Wii graphics being pushed to their "fullest potential" in FFCC: The Crystal Bearers

Maddens Raiders - 149 days 16 hours ago

dear. The Wii is a perplexing animal isn't it?

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morganfell - 149 days 15 hours ago

"Wii graphics being pushed to their "fullest potential" in FFCC: The Crystal Bearers"

Isn't this a duplicate story? Oh wait, that was The Conduit...

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badz149 - 149 days 13 hours ago

for god sake just stop it already! I know it's cool to be able to push anything to the limit like getting as many fps in games by overclocking CPU and GPU on PCs but this is nothing to be proud of! in the end, nobody cares! this is not like What GoW2 on PS2 'partially' did with the looks that matched earlier 360 games because 360 and PS3 are well established already and I doubt anybody will be impressed by the looks of any Wii games anymore - might as well never EVER again at least as long as the Wii stays non-HD!

the Wii is a non-HD console and no game will look as stunning as those on HD consoles but is this a totally bad thing? no! the Wii is unique in its own ways and while being non-HD, some Wii games manage to sell millions for what they are in terms of control, gameplay and art styles and not to forget long-time running franchises! the conduit is pushing the Wii but does it sell? no, it FLOPPED! I think Wii devs should just stop trying to compete with HD devs in terms of gfx but instead focus on at least making their games look pretty and most importantly cater to the majority of Wii owners in order for them to sell!

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Mini Mario - 148 days 22 hours ago

"I heard Pong already did that on the Wii :) "

O thats so funny, u are really quick on the tounge. Did you think that one up all by yourself?

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Mini Mario - 148 days 22 hours ago

"I think Wii devs should just stop trying to compete with HD devs "

Exactly because HD devs spend SOOO much money and cant even surpass mario kart. I agree.

"in terms of gfx but instead focus on at least making their games look pretty"

Wellit works for Paris Hilton. Just look pretty. Thats all anywayone really cares about. Too bad that shes an idiot.

"and most importantly cater to the majority of Wii owners in order for them to sell!"

Ahh i think they have heaps of games that sell really well (just because they are not a FPS's doesnt mean that they are not games). Monster hunter 3 was the most recent one (of many).

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scissor_runner - 145 days 6 hours ago

It is not about pushing the graphics now it is about art direction. That is what console gaming has always been about.

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Mini Mario - 148 days 22 hours ago

"I had a Wii first and didn't really care about the graphics, until I got my PS3 and Xbox 360. Now I can't stand to look at a Wii game."

Well throw out all those classic ps2 games then because they would be REALLY crap by now. O and dont play any DS games because thats basically 64 bit. O and dont play any supernes, mega drive, psOne, nes games again because you may not consider them pretty (in your "logic" that is).

killzone 2 just wont be the same once the next ps is released i fear. It will flat out, ..suck.

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Shbzshar - 149 days 15 hours ago

dont know about graphics but they seem to have nailed the fps control scheme for shooters on the wii

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jsslifelike - 149 days 14 hours ago

... but if they do not upgrade the hardware at all, 720p isn't going to be a savior to anyone.

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Fierce Musashi - 148 days 19 hours ago

Your kidding, right? I'm sure you have atleast seen the trailer. If not then you had better.

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jsslifelike - 149 days 14 hours ago

Mikhal5569 is right on. Isn't the reason that we as gamers own different consoles is so that we might partake in the best and brightest experiences specific to that platform? I'm so tired of the flaming and prepubescent chatter that it makes me sick. Try to act mature and enjoy your gaming as a whole. If one particular thing isn't for you, it may be for someone else. So go p!ss and moan to the lazy developers. Oh, that's right- they aren't listening...

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EvilTwin - 149 days 14 hours ago

I haven't seen a ton of screen caps for it. There aren't many on IGN, so I doubt they've gotten more out than some early build stuff:
http://media.wii.ign.com/me...

But if they're aiming for MH3, that's a pretty nice looking game. No, not on par with the PS3 or 360, but better than FFXII:

http://wii.ign.com/dor/obje...
vs.
http://ps2.ign.com/dor/obje...

We'll see if they deliver. There's no excuse not to at this point. Cash-in shovelware has saturated the Wii, and if a publisher wants to stand out and get decent sales, they're going to need to put in the effort.

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sidar - 149 days 13 hours ago

"as good"?
Have you even seen FF12? Every texture is washed out(and overall a darker overtone), the characters dont even have FINGERS.

Most PS2 games looked good due the use of colors, but the poly counts and whatever were always low.

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sidar - 149 days 13 hours ago

LOL,
You are just blindly bashing.
This one took a different direction compared to the one on the GCN, The DS took more of the FF:CC on the GCN concept.

This one is different. It plays different.

@Disagree,
Really? you disagree? Ignorance...LOL.
This game is a singleplayer game and the one on the GCN is a multiplayer game.

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Arius Dion - 149 days 13 hours ago

It's getting tired. Just make a good game. As a Wii owner myself, I never expected PC like graphics, but after having the GameCube and seeing that the system was home to arguably the best looking games last gen, knowing the Wii is twice as powerful as the Cube, when you'd see devs put out games that look like PS2 incarnations, it was easy to see they were not putting in any real effort.

Cube wiped the floor with PS2 graphically. Games like RS2 and RE4 and MP and even Twilight Princess show that the cube was a beast. There is no reason why the average Wii games shouldn't look like the best looking cube games.

But again, that being said, just make a good game.

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EvilTwin - 149 days 12 hours ago

There were some good articles about the Cube vs. PS2 on graphics:

http://cube.ign.com/article...
http://www.popularmechanics...

The Cube never got the props it deserved for graphics. I still have a PS2 and love it, but games like SSX Tricky looked MUCH better on the Cube.

Big N never sold the Wii as being as graphically powerful as the competition. It's GC 1.5:
http://www.joystiq.com/2007...

But that's still pretty formidable. There are some gorgeous games on Wii. I'd wager the Zelda team and Retro studios will milk every last drop they can out of the machine, and their next games will look great. It's up to third parties to push the envelope if they don't want to look bad next to Nintendo.

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sidar - 149 days 7 hours ago

"Gamecube's Gekko is the most powerful general-purpose CPU ever in a console. The PowerPC alone is so much better and faster structurally that Gekko not only is much, much faster than the PS2's main CPU but every bit as fast as a 733 MHz Pentium"

And this is coming from a F5 developer, he even goes on about how the CPU was designed to do stuff right out of the box for games.

I remember PS2 fans crying how much more powerful the PS2 was compared to the GCN. GCN got little credit indeed. I have RE4 for Wii and Ps2, The difference in details in the environments are huge.

No one is expecting Wii to do PS3/360 visuals, but with the right artstyle and clean development, you can have amazing games.

Btw your third link,
Its kinda funny when the Xbox guy said that, Cause "horsepower" =/= functionality. HVS even said with the multi-layered-texturing shader you can basically achieve any other type of shader( I.E Normal mapping ).

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sidar - 149 days 7 hours ago

Its not blurry, its the shader from the energy that comes from his hand.

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Arkem - 149 days ago

you are correct my friend.

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kepp123 - 149 days 2 hours ago

yes it has cause the ppl care more about it being pretty than actually good.

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