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Ninokuni PS3 - Official site open (screens, trailer)
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Callibretto
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nelsonroyale said:
looking at both this and Naruto Storm 2 trailer, Naruto's facial animation is better than this game. you can feel the emotion in Naruto's trailer while in this one, currently, the face is a bit stiff, except in the fireball spell scene. that one is well done.
Katana_Strikes
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OH MY! <3
I'm in love with it. Defo my most wanted game right now. Looks beautiful and I'm defo geto DQ8 vibes from it with a bit of Pokemon going on it the battles. But is it an upgraded WKC engine?
I pray to God that this comes to the West.
I'm in love with it. Defo my most wanted game right now. Looks beautiful and I'm defo geto DQ8 vibes from it with a bit of Pokemon going on it the battles. But is it an upgraded WKC engine?
I pray to God that this comes to the West.
RoadHazard
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Since the screens thread seems to have died in favor of this one I'll just repost what I posted there:
Looks absolutely gorgeous! But why can we never get fully cel-shaded backgrounds, just like the characters? You can easily tell that the backgrounds are polygons with hand-drawn textures applied, while the characters are pretty much indistinguishable from their drawn counterparts. Having everything cel-shaded to the same degree would make the results unbelievable. Is cel-shading really that taxing on the hardware?
Still, it looks great. Please localize! I don't speak a word Japanese, and I couldn't muster playing through a game like this with a translation guide.
Looks absolutely gorgeous! But why can we never get fully cel-shaded backgrounds, just like the characters? You can easily tell that the backgrounds are polygons with hand-drawn textures applied, while the characters are pretty much indistinguishable from their drawn counterparts. Having everything cel-shaded to the same degree would make the results unbelievable. Is cel-shading really that taxing on the hardware?
Still, it looks great. Please localize! I don't speak a word Japanese, and I couldn't muster playing through a game like this with a translation guide.
nelsonroyale
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Callibretto said:
Thats the style they are going for...Ghibli films use subtle facial expressions rather than the schizophrenic emoting present in naruto.... I do agree it is a little stiff at this stage.
I still maintain that the overall visual cohesion in this is quite a bit better than the naruto game...the naruto game has 2d backgrounds in the field (I think)...
Necroscope
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I have tears in my eyes... Over-world! Is Level 5 going to be the old Square?
RoadHazard said:
The backdrops in Ghibli's movies are hand-painted, and mostly static. Creating painting-like scenery in 3D would be an extremely complex thing to do.
GOW3 is the exception, of course!(lolz)
Level 5 I think got really close with that town, although the forest looks kinda blah. I don't think they are going for a painterly look anyway.
RoadHazard
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jett said:
Yeah, you're right. I was wrong to suggest cel-shaded backgrounds, since cel-shading gives that undetailed, flat look of animated characters rather than hand-painted backgrounds (which are usually much more detailed).
I'd still like to see a fully cel-shaded game (maybe they exist, I just haven't played one), but when going for the Ghibli look it's obviously not the right choice.
Is there any other technique which could be used to make 3D environments look more hand-painted and less polygonal?
I'm really looking forward to playing both games, especially now that I see even the battles are a bit different in the PS3 version. In the DS version, Oliver can attack on his own, but it looks like your human party members in the PS3 version each have an Imagine and they command them to attack for them.
nelsonroyale
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StuBurns said:
Agreed...you can't really compare an animated movie to a 2d game, just because they have parity of art approach...3d gives more of an opportunity to be immersed in the world and appreciate the visuals
Agreed, that Team ICO, visually and aurally are on a par with Ghibli...the don't need any help
Hydrargyrus
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For what I've read this is the book for the PS3 version (but it looks like a box to me...)
I think that this is the box where the game and the hypothetical book will come (as the box in the Ds version)
I think that this is the box where the game and the hypothetical book will come (as the box in the Ds version)
Katana_Strikes
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So is there no movie for this? Just a (2) game?
The overworld is droolworthy. I'm dying to play this game. Can't wait to see more.
HYPE HYPE HYPE!
The overworld is droolworthy. I'm dying to play this game. Can't wait to see more.
HYPE HYPE HYPE!
TheChillyAcademic
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WHELP THAT SETTLES IT.
Sorry Versus, a full scale AMAZIN trailer beats out a page and a half of scans.
Ninokuni has bounced ahead as most anticipated!!
Sorry Versus, a full scale AMAZIN trailer beats out a page and a half of scans.
Ninokuni has bounced ahead as most anticipated!!
BotoxAgent
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OMG OMG
sooo fackin' good!!!
sooo fackin' good!!!
Johnanderson
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ULTROS! said:
Both very cool but really really unrelated.
Reneledarker
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The world looks amazing and full of life, lets just hope the game play is decent.
Johnanderson
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I think the title should be called "Studio Ghibli + Level 5 = Awesomeness"
Die Squirrel Die
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Even if all it amounts to is that snippet in the trailer, the design of the overworld already looks better than all the level design in Level 5's other own brand console RPGs.
NonexistentK
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if Sony's smart they'll lock the Move support with this one since the spell casting mechanic is built around motion inputs.
