I disagree. Tecmo has yet to show they can produce a modern graphics engine, one that allows free camera roaming inside a virtual world the entirety of which is much larger than available RAM. All their games contain the typical compartmentalized level design, in which the game world is divided into distinct areas each of which is tailored to fit within memory.
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I disagree. Tecmo has yet to show they can produce a modern graphics engine, one that allows free camera roaming inside a virtual world the entirety of which is much larger than available RAM. All their games contain the typical compartmentalized level design, in which the game world is divided into distinct areas each of which is tailored to fit within memory.
What??? Where did that come from!?
Credit where credit's due, pic three there has the best parallax mapping ever (assuming it is, and isn't just modelled for the cut-scene. Any way of knowing?). The ground looks superb. It'll probably look very awkward when people are walking on it as though it's flat, but it looks excellent.
When I say "Where did that come from?" - I mean it's almost out of the blue...
Ok, sorry. It's hard for me to interpret all senteces the right way. But now when I read it again, it's pretty obvius what you ment. :smile:
look the detail on the main dragon. the lighting and shadowing and texturing blends really well.
http://i10.tinypic.com/52xz0w7.jpg
love the fire here.
http://i9.tinypic.com/4utt2lz.jpg
http://i10.tinypic.com/52xz0w7.jpg
love the fire here.
http://i9.tinypic.com/4utt2lz.jpg
There is a US Play magazine and a UK Play magazine. They are completely different companies, not just regional editions.
You're talking about the US Play, who has a deserved reputation for handing out scores.
This Lair review came from UK Play.
It looks about on par with Kameo's Parallax mapping IMO.
Lets remind ourselves for a sec of how Kameo really looked like:
How about like...ehh not deliberately choosing bad looking image ?
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Kameo had excellent Parallax mapping. Try grabbing a shot that actually shows it, if you want to make your point.
As for LAIR, it's really startin to look gorgeous. I've seen parallax mapping as good or better before, but as a whole the game is really starting to impress me.
How about like...ehh not deliberately choosing bad looking image ?
Here's an excellent video showing most of what Kameo looks like.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/8757.html?type=
I don't find the textures very impressive, they look good but not "unsurpassed". Maybe 'cos they all look like plastic, but that's the style of the game I guess.
another topic was raving about kameo's textures so i went + had a look
heres 20 screenshots
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/kameoelementsofpower/images.html?tag=tabs;images
whilst not terrible theyre certainly not the best textures ever, not even close
heres 20 screenshots
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/kameoelementsofpower/images.html?tag=tabs;images
whilst not terrible theyre certainly not the best textures ever, not even close
Check the other screens (and not some PR bullshots) in the link posted by my predecessor, they all look like that because that's actually how Kameo looks like.
I guess some of you were too impressed and didn't play it for a very long time, but that's the same for every other game which was impressive in the past - it's just not as impressive anymore after you didn't play it for some time.
scooby_dooby
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Most of those shots are not in areas with cobblestones, so they're really not comparable to what we're alking about.
This shot shows it fairly well, though it really needs to be seen in action.
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/317/reviews/516505_20051114_screen005.jpg
Both Kameo and PD0 has sick parralax mapping in certain spots.
scooby_dooby
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Well the first person to post a screenshot(Jesus) is a Sony troll. So, try and be a little more objective when casting blame.
Chef simply replied to Shifty's claim of the best mapping ever. I actually thought the exact same thing when I read the post, i.e. "I saw stuff that good in Kameo", but didn't bother to post it.
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