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Re: it's supposed to feel a bit old by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/12/2012, 7:15am PDT
jeep wrote:

that graphics style makes it really easy to generate a lot of art for the game


Well, yeah, if you're using a graphics style that has been old and outdated for over 20 years it's not that difficult to develop artwork for it.

I mean, I can understand the making of some films in black and white, the "film noir" effect can work quite well in telling the story or in indicating things (like doing flashbacks in black and white) but realistically nobody would expect to play a serious game in a method of graphics that makes it actually harder to play because much of the video is so blocky and choppy that it's very difficult to see what is happening.

When I saw this game came out in 2011 I was really surprised that they were using such really poor graphics in this day and age. It reminded me of this dialog from the 1971 movie Andromeda Strain with two people riding in a car that is bouncing up and down from all the ruts in the dirt road:

Leavitt: You're lost! No one's been down this goat path for years.
Dutton: That's how it's supposed to look. They spent $50,000 on it.
Leavitt: Putting in the potholes?

That's how I'm seeing this. They spent a considerable amount of effort and money to make the game look worse.
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Gemini Rue by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/10/2012, 8:37pm PDT NEW
    Two more problems with Gemini Rue by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/11/2012, 5:06pm PDT NEW
    it's supposed to feel a bit old by jeep 06/11/2012, 6:21pm PDT NEW
        Re: it's supposed to feel a bit old by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/12/2012, 7:15am PDT NEW
    Is this what it looks like? by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/12/2012, 7:31am PDT NEW
        No fair using a screenshot from the first(!) Saturn port of Virtua Fighter. by Jerry Whorebach 06/12/2012, 9:16am PDT NEW
            Fuck, VF on the M1 was 30 FPS wasn't it? Well the point still stands. NT by Jerry Whorebach 06/12/2012, 9:38am PDT NEW
            What's the second one? It looks like a finished Fade to Black. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/13/2012, 7:35am PDT NEW
                Killer7, being emulated in Dolphin (hence the high resolution and stretched UI) by Jerry Whorebach 06/13/2012, 10:13am PDT NEW
        The images for Gemini Rue are misleading, here's why by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/12/2012, 6:38pm PDT NEW
            Re: The images for Gemini Rue are misleading, here's why by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/13/2012, 7:34am PDT NEW
                yeah this by jeep 06/13/2012, 10:48am PDT NEW
                Tell me more Jonesy. I trust your opinion on adventure games NT by WITTGENSTEIN 07/09/2012, 8:10am PDT NEW
                    Re: Tell me more Jonesy. I trust your opinion on adventure games by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/09/2012, 9:34am PDT NEW
                You can play it windowed. by Theodore Grahams 07/09/2012, 1:44pm PDT NEW
        Quake looked fucking awesome when it came out. by McMoo 01/11/2013, 6:53am PST NEW
    Re: Gemini Rue by skip 07/03/2012, 8:17pm PDT NEW
    This game is a great homage to Cowboy Bebop with a bit of Blade Runner mixed in by WITTGENSTEIN 10/29/2012, 7:20pm PDT NEW
        Compressing locations is no longer necessary. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 01/10/2013, 7:47pm PST NEW
            Sometimes less is more. The same holds true for forum posts. Get the hint? by Caltrops.com 01/10/2013, 11:00pm PST NEW
                Sandboxing by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 01/11/2013, 3:06am PST NEW
                    Re: Sandboxing by Souffle of Pain 01/11/2013, 7:35am PST NEW
                        Then where will Wikipedia get its facts from? NT by The feckin encyclopaedia faery? 01/11/2013, 10:55am PST NEW
            Today's games can have larger maps than old games. by Thoughts from a 50-year-old dumbass 01/11/2013, 11:11am PST NEW
 
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