9th February 2003, 4:27 AM
9th February 2003, 1:29 PM
A little, but not enough to say yes. I still dislike it.
9th February 2003, 1:58 PM
My opinion is the same.
I liked the graphics when I first saw and I still do.
I liked the graphics when I first saw and I still do.
9th February 2003, 1:59 PM
My opinion changed. First I liked them, now I love them :D
9th February 2003, 2:15 PM
they don't sicken me the way they used to...but they still don't please me.
9th February 2003, 3:18 PM
You cant honestly make an opinion on the graphical style until you play it first hand and discover that the gameplay and graphics are forged in the same mold of the overall experience.
That is what i've been told... and I wont make another opinion on the game until I play it.
Have you played the demo yet Weltall?
That is what i've been told... and I wont make another opinion on the game until I play it.
Have you played the demo yet Weltall?
9th February 2003, 3:56 PM
I played it, and OMG it is BEAUTIFUL!!! I love how Link gets all sneaky sneaky when he backs up against a wall. hehe.
9th February 2003, 4:11 PM
*throws various objects at A Black Falcon and big guy*
You two are too shallow. You'll like it, it's Zelda.
I've played the demo and everything is just...perfect. I can't find another word fitting of this game.
You two are too shallow. You'll like it, it's Zelda.
I've played the demo and everything is just...perfect. I can't find another word fitting of this game.
9th February 2003, 4:24 PM
My opinion hasn't changed at all, except I now don't have a problem with Link's model. I don't LOVE it, but I don't dislike it any more.
In motion, you can totally ignore any disproportions as they only show themselves rarely when Link's arms go Lanky Kong on ya. Anyway, I have to say I still love the look, and seeing that one boss done this way really shows that it's nice.
In motion, you can totally ignore any disproportions as they only show themselves rarely when Link's arms go Lanky Kong on ya. Anyway, I have to say I still love the look, and seeing that one boss done this way really shows that it's nice.
9th February 2003, 6:09 PM
I was always for the new look, if you guys will remember. I wasn't always a big fan of Link's model, but I have grown to love it. I wouldn't want Zelda to look any other way than it does now. It's perfect.
9th February 2003, 6:10 PM
When first unveiled, I wasn't sure what to think of Zelda's cel-shaded style. I didn't really care for it at first, but upon seeing screenshots through its progression, it grew on me. I'm starting to feel that it'll be even, if not moreso immersive than OoT.
Since the style seems done so well, I look forward to fully appreciating and exploring its beauty. Just like Jet Set Radio for DC, when that first came out.
Since the style seems done so well, I look forward to fully appreciating and exploring its beauty. Just like Jet Set Radio for DC, when that first came out.
9th February 2003, 6:48 PM
I don't think Link's new model is "perfect" myself OB1, and I don't think I ever will, that and I'm pretty sure a new model will come along with the next Link, but it does the trick and is no longer offensive to behold. That's GOT to count for something.
If we remember? For the first few months you accused EVERYONE of hating the cel shading even though a good chunk of us actually liked the idea.
If we remember? For the first few months you accused EVERYONE of hating the cel shading even though a good chunk of us actually liked the idea.
9th February 2003, 8:31 PM
Re-read what I wrote. I said that Zelda looks perfect, meaning the whole game. If I meant Link I would have said "Link's model" or something like that.
And I never accused anyone of hating cel-shading. I just told people that they have to trust Miyamoto and that the game will not dissapoint.
And I never accused anyone of hating cel-shading. I just told people that they have to trust Miyamoto and that the game will not dissapoint.
9th February 2003, 10:42 PM
Sorry, I'm used to people calling the main character "Zelda" here in "real world".
Oh, and you most assuredly did accuse EVERYONE of hating it for quite some time :D.
Oh, and you most assuredly did accuse EVERYONE of hating it for quite some time :D.
9th February 2003, 11:53 PM
I never accused people of hating cel-shading. I did accuse them of being fools for not trusting Miyamoto to make an awesome game though.
10th February 2003, 8:13 PM
I wish they never showed that Zelda spaceworld demo back in 2000. Perhaps people wouldn't have had such high expectations (graphically) for the Zelda GC had they not shown it. I, for one, accept the new look now more than I did before. It won't hinder the fun of Zelda, but it is kind of disappointing to know what Zelda could've looked like on the Gamecube.
10th February 2003, 8:34 PM
Quote:Originally posted by geoboy
I wish they never showed that Zelda spaceworld demo back in 2000. Perhaps people wouldn't have had such high expectations (graphically) for the Zelda GC had they not shown it. I, for one, accept the new look now more than I did before. It won't hinder the fun of Zelda, but it is kind of disappointing to know what Zelda could've looked like on the Gamecube.
Could have...or may in the future.
10th February 2003, 8:52 PM
My oppinion hasn't changed and probably won't. I like cell-shading and I do think the environment looks ok in that game, but I don't think Link looks like Link should. The game would look much better if not cell-shaded.
