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The JP Pikmin 3 Miiverse board is full of new screens
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The Librarian
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Samurai_Heart
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Wish Miiverse upgraded so Gifs are possible but knowing Nintendo it'll be compressed like crazy ala 3DS eShop videos =/
It's a great idea!
Considering that with MKTvii they will allow to stream even gameplay videos, maybe we could expect Gif on Miiverse sometimes in the future...
taku
Member
I love Pikmin.. It really captures the essence of nature being beautiful, and all the imaginary thoughts I had as a kid about tiny creatures roaming the forest.
(Actually, these images remind me of some photos I took a couple of years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/EUPSJQ1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Wkx9sMg.jpg
(Actually, these images remind me of some photos I took a couple of years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/EUPSJQ1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Wkx9sMg.jpg
metalslimer
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This shot in particular strikes me as looking fantastic and terrible at the same time.
Its because everything besides the n64 ground textures is wonderful looking
Always-honest
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This shot in particular strikes me as looking fantastic and terrible at the same time.
oversaturated.
This part really makes no sense. It's like they opted to improve almost everything in the game but the ground textures. I wouldn't be surprised if somebody told me that these ground textures were from the Wii version and Nintendo just decided not to change them.
Always-honest
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Normally the camera is up high and you're watching it from a nother perspective.
What is so hard to understand? Have you never even played a game in your life where you walked up close to a texture and realised it was not as detailed than from the normal viewing distance?
Having said that, yes. textures upclose are a bit unimmersive.
Yes but only to those who wouldnt play it anyways coz of lolnintendo is for kids.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
The problem with textures is you can make a lot of games look bad by zooming in close and at a sharp angle. The various texture effects that make things look nice a distance break down.
Aside from some issues with seams here and there, the ground textures in the game aren't awful when viewed from the normal gameplay perspectives. But they aren't friendly towards Pikmin eye view screen shots, either.
Aside from some issues with seams here and there, the ground textures in the game aren't awful when viewed from the normal gameplay perspectives. But they aren't friendly towards Pikmin eye view screen shots, either.
F... You're really annoying guys. Never played an exclusive AAA RTS PC game before? Good, there's just a new one on the market.
Compared to the kiddy Pikmin 3, running on a "underpowered" Wii U, COH 2 ground textures looks like N64 with RAM pack, which is better than the N64 textures of Pikmin 3, obviously.
I guess it would habe been cool if they implemented higher res textures for the photo mode but otherwise I really don't care because the rest seems to look great.
Still not sure if I should keep my pre-order of the game. Pikmin 1 just never really clicked with me, so I'm still torn on this one.
Still not sure if I should keep my pre-order of the game. Pikmin 1 just never really clicked with me, so I'm still torn on this one.
Have you never watched a video of this game in your life (or possibly played the demo) to see that most ground textures are a muddy mess at any viewing distance, and that there is a blatant disparity in quality between different parts of the environment? Having your camera zoomed out certainly does improve things, but there is enough content in this game that brings you close enough to these textures to notice how awful they are.
I don't see how you can defend it at all.
EDIT:
Most of the time you play Pikmin is spent much closer to the units than any AAA RTS. Zooming in that close in a big PC RTS is more novel than necessary, its like a "Oh cool they modeled all these troops, ok lets zoom out so I can play the game again".
Billy Big Bollocks
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Some decent ones from the last 20 mins or so
taku
Member
Jeesh, mister. It was a
half
Here's a quote from an earlier reply I made in this thread:
Oh, and also, just because other RTS PC games have crap textures makes this totally okay by comparison? Why would there even need to be a comparison?
Knsflanagan
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I don't know, maybe because most of us will be playing a great game....not bad ground textures. I don't understand how or why some of you are so damn hung up on it. We get it the ground textures aren't great, get over it.
Always-honest
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yes and that's not true.
They could be better, but they're not muddy from the normal distance.
They were on gamecube though.
I'm going to buy it, and I'm going to enjoy it. But this message board is for discussing games, including their problems. This might be the only problem I have with the game, but considering how much Nintendo missed the "launch window" on release, from a consumers perspective they have no excuse for the unfortunate textures.
Edit: I feel like quoting my own avatar after reading what I'm writing, seems like an accurate depiction of how it sounds. (It doesn't really reflect my demeanor in real life, I'm just lack tact).
nintendo gets bashed for a supposed great game having bad textures? Darks Souls is universally praised and the textures and frame rate are both terrible. Call of Duty is praised and the graphics are generally terrible including horrible wall textures. Bioshock infinite on consoles was praised and the textures are a mess as well.
Yet, nintendo makes a great game with questionable ground textures and its the end of the fucking world...
sorry, no excuse for the bad textures. get over yourself.
