Mario Party 8 pics

[sfried]

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/853/853824/imgs_1.html

Looks like they're using some pretty complex light models in some shots.

Pretty surprising coming from a Mario Party game.

 

[Nesh]

Is this game worth it in single player mode?

 

[Fu3lFr3nzy]

Is this game worth it in single player mode?

Somewhat, though the real enjoyment comes from playing it with friends

 

[sfried]

Is this game worth it in single player mode?

Haven't played one in a while. Who knows how many modes they crammed in there?

But the racing minigames look interesting.

 

[gokickrocks]

Is this game worth it in single player mode?

no

its more of a get drunk with friends and have a blast type game

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Looks like they're using some pretty complex light models in some shots.

Not seeing that myself. There's a couple of tool pics that show more complex shadowing, but they're very limited in scope. There's some pics with pretty solid looking environmental shadows (on the buildings) but there's no shadows on the characters, or lighting difference for characters in shade, which leads me to think these shadows are pasted on rather than calculated.

The gameplay vid is better though, with more shadowing and self-shadowing on the player characters. Maybe the pics are from early builds of the games, and that explains the large difference? Some of the images look down-right primitve, with flat shaded trees pasted onto flat-shaded grass.