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VileMethoD
04/11/09

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I'm pretty excited for the game and the new movie. Although I do get the feeling the movie is going to disappoint.
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Harfold
04/11/09

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Dan Aykroyd prefers trying to pick up 1st year Queen's girls in Kingston bars too... go figure.
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
04/11/09

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Oh no! An opinion! Quick, get him!
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SadAstronaut
04/11/09

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I think both of the games (Wii and PS3/360) have great graphical styles. Even though this game deosn't really interest me, I can't deny how great they both look.
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-MasterDex-
04/11/09

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To counteract all the negativity the graphics have gotten/will get in this thread, I'm gonna go ahead and agree with Mr.Aykroyd and say that the wii version looks more artistically pleasing than the 360/PS3 version.
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Horst Tappert
04/11/09

@-MasterDex-: Same here. It's like the the ps3/xbox creators felt they "had to" go photo-realistic just