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[Cipherr]

Holy fucking shit dude.



Holy holy SHIT!


If this is made by Treasure.......Dude holy fucking shit.

 

[JohngPR]

It is. Not just a normal filter, so i'm hoping it looks great in motion, keeps the original soundtrack, and has good netcode.

No one knows if backbone is involved yet.

I hope it looks better in motion too. Otherwise, I don't see how anyone can look at that and think, "Sweet, let's start making screenshots and put them out for everone to see!".

 

[Ryu bogard]

I don't care how shitty it ends up looking I am still getting it.

 

[Koralsky]

Doesn't look good

Will buy it (day one) if they released PSN version (my Saturn is broken :/).

I'm dying for Treasure PS3 collection on one disk.

Why Treasure hate Sony? Microsoft paying them?

 

[Princess Skittles]

I always thought sprites in games were created digitally, not drawn on paper/cels then scanned. Am I wrong?

It can be one or the other or a combination of the two, there is not just one way of creating 2D graphics.

 

[SAB CA]

Woulda preferred This:

Click for What a GH HD SHOULD look like!

Oy. But knew not to expect it ^_^ Sub-20 buck ports redrawing all animation frames for 45 + playable characters + BGs? Ugh.

Still though, it's Guardian Heroes! So the Gameplay will 100% be there, as long as the shift to Widescreen + 12 Player battle doesn't destroy that.

 

[Kafel]

Doesn't look good

Will buy it (day one) if they released PSN version (my Saturn is broken :/).

I'm dying for Treasure PS3 collection on one disk.

Why Treasure hate Sony? Microsoft paying them?

Nice.

 

[jj984jj]

It doesn't really matter if Backbone is confirmed or not, I doubt it's coming from Treasure and it looks terrible.

 

[grindamasta]

Will buy it if there is an option to turn off the filter.

 

[Suzzopher]

SEGA's Euro site has it listed for PSN: http://www.sega.co.uk/games/guardian-heroes/

 

[Teknoman]

Reposting certain sections since we have screenshots to compare by.

Sat. ver playthrough Chapter 1

1 on 1 versus

Anime intro Sat. ver

And yeah, hopefully the widescreen doesnt throw off all the cool zooming effects.

I wont lie...i'm buying it as long as there is no strange slowdown issue or messed up music.

 

[LiK]

SEGA's Euro site has it listed for PSN: http://www.sega.co.uk/games/guardian-heroes/

Join in our misery

 

[Tain]

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

Without exception.

WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

To be fair, pixel aspect ratios were often not 1:1 on older hardware. The good, simple solution is to multiply the original's resolution to the largest integer possible, using nearest neighbor, and then filling the remaining difference with bilinear filtering to get as big of a 4:3 image as you can. That way, you get extremely minimal blur, crisp pixels, proper aspect ratio.

But if they were true ballers with this port, they'd make a realtime filter that looks like this:

 

[Zabka]

Woulda preferred This:
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6465/ghscreen.jpg[IMG]
Oy. But knew not to expect it ^_^ Sub-20 buck ports redrawing all animation frames for 45 + playable characters + BGs? Ugh.

Still though, it's Guardian Heroes! So the Gameplay will 100% be there, as long as the shift to Widescreen + 12 Player battle doesn't destroy that.[/QUOTE]
Don't even post that beautiful image here. It's just going to make everyone more upset.

 

[.la1n]

Holy shit what did they do to my guardian heroes?

 

[K.Jack]

This is the first game announcement, which makes my PC/PS3 combo cry.


I've bought all of the Genesis Classics on Steam, Sega. HOOK ME UP FFS!

 

[V_Ben]

SEGA's Euro site has it listed for PSN: http://www.sega.co.uk/games/guardian-heroes/

So, probably XBLA exclusive... in the US? Bizarre.

Edit: PR doesn't mention PSN version though. Bizarre.

 

[Orayn]

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

Without exception.

WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

I'm going to politely disagree and posit that HQ2X (or 3/4X) can look really good on certain games if the art style was "soft" to begin with, like the Kirby series. For anything with truly beautiful pixel art and/or lots of sharp lines, I agree with you 100%.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Holy shit, it looks like someone drew those Guardian Heroes screenshots in MS Paint.

More like Corel Painter.

I remember seeing SFA drawings of the animation, which suggest that they were at least hand drawn first. Dunno about scanned.

Maybe someone can shed light to this.

It depends. Scanned, not very often. Rotoscoped, sometimes.

 

[Suzzopher]

So, probably XBLA exclusive... in the US? Bizarre.

Like OutRun Online.

 

[see5harp]

Its the initial shock that got most people (myself included). Hopefully a trailer surfaces today...something like this really needs video behind it.

