Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25826354-20170316232415/@comment-679780-20170501093702

PecolaFromScratch wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote:

Luma.dash wrote:

Mystic Monkey wrote: My guess, the game is still WIP. But graphics these days can be rather realistic that when it comes to games with certain desired art styles then "what more can you want" when it has achieved the desired apperance?

For example, imagine if Sonic '06, a game that aspired to look more realistic than it's usual style, was properly made for XBox One and PS4 instead of their original consoles. For a game that its development began from 2013, I think it just needs some finishing touches, and I dunno that these changes will be so big by the release of the game than we are watching from videos right now.

I just want to know what the game will have of properties on the new consoles, and if it is really a quantum leap from what we had in Sonic Generations; like when you compare Shadow the Hedgehog to Sonic Unleashed. But, I think Sonic Forces will have much bigger environment and maybe a hub world within.

I'm just expecting more in terms of graphics for such a move onto the new consoles, because the couple of screenshots we had of Classic Sonic's gameplay earlier were not so smooth These days consoles have become so advance that they can generate renders and scenes that they can almost be passed off as real. It makes me wonder how developers of any game will benefit from latest super-game-consoles when they're already set in mind for styles and methods that are more simpler and cheaper purely for the desired appearance and quality than budgeting.

Chances are Sonic Forces will have the same approach as Sonic Unleashed did, convincing environments that would contrast the characters in it. It's one of the minor things I didn't like about Unleashed is that clearly a lot of cultural research and effort has gone into the development of the countries Sonic visits, but the humans look like they belong in Looney Tunes or Animaniacs and contrast the world they're suppose to belong in. Even Sonic doesn't contrast that much because he isn't suppose to be too stylized as a character.

Anyway the point I'm getting is that while the game will be for modern consoles which can make near-realistic simulated graphics for other games, Sega may choose Forces not to fully benefit the graphic capabilities of the consoles for the sake of a desired style for the game. I don't want to be that PC elitist, here, but the day the ps4 came out, the parts were already 4 years old/outdated current gen consoles are by no means advanced, the devs definitely use the power wisely but this gen has been the weakest upgrade so far. PC Elist - Console elist, theres really both good and fair points to both sides of that debate that Isimply can't side with one.

What I like about PC games is that there is a wide variety of games for the PC as well as many games for consoles for them. However only some computers are made for gaming, the keyboard itself was never practical use as a game controller. The only acceptance would be the mouse which is ideal for point and click, shooting and FPV games. Not only that but as time goes on, there will be modern PC games that would require you to upgrade your PC in order to play it. Not only would that cost parts but you need to know PC hardware well in order to properly upgrade your machine and I will only have faith in my tech-genius brother to freely mess around with it as he pleases than dare do it myself.

Games on consoles on the other hand only require you to know what system they require to play on in order to play the game without the requirement of techie stuff. No need for installation or concerns for additional machine parts, and game controllers were obviously made for gaming to make ideal interactions with the gaming. Sure I cannot agree with all variety of controllers such as the Kinect or Wiimotes that encourage you to be more physically active, or the Wii U GamePad which requires you to draw attention to information on two seperate screens (Dunno if the Nintendo Switch will also do this) but most console games just require you to put it in, pick up a controller and play with no IT middle-man.

And thus why I'm glad I can simply leave my XBox 360 controller in my PC, because I prefer to play PC games with a propper controller. (FPS and point and click games being the acception though still prefer movement with a controller on FPS over WASD keys.)