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For those saying Metroid Dread looks bad
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I mean, it doesn't look top notch, but that's more a hardware limitation that Nintendo has been putting itself under for most of its console iterations. Artistically, I don't know if I like the sleek white Portal looking shit for a main antagonist, but I'm sure it plays incredibly and I can't wait to give it a try one day.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Honestly not for me, I personally HATED some redesign in the DeS remake, but aesthetics in Elden is sooo good, I take that over high tech graphics.elden ring looks like shite compared to demon souls on ps5
That has more to do not liking its art direction rather than graphics looking like “3DS”. Same BS post i saw in SMT5 trailer, either people are blind or have no fucking idea what 3DS games looked like.
Icymanipulator
Gold Member
It looks like Strider or Shadow Complex: older games that looked only decent at best when released years ago. Compared to Super Metroid (or even Fusion) Dread does indeed look worse. There is a startling lack of color for one. The environments look bland and basic.
I’ve played every Metroid game and am a huge fan of the series and I’ll buy the game day 1, but let’s not let our love of the series cloud our judgement here. The game look fairly weak in its presentation. All we can hope is that the game play and mechanics are excellent.
I’ve played every Metroid game and am a huge fan of the series and I’ll buy the game day 1, but let’s not let our love of the series cloud our judgement here. The game look fairly weak in its presentation. All we can hope is that the game play and mechanics are excellent.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I'm more annoyed that the enemies are robots. I find mechanical enemies to be uninspired and unrewarding to defeat.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Depends on what you value, in terms of graphics. Obviously Demon's Souls is gorgeously polished with modern tech and a great art style to boot, but Elden Ring is very alluring in it's own right. The art style may even be a step up.elden ring looks like shite compared to demon souls on ps5
I understand your preference, but it's too bad if you can't appreciate the artistic quality of Elden Ring and the great visual appeal of the game. Someone may have crappier recording equipment than a big studio, but they can still write a damn great song. I think the term "shit" isn't quite fair.
Faithless83
Banned
Based on how Nintendo gave zero fucks about Metroid for so long, I'm happy we got a game.
Does it look amazing? No.
Does it look great? I don't think so.
Do they have the budget to make something Ori alike?
Yes, hence the complains. This is not an indie game company.
Does it look amazing? No.
Does it look great? I don't think so.
Do they have the budget to make something Ori alike?
Yes, hence the complains. This is not an indie game company.
Fbh
Member
Well the thread title says "for those who think Metroid Dread looks bad".
Having bad art direction goes a long way towards making this look bad. It's not all about raw graphics.
Hollow Knight doesn't have better "graphics" than this. But the art direction makes it look 10x better.
And for the record I think SMT looks great and significantly better than Metroid.
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Jeeves
Member
Graphically it looks competent enough. I think most of the negative sentiment has more to do with the art direction, but I'll reserve judgement on that until I play it myself. Presumably we've only seen the very early portion of the game, and for all we know, later areas could look much different. That, or they'll commit to the sort of Portal aesthetic the whole way through -- but even that could go places.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I agree with you that art direction is way more important, if you are not liking aesthetics, no amount of high tech going help make the game looking better.
I'm just sick of "it looks like 3DS game" posts, even when Elden Ring got announced there were posts saying that game looked early PS3 game.....WTF!!?
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S0ULZB0URNE
Member
It does look dull and the animation is severally lacking.
Speaking of indies....
Is more impressive and a heck of a lot cheaper.
(id wager it's a more lengthy game)
Urban
Member
Wasnt this the finished Metroid Game rumor? I read a rumor back then, that Nintendo is sitting on a finished Metroid Game for about 5-6 years.
SuperBabyMethod
Member
It looks like the 3DS Metroid game and the color schemes look dull and boring.
TheDreadLord
Member
It definitely is not a graphical showcase but I still have faith in the gameplay department.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
To me, it's definitely a feeling of "Sorry about Metroid Prime 4. Here's what we can manage in the meantime."
I'm hoping for the best and there are things I like about it, but it does feel underwhelming.
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Neil Young
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Nintendo has activated "Cheap Mode". They're crushing it so why bother? Why spend money on development when it will sell anyway? No questions about Metroid 4, Mario Kart 9, 3d Mario etc. Zelda in 2022, how convenient, right when the next Switch comes out. Anyway, those games would cost money. Here's a 2d Metroid, a remake of Advance Wars, and a Wario Game (They won E3....get the fuck out of here!).
We know what they CAN do. Look at Luigi's Mansion. That game was beautiful. Does this look even close to that?
We know what they CAN do. Look at Luigi's Mansion. That game was beautiful. Does this look even close to that?
These hacks should never have been allowed to touch a mainline canon game.
The art style is lazy shit, the backgrounds are dead and dull, everything about this is awful. Burn it all to the ground.
The gameplay mechanics they forced into the 3DS game were awful, with too many chase sequences and the counter move ended up being abused and a lazy crutch for them.
This will be worth it in bargain bins.
The art style is lazy shit, the backgrounds are dead and dull, everything about this is awful. Burn it all to the ground.
The gameplay mechanics they forced into the 3DS game were awful, with too many chase sequences and the counter move ended up being abused and a lazy crutch for them.
This will be worth it in bargain bins.
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Lethal01
Member
It doesn't look like a 3DS game but it looks far behind games like Yoshi on Switch when it comes to graphics..
