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[Celegus]

Isn't this coming out in like a month or two? What is going on.

 

[Solid Samus]

I'm so down with the cel-shading. The last Tony Hawk games I really enjoyed were both on the Nintendo DS, both celshaded with an art style very similar to this, and both all about building on the simple core gameplay elements. Probably the most underrated DS games I can remember.

 

[PigzFly]

I dunno, I quite like it. But I also played the shit out of Cel Damage on the GameCube and loved it, so I have poor taste.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Bet it plays flawlessly

 

[Son Of D]

If I had more time I'd do something a bit more creative.

 

[Zoloft Sonic]

I didn't know the uncanny valley had a comedy club.

Oh man. I'm laughing to tears at work. That's not the effect you want your sports game graphics to have.

 

[NMFried]

In dire need of a new Skate game.

 

[Zombine]

Tas Pappas?

 

[Kodaman]

lolollol

 

[VE3TRO]

If I had more time I'd do something a bit more creative.

/dead

 

[Hexa]

The environments are passable now. The models still look like shit though.

 

[Elija2]

If I had more time I'd do something a bit more creative.

Holy shit.

 

[eso76]

So, what i believe is happening here is developers aren't planning to make a lot of money out of the game at retail, but they are confident they'll become rich uploading youtube videos of it.

Just imagine the ragdoll physics of previous THPS games with graphics like these, characters that look like these.

The gif potential in this is unprecedented.
This game will take over Twitch and YouTube seconds after release.
I surely hope the game ships with a healty number of graphical and physics glitches to spice things up even further.

Oh, man, now i can't wait for this to come out. It shall be glorious.

 

[Darksol]

 

[paragonpro]

It looks way worse to me

 

[RiZ III]

Cool didn't know anyone was still making games for Gamecube.

 

[DayEnder]

This thread delivered. The game's graphics not so much.

Edit: I'm a Member now? Neato.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

If I had more time I'd do something a bit more creative.

"I fucked up"

dead

 

[iamcenok]

Oh lawd. They pulled a page from the gearbox play book.
Except it doesn't look that much better.

 

[Kane1345]

If I had more time I'd do something a bit more creative.

Holy shit lol

 

[Leafhopper]

So, what i believe is happening here is developers aren't planning to make a lot of money out of the game at retail, but they are confident they'll become rich uploading youtube videos of it.

Just imagine the ragdoll physics of previous THPS games with graphics like these, characters that look like these.

The gif potential in this is unprecedented.
This game will take over Twitch and YouTube seconds after release.
I surely hope the game ships with a healty number of graphical and physics glitches to spice things up even further.

Oh, man, now i can't wait for this to come out. It shall be glorious.

If that's their plan and it somehow is successful. EA will just do another Skate game I think.

 

[Godcannon]

Ahhhhhhhhhh my body!

Honestly I don't care what it looks like compared to how it will play. Unfortunately, that hasn't looked so hot either but let's see.

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

I don't care what it looks like.

How does it play?

 

[Acrylic7]

I don't care what it looks like.

How does it play?

From the looks of it... like shit.

 

[Tallshortman]

Did they model their graphics after the forza 5 crowds?

 

[Skittles]

You can tell none of these models were made in mind for cel-shading

 

[LithiumSpade]

No... Just please leave the cel-shading to, uh, to be blunt, the Japanese games. Is the effort here to create some sort of stylized one-off for the sports genre like Auto Modellista was? Because lol? To make cel work even passable you need all your elements to function harmoniously. The mobile/f2p roots are just too deep and the environments far too stiff. Arguably some of the worst things stand out even more now. $60, people. $60.

As a massive fan of Borderlands and the 2008 Prince of Persia, I'm gonna say no, please don't.

Not to say this doesn't look atrocious. I really really hope it plays above and beyond anyone's expectations!

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Were they trying to hide the ugly or something? 'cause it didn't work.

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

what on earth is happening with this game?

 

[GavinGT]

How do they manage to make Tony Hawk look like a fucking alien in his own game?

 

[scoobidoo112]

Screens are gone?

 

[InfernoNR]

I really hope this game turns out well. I loved TH 1 and 3, played them to DEATH, especially 3 (I somehow missed out on 2... Don't know how or why).

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

This is why you usually hire an art director. They don't have a fucking clue what to do visually with this game.

 

[93xfan]

Straight out of Forza 5:

Forza looks better though

 

[Auctopus]

I don't care what it looks like.

How does it play?

Depends what you want. After Skate, THPS just feels like crap.

 

[Slappers Only]

Good to see the Wii still getting new games in 2015.

 

[CrashSimonFaye]

wtf is this

 

[GoldandBlue]

"People aren't digging these low poly graphics, what do we do?"

"Add an outline to them, we'll say it's an art style choice."

 

[The_Dama]

it looks better cell shaded but still one of the ugliest games of current and last gen.

why arent reporters asking activision why it looks so bad

 

[xzeldax3]

Following this game is like watching a car crash in slow motion.

 

[fluffydelusions]

This game man...

 

[Blueblur1]

Wow, it really does look bad. It's not hyperbole for once.

 

[CassSept]

THPS being back... in pog form would have been a lesser slap in the face to fans of the franchise. This looks atrocious by PS2 standards.

 

[robotrock]

This is still hilarious

 

[RyanPierre]

I am not an expert in skating physics, but I feel like that lady on the right is leaning so far over that she'd be falling on her face. But maybe center of gravity works differently in their cel-shaded universe?

 

[User 479360]

It isn't the best-looking game, but it's a lot of fun. It really does harken back to classic THPS, and doesn't look too bad in action.

These screens throw me for a loop, though, because it didn't look cel-shaded at E3 and it's coming out soon.

 

[DERKADER]

First thing to pop into my mind after seeing those screenshots.

 

[Broadbandito]

If this plays anything like the old games I really don't care what it looks like. Gameplay is what made THPS for me

 

[waypoetic]

Oh man, that looks like an early PS3 game! How are they SO out of touch?

 

[Krappadizzle]

The characters and models/animation are so lifeless. It's like they took something that didn't look great and added a cell shader filter. It's like polishing a turd.