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[WHOAguitarninja]

I dont understand the lighting engine. In the big zoomed out shot, some trees shadows are going in one direction while others are going the opposite way. Reminds me of the US didnt go to the moon stuff.

I think that's due to the slope of the plane the shadows are falling on. It does look a bit odd though.

 

[Beatbox]

I'm no expert but what's the the direction of the shadows on the right trees vs. the trees on the left.

 

[..pakbeka..]

there are shadows coming from invisible trees too

 

[BlueTsunami]

there are shadows coming from invisible trees too

Its a haunted mountain slope. Must be a secret level.

 

[dorio]

This game is actually pretty funny. Check out the ign movies.

 

[Timbuktu]

this thread brings back some 1080 nostalgia, still the best style for snowboarding games. I hope Nintendo has more games with art style like this. A next-gen 1080 bundled with the iPod-white Revolution would be awesome.

 

[No6]

I'm no expert but what's the the direction of the shadows on the right trees vs. the trees on the left.

Pretend that we are looking north (ignore the "real" rotation of the sun, this is just for bearings). The sun is low in the SE sky, and shining towards a valley. The trees on the east side of the valley will cast a longer "downwards" shadow into the valley simply because there's nothing to block the shadow, while trees on the east side have the shadows blocked by the rising slope. This is also why the east slope is darker than the west slope.

As for the visuals, it's xbox 1.5, but still not possible on xbox. The slope area looks larger than those in Amped 2, and it's certainly more advanced than SSX On Tour. Too bad about the gameplay.

And trees can be in snow without having snow on them, don't be stupid.

And 1080 was garbage compared to SSX/Amped. A rev version would probably be terrible after the mediocre showing of Avalanche.

 

[Error Macro]

Fuck the haterz, 1080: Avalanche was awesome. I certainly enjoyed it a lot more than SSX 3/Amped 2.

 

[lethial]

I imagine this game could be wicked rad if you're heavily addicted to Mountain Dew and free-running. Such a shame.

 

[Ryudo]

WTF ? LOL, chill, this is about VIDEOGAMES

Its all in good fun man, i am not serious.

 

[op_ivy]

Yeah, thats a GC screen 'cos, crazily enough, The N64 wasn't quite up to making trees look as good as those 2 generations ahead.

:lol i really didnt mean to do that.

 

[Spastic Colon]

So when is the 360 going to be next gen?

Gears of War

 

[FortNinety]

and cause some people are retarded, n64

You know, the tree in that shot looks quite good.

 

[op_ivy]

You know, the tree in that shot looks quite good.

no

 

[masud]

You know, the tree in that shot looks quite good.

Thats becasue it's a GCN game.

 

[jedimike]

amped 3 makes amped fans cry themselves to sleep at night

So true. I really don't care how the game looks. Marginally better than Amped2 720P is perfectly fine to me.

The thing that pisses me off to no end is the aping of SSX. The Amped series has been one the shining jewels on Xbox. The game is perfectly balanced and hella fun. It stands on it's own merits and really didn't need anything more than a few new mountains. Even the tubes would have been ok. The snowmobiles is too much and the 70's style and characters is total crap.

The direction Amped3 is heading, regardless of graphics, is a complete atrocity.

 

[Raiden]

Fuck the haterz, 1080: Avalanche was awesome. I certainly enjoyed it a lot more than SSX 3/Amped 2.

Qft, good to see some 1080°64/avalanche love, SSX was the biggest piece of shit ever.

 

[op_ivy]

So true. I really don't care how the game looks. Marginally better than Amped2 720P is perfectly fine to me.

The thing that pisses me off to no end is the aping of SSX. The Amped series has been one the shining jewels on Xbox. The game is perfectly balanced and hella fun. It stands on it's own merits and really didn't need anything more than a few new mountains. Even the tubes would have been ok. The snowmobiles is too much and the 70's style and characters is total crap.

The direction Amped3 is heading, regardless of graphics, is a complete atrocity.

honestly, the series has always had some cheese to it (you're sponsored by the hot dog vendor, have a chilli dog on the house!"), but it was largely ignorable before. who knows, the game may turn out great, but its really not appealing with how they have really focused on this "style".

and yeah, i definitely care that the game looks very slightly better then amped 2 in 720p. that alone makes me not care (see also, to an even greater extent, gun and TH)

and just to piss off the nintendo kids (again ), steep slope sliders >>>>>> 1080