Mister Wolf
Member
Yoshi runs at a resolution lower than 720p(The game is blurry as hell) so naturally it would have more overhead for assets running on the same hardware.
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S0ULZB0URNE
Member
not in scope thoughelden ring looks like shite compared to demon souls on ps5
JunkerWoland
Member
The need I keep seeing around the Internet to defend this game's visuals tells me people--deep down--really know what Nintendo presented looks underwhelming.
Technically, while it probably could be better, Dread appears fine for something running on the Switch, and hopefully the finished game will provide an essentially locked 60fps experience. The elephant in the room is Nintendo hasn't created a Metroid with legitimate 2D controls for home consoles since 1994. Many expected more from something the company is willing to call Metroid 5, whether "more" is a matter of wanting a game with higher technical prowess or just something with greater flair.
I find Dread's style to be unnecessarily dull, something that could probably be slightly alleviated with more vibrant colors. Considering the game releases in October and common sense would suggest Nintendo's videos are trying to show the game at its best, I imagine the desaturated art direction will generally carry through to the rest of the unseen areas, even if the environmental variety gets beyond grey-ish rocks, grey-ish ice, and grey-ish metal. Additionally, I haven't particularly enjoyed anything created by Mercury Steam, so them being the developer does throw a certain amount of water on the fire.
Technically, while it probably could be better, Dread appears fine for something running on the Switch, and hopefully the finished game will provide an essentially locked 60fps experience. The elephant in the room is Nintendo hasn't created a Metroid with legitimate 2D controls for home consoles since 1994. Many expected more from something the company is willing to call Metroid 5, whether "more" is a matter of wanting a game with higher technical prowess or just something with greater flair.
I find Dread's style to be unnecessarily dull, something that could probably be slightly alleviated with more vibrant colors. Considering the game releases in October and common sense would suggest Nintendo's videos are trying to show the game at its best, I imagine the desaturated art direction will generally carry through to the rest of the unseen areas, even if the environmental variety gets beyond grey-ish rocks, grey-ish ice, and grey-ish metal. Additionally, I haven't particularly enjoyed anything created by Mercury Steam, so them being the developer does throw a certain amount of water on the fire.
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Lethal01
Member
Or, some people just don't think it looks good?
Boy bawang
Member
When games like Ori, Hollow knight or Rain World exist, it's difficult to not be a tad disappointed by this Metroid's graphics. At least, it looks clean.
These posts are something else lmfao!
“If it doesn’t look handrawn or not a pixelated game (even when we already have a million of those), it’s uninspired”.
OP was right, and is a good reason for “fans” to shut the fuck up! I don’t want a pixelated game, I am tired of those!
Just immediately put them on ignore if I were you, those type of posts are not meant to have discussions.
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sankt-Antonio
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Never seen any of this game, except now the video in the op. Looks bad.
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
I just played Ratchet and Clank.
This shit looks terrible. Nintendo needs new hardware, badly.
Good art and good hardware dont need to be separated.
This shit looks terrible. Nintendo needs new hardware, badly.
Good art and good hardware dont need to be separated.
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eNT1TY
Member
Many of Nintendo's studios will continue to put in minimal effort while charging top dollar as long as they have apologists willing to pay for anything they put out. The lazy get compensated just as well as the talented so there is no incentive to improve technically, people are still buying the shit. This game right here though is straight up unity engine practice tier shit so far.
Great Hair
Banned
I´m getting a bad-cheap mobile game vibe after watching this part.
A slow walking 4 legged robo doing nothing? What year is this? A Cutscene prior a scripted? battle? What? Yes, it looks really bad, so much i´m offended by it. Compare it to :
Some of them were done by 5man devs.
If you like the look, good. But it looks bad on
a) technical level
b) artistical level
c) rap
A slow walking 4 legged robo doing nothing? What year is this? A Cutscene prior a scripted? battle? What? Yes, it looks really bad, so much i´m offended by it. Compare it to :
And there it is, you guys are predictable as flies attracted by the fucking light…all hand drawn and pixelated…
Those are different art styles…
Some of them were done by 5man devs.
If you like the look, good. But it looks bad on
a) technical level
b) artistical level
c) rap
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Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Very long time? We had SR in 2017. 4 years is nothing for Metroid fans.
Akuji
Member
holy shit that looks insane!
omfg glad the video was just posted today because i would be damned if i miss such a jewel.
b2t:
metroid looks cheap.
people dont like cheap.
you like it. good for you.
should look like ori ... but it looks like some ps3 uprez game.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
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kurisu_1974
is on perm warning for being a low level troll
I don't really like the artstyle, and I'm disappointed that a Euro dev is making it.
Revolutionary
Member
This is all it boils down to for me. Clive Barker's Jericho is the game of theirs I enjoyed the most, and gameplay-wise it was mostly terrible lol. I just liked the Clive Barker story
Bonfires Down
Member
I´m getting a bad-cheap mobile game vibe after watching this part.
A slow walking 4 legged robo doing nothing? What year is this? A Cutscene prior a scripted? battle? What? Yes, it looks really bad, so much i´m offended by it. Compare it to :
And there it is, you guys are predictable as flies attracted by the fucking light…all hand drawn and pixelated…
Those are different art styles…
PS: I guarantee you that if the game looked like that old Metroid game there would be bitching all the same…
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