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New Kameo Preview, Screens, Dev Commentary
- Thread starter Redbeard
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A great improvement over previous shots... but...
"Do you like bloom? I sure do. Let's put it on everything -- In every Xbox game... Wait, no... EVERY GAME! MGS3, Halo 2, Splinter Cell EVERYTHING, Fable, This, That, The other, and, yeah, let's even put it in the crap games!"
*Ahem* ... Sorry. In my opinion, bloom is being a tad bit overused and, in some cases, tackily used. It's like the lens flare of 2004. Some games use it tastefully, such as ICO and MGS3... But seeing the bloom at such a high opacity here is sickening.
"Do you like bloom? I sure do. Let's put it on everything -- In every Xbox game... Wait, no... EVERY GAME! MGS3, Halo 2, Splinter Cell EVERYTHING, Fable, This, That, The other, and, yeah, let's even put it in the crap games!"
*Ahem* ... Sorry. In my opinion, bloom is being a tad bit overused and, in some cases, tackily used. It's like the lens flare of 2004. Some games use it tastefully, such as ICO and MGS3... But seeing the bloom at such a high opacity here is sickening.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
I think it works well with this game.
LuckyBrand
Banned
wow, the game is looking beautiful...
really wish one of rare's two big games was coming out in 2004 instead of both of them in early 2005.
really wish one of rare's two big games was coming out in 2004 instead of both of them in early 2005.
Jonnyboy117
Member
Great graphics, awful art style.
Fallopian Tube
test tag
Oh stfu.Jonnyboy117 said:
Traumahound
Member
The environments look incredible, but the characters look quite blocky. And the interface looks low res (they better fix that).
Kobun Heat
Member
IAWTP. The question is, which one will suck worse?kiryogi said:
LuckyBrand
Banned
Kameo sales
Kameo > Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Conker > Kameo
I really hope KAMEO and Conker do well.. I dont see Conker doing bad, i dont see how it could, it is hand made for the cliched xbox owner..
KAMEO isnt, but I still think xbox owners have a craving for something different, and something like this might fit the bill..
Kameo > Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Conker > Kameo
I really hope KAMEO and Conker do well.. I dont see Conker doing bad, i dont see how it could, it is hand made for the cliched xbox owner..
KAMEO isnt, but I still think xbox owners have a craving for something different, and something like this might fit the bill..
disabledHeliocentric
Member
This looks really nice. Starfox Adventures looked really nice. I didn't even mind its level design. It was the gameplay I had a problem with. If it would have had combat like, say, Ninja Gaiden or something it could've been good. I don't even know how this plays.
Duckhuntdog
Member
Kevin Bayliss' art so rocked in the KI days, now it's just sad.
SolidSnakex
Member
Matt said:
I really doubt that, MS isn't going to make it where you can only see Conkers commercial after 10pm. Nintendo might have thought that'd work, but it basically killed the games chance of success.
SolidSnakex
Member
What's difficult to market about it? Show the multiplayer a bit, splice in some single player levels and some Conker quotes and there you go. The main problem with the N64 ads is that it didn't show the game enough. Just show gameplay only.
Its a cute squirrel in a cute world full of curses and shit jokes. These two facts pretty much cancels the games ability to seel to any particular audience. Generic games sell, games that can be easily defined sell, and franchises sell. Conker falls into none of these categories.SolidSnakex said:
SolidSnakex
Member
If a game that starred a bear with a ostrich in its backpack can sell then I don't see why Conker can't. 
MightyHedgehog
Member
Conker falls into a The Simpsons/Ren & Stimpy/South Park-style of zone...it's already got fans and will likely draw more. I don't think the game's gonna break any sales records, but it'll certainly fare better than the N64 outing and will probably end up being a solid 400-600k'er.
As for Kameo, it looks even nicer now. Definitely a purchase, as Conker is as well.
As for Kameo, it looks even nicer now. Definitely a purchase, as Conker is as well.
Screw the haters. This game is gorgeous. Check out these ign movies.
http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/490/490038/vids_1.html
http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/490/490038/vids_1.html
disabledHeliocentric
Member
O.K. After reading a little more on this game I am genuinely excited. I might go as far as saying this makes my informal most wanted list-- not just for xbox, either, but gauging this and games on all systems it makes THAT list(an informal list, of course).
This might be that one epic Action/Adventure that can sit next to Ninja Gaiden on xbox.
This might be that one epic Action/Adventure that can sit next to Ninja Gaiden on xbox.
LuckyBrand
Banned
yah, i think RARE is feeling confident about their game, as their most recent trailers really are making the game out to be something epic for a platformer, instead of just some platformer.. or they just have a damned good trailer-editor..
the game is shaping up nicely, i just cant imagine they'd really need another 6-8 months! regardless, kameo and conker will probably be the two last xbox games i get and they'll probably hold me over nicely til i get xbox 2.
the game is shaping up nicely, i just cant imagine they'd really need another 6-8 months! regardless, kameo and conker will probably be the two last xbox games i get and they'll probably hold me over nicely til i get xbox 2.
TheGreenGiant
Banned
LuckyBrand said:
fugly.
GBTG at least has kiddy appeal, cel shading and skeletony critters. THis has ugly mongoloid star.
Conker = GBTG >>>>>> Kameo
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
Not related to thread but I need to say that ZOOL rocks.IgeL said:
Daxter Too
Banned
I hate Xbox features. Bloom lighting, bump mapping, normal mapping(?!). Ugggh.
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
These aren't Xbox features only, they are in use by many developers for many platforms (PS2/GameCube/PC). I understand that you may not like developers cheaply using them and slapping them on random objects/lights but they provide genuine graphical improvements at a comparatively small cost.Daxter Too said:
They really aren't just cheaply developed feature list specs but genuine and effective methods to increase visual quality in all titles. It's very important that people realize that raw polygon output ISN'T the solution for everything and intelligent steps must be taken in order to improve other graphical features.
SolidSnakex
Member
Bloom lighting is actually a really cool graphic feature (ICO for example wouldn't be the same without it). It just doesn't look good in screens for some reason.