Yea I get the shock. It doesn't really look like that much like the original. I think you gotta appreciate what The Behemoth did with Castle Crashers when you consider what is standard practice with these smaller developers working within the genre. In any case, if it's $10 I'll still be there to support Treasure when it comes out.

 

[alstein]

holy shit, might buy a 360 now!

This is a system seller.

 

[LiK]

Gameplay trailer needs to be released soon. I need to see it in action.

 

[ULTROS!]

So, probably XBLA exclusive... in the US? Bizarre.

Edit: PR doesn't mention PSN version though. Bizarre.

I'm guessing it's a mistake.

Speaking of Sega, where's mah Space Channel 5 pt. 2 for PSN/XBLA first?

 

[Teknoman]

I wonder if they'll end up rewriting the script, or mess with character voices...

 

[Blimblim]

SEGA's Euro site has it listed for PSN: http://www.sega.co.uk/games/guardian-heroes/

French PR only mentions XBLA.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

SEGA's Euro site has it listed for PSN: http://www.sega.co.uk/games/guardian-heroes/

I see nothing there, what am I missing?

 

[SlaughterX]

Finally... now can we get a release date for Radiant Silvergun?

 

[Orayn]

It depends. Scanned, not very often. Rotoscoped, sometimes.

Modern 2D games sometimes use a variation on rotoscoping where they draw over animated 3D mannequins, correct?

 

[Kintaco]

Where do I apply for a job, it took me all of 5 secs to do this!

 

[Red Nightmare]

I'd love to get the Saturn Clockwork Knight games next. So charming and fun, if a bit short and easy.

 

[Suzzopher]

I see nothing there, what am I missing?

Guardian Heroes™
available on
Xbox LIVE®Arcade - Summer, 2011
PlayStation®Network - Summer, 2011

This.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Modern 2D games sometimes use a variation on rotoscoping where they draw over animated 3D mannequins, correct?

I don't know how often that might be the case, but everything is possible. Hell, even digitized clay.

 

[vazel]

Oh wow those screenshots are nasty.

 

[Cipherr]

It doesn't really matter if Backbone is confirmed or not, I doubt it's coming from Treasure and it looks terrible.

Online multi though....

 

[Takeda Kenshi]

Regardless of graphics will still buy.

 

[Cmagus]

who seriously thought that those graphics looked good almost a turn off.

 

[Teknoman]

Too bad they didnt release a character select screen. Hopefully that wont look too bare.

 

[Orayn]

I don't know how often that might be the case, but everything is possible. Hell, even digitized clay.

I believe it was the technique used for the most recent King of Fighters game, but we haven't seen it in too many other places yet.
It's a shame, really. Seems like a pretty easy way to make attractive 2D graphics without breaking the bank.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Can't say I care too much about the graphics, although I'm more concerned about how it affects the colour than the sprite fidelity. I'll still buy it.

 

[Teknoman]

Whats funny is that like other posters mentioned, when shrunk or not viewed up close, the screenshots look pretty nice.

 

[Princess Skittles]

I'm actually surprised somebody hasn't posted the Penny Arcade Sega snuff film comic yet.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

This.

Oh, all right, it automatically redirected me to the US site, I had to choose the UK version from the drop-down menu.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Online multi though....

Have you ever tried online multiplayer in a backbone game? Gunstar Heroes was unplayable online.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Holy shit @ the screenshots. Shit reminds me of that awful Double Dragon XBLA arcade port's super shitty "arranged" graphics.

I don't care about seeing it in motion; they're taking one of the all time most demanded classic Japanese games of the 1990s and treating like My First Adventure With Photoshop Filters and MS Paint by Billy, Age 8?

It's like a sick practical joke.

 

[taoofjord]

A dream come true as long as the port is handled with integrity. I ADORE this game.

I also want Dragon Force ported to the 360.

 

[Teknoman]

I think that blood effect is new?

 

[K.Jack]

Speaking of Sega, where's mah Space Channel 5 pt. 2 for PSN/XBLA first?

Isn't it weird, that SC5: Part 2 is on Steam, but not the consoles?

Sometimes it seems as if Sega just rolls the dice, to determine what platform they'll support next.

 

[VisanidethDM]

Dear gaming industry, when we say "HD 2D graphics" we mean something like this:

and not this:

Thanks.

 

[pantyhelmet]

I wonder if they'll end up rewriting the script, or mess with character voices...

If i don't hear Zur Pa Iyah say "EN SUDU MAAAAAAAAH!" its not worth my time. I 'm pretty confident a Ps3 version will be revealed.

EN SUDU MAAAAAAAAH!