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Mario Kart 8 is beautiful.
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Mohonky
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I have, but largely because the front page is majority TLOU threads, its virtually impossible to not click on one even if its an accident.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Not even close. MK8 outclasses it in every way.
Technical + Artistry
Its definitely in my top 3.
1)Ryse / Infamous
2)TLOU
3)MK8
Piston Hyundai
Member
sixteen-bit
Member
It's got good graphics for WiiU
Indeed, they really put a lot of effort into making the game look good but also adding the small extra detail that you wouldn't even look at in a racing game.
Bad post is bad, Wii U is current gen ergo Mario Kart 8 is current gen.
Another bad post Mario Kart 8 is 720p/60fps unless you do 4 player races then it goes down to 30fps.
Bad post is bad, Wii U is current gen ergo Mario Kart 8 is current gen.
Another bad post Mario Kart 8 is 720p/60fps unless you do 4 player races then it goes down to 30fps.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Come on, man. You know what he meant.
Saint Gregory
Member
Well to be fair, Naughty Dogs threads aren't really self-fellating. They tend to be more focused on bizarre anal insertions.
MK8 was the most beautiful current gen game that I'd played before playing TLoU:R though. I haven't played Ryse but Second Son can't get the nod because there were just to many performance sacrifices made to achieve its graphic fidelity imo.
MK8 and TLoU get the balance just right between artistic and technical performance to me.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
It's the look combined with the music.
See: Cloudtop Cruise
See: Cloudtop Cruise
Combined with the animations
Werewolf Jones
Member
Stopped playing it for a month and came back to it a few days ago and it's pretty refreshing to see it have the same effect on you as it did the first time you play it. Such a good looking game.
Saint Gregory
Member
I play it on a 65" and yes, it's amazing to see. Maybe it's just my set's video processing but it's really hard to notice the jaggies and shimmering at any other point but while waiting at the starting line. I never notice them during races or when watching replays.
Yep, the really special games are the ones that you leave for a while and then come back and it shocks you again. Coincidentally MK7 had this effect on 3DS. It's still one of the best looking 60fps in 3D games on the system.
he meant exactly what he said. no use putting words in someone else's mouth. it was a bad post. if he meant something else he would have said as much.
omegashockwave
Member
Ya definitely and it looks even better in motion. Add that with its amazing soundtrack, and its level of presentation is absolutely phenomenal.
Corleth the Fey
Member
I have, and I feel same way about them.
I was tired and I've not been feeling well and should have maybe kept my opinion to myself. For that I apologise.
So I shall leave this thread with a positive. My two and half year old shouted Me-me-o before I left the house this morning. We proceeded have a couple games of Mario Kart. Me driving - him honking the horn on the pad screen remorselessly at everyone I passed in online. It's not just about the graphics.
lol. Wouldn't that be top 4?
The game having no AA whatsoever has nothing to do with display calibration.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I know it's two pages later, but yes, my TV only does limited RGB. I know it's the game because it looks the same on the gamepad as well
nkarafo
Member
So far this is the console game that impressed me the most. I played Second Son and i didn't care for it that much, visually. My eyes feel better with MK8, for some reason. Maybe its the fluid 60fps. Maybe its the fact that it looks like a Pixar movie with almost no imperfections or glitches. Maybe its the little graphical touches here and there. Maybe its the animations. Dunno.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Ha Ryse and Infamous are too close but yeah I guess it could be a top 4.
Diprosalic
Banned
Toad is even more beautiful. I mean look at it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m91qkP5ZaN8
that's just comically good looking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m91qkP5ZaN8
that's just comically good looking.
Davey Cakes
Member
The lack of anti-aliasing is the ONLY problem with the game, visually.
Everything else about it is astoundingly gorgeous, colorful, detailed, and full of personality.
It's just about a perfect looking game from an art direction standpoint.
I'm trying to think of what tracks really sell the prettiness of it all. Perhaps Sweet Mountain is a good example. But hell, why even try to pick? The vast majority of the tracks look phenomenal.
Everything else about it is astoundingly gorgeous, colorful, detailed, and full of personality.
It's just about a perfect looking game from an art direction standpoint.
I'm trying to think of what tracks really sell the prettiness of it all. Perhaps Sweet Mountain is a good example. But hell, why even try to pick? The vast majority of the tracks look phenomenal.
Hawaii Jeff
Member
Good to see Nintendo getting to grips with HD.
Really too bad this wasn't out at Wii U launch. It would have made people view the Wii U differently. Stuff like NSMBU had a whiff of previous gen.
Really too bad this wasn't out at Wii U launch. It would have made people view the Wii U differently. Stuff like NSMBU had a whiff of previous gen.
Davey Cakes
Member
::clicks 1080p::
::goes full-screen::
::drools uncontrollably::
so hyped for that game. it's sure to be the sleeper hit of the year.
