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| 18 JUL 2010 at 7:42pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Traditional (full-motion) cell animation is just too expensive for most niche-genre games.
Cheers, Terry
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| 18 JUL 2010 at 8:27pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | James, I'm the opposite of you. I can't bear to play cartoony games. I like them to be more realistic. I guess I play more for escape than light entertainment. Even LOTR online is too cartoony for me, darn it. I'm a huge fan of the books and films.
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| 18 JUL 2010 at 9:11pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I hope you have played Broken Sword I and II...they are beautifully animated, and Steve Ince the Director of BS1 drops by here once in a blue moon.
There are actually qute a few good quality animated adventure games, but i will have to dig into my elusive memory to remember them all.
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| 18 JUL 2010 at 11:46pm |
Pygmy_MarmosetIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Yep, played Broken Sword 1 and 2.
I may be a noob to the forums, but I've been playing (animated) adventure games since I was 14. I don't think there's one animated adventure you could tell me about that I don't already know of. It's the only genre I really follow in video games.
One of my favorite games is Duckman, based on the TV show. It came out in 1997 and was only released in the UK. It was planned to be released in the US but I believe the company went out of business before that could happen. Have you heard of it? Highly recommended.
James, I'm the opposite of you. I can't bear to play cartoony games. I like them to be more realistic.
That's odd, because whenever I play a 3d game it seems much less realistic than a traditionally animated style. When I play a 3d game some part of me is always aware that I'm playing a game, because certain things in the graphics are repetitive, like all the texture mapping, etc. When I play an animated adventure game, it may not be realistic like "wow this is so close to what reality looks like", but there's none of that contrived, repetitive ugliness like with computer 3d, and therefore I'm able to get lost in and enjoy the game more.
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| 19 JUL 2010 at 5:14am |
MKBSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Yeah, I really liked the old 2D games but I doubt if anyone is making them anymore. There are a lot of 2.5D games, though (drawn backgrounds with 3D characters). I don't mind these at all. A few 2.5D games that come to mind (that I've played) include:
Ghost Pirates
Everlight
Simon the Socerer 4
So Blonde
A Vampyre Story
Runaway 3 (I can't remember if the first 2 were 2D or 2.5D)
There are many more but not as cartoony (more serious, semi-realistic).
Jack Keane, Ceville and the Ankhs were 3D and I really liked them (not too blocky) but I think they would have looked better in 2.5D.
I don't buy download-only games. Never have, never will........Mike
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| 19 JUL 2010 at 9:55am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Terry_Penrod (18 JUL 2010 7:42pm)
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Traditional (full-motion) cell animation is just too expensive for most niche-genre games.
Cheers, Terry
unfortunately that's true, because i'm also a big fan of the genre
The same goes for cartoons btw, i love the classic disneys or movies like "the secret of NIMH". The graphical detail is absolutely stunning
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| 19 JUL 2010 at 10:36am |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Well I'm a huge fan of cartoon films, 3D or not. Just don't prefer the genre in gaming, which is much more personal.
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| 19 JUL 2010 at 12:27pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I most certainly prefer 2.5D for my Adventure games, since it's graphically just so much more detailed and pleasing, but sadly, as already mentioned, it does require more work from the devs, requiring more artwork as well as additional programming.
Since, on the other hand, I really enjoy the realistic physics that tend to go with your modern 3d next-gen games, (such as being able to jump on/over things, kicking objects, exploring a 3-D environment, etc.) I do prefer 3-D for my "other" games, such as RPG's.
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| 20 JUL 2010 at 3:14am |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Just out of curiosity have you played Tony Tough 1 & 2?
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| 20 JUL 2010 at 5:50am |
SAMSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | Stupid Invaders had great colourful animation.
There was one where your character got sucked into a cartoon,
I think it was called Toonstruck or something like that.
As long as the game is fun, it doesn't matter cartoon or modern 3D render.
I wish they would have came out with a Bugs Bunny: Road Runner vs Coyote adventure game. That would have been fun, trying to figure out how to drop the anvil on the Road Runner or launch the Coyote off the cliff...
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