House Of The Dead Devs:"The Wii is perfectly capable of generating great visuals"

"The Wii is perfectly capable of generating great visuals." says lead Artist Mark Slater in another one of Overkill's Making Of promotional trailers

You can see how good House Of The Dead Overkill looks in the new trailer and environment artist Paul Herbert believes that the game offers something different to anything we've experienced on the console: "I think we'll be able to show what the hardware can do for a change. A lot of the games so far have been very colourful, very cutesy - I've felt they've not particularly pushed the boundaries of the hardware."

More dev impressions after the jump.

[Chris399]

http://cache.gawker.com/ass...

Give her a kiss now boys. Pick a chin, any chin.

In all seriousness I think we'll start to see a lot more Arc Rise Fantasia (really can't stop talking about that game) and a lot less crap now that the Wii install base/ developer interest is growing.

P.S. I just watched the trailer on IGN, has a cool roadhouse/ retro horror vibe to it. Here's the link:

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

[xwabbit]

LMAO!!

[PS360WII]

Arc Rise Fantasia ^^

heck yeah!

There will always be games that are rushed or just not polished up but I think more have made the turn on making Wii games a little bit better.

[TheColbertinator]

Technically its an arcade game so I don't think graphics are a concern.As long as its fun and lasts more than 4 hours,no problem

[Product]

Sega's "big 3"(HotD,Conduit,Madworld) hopefully sell well so we can look forward to more core titles and or sequels.

[TheColbertinator]

I'm already wagering Madworld on the Wii will get action game of the year if bayonetta doesn't arrive in 2009

[Shaka2K6]

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[Gue1]

By now everybody knows from fact that this is a lie. This just proves that you can't even believe in the opinion of developers. What a shame...

[Voiceofreason]

By now anyone who has read your posts knows you're a complete moron..

[Sibs]

Then why doesn't it?

It's like saying you have a fast car but never taking it out of the garage...

[razorbladelight]

brawl, metroid prime 3, galaxy. you know those may be Nintendo produced, but it shows that it DOES have the potential to look nice. by no means does it have the capabilityies of the ps3, hell nor the 36, but it does in its own right. the fact that developers don't try that extra mile to get there is a difference. it's cheaper to make them ugly, despite being good games.

[BrianC6234]

And the PS2 can do next gen graphics too. Neither game will be able to match a PS3 game though. The Wii uses a G3 processor. That thing is so old Apple hasn't used it in Macs for years. They have since moved on to the G4, G5 and Intel processor. I think the G3 was old ten years ago. How can a processor that old be considered next gen?

[N4g_null]

It's funny but the snes had a 2d processor even weaker than the first 2d PC cards. It's not the same game kid. PCs has a lot of hardware layers sucking resources.

[Voiceofreason]

Wii doesnt even use that... I'd ask for proof but I already know you cannot provide anything to back that up. A 10 year old processor that didnt get made til 5 year ago? Yeah sounds like complete BS especially when you figure in it having 4 times the rendering power of th xbox..

[firelogic]

Funny he failed to mention how the game chugs along like a slideshow. It was the main gripe in the IGN review and they dedicated an entire paragraph detailing it.

[WiiJunkii]

I just watched the IGN video review, and the reviewer mentioned that the game dips on occasion. Hardly "chugging along" the majority of time was spent complimenting the game on it's style and execution.

[Product]

"chugs along like a slideshow"
They dont say that;they say how there is certain places that have a framerate drop but its not that bad and only in certain spots.

[firelogic]

"On the downside though, all that eye candy comes at a price, and it's sadly one that I'd rather not pay. The framerate in Overkill is sketchy to say the least, as the game fills up with on-board memory extremely fast, and is constantly doing little one or two frame freezes to load up the next area, or drop in the next set of zombies for you to blast. Lower caliber bullets seem to be ok, since you aren't constantly sending lots of limbs into play, or swapping out the "limbless model" over and over again with every shot, but for those using the shotguns or other heavier bullets, frame pops will become as natural as pulling the trigger. In fact, in specific levels – Scream Train is a good example, since it uses lots of smoke and particle effects on the green haze that litters the halls of the train – every shotgun shot can at times be accompanied by a single frame freeze as you pull the trigger. You squeeze, quick little freeze, and then shot blows the zombies to pieces. This can happen during motion blurred turns as well, or in one specific case (if memory serves, it's the Director's Cut level of Papa's Palace of Pain) you'll actually turn, and then see the zombies pop in around the room. The game just isn't optimized for what it's trying to pull off, and this frame issue – the biggest setback in the game, but not one that should discourage anyone from picking the game up and having a blast with it – is sad to see in a game that has so much amazing content in it."

[Product]

You think even after that comment i believe that the framerate is THAT bad?They gave the game a 8.3 how bad can the framerate be?Have you seen the ign gameplay videos the game is fine.

[WiiJunkii]

and... The PS3 is using a type of GPU that has been available in PC's for 5 years... Doesn't sound very "next gen" to me.
Truth is, I've seen some nice looking games on both platforms, and I've seen some crap too.
Not all the flashy specs in the world can produce a visually pleasing game without talented developers. It comes down to what the artists and programmers can do with the Hardware at hand.

When devs are lazy (on any platform) you get crap like WiiMusic and Haze...

When they work hard to produce a good looking game, you get things like SMG, MP3, KZ2 and LBP. ... I like to abbrvt

[Product]

Im with you....a great game is a great game and if the people making the game actually have the time and money they can make a great looking game for the said console it on.

[WiiJunkii]

Please see: Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Conduit, MadWorld, Fragile, Monster Hunter 3 or Sin and Punishment 2.

They look good enough for me.

[Pleth]

@firelogic.

I totaly agree with you. The article is very pointed in regards to the framerate and really, that blows it for most games. Choppy action, sometimes even resulting in your untimely death sucks rocks. I can handle install times, updates, even the occasional freeze up or two (Shivering Isles was ridiculous). I just can't get over 2 things in games. Framerate and Controls. Just did the RE5 demo. Wish I loved it; looks beautiful! Graphics top notch! Having to stand still and waive my supersensitive red dot all over the place? FAIL.

[Gr81]

I love how everyone is harping on something as trivial as minor frame rate drops. I mean how long was it for the PS3 to have a madden run in 60fps. Hell how many games run 60fps on either HD console. Give it a break, the bottomline is the game looks dope and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

[barakiu]

with the quality of graphics they'll be able to produce in the future.

some famous examples in the past were.

-remember how hard SuperMarioBros3 pushed the NES,

-then DonkeyKongCountry exploded on the SNES,

-then again DonkeyKongCountry further pushed graphics on limited tech on the GameBoy/Color

[Product]

Its all about getting around hurdles.......what the Conduit is doing right now was supposed to not be possible on the wii(field of depth,real time water reflection,etc.)

You have to think outside the box,in doing that you always open up more possibilities then you think.