Leatherface
Member
Mario Kart 8 isn't perfect (I do notice the jaggies and that takes it down juuuuust slightly), but Nintendo did such a great job with effects that everything in the game has this weird fantasy land realism to it and things just pops to life. Everything from the perfect sheen of a turtle shell to puddles on the road and the superb lighting, it just seems that the development team really are masters of getting the most out of their hardware. It's really impressive to see. As someone who is a "graphics whore", I am very impressed with what Nintendo continues to get out of that little WiiU. 
Captain Europe
Member
I only notice some jaggies before the race starts and on the two leaves you can ride on at the end of Cloudtop Cruise.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Yep, it's astounding. I have a hard time thinking of a game with more visually interesting environments. You can race on those tracks a hundred times and notice new details each time.
Is Toad 1080/30? IQ does look much much better in this game, of course, levels are quite small it seems.
pooptacular
Member
Calibrate out the jaggies. Holy shit I have heard it all. Thanks for the laugh
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
Looks like something out of Pixar to me. That's the highest compliment I can give a game with that artstyle.
Azure Wolf
Banned
All technical considerations aside, in terms of art direction MK8's visuals are just so fresh and invigorating, coming from playing mainly PC with a GTX680, (so I'm maxing almost all games at 1080p + 60fps,) MK8 was still breathtaking to behold.
I'm playing MK8 on a fairly old 26" 720p TV, so maybe being a smaller TV and close to native res helps, but MK8's graphics still hold up to the best of what PC 1080p 60fps has to offer in terms of a HD gaming experience for me, despite the vast technical gulf between them.
Of course it's on a much weaker system in the Wii U, but it just goes to show that a simpler style of art direction can go the extra mile.
I'm playing MK8 on a fairly old 26" 720p TV, so maybe being a smaller TV and close to native res helps, but MK8's graphics still hold up to the best of what PC 1080p 60fps has to offer in terms of a HD gaming experience for me, despite the vast technical gulf between them.
Of course it's on a much weaker system in the Wii U, but it just goes to show that a simpler style of art direction can go the extra mile.
I'm assuming that it's 720p/60fps, I just watched the youtube video in 1080p
It seems to be a slow paced game. I wouldn't rule out 1080/30... like WindWaker? It doesn't seem to involve fast paced action where timing is crucial.
I'm just assuming 60fps because 3D World was 60fps and this game looks to have much smaller levels than 3D World did so I think they could pull off 720p/60fps with AA and lighting upgrades. at least that's what it looks like to me but I'm not super savvy with video game technology or techniques.
is there an archived twitch stream of Captain Toad on Treehouse Live @ E3? I think you'd be able to tell if it's 60fps from that.
Toad looked very smooth on the Treehouse's stream, I think it will be 60 fps.
Davey Cakes
Member
I never actually watched that Captain Toad trailer until now.
But yes, "comically good looking" sounds pretty apt to me. They should be able to do a lot more with the visuals and IQ considering the smaller scale of the stages, too.
Nintendo just makes good looking games. I think another great example is Nintendo Land, which is severely underappreciated.
But yes, "comically good looking" sounds pretty apt to me. They should be able to do a lot more with the visuals and IQ considering the smaller scale of the stages, too.
Nintendo just makes good looking games. I think another great example is Nintendo Land, which is severely underappreciated.
Smashman45
Member
It is indeed gorgeous. The various details and animations help sell it as well. The art really helps give off a bit of that "Pixar" look that I always wanted the series to take on when going "HD".
Never has the Mushroom Kingdom been more beautifully realized in my eyes. ...And this is from a Mario Kart game! XD
Never has the Mushroom Kingdom been more beautifully realized in my eyes. ...And this is from a Mario Kart game! XD
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
Yes it is.
Toad Harbor and N64 Rainbow Road are two tracks where I noticed some aggressive changes to the level of detail at a short distance ahead of my racer.
For example, the tracks of the trollies or the outer edge of the track (in Rainbow Road). Textures will become crisper in rapid stages very close to your racer. Tend to notice this more because my eyes follow the edges when I'm racing competitively.
Coins and spectating characters will pop in. Toad and Yoshi have low polygon versions utilized at even a very short distance. Large crowds are billboarded in there.
For a racing game, even under insane scrutiny, the detail is absolutely fantastic. Even things that probably won't be seen 99.9% of the time like the wood backing (with nails) on the back of the fake Goombas in Piranha Plant Slide or Peach's statue off in the distance on N64 Rainbow Road.
For example, the tracks of the trollies or the outer edge of the track (in Rainbow Road). Textures will become crisper in rapid stages very close to your racer. Tend to notice this more because my eyes follow the edges when I'm racing competitively.
Coins and spectating characters will pop in. Toad and Yoshi have low polygon versions utilized at even a very short distance. Large crowds are billboarded in there.
For a racing game, even under insane scrutiny, the detail is absolutely fantastic. Even things that probably won't be seen 99.9% of the time like the wood backing (with nails) on the back of the fake Goombas in Piranha Plant Slide or Peach's statue off in the distance on N64 Rainbow Road.
yep. they may get shit on to no end about their hardware choices but they are unparalleled on the software side.