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[Nirolak]

So uh... How did the original ones look like?

Man, the hype kinda nosedived.

 

[[Nintex]]

I can still deal with this as long as the soundtrack is original. Don't mess with that!

Do you mean original original or remixed by uuh Crush 40 and Rebecca Black.

I don't know what they did but they somehow totally messed up the colors.

 

[Nemo]

I saw the screens first and was surprised at the first page's reactions, hahaha

 

[Galamauth]

come to think of it SEGA was right to put a cease on desist notice on Streets of Rage Remake just to quell any notion they could be producing anything near that quality ever again as evidenced with this I suppose. ((

 

[waru]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugly

Reconnects his saturn...

 

[Kafel]

Just for fun.

The Pitch:

The Result:

 

[Kintaro]

<sees thread title>

YES!

<sees screenshots>

FUCK, NO!

<exits thread>

 

[Princess Skittles]

Disgusting. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE allow a sharp, unfiltered pixel mode.

 

[ULTROS!]

Wow... Uh... Wow.

Wish they could have retained the original graphics. :/

 

[Takamura-San]

I want to see the game in motion before making my judgement.

Still buying it thou.

 

[SabinFigaro]

:/

 

[Brinbe]

Yuck...

 

[Beezy]

Even the HUD looks like shit...

 

[Nirolak]

It's definitely some kind of horrendous sprite converter.

She has the exact same pose in this screenshot.

 

[SAB CA]

Err... That Artwork doesn't look like GH artwork. What IS that? I guess I could imagine those being some of the demons from the underworld, but... what's the rest? A knight with an eye in his chest? Sure that's not for another announcement?

As for the screens.... errr.... I kinda like the pencil shades? But the rest of it... Faces look horrific! The trees in the BG and whatnot look like a joke. If this is what I have to go through, to get my GH on a console, fine, but... UGH!

At least it should preserve the animations and stuff, though...

So what are we to expect for effects now? Hmmm.... I wanna see how they handle things like the Undead Hero's full screen explosion....

 

[Diablohead]

Terrible look when filtered, i'd actually prefer to play it with a sonic adventure like border I think.

 

[jetsetfluken]

Why no PSN release? Ikaruga, Rez HD, E4, this...

edit: Oh god that filer looks tacky. Didn't the original have 3D-esque 2D sprites (like Mischief Makers for example, another game that needs love). Only played the GBA GH.

Oh well, looks like the Saturn version is still definitive. All they had to do was upscale and leave an authentic 4:3 option. But noooo, they had to find a way mess it up. This is probably by Backbone too.

 

[Princess Skittles]

Filtering 2D pixel art using anything other than nearest neighbor has a 100% failure rate.

Without exception.

WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

 

[captmcblack]

That filter just has to go. It's almost unplayable with it on...just look at it

 

[Takamura-San]

Err... That Artwork doesn't look like GH artwork. What IS that? I guess I could imagine those being some of the demons from the underworld, but... what's the rest? A knight with an eye in his chest? Sure that's not for another announcement?

As for the screens.... errr.... I kinda like the pencil shades? But the rest of it... Faces look horrific! The trees in the BG and whatnot look like a joke. If this is what I have to go through, to get my GH on a console, fine, but... UGH!

At least it should preserve the animations and stuff, though...

So what are we to expect for effects now? Hmmm.... I wanna see how they handle things like the Undead Hero's full screen explosion....

I don't think the animations are as good as you remember them.

 

[Zabka]

Well this is a real kick in the dick. The last fucking thing I'd want is the original graphics with a horrible filter on it.

And even worse, a brand new HUD with cheesy, mismatched graphics.

 

[Salsa]

Oh god, what the fuck is up with that filter/pixel converter

such a wasted opportunity, FUCK

 

[sixteen-bit]

Pug fugly filter

 

[marvelharvey]

WTF is this shit?

 

[Takamura-San]

That filter just has to go. It's almost unplayable with it on...just look at it

I think that's an overreaching statement.

 

[Princess Skittles]

HD. :lol :lol :lol

 

[Luigiv]

I think I'll just convince my friend who just recently bought 2 Saturns to buy the original version and play that instead.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Wow. Wow. All kinds of bad.

 

[Dachande]

SEGA

YOU'VE FUCKED IT

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE

YOU'VE FUCKED IT AGAIN

 

[Kafel]

That filter just has to go. It's almost unplayable with it on...just look at it

In fact I took some steps away from my PC and those screens look wayyyyyyyyyyy better.

Spoiler

...

 

[radios shipping overview]

I don't like it.
Not at all.
Not at all.

 

[h3ro]

I curious to see if it looks better in motion.






Please?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Damn i already ask my friend to barrow his 360 when i saw the news but man those screens are really bad .

 

[soqquatto]

screens

 

[Diablohead]

SEGA

YOU'VE FUCKED IT

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE

YOU'VE FUCKED IT AGAIN

those fuckers fucked up bad?

 

[Skilletor]

Nothing could stop me from playing this game over and over and over and over and over and over.

 

[GotchaForce]

I think that's an overreaching statement.

It's GAF. This always happens, a classic game gets announced, gets a shit filter, GAF explodes and later it's revealed you can play with the original settings anyways.

 

[op_ivy]

heh, i actually REALLY like it. it looks like the original, without the pixelization and passed through a yoshi's island filter

FOR

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

I was excited for this, then I saw the screenshots. D:

Sega Y U NO USE SOMEONE OTHER THAN BACKBONE?

 

[Go319]

i was *THIS* close to buying a 360 only for this updated remake.

after screens? NO.

I'll keep my Saturn copy thanks. bye.

 

[Princess Skittles]

NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED.

The word SEGA was in the thread title announcement.

NO SURPRISES.

 

[Teknoman]

...



Well...to be honest i'll still bite if the soundtrack remains the same. Hopefully you can just turn off the filter, because thats not redrawn anything. I need some videos of this asap...also why would it be held off till fall if they seem like they are pretty much done?

The filter really doesnt bother me, but that damn hud has to go. Didnt backbone do this same crap to X-Men Arcade?

 

[LiK]

It's GAF. This always happens, a classic game gets announced, gets a shit filter, GAF explodes and later it's revealed you can play with the original settings anyways.

I hope original mode is there......

 

[Credo]

And I was just about to buy this on Saturn. Thank God for you, GAF.

And after those screenshots, I still might buy this on Saturn.

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

damn, sega fucked it up.

 

[APZonerunner]

.

 

[SAB CA]

I don't think the animations are as good as you remember them.

For a game that had as much going on as it did, sure they are!

And I'm referencing things like the hand-drawn motion blur on the sword swings and the like, specifically. I could imagine different artist trying to use CPU rendered after effects instead (Soul Calibur weapon trail style), or losing some of the personality in wacky characters like Super Zur.

 

[levious]

It's GAF. This always happens, a classic game gets announced, gets a shit filter, GAF explodes and later it's revealed you can play with the original settings anyways.

not always, I think it was Metal Slug 3 that had no option to turn the filter off, and it was about as bad as this one.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

It looks like a watercolor version, but I honestly don't think it looks bad, just very different. Still, I really hope there's an option for keeping the original style.

Just to compare, this is what the original looks like scaled up to 720p, ratio retained:

And with cubic filtering:

 

[Teknoman]

I hope original mode is there......

Its gotta be right? I mean they wouldnt do the same thing that Ubisoft let happen to Turtles in Time right?

RIGHT?