24th February 2003, 5:02 PM
No I don't. It's just the next step. Was there a point to that question or do you actually think Doom 3 is innovating anything? Is it one of the best games I've seen? Yes, it's quite stunning to see whatever that red thing was eating that one dude in the bathroom (though that's likely not his thoughts), but it's just improving upon the old. It's evolutionary, not revolutionary. It's like Super Mario Sunshine compaired to Mario 64.
Talk gameplay if you want to talk innovation. There it has something. Having wind flowing in multiple directions with all sorts of effects all at once just like in the real world has NOT been done before. This isn't evolving an old concept, it's innovation (well I suppose it could be argued that there has been wind in old games, but then again I guess the point I should be making is that innovation really is more subjective, though there is some objectivity to it).
Anyway, it looks very 3D to me. Remember, EVERY game (except on Virtual Boy) is 2D to our eyes. 3D has to be implied, and it is just as implied here using cel shading as it is using other techniques. If you are saying WW looks like a flat piece of paper then maybe you are the one insulting it. It looks very 3D, and yet handdrawn. In fact, most hand drawn things done by GOOD artists look 3D, and when done really well it's just as 3D as any CG animation. The only way to really beat it is to TRULY go 3D like in an IMAX or with VR goggles, because most recent artistic techniques have revolved around making the image look 3D. Remember, a TV screen is 2D.
Are you saying Kingdom Hearts doesn't look like a cartoon just because it looks 3D? You really should look at more animation...
Talk gameplay if you want to talk innovation. There it has something. Having wind flowing in multiple directions with all sorts of effects all at once just like in the real world has NOT been done before. This isn't evolving an old concept, it's innovation (well I suppose it could be argued that there has been wind in old games, but then again I guess the point I should be making is that innovation really is more subjective, though there is some objectivity to it).
Anyway, it looks very 3D to me. Remember, EVERY game (except on Virtual Boy) is 2D to our eyes. 3D has to be implied, and it is just as implied here using cel shading as it is using other techniques. If you are saying WW looks like a flat piece of paper then maybe you are the one insulting it. It looks very 3D, and yet handdrawn. In fact, most hand drawn things done by GOOD artists look 3D, and when done really well it's just as 3D as any CG animation. The only way to really beat it is to TRULY go 3D like in an IMAX or with VR goggles, because most recent artistic techniques have revolved around making the image look 3D. Remember, a TV screen is 2D.
Are you saying Kingdom Hearts doesn't look like a cartoon just because it looks 3D? You really should look at more animation...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)