I still don't get why they choose to make the game so desaturated compared to what we saw in the reveal
It's almost like the white balance in the game is wrong. I don't get why it looks the way it does.
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It's almost like the white balance in the game is wrong. I don't get why it looks the way it does.
Maybe it creates a sense of scale?
Why would someone laugh at this it's kinda true, that's how a Zelda with this art style would look like on the PS4
Makes you wonder ha...
papercan55
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I still don't get why they choose to make the game so desaturated compared to what we saw in the reveal
Thats still pretty much my only worry in regards to the visuals, i have my fingers crossed that it really is due to location/time of day e.t.c.
If not i will have to adjust my tv for the first time in a very long time in order to try and fix the washed out visuals.
I want my vivid colours back!
I think all games that are shown off too early in development get downgraded. What you get are more so like target renders than actual game play. Maybe that's why a lot of games now a days try to have quick announcements only a few months before release to get out of mis representing the game.
Nintendo's screenshots/captures are terrible. Everything is washed out.
Look at this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJSDZkOK0so
That's from June. Not washed out at all.
Look at this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJSDZkOK0so
That's from June. Not washed out at all.
NHarmonic.
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It might exist but still, the game looks damn fine and artistically interesting tbh.
Those screens didn't support your claim at all...
I love the look of the game, but the IQ and asset density are crap compared to the reveal.
plagiarize
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I can believe that we're looking at a Halo 2 situation here, rather than a target render. We could have been looking at a vertical slice. We see one large open area, and one smaller area with a fight in it. Who knows whether the engine could have coped with link visiting those distant areas. Who knows whether it could have coped with the numerous effects that the game now can (like grass catching fire, etc).
As you build your systems, sometimes you have to cut graphics back to accommodate them.
Either way, yes, it's graphically not as impressive as that reveal trailer. But there's way more going on in the world now.
As you build your systems, sometimes you have to cut graphics back to accommodate them.
Either way, yes, it's graphically not as impressive as that reveal trailer. But there's way more going on in the world now.
Did you seriously put an off screen footage when we have plenty of washed out direct feed stuff?
That off screen looks so saturated due to the TV's calibration. The game looks less washed out when certain weather happens in the game though, when I got to play it, even on the switch's screen it looked far more colourful than some of the screenshots Nintendo have released.
mocolostrocolos
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Yes it has.
OverturePT
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Curious, has anyone with hands on complained about this washed out thing?
killatopak
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Thor: The Dark World.
Some of the press shots from Nintendo of the wiiU version look a lot closer to the original version.
It's worth noting they are rendered at a MUCH higher resolution.
It's amazing what a simple res bump can do. Once you remove the resolution difference it basically looks identical to the original showing IMO.
It's worth noting they are rendered at a MUCH higher resolution.
It's amazing what a simple res bump can do. Once you remove the resolution difference it basically looks identical to the original showing IMO.
? I stated it's not as significant as people make it out to be, as in, that screenshot comparison on the first page isn't particularly compelling, even if there are definitely IQ issues. I don't think asset density is that different either, it's just that most of the gameplay footage we've seen is of the opening area.
Would I prefer the look of the initial reveal exactly? Sure, but if they had to sacrifice some graphical fidelity for their physics engine, then I'm ok with that.
People keep bringing up how the game is washed out too, it's definitely a weather/lighting effect, one can tell by watching gameplay footage or seeing screenshots at different time of day:
Maybe i'm late to the party on this. I never saw this video before today. Link takes a hit from a jumping attack that deals him 7.5 hearts of damage here: https://youtu.be/Na1cIOmfBlU?t=58s
However, it looks like he only loses 7 hearts, and loses another half heart from terrain damage since he fell down a small hill during knock back from the strike. Am I see things? Or a was this common knowledge that i just wasn't aware of?
ps: how do you hyperlink?
Garrett Hawke
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I think it was downgraded. I personally am not too bothered about it because I think the final result is aesthetically pleasing but I can see why some would be upset.
Stone Ocean
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Who said that reveal trailer was gameplay?
SmokedMeat
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I called it back when Nintendo showed off the very first gameplay reveal after the cinematic teaser. The portions of the map Link was running around in weren't nearly as detailed.
What we have now has certainly progressed from the actual gameplay video back then, but no doubt the original teaser was a target render made to look like real gameplay. Other companies do this and get called out for it. I believe this is the first time Nintendo's done this and they shouldn't be immune to the same criticisms other developers/publishers receive.
In the end its down to the individual whether this really upsets you or not.
What we have now has certainly progressed from the actual gameplay video back then, but no doubt the original teaser was a target render made to look like real gameplay. Other companies do this and get called out for it. I believe this is the first time Nintendo's done this and they shouldn't be immune to the same criticisms other developers/publishers receive.
In the end its down to the individual whether this really upsets you or not.
Yeah you wouldn't believe what a huge Nintendo fanboy I am. Omg.
The game still looks fantastic so why not?
I also gave Witcher 3 a pass since it sill looked awesome after the downgrade.
GregLombardi
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I don't know how you guys put up with this shit. I've been on GAF for 20+ years (registered for less obviously) and it has gotten really bad. The bias and agendas are overwhelming. Is it Russian bots or something? How do we help people see things objectively?
Like the hat?
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It still looks great in person on the switch except for the jaggies. Really wish they would have put in some sort of AA on the switch.
Edit apparently they were using 4k TVs at the tour event so maybe it looks better on a 1080p tv. Did look really great on the switch screen in handheld mode.
Edit apparently they were using 4k TVs at the tour event so maybe it looks better on a 1080p tv. Did look really great on the switch screen in handheld mode.
paragonpro
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Obviously, but there are bery few games that dont have their visuals "downgraded" in the years after the first trailer. Think of it this way, a console is only capable of so much, especially the switch and wii u. The choice at nintendo likely was you either got that version of the not running great. Or something with less detail and toned down vfx running far better. Yeah it sucks that publishers still feel the need to show unrealistic first trailers, but the "downgrading" were talking about is really just optimization.
Neoleo2143
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Yeah, that's the physics, if you get sent reeling, you can take bonus damage.
Haunted
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grass confirmed
Starfish Hero
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The Switch has brought out the worst in GAF and I don't know why
Triggerhappytel
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It looked very barren in the first gameplay trailer I saw where Miyamoto and Iwata were playing together, and it looks much better now.
KainXVIII
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Yeah, even Uncharted 4.
Grass?!
This GIF reminds me that man, Link's design is so much better in BotW compared to Skyward Sword. In fact I think the designs of Zelda, Link and the main races are the best they've been since Wind Waker.
Actually Aonuma, back in 2014 I believe.
Like, seriously! OMG.
Aonuma.
TetraGenesis
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nice water
finalgamer
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Of course it was. The original reveal would only be feasible if they cut the world size down. The game still has a far better artstyle than any open world game I've seen. Far Cry 2 still remains the king of open world realistic looking artstyled games with its no-HUD and immediate immersive expansiveness.
TetraGenesis
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Your post has too many words. How would you score the open world artstyle of BotW?
Milly Osworth
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The worst? Oh my sweet summer child. This is nothing.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Very unfair! Sad! Fake mod!