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The Official Endless Ocean 2 thread: A humpback whale is about to ram us!
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More pics from my latest dive.
There are a couple of pics of a mural which some sensitive types may want to see first hand themselves in game first. It's not really a spoiler though. I had to post it because the detail on the mural is amazing.
http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/e...s-page-13_318_19.html&perPage=20#comment56870
Dang, I'm at 24 hrs already and barely scratched the surface. I've found there are secondary events, for instance when you dive a location again you get more events and cutscenes.
The jukebox is a POS BTW. Anytime there is some bit of dialogue or mini-cutscene, the music stops and wont return.
There are a couple of pics of a mural which some sensitive types may want to see first hand themselves in game first. It's not really a spoiler though. I had to post it because the detail on the mural is amazing.
http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/e...s-page-13_318_19.html&perPage=20#comment56870
Dang, I'm at 24 hrs already and barely scratched the surface. I've found there are secondary events, for instance when you dive a location again you get more events and cutscenes.
The jukebox is a POS BTW. Anytime there is some bit of dialogue or mini-cutscene, the music stops and wont return.
gamingeek said:More pics from my latest dive.
There are a couple of pics of a mural which some sensitive types may want to see first hand themselves in game first. It's not really a spoiler though. I had to post it because the detail on the mural is amazing.
http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/e...s-page-13_318_19.html&perPage=20#comment56870
Dang, I'm at 24 hrs already and barely scratched the surface. I've found there are secondary events, for instance when you dive a location again you get more events and cutscenes.
The jukebox is a POS BTW. Anytime there is some bit of dialogue or mini-cutscene, the music stops and wont return.
Indeed, I am quite surprised how well some of the murals/statues look.
http://f.imagehost.org/view/0128/Dolphin_2010-02-11_13-40-43-83 Might contain spoilers for some of you.
hamzik said:
:lol That's great.
I started in on the U.S. version last night for some preview coverage we're working on at N-Sider. I took a number of lackluster shots
but I love this one:
The Hermit
Member
Tab0203 said:
sooo are you enjoying it?
gamingeek said:
EO2 seems to be one of those games that works well in HD because it sometimes has some nice texture work going on. Still 100.000 to go, collecting a mill is getting tedious :lol
Edit: I wonder if this still works, the salvageable stuff can be so random from time to time :lol
Borrowed it from my friend "for a while" and ended up playing it almost nonstop and finishing the story in 13 hours. Tons of stuff left to do, buying it soon, it's a keeper
Some fish don't have their bodies animated and just flap in zig zag when they move. Kind of ruins the atmosphere but thankfully they're very rare in a couple of locations only (like those you see in a big school when you first dive in the Aegean).
The story was nothing special for the most part and at times I disliked how fantasy it is into such a game but it mostly did make me keep going forward, that's why I finished it first I guess. Lol @
near the end, I totally didn't see that coming :lol
They should never have put that
part in though, among a couple of other clunky instances (the
area wasn't the best it could be either). But overall it's a bigger, better, more compelling and more beautiful game than the first for sure. I love it. I hope it sells decently (even if not as much as the first) and Arika gets to make more. Maybe with a bigger budget so they can redo the engine and stuff to be better.
All the above water stuff are so clunky and disconnected, like the mechanical motion of the jet skis on water, etc. They should improve the fish movement patterns as well, and devote time in modeling better the few species that aren't so good currently. And those "puzzles" where you just select a response basically could instead be done similar to Another Code R with motion stuff and proper graphical representation.
The seascapes should be more complex too. There should be holes and caves and rock formations and stuff more often, not just in set pieces. Sealife should be found in more natural locations. I want octopus and crabs and such (and some of the bigger fish species also actually) to be hiding in holes and under rock formations so I have to go real close and under to find them. Most species just float mid-depth waiting for you. Stuff like that would make discovery cooler. But I want more anyway
You shouldn't play games in emus for the proper experience, the appearance of that model is cleaner than on Wii but it seems all wrong and not shaded like it's in the game. Hopefully the sea stuff are better and didn't hinder your experience but yeah, you never know... Probably had more frame rate issues too. Sit further from the TV for low res.
