I would like to see Skyward Sword-esque with some real power behind it. It just had too many corners cut, blurry distance, bad textures, half assed effects. Its not up to the standard that Twilight Princess or Wind Waker was at its time due tot he the lack of power.
I would like to see Skyward Sword-esque with some real power behind it. It just had too many corners cut, blurry distance, bad textures, half assed effects. Its not up to the standard that Twilight Princess or Wind Waker was at its time due tot he the lack of power.
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I know what you mean. This is what Skyward Sword could look like with next-gen graphics (or close to it):
it would really depend on the gameplay. the best looking zelda games are the ones where the art direction matches the gameplay.
although honestly, i wasnt a big fan of the plastic-y twilight princess nintendo showed off as a wii u tech demo. it looked like ken saving barbie. if they go the realistic route for the sake of "teh HD", theyll have to take it farther than the highly characterized faces of TP and do more with textures.
Its tough because the most memorable Zelda game is Ocarina of Time, but the graphic style of the game should improve along with improvements in the game system. Maybe some sort of collection of them all, with different temples being different graphic styles in each one. GameRevive.com - Selling video games online has never been easier
Honestly I'd be happy with any of them. I have yet to play a Zelda game with bad visual design. I would support a return of the WW style, or SS style, or the TP style. I have no preference.
I was personally a big fan of TP's art style. Not that I didn't' like WW or SS, but I do kind of want a grittier "mature" Zelda art style I guess you could call it.
I'd like something stylistic and unique. Expressionism and surrealism art styles would be great if translated well to the video game world. I wouldn't mind a cel shaded/watercolour style either.
The HD demo actually had a pretty unique art styIe.Minishdriveby
Yup. But people completely ignored that because they saw tech demo and HD. Ugh. The art styIe is still there. Because a unique visual art styIe cannot be in HD! Omg!
[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]The HD demo actually had a pretty unique art styIe.Elann2008
Yup. But people completely ignored that because they saw tech demo and HD. Ugh. The art styIe is still there. Because a unique visual art styIe cannot be in HD! Omg!
it was just an upscaled twilight princess with some new technical effects (which were the highlight of the demo more than showing off the TP art direction again). it looked worse because the lack of texture work (again, visuals originally intended for the gcn) in conjunction with the new focus on the lighting made link look waxy.
but hey, whatever easy catch phrase makes you feel better.
[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]The HD demo actually had a pretty unique art styIe.LoG-Sacrament
Yup. But people completely ignored that because they saw tech demo and HD. Ugh. The art styIe is still there. Because a unique visual art styIe cannot be in HD! Omg!
it was just an upscaled twilight princess with some new technical effects (which were the highlight of the demo more than showing off the TP art direction again). it looked worse because the lack of texture work (again, visuals originally intended for the gcn) in conjunction with the new focus on the lighting made link look waxy.
but hey, whatever easy catch phrase makes you feel better.
Again, it was a Tech Demo. You should know that tech demo's don't usually translate into what the next game will look like. Don't get your panties in a knot.
[QUOTE="Elann2008"] Again, it was a Tech Demo. You should know that tech demo's don't usually translate into what the next game will look like. Don't get your panties in a knot. i literally just said in my last post that the point of the tech demo was to show off the technical effects.
I'd like a non cel-chaded Zelda that still retains the expressive character animations of the cel-shaded games. TP and SS were severely lacking on this one.
And please God, no steampunk. We pretty much already got that in the last four instalments anyway. I'd love a more straight medieval setting for Zelda - even more medieval than Ocarina, but with a more interesting story. (sorry, I know I'm kind of veering off-topic)
[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]The HD demo actually had a pretty unique art styIe.LoG-Sacrament
Yup. But people completely ignored that because they saw tech demo and HD. Ugh. The art styIe is still there. Because a unique visual art styIe cannot be in HD! Omg!
it was just an upscaled twilight princess with some new technical effects (which were the highlight of the demo more than showing off the TP art direction again). it looked worse because the lack of texture work (again, visuals originally intended for the gcn) in conjunction with the new focus on the lighting made link look waxy.
but hey, whatever easy catch phrase makes you feel better.
I liked the "waxy" look of Link in that tech demo. Just the colors they used making everything bright (Link's hair, tunic, navi, Gohma's eye) and yet dark (the environment) was just really interesting. The lack of texture on Link was I suppose one of the reason's I found the demo unique.
[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] Yup. But people completely ignored that because they saw tech demo and HD. Ugh. The art styIe is still there. Because a unique visual art styIe cannot be in HD! Omg!
Minishdriveby
it was just an upscaled twilight princess with some new technical effects (which were the highlight of the demo more than showing off the TP art direction again). it looked worse because the lack of texture work (again, visuals originally intended for the gcn) in conjunction with the new focus on the lighting made link look waxy.
but hey, whatever easy catch phrase makes you feel better.
I liked the "waxy" look of Link in that tech demo. Just the colors they used making everything bright (Link's hair, tunic, navi, Gohma's eye) and yet dark (the environment) was just really interesting. The lack of texture on Link was I suppose one of the reason's I found the demo unique. i thought skyward sword did a much better job at emphasizing color. it didnt have the weird sheen effect to highlight the characters' physical forms. the wii u tech demo reminded me a lot of the early 360 games where everybody looked like a doll.
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