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Epic Mickey all encompassing info thread. First direct feed shots, London event.
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MassiveAttack
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jarosh said:
Agreed. Monumental letdown alert. Looks as if the game is a half-hearted execution of the original vision of the project.
EmCeeGramr
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lollin at youMassiveAttack said:
MirageDwarf
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This looks bad. Epicness that was present in arts is lost.
Cygnus X-1
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jarosh said:
Yeah, I second that. I mean: the textures are post N64-early GCN period. Is it possible that none but Retro and Nintendo (excluding MH3) can make some decent looking game on Wii? Seriously, it's an old story, I know, but it is pissing me off more and more.
Thunder Monkey
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You actually feel that way?jett said:
The only thing that looks off to me is some of the texture work. The models look good, Mickey kicks all kinds of ass, and the environments are filled with cartoony curved surfaces.
magicalsoundshower
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I wonder why they're rendered at 1280×960 pixels, though, which is double the max resolution of the Wii?jett said:
Thing is, I don't think they're actually blown up, the pixels would be a lot bigger if they took 640x480 screenshots and upscaled them. My guess is that the screenshots are taken from one of their development PCs.VAIL said:
XiaNaphryz
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Phineas and Ferb is also an awesome series that would fit right into "the golden age." I consider it up there with Animaniacs.Choppasmith said:
Thunder Monkey
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It's as curved as most of SMG's worlds. The difference is a lack of almost any form of shaders, slightly off lighting, and much worse texturing. Each are things that tend to get tidied up late in the dev cycle.7Th said:
SirPenguin
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Yeah, and I honestly don't think you should hold your breath for much different a year from now. A year is a large time frame in our heads, but not when you're developing a game. Nothing they've said has lead me to believe these are simply placeholder textures or proof-of-concept screenshots. This...is the game. It'll probably look better, but it's not going to be the jump people are wanting or expectingjett said:
Man, I entirely forgot a lot of people probably missed out on the scans/GI magazine itself. Today is going to be the day a lot of new people see these screenshots. I do hope this thread can handle another one of those whirlwinds
Zombie James
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jett said:
Seconded. The art got me excited, these screens do nothing for me.
Anticitizen One
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EmCeeGramr
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They shouldn't have released those screens if the end product is set for massive improvements.
Here's hoping the art style of that particular stage simply doesn't reflect that of the rest of the game. This has the potential to be a 3D platforming classic along the lines of Mario Galaxy or KHII, if Warren Spector really works at it.
Here's hoping the art style of that particular stage simply doesn't reflect that of the rest of the game. This has the potential to be a 3D platforming classic along the lines of Mario Galaxy or KHII, if Warren Spector really works at it.
EmCeeGramr
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Character renders:
it's honestly not just a technical thing though. yeah sure, the textures and the geometry are awful and there's no lighting to speak of, but the art assets themselves are just plain BAD too - the combination of colors is atrocious, the art style is inconsistent at best - and that's putting it nicely.
EmCeeGramr
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Halycon said:
Some artist at Junction Point put up what was probably really early art from the game's conceptual stages that the team clearly decided to go in a different direction from. It was never official, and never should have been taken as representative of the game.
The colors are absolutely amazing. If they could pull these in the actual game, that'd me really really awesome.
I think they could be much more daring with contrasts in a few areas, but whatever, not everyone like high contrasts. Still, I love the colors for the art so much that on first look I ignored everything else in the pictures.
I think they could be much more daring with contrasts in a few areas, but whatever, not everyone like high contrasts. Still, I love the colors for the art so much that on first look I ignored everything else in the pictures.
SirPenguin
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It's unfair and inaccurate to call the above "actual" concept art. A more accurate term would be "recent" concept art, which of course would mean they match up better with the screenshots. The older, leaked concept art is still perfectly valid. It's not like it exists in a different plane of existence, as we can see influences from that artwork in the screenshots.
Honestly, I'm wondering if the decision to move this to the Wii and the deviance from the earlier art designs are related. Probably baseless speculation. I'll just shut my mouth.
Honestly, I'm wondering if the decision to move this to the Wii and the deviance from the earlier art designs are related. Probably baseless speculation. I'll just shut my mouth.
Thunder Monkey
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Nope I like it as well.Kard8p3 said:
Calints Neos
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I must be the only one laughing that people thought this was going to be some sort of Grimdark-Steampunk mickey game and now are butthurt because it isn't:lol
SirPenguin
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Kard8p3 said:
I'm with you on the style. And the animations we've seen? Top notch!
But everything else? Yeahhhhh...
SirPenguin
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Calints Neos said:
Yeah, it's almost as if the only info we had to go off of prior to this month was the concept art showing a Grimdark-Steampunk Mickey game
Weird!
PhoenixDark
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Great concept art. Actual screens look like a PS2 or Gamecube game. Gameplay>graphics but wow
magicalsoundshower said:
It doesn't seem to me that it contradicts what Warren has said. The interview makes it sound like the decision to have the game on the 360, PS3, and PC was a publisher decision. Then Warren mentions that it would be great if they could concentrate on one platform and that the Wii deserves its due. So when the head honcho suggests going Wii exclusive, Warren jumped on it.
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