Some fish don't have their bodies animated and just flap in zig zag when they move. Kind of ruins the atmosphere but thankfully they're very rare in a couple of locations only (like those you see in a big school when you first dive in the Aegean).
The story was nothing special for the most part and at times I disliked how fantasy it is into such a game but it mostly did make me keep going forward, that's why I finished it first I guess. Lol @
GG's sob story
They should never have put that
"following" the dolphin by boat
river
All the above water stuff are so clunky and disconnected, like the mechanical motion of the jet skis on water, etc. They should improve the fish movement patterns as well, and devote time in modeling better the few species that aren't so good currently. And those "puzzles" where you just select a response basically could instead be done similar to Another Code R with motion stuff and proper graphical representation.
The seascapes should be more complex too. There should be holes and caves and rock formations and stuff more often, not just in set pieces. Sealife should be found in more natural locations. I want octopus and crabs and such (and some of the bigger fish species also actually) to be hiding in holes and under rock formations so I have to go real close and under to find them. Most species just float mid-depth waiting for you. Stuff like that would make discovery cooler. But I want more anyway
You shouldn't play games in emus for the proper experience, the appearance of that model is cleaner than on Wii but it seems all wrong and not shaded like it's in the game. Hopefully the sea stuff are better and didn't hinder your experience but yeah, you never know... Probably had more frame rate issues too. Sit further from the TV for low res.
Agnates said:
Solid 30 FPS in 1080P with 16AA and 16AF. Sorry, I'am willing to take a little graphical glitch for granted here and there with those kind of settings
(http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19630234&postcount=2179 and http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19660925&postcount=2186 for some examples). Anyways, I encountered a certain creature during salvaging today. Anyone seen the
Sea Serpent
Thanks!gamingeek said:Excellent Gifs Tab, I loved your off screen pics of the first game a couple of years back.
Baiano19 said:sooo are you enjoying it?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15271909&postcount=32JADS said:Solid 30 FPS in 1080P with 16AA and 16AF. Sorry, I'am willing to take a little graphical glitch for granted here and there with those kind of settings
True HD with 16AA/AF. This generation is hilarious.nincompoop said:
Endless Ocean 2 really needs a bullshot feature similar to most PS360 games.
(Halo 3, GT5 etc) You'd think it was the other way around...It looks so much better in real life.
This is closer to what it looks like in person/motion (decent 16:9 SD CRT) at 3m distance. Try to ignore the moire effect, distorted black level, brightness etc.
http://i50.tinypic.com/2be4u8.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/q102.gif
I love this game.
BravoSuperStar
Member
Oh man I am so hyped for this, the original is probably my most played Wii game behind NSMB/Galaxy. Those screenshots are beautiful, I love the depth of field in this game.
JADS said:Solid 30 FPS in 1080P with 16AA and 16AF. Sorry, I'am willing to take a little graphical glitch for granted here and there with those kind of settings
I don't like my jaggies either, but that shot you posted of Nancy looks like crap to me. All flat and ugly. And Nancy doesn't need any help looking like crap. :lol And then there's the eye-twisting variation in resolution of the interface elements..
I'm not going rooting through your other shots yet--I'm not quite done with the main SP quest yet--but I see these emulation shots a lot around here and my first thought is almost always that hey, that one element right there looks pretty cool, but given the inconsistent look of the rest, I would never be able to play a game like that.
I don't mean to sound hostile, I'm sorry if I do... really, whatever works for you is just fine... but I am not convinced that for me, playing that way is better than playing on a set like my Panasonic plasma that can do SD content justice. When EO4 or whatever is on the next HD Nintendo console, made for it form the ground up, then I'll happily take the extra res.
zigg said:
Oh no, you didn't sound hostile at all. If I had a TV that would be able to display a great image such as your plasma, I would have been playing the game on my TV with the comfy couch. It's just that I have a typical run of the mill Samsung 1080P set with a horrible horrible scaler. Ofcourse the incositensies are a bit offsetting (I haven't posted them, but the screens above water don't look that great) and they do bother me, but it's either that or insane crappy image quality.
Awesome pics Tab.
I posted a few more of my own here:
http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/e...s-page-13_318_19.html&perPage=20#comment56952
Look at the scratches there. That's detail.
