24th February 2003, 3:15 PM
Sheesh, it's not like this is the world's first interactive cartoon. What about Jet Set Radio Future? What about this cel shading makes it "so much more" in your eyes? I played the demo you know, although the cel shading does add to the ability to use wind and such (I didn't even play that part, I just read it), it doesn't have some massive effect on the gameplay. Seriously, everything here could be done using standard CG, even if it did look "silly".
But then I have to contest that. You were blinded by your hatred of Disney when you rented Kingdom Hearts (well, that's what you told me anyway), so you may not have noticed, but Kingdom Hearts IS an interactive cartoon. It doesn't even use Cel Shading, but it still manages to feel totally like a cartoon playing it. Seriously, I felt like I was in a Disney movie just LOOKING at Hercules and Hades.
But then I have to contest that. You were blinded by your hatred of Disney when you rented Kingdom Hearts (well, that's what you told me anyway), so you may not have noticed, but Kingdom Hearts IS an interactive cartoon. It doesn't even use Cel Shading, but it still manages to feel totally like a cartoon playing it. Seriously, I felt like I was in a Disney movie just LOOKING at Hercules and Hades.
"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)