The Art Style and Graphics Discussion

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

That's a lot of anime and anime inspired games in general though.

 

[Tyaren]

Mitsurugi art work and in-game model from SC to SCVI:

Sophitia art work and in-game model from SC to SCVI:

 

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

Is it just me, or does SC4 Sophitia look way better than SC6 Sophitia here?

 

[Onryoki]

Mitsurugi art work and in-game model from SC to SCVI:

Sophitia art work and in-game model from SC to SCVI:

I love sophitia's design but it makes her look like a guest character from Barbie.

 

[Tyaren]

Is it just me, or does SC4 Sophitia look way better than SC6 Sophitia here?

SC4 (2008) left, SC6 (2018) right:

:/

 

[Jadeinchains]

Is it just me, or does SC4 Sophitia look way better than SC6 Sophitia here?

I love sophitia's design but it makes her look like a guest character from Barbie.

Sophitia didn't lose her sister and have her children kidnapped for this!

SC4 (2008) left, SC6 (2018) right:

:/

... I still think she looks good in SC6 but I can see what your saying...all we can do is wait and see If it's that its because its early and that before launch they'll change some things.

 

[Onryoki]

Sophitia didn't lose her sister and have her children kidnapped for this!



... I still think she looks good in SC6 but I can see what your saying...all we can do is wait and see If it's that its because its early and that before launch they'll change some things.

She could've saved her sister and her children if she wasn't so weak.... just sayin'

 

[Tyaren]

What if DOA6 looked like this? XD Hitomi:

 

[Force_of_Nature]

SC4 (2008) left, SC6 (2018) right:

:/

Eh, SCIV is in 720p and SCVI will likely be 1080p. In the final product SCVI Sophitia will look better. With that said, I do remember being blown away back in 2008 at how damn good SCIV looked, especially on a big screen HDTV.

 

[Tyaren]

Eh, SCIV is in 720p and SCVI will likely be 1080p. In the final product SCVI Sophitia will look better.

Tekken 7 is 720p on Xbox One. Chances are good SC6 will too.

 

[Force_of_Nature]

Tekken 7 is 720p on Xbox One. Chances are good SC6 will too.

That's why I don't play Tekken 7 or fighting games on XBone LOL. PS4 Pro will look fine, but yes, once I learned that SC6 will be on the Unreal 4 Engine, I cringed. Stupid choice for a fighting game engine and the lazy way out.

 

[Tyaren]

This story trailer of God of War, made from the PSX showcase of the game, is really cool and fits perfectly in here:

I expect God of War to be a big leap above the original series in basically all aspects. I'm really looking forward to it.
They by the way confirmed that the main campaign of this game will be over 30 hours long.

 

[Tyaren]

The prettiest fighting game (that is until DOA6 is revealed today! ) Injustice 2 gets even prettier with a nice, little boost on Xbox One X:

- Resolution is bumped up to 1600p from 1440p on PS4 Pro
- Some textures have a bit higher resolution and texture filtering than on PS4 Pro
- ambient occlusion is slightly refined over PS4 Pro

Apart from that both versions are graphically identical. Cutscenes, intros, outros, super moves and stage transitions are identical too, where the PS4 Pro temporarily bumps up the resolution to 1600p too.

 

[Tyaren]

You are going to love this, guys! A full length documentary of the creation of Horizon Zero Dawn:

Right now Guerilla Games are definitely my favorite game developer.

@Jadeinchains, @Chapstick, @ShinobiGuy

 

[Jadeinchains]

You are going to love this, guys! A full length documentary of the creation of Horizon Zero Dawn:

Right now Guerilla Games are definitely my favorite game developer.

@Jadeinchains, @Chapstick, @ShinobiGuy

Oh okay, I wouldn't go as far as to say they're my favorite game developer but I do like Horizon so I'll check it out.

 

[Tyaren]

Oh okay, I wouldn't go as far as to say they're my favorite game developer but I do like Horizon so I'll check it out.

Lol, well you don't know much about them yet, do you? I've been interested in them for a few years now, since Horizon was revealed, and what I've learned makes them really likable to me. They are not only very talented, ambitious and consumer friendly, they are in general just really nice, generous and down to earth.
They even got into contact with me, when they saw my photography of the game to ask if they could use it for a presentation that they held at Game Developers' Conference and to showcase it on their Artstation account. Most other developers would never approach you to thank you for your work and dedication. They just take it all for granted and take your stuff. Team Ninja just took photos that I did and used them for promo purposes on Facebook and in some of the videos that they posted there. Not that I would ever have objected, lol, it is their game after all...but it's a nice gesture to receive a few nice words and to just know that your stuff is put to a good use. I just coincidentally saw that they used my pics. I almost didn't, which would've sucked, because it did make me happy when I noticed it.

 

[Tyaren]

The Witcher 3 finally got its Xbox One X patch and looks better on console than ever. Digital Foundry of course did an analysis:

Why don't they ever compare XBox One X with the Xbox One? It's always versus PS4 Pro and PC.
It's mostly Xbox One owners upgrading to the Xbox One X. They should be able to tell what kind upgrade from their console they can expect and if it is worth it.

 

[Tyaren]

Woah...O: JRPGs have finally reached this generation!
So far we only have terrible Niconico stream footage, but what you can make out here already looks amazing:

Especially that town at the beginning looked so beautiful, detailed and full of atmosphere.

So far I've been missing this in most, if not all, JRPGs this generation. Because of the usually fast development cycle and low budget they never reach AAA Western RPGs in that regard. This game however seems to manage this for the first time. I'm excited! Instantly one of the games I'm looking forward to the most in 2018...if it reaches the West in 2018. :/

Here's an older trailer of the game, but in way better quality:

This game is by the way developed by Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Nier: Automata...), music is by Nobuo Uematsu (Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII...) and character design is by Minaba Hideo (Final Fantasy XII, Lost Odyssey...). So the people working on this are the crème de la crème of JRPG development.

@Jadeinchains, @Chapstick

 

[Jadeinchains]

Oh wow it actually does look super cute and nice, I think I remember that you showed me this game before just a little bit but it looks really good here. That little village is adorable and the blimp in the sky looks cool. Hopefully with Platinum games being the makers will make it have good gameplay. Guessing that girl is the main character.

 

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

Woah...O: JRPGs have finally reached this generation!
So far we only have terrible Niconico stream footage, but what you can make out here already looks amazing:

Especially that town at the beginning looked so beautiful, detailed and full of atmosphere.

So far I've been missing this in most, if not all, JRPGs this generation. Because of the usually fast development cycle and low budget they never reach AAA Western RPGs in that regard. This game however seems to manage this for the first time. I'm excited! Instantly one of the games I'm looking forward to the most in 2018...if it reaches the West in 2018. :/

Here's an older trailer of the game, but in way better quality:

This game is by the way developed by Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Nier: Automata...), music is by Nobuo Uematsu (Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII...) and character design is by Minaba Hideo (Final Fantasy XII, Lost Odyssey...). So the people working on this are the crème de la crème of JRPG development.

@Jadeinchains, @Chapstick

JRPGs have been in this generation for a while... Final Fantasy XV? Nioh? Bloodbourne and Dark Souls 3? Nier Automata? Yakuza 6 and Kiwami 2...(not a traditional jrpg but still technically jrpgs)