11th February 2003, 6:05 AM
The day they showed pics from the game, I was the first person defending it.
And I still love it.
:evilcube:
And I still love it.
:evilcube:
11th February 2003, 9:56 AM
Oh.. for anyone who says "once you play/see it you'll like it", it just doesn't work that way. While I haven't played Wind Waker, I have watched gameplay videos... and just don't feel the graphical style is right for Zelda. For some games? Sure... that style looks something like Rayman 2/3's actually (except cel-shaded, unlike those games)... and IMO those games look great (Cel Shading? It can look OK... I don' t especially like it, but when done well it can be decent... but never looks as good as graphics that really push the technology. Zelda's is done well, I guess, but IMO it just doesn't look as good as other titles... I still don't see why Cel Shading is so hard to do. So many unshaded polys!)... but it just doesn't work in Zelda! I know I've said it before, but there really isn't another way for me to put it... I just feel that the style is wrong for Zelda. And Link still looks really dumb...
11th February 2003, 1:17 PM
I played the demo for a little bit and it is my opinion that the graphics work great in a Zelda game.
11th February 2003, 4:40 PM
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Oh.. for anyone who says "once you play/see it you'll like it", it just doesn't work that way. While I haven't played Wind Waker, I have watched gameplay videos... and just don't feel the graphical style is right for Zelda. For some games? Sure... that style looks something like Rayman 2/3's actually (except cel-shaded, unlike those games)... and IMO those games look great (Cel Shading? It can look OK... I don' t especially like it, but when done well it can be decent... but never looks as good as graphics that really push the technology. Zelda's is done well, I guess, but IMO it just doesn't look as good as other titles... I still don't see why Cel Shading is so hard to do. So many unshaded polys!)... but it just doesn't work in Zelda! I know I've said it before, but there really isn't another way for me to put it... I just feel that the style is wrong for Zelda. And Link still looks really dumb...
*clap clap clap clap*
Everybody applaud ABF. He proclaims that cel-shading is wrong for Zelda, wrong I say! Damn Miyamoto and his stupid views! What does he know about Zelda??!! Pfft!
11th February 2003, 5:13 PM
But seriously though, I'm sorry that you can't get used to the style. But I think it's perfect for Zelda, and for me it captures the essence and feeling of Zelda better than OoT or MM ever did (even though they are both incredible games). And that's from just watching a bunch of videos!
11th February 2003, 6:57 PM
I'm more used to it... I just think that the style isn't right for Zelda. Its not that I don't accept that thats what it is... I just don't like it!
And Link looks stupid.
And Link looks stupid.
11th February 2003, 7:02 PM
Fine, don't like it then. Your loss.
But I honestly can't see why you think that a dark and realistic Zelda game would be more true to the series than a light, innocent game like WW. Zelda is not supposed to be Diablo. Go back and play the first four games in the series and then perhaps you will understand what Miyamoto was aiming for with WW.
But I honestly can't see why you think that a dark and realistic Zelda game would be more true to the series than a light, innocent game like WW. Zelda is not supposed to be Diablo. Go back and play the first four games in the series and then perhaps you will understand what Miyamoto was aiming for with WW.
11th February 2003, 7:50 PM
None of the Zelda games were that dark and gritty anyway, nor was the style of OOT. I don't like this BETTER than the old style by the way OB1. I think whoever pointed out that you may think many here think that got it right. I hold this on equal footing myself.
11th February 2003, 8:48 PM
Quote:I think whoever pointed out that you may think many here think that got it right.
That sentence made about as much sense as the dream I had last night about twelve elvish mice wanting to declare war on a cheese factory inhabited by green monkey elephants who had althete's foot.
11th February 2003, 8:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by OB1
Fine, don't like it then. Your loss.
But I honestly can't see why you think that a dark and realistic Zelda game would be more true to the series than a light, innocent game like WW. Zelda is not supposed to be Diablo. Go back and play the first four games in the series and then perhaps you will understand what Miyamoto was aiming for with WW.
He won't. They're not realistic enough :).
Seriously, ABF, I think your being stubborn but won't say your wrong for your opinions. I just think you're being a bit closed-minded about the whole thing. I'm going to say it again, because it is true. YOU WILL LIKE IT! You may not like the graphics, hopefully someday you'll look past the graphics, but the game is beautifully done. It's ZELDA.
Well in any case, don't shun it without playing it for yourself is all I have to say.
11th February 2003, 9:27 PM
I have said MANY times that its really too bad that a game as good as WW will be is attached to those graphics... I'll still like the game, but it just won't be the same if I have to ignore the fact I dislike the graphic style (not the graphics... though I don't love them, I don't hate them... its the style thats wrong...). Its really too bad that to like the game I'll have to ignore the graphics... because it does look like a great game... with graphics I dislike.
It is Zelda... that's why I'll get it and give it a chance to be a good game, which it looks like it will be because it seems that the things that made me dislike MM so much aren't there...
