FreedomFighter
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Can't wait!
Hellz yeah. This game is gonna be so awesome.
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Why does Monster Hunter 4 have to look like shit?
- Thread starter AgentOtaku
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Hellz yeah. This game is gonna be so awesome.
Haunted
Member
Sounds like you don't know Agentotaku very well.
AranhaHunter
Banned
Because it's on 3DS.
test_account
XP-39C²
Ok, i see, thanks. So it is more like the previous Monster Hunter games with smaller areas? I was wondering since there is that big field in the background
Sammy Samusu
Member
Some opinions are changing when it comes to MH4.
It looks great in motion just like many other games.
It looks great in motion just like many other games.
evilromero
Member
Not really. Mario 3D and Revelations looked good. This looks like an N64 game.
Electivirus
Member
I want to find these magical PS1 and N64 games that people apparently have.
I think you need your eyes checked, I can't see any fog in those pics.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Go ahead and post a screenshot of a N64 game that looks better than this.
Ok, i see, thanks. So it is more like the previous Monster Hunter games with smaller areas? I was wondering since there is that big field in the background
It seems like that MH4's focus will be on bigger and more complex areas than in previous games, due to how important verticality is to the new gameplay systems.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
I think MH4 looks slightly worse than MH3U on the 3DS, but it might be because they're still finishing up MH4. I really liked how on every platform MH3U looks very unified and cohesive in its art design. nothing stands out too badly. I don't think MH4 is quite there yet.
B/W's animations was the lightswitch for me. Either that, or that they're still trying to catch up to Pokemon Stadium which was released over 10 years ago.
At least with Monster Hunter, you get a glimpse at this big world and can fully appreciate these humongous monsters that you go to battle with. Sure, you can't visit all the vistas so the areas could stand to be bigger. But in Pokemon, you can only imagine how things should really look like.
ArchedThunder
Banned
The only thing that looks bad is the textures, and on the 3DS's screen that won't be as apparent.
Silphonica
Banned
Handhelds.
RyougaSaotome
Member
This is news to me! When I played it at TGS, it was the same basic Monster Hunter framework. A fairly large map split into smaller sections, with some short load times between areas. According to every article in Famitsu or Dengeki, the game has hubs where you do your shopping, sleep, farm etc.
I'm excited for the game, but it's nowhere even close to being an open world game. At least not in any traditional sense.
For the record, MH4 looked great in motion back at TGS. The textures on the landscapes still look awful, but everything else is pretty great.
shouamabane
Member
It looks like a video game.
I wish Japanese people played consoles, then we could have our glorious console MH without
oo graphics. Stupid Japanese.Capcom: "Hey we just found out how to beat the Taurus Demon"
A more direct comparison
PS2: (2004-2006)
3DS: (2011-)
phosphor112
Banned
Low production, high volume. That's Capcom for you.
Also, it's an open world on the 3DS...
Also, it's an open world on the 3DS...
Open-ish. Maps are still broken into segments, but those segments are bigger and more detailed than in previous games.
The 3ds screen is not that big. The game looks great.
Yep MH4 looks worse
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
I guess I'm a lunatic because watching that video, all I could was how much fucking fun that game is gonna be. The 3 dimensional nature of the new combat and level design is awesome.
I don't give one goddamn fuck about the ground textures and I guess I have a hard time seeing things from the perspective of people who do. The gameplay looks more fun than ever and I would assume that's what other monhun fans would want above all else.
I don't give one goddamn fuck about the ground textures and I guess I have a hard time seeing things from the perspective of people who do. The gameplay looks more fun than ever and I would assume that's what other monhun fans would want above all else.
3DS-res trailer GIF because it does look better in motion.
The ground texture looks a lot better than that one in the G. Jaggi pic.
They don't look much better there either, but the Jaggi pic is kinda aimed so you so all those nasty floor textures. This game is going to be really ugly on an XL, isn't it?
3DS-res trailer GIF because it does look better in motion.
Looks like... FUN!
Phonomezer
Banned
Don't they? Are you an expert?
Lightning Lord
Banned
I'd love to know what N64 games you have been playing, cause I want them on my system.
It's serviceable at least there compared to the G. Jaggi pic.
Yup, looks better here too.
The animations look lovely.
I really hope that they don't port it, but make a G version instead built from the ground up for whatever system it comes to. 3 Ultimate on WiiU looks awful (especially the weapon textures which look literally untouched), and doesn't even run at 60FPS.
It's a 3DS port and it shows. WiiU->3DS multiplayer isn't worth it.
It's a 3DS port and it shows. WiiU->3DS multiplayer isn't worth it.
Failing that, I wish they gave us an option to cap the framerate at 30. When it's running faster, the unlocked framerate means there's still distracting judder.
I've seen people say it should be 45 fps. That doesn't excuse the fact it is a shame it isn't able to be at a steady 45fps.
AgentOtaku
Member
It's certainly why I still find the series endearing. Like I said though, it could do so much more visually.
Looks bleh because the art sucks in conjunction with some iffy draw distances and inconsistent ground textures (which can make any otherwise good looking game look bad). Additionally, as with every other 3DS game, static pictures and captured video never really give a good glimpse of how it looks in motion.
Gianni Merryman
Member
Of course 4G is bound to be on 3DS in a couple of years after 4 releases, I mean, I haven't got a crystal ball but by then it may have already easily outsold PSP ltd so I don't see why should they switch platform, besides they are already building this up from scratch tailoring it on 3DS.
Vermillion
Banned
I agree with OP, but not because of port begging or anything.
The console versions - by which I mean the Wii U version - should look far better, and I'd love to see it. Don't get me wrong - I'm still going to buy and play the Monster Hunter series, but I would without question prefer HD assets.
And a real lock-on, like, really.
Now, unlike seemingly most of GAF, I can't tell framerate well, so MH3U for Wii U never bothered me in that respect. But better graphics would go a long way in terms of immersion into the game and the sense of taking down crazy monsters. It's kind of lazy that they did almost nothing with the Wii U version.
The console versions - by which I mean the Wii U version - should look far better, and I'd love to see it. Don't get me wrong - I'm still going to buy and play the Monster Hunter series, but I would without question prefer HD assets.
And a real lock-on, like, really.
Now, unlike seemingly most of GAF, I can't tell framerate well, so MH3U for Wii U never bothered me in that respect. But better graphics would go a long way in terms of immersion into the game and the sense of taking down crazy monsters. It's kind of lazy that they did almost nothing with the Wii U version.
It will easily hit it by sometime within the next two years. Just depends on how much MH4/Pokemon can really move.