom effect of the lights in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

The sheer smoothness of the framerate in MGS2.

Pretty much every time you enter the Otherworld in Silent Hill 3 (of all the Silent Hills, I think that has the best Otherworlds).

More recently, in Pokemon Black/White when you get to that massive city with the shifting camera angles.

Joined: Aug 28 2011 Posts: 537

Ooh. You're the first person to list a handheld game. Really Pokemon blew you away with its graphics? Hmm.

Posted: Oct 22 2011 09:27 am

Not true. I listed Ghost Trick, also a DS game.

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I think the first game that actually impressed me was the remake for Quest for Glory 1. This was one of the first Sierra reboots and was damn near amazing. Also, the first time I played War Craft 2 and saw some of the cut scenes was pretty impressive.

Posted: Oct 22 2011 09:56 am

I didn't realize they actually re-released Hero's Quest with the Quest For Glory 1 name on it. I thought that was why they remade it in the first place, because they had to change the name.

Posted: Oct 22 2011 02:34 pm

graphically impressive? probably one of the N64 Quarterback Club games. high res football actually looked very real on my TV back then.

Posted: Oct 22 2011 06:11 pm

Cameron wrote:

The water effects in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

That quote made me remember Wave Race 64 (N64) - Awesome water effects (at the time), and fun to play.

X (GB) - Polygons on the original Gameboy Shocked

, made by the same guys who made Starfox. Its successor, X-Scape (DSi), also looks awesome thanks to some great art direction.

Star Wars: Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II (GC) - First game I purchased with my Gamecube. It looked fantastic and really set a Star Wars-y mood.

Cameron wrote:

The runny-looking bloom effect...

Bloom effects really strain my eyes. They need to take that crap down to about 1% of what they currently set it. Excessive bloom effects in a game, especially if I can't turn it off, significantly lowers my opinion of a games visuals.

Posted: Oct 22 2011 07:30 pm

What's a bloom effect?

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Syd Lexia wrote:

What's a bloom effect?

This.

Posted: Oct 23 2011 02:00 am

I have to say graphics in general are actually starting to annoy me. Back when I was a kid video games looked like video games and not movies. Most video games these days look pretty amazing, but what happens is it renders all older games obsolete in the eyes of most of todays youth. Many older games will not be given the time of day by most of the younger generation because they happen to look uglier. Even if they were superior in most other ways. Many of my favorite games were simple looking and ugly as shit by todays standards, but they were still awesome to play.

Holy shit, I just read my own post. Looks like I've become the 'old fart' on this website.

Posted: Oct 23 2011 02:02 am

slapolakinkaido wrote:

Holy shit, I just read my own post. Looks like I've become the 'old fart' on this website.

most definitely.

you should play Scott Pilgrim VS The World. that has a nice graphical touch to it.