I posted a few more of my own here:
http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/e...s-page-13_318_19.html&perPage=20#comment56952
Look at the scratches there. That's detail.
I took some orgasmic pics last night
Some of you sensitive types that want to experience the species first hand might want to avoid the pics of the Basking shark and Narwal whales.
You have been warned.
http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/e...ressions-_318_19.html&perPage=20#comment57015
I updated my aquarium.
Some of you sensitive types that want to experience the species first hand might want to avoid the pics of the Basking shark and Narwal whales.
You have been warned.
http://thevgpress.com/forumtopics/e...ressions-_318_19.html&perPage=20#comment57015
I updated my aquarium.
We started our "dive journal" series today. Going to be doing this for two weeks.
Should be a lot of fun, we made up some characters for this and I'm already enjoying their escapades.
Should be a lot of fun, we made up some characters for this and I'm already enjoying their escapades.
Oceane has a better character model than your chick does (if you make a female character). Especially when you see her showering in a swimsuit. Your character that is, not Oceane, there's no pedovoyeur stuff in the game (she's what, 15 years old or something). But yeah it's a better made model, weird that not all characters use the same base really. At least it's not noticable underwater where most of the game is, but yeah, weird.
Finally got the
unlocked again. Apparently it only costs
, I am not sure if that really is the costs because the cutscene was triggered once I went over the mark. If it is, I will yell at Dolphin for strangely not working correctly. God, it felt like a job collecting all the cash :lol
Cavern of the Gods
Half a mill
I'm buying this, of course, but my custom soundtracks and those of other GAFfers were what made the first game one of my favorites of all time. I'm glad to hear that you guys think the music is better than the original's Enya envy, but I'd rather be diving with Eno and Budd, you know?
Nintendo's unwillingness to pay peanuts for MP3 decoder licenses speaks well to their business sense and very poorly of their common decency.
Nintendo's unwillingness to pay peanuts for MP3 decoder licenses speaks well to their business sense and very poorly of their common decency.
Endless Ocean 2 U.S Experience video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCaFqJ4E5s&feature=player_embedded
LOL Mom an daughter combo? It's a turtle!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCaFqJ4E5s&feature=player_embedded
LOL Mom an daughter combo? It's a turtle!!!
*cringe* How nice, a 5 litres aquarium full of goldfish, what a good idea to show that in an advertisment... >_>
Anyway, I still don't know the use of some items, usually it's jewellery, roses and useless stuff like that. I tried going into my private reef and see if I can put them somewhere but no luck. They are still in my inventory with a "Wrapped Present" icon. I tried to offer them to dolphins (they don't want to be my parters ), put it on my island but no luck.
Maybe I should try offer them to the totem >_>
Anyway, I still don't know the use of some items, usually it's jewellery, roses and useless stuff like that. I tried going into my private reef and see if I can put them somewhere but no luck. They are still in my inventory with a "Wrapped Present" icon. I tried to offer them to dolphins (they don't want to be my parters
), put it on my island but no luck.Maybe I should try offer them to the totem >_>
Hero of Canton
Member
Some of my pics:
Spent just under 50 hours with it for review, then loaned the game to my sister-in-law - who played the first for around 80-odd hours - and I'm missing it already. Want to get back and nab all the treasure and do all the side-missions. It's oddly addictive.
Spent just under 50 hours with it for review, then loaned the game to my sister-in-law - who played the first for around 80-odd hours - and I'm missing it already. Want to get back and nab all the treasure and do all the side-missions. It's oddly addictive.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
The graphical boost from the original to this, when you finally see it on your TV, is rather staggering. Its a total overhaul.
gamingeek said:
I tried, haven't seen it after that scene
Thanks god I had FRAPS running. I must say the attention to detail on the model is nice, even in HD Don't click this link unless you have seen the scene in the South Canyon in Ciceros Straight
Sammy Samusu
Member
JESUS CHRIST! :lolhamzik said:My customer was blissfully oblivious to the grave danger he was in.
CheapChampagne
Neo Member
that is INSANE how much detail are in those pictures..... my copy can't arrive soon enough!
Sammy Samusu
Member
We are going to have a photo contest, RIGHT?