Interceptor
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The point is this: In an RTS Game you usually have a top down view from far above. The ground textures are only "horrible" if you zoom in.
Sigh - can´t believe a new game is out and people are again only interestet in ground textures..
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I think the point made by posting the PC game shot is that this is an RTS. A lot of people seem to look at screenshots of games in an abstract sense without considering the genre or design.
Like when folks look at a huge sandbox world game, and wonder why blades of grass in one spot are 2D textures rather than geometry.
Look at most high end RTS titles, including Starcraft II, and zoom in close. The textures in Pikmin 3 are not as anywhere nearly as terrible as they are made out to be. Which is not to say they couldn't be better.
Looking back over the thread this shot:
Demonstrates what the textures really look like in gameplay perspective with effects and lighting. While the ground level camera beauty shots reveal the limitations, they're also misleading as to what the game typically looks like.
Edit: found what I was looking for. Here's what happens when you take a texture and view it from a steep angle:
Dat visual disparity. Those N64 floor textures versus those characters.
I picked TLOU because it's currently being name-dropped as an example of expensive graphics.
Edit Plus: adjusted language to avoid seeming antagonistic. This should be about education.
Like when folks look at a huge sandbox world game, and wonder why blades of grass in one spot are 2D textures rather than geometry.
Look at most high end RTS titles, including Starcraft II, and zoom in close. The textures in Pikmin 3 are not as anywhere nearly as terrible as they are made out to be. Which is not to say they couldn't be better.
Looking back over the thread this shot:
Demonstrates what the textures really look like in gameplay perspective with effects and lighting. While the ground level camera beauty shots reveal the limitations, they're also misleading as to what the game typically looks like.
Edit: found what I was looking for. Here's what happens when you take a texture and view it from a steep angle:
Dat visual disparity. Those N64 floor textures versus those characters.
I picked TLOU because it's currently being name-dropped as an example of expensive graphics.
Edit Plus: adjusted language to avoid seeming antagonistic. This should be about education.
With fun?
Interceptor
Banned
So... screenshots from the game won´t look as good as.. the game. hmmm
But then Miiverse would load like crap. You can't have everything I guess.
Smiles and Cries
Member
has Pikmin in game always hinted at humans and Earth?
The Librarian
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Because high end PCs these days are over 8 times more powerful than Wii-U, and yet even their RTS games have bad ground textures when zoomed in. It's something that comes with the genre, Nintendo (or anybody else) can't fix that, it's not the games or the platforms fault. And thus it isn't worth complaining about or mentioning. This isn't directed at you, but other people complaining about the texture.
There, fixed it!
LOL
The Librarian
Banned
Unless I see someone repeatedly complain about ground textures, the complaints don't bother me. Waiting to play the game to form my own opinion.
Pixel counters, on the other hand they drive me up the wall.
taku
Member
Look people..
Bottom line is, the game looks beautiful! In fact, the game looks so beautiful that the shitty ground textures break some of the atmosphere. Most (if not everyone) posting in this thread probably intend to play this game, so why are some of you getting so defensive about the discussion of these shit textures?
Fact: Game's got shit for ground textures
Fact: Game looks awesome!
Bottom line is, the game looks beautiful! In fact, the game looks so beautiful that the shitty ground textures break some of the atmosphere. Most (if not everyone) posting in this thread probably intend to play this game, so why are some of you getting so defensive about the discussion of these shit textures?
Fact: Game's got shit for ground textures
Fact: Game looks awesome!
Interceptor
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MoogleWizard
Member
The game looks gorgeous except for two things: excessive DOF effect and ground textures that are either low poly or they look like like super-flat wallpaper. This looks especially odd with grass and leaves.
Knsflanagan
Member
For me its because this is what all pikmin 3 threads devolve into. To me its irrelevant I am getting the game because I love Pikmin, not because some textures look bad up close.
Pretty sure the series has always heavily implied that it takes place on a post-apocalyptic earth.
I wonder if anyone can find out how far into the future the earth is in Pikmin 3 using the position of the continents on the world map.
Or maybe the continents haven't been moved as they should and they just stuck them wherever they wanted.
The Librarian
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The game takes place on Australia and Antarctica.
The "treasures" in Pikmin 2 are clearly real life consumer products, duracell batteries for instance, so yeah they are on Earth (or at least a planet where humans existed). I'm not sure if Pikmin 3 is in the same planet though.
Always-honest
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haha, no i just thought the game looked less natural in that shot than in other shots.
In fact, most of the4se screens look a bit over the top in crushed dark areas and oversaturation. Game looks better while playing.
There, fixed it!
haha, nice.
To me, it's because we read it in every Pikmin3 thread. it was hard to find new info on the game, at a certain point, because a lot of posts devolved around that issue.
and, this:
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