'Dark and Realistic'? I didn't say dark... I wouldn't call OoT dark, and IMO that's the best Zelda game... no, thats not what I'm saying... Realistic looking, yes... dark? Either way... it really depends on the gameplay, not if the story is dark or light...
Of course graphics aren't the most important aspect... like MM vs OoT. The graphics are similar, but I really disliked MM because of all those other things I've mentioned so many times before... but you DO have to look at them. And if you just don't think the style is right... it doesn't help.
Yes, I do notice that they are more like LttP's graphics... we have discussed this before. Many times... and every time I say that, IMO, OoT was a huge improvement over LttP's style... that the more realistic Zelda of OoT is my favorite. I do like semi-cartoonish Zelda of the GB games' style... but those games aren't as cartoonish as LttP is... not nearly. Probably because of the limitations of the screen, but still...
Oh, and one more thing I've said before, about LttP... I still think that Link's sword swing animation just looks really wierd.
It is Zelda... that's why I'll get it and give it a chance to be a good game, which it looks like it will be because it seems that the things that made me dislike MM so much aren't there...
'Dark and Realistic'? I didn't say dark... I wouldn't call OoT dark, and IMO that's the best Zelda game... no, thats not what I'm saying... Realistic looking, yes... dark? Either way... it really depends on the gameplay, not if the story is dark or light...
Of course graphics aren't the most important aspect... like MM vs OoT. The graphics are similar, but I really disliked MM because of all those other things I've mentioned so many times before... but you DO have to look at them. And if you just don't think the style is right... it doesn't help.
Yes, I do notice that they are more like LttP's graphics... we have discussed this before. Many times... and every time I say that, IMO, OoT was a huge improvement over LttP's style... that the more realistic Zelda of OoT is my favorite. I do like semi-cartoonish Zelda of the GB games' style... but those games aren't as cartoonish as LttP is... not nearly. Probably because of the limitations of the screen, but still...
Oh, and one more thing I've said before, about LttP... I still think that Link's sword swing animation just looks really wierd.
11th February 2003, 11:17 PM
There's a difference between the statement "the graphics are wrong" and "I don't like them". They're not wrong at all. They're just perfect for Zelda. If you have a problem with them, that's fine. But don't call it wrong. Even if I hated the look I wouldn't call it wrong since it was Miyamoto's decision to make it that way. It's his creation and he decides what it will look like.
It's kinda like the whole Star Wars issue, ABF. Just about everyone thinks that Lucas is "wrong" with the way he's making the prequels, but who's to decide that? It's his vision, his baby. Just because the mass media has a whole campaign to destroy the public perception of the prequels doesn't mean that Lucas is wrong in what he's doing.
It's kinda like the whole Star Wars issue, ABF. Just about everyone thinks that Lucas is "wrong" with the way he's making the prequels, but who's to decide that? It's his vision, his baby. Just because the mass media has a whole campaign to destroy the public perception of the prequels doesn't mean that Lucas is wrong in what he's doing.
11th February 2003, 11:19 PM
I happen to think Lucas is doing great with the sequels, so no problem there... :)
Oh, and by wrong I pretty much mean that I dislike the style a lot... what else would it mean?
Oh, and by wrong I pretty much mean that I dislike the style a lot... what else would it mean?
11th February 2003, 11:24 PM
That your opinion is objective fact. You tend to do that a lot, even though it's objective fact that you're wrong 99.99% of the time.
11th February 2003, 11:35 PM
YOU are talking about not being objective and stating opinions as facts? Thats pretty funny, given how you are the second most guilty person here of doing that after N_A...
11th February 2003, 11:43 PM
The difference between me, you, and NA is that I'm actually kidding when I say things like that.
12th February 2003, 12:05 AM
So that's why you argue them for page after page after page in many different arguments mostly with me and private hudson, never really sounding like you are joking, exactly?
12th February 2003, 12:43 AM
I think OB1 has admitted to trolling just because it amuses him. I can't ever tell when he means anything now.
12th February 2003, 9:10 AM
Yeah, he doesn't make it obvious like you do... it does get annoying...
12th February 2003, 2:54 PM
I am joking when I say things like "it's a well-known fact that DJ is an idiot" becuase obviously there is no real way for me to prove it (but it's true!). But the other stuff I stand behind, such as the many arguments we've had where you've been horribly wrong. And you say things like "Warcraft III is the best game ever--fact!". I would never seriously say something like that since there is no way that it could be an objective fact.
12th February 2003, 3:17 PM
I know that when I say War3 is the best game ever I mean its my favorite game... I'd think you know that...
Oh, and the way you say I'm always horribly wrong makes me not sure if you're serious, given how in so many of those you were so clearly defending a losing position...
Oh, and the way you say I'm always horribly wrong makes me not sure if you're serious, given how in so many of those you were so clearly defending a losing position...
12th February 2003, 3:52 PM
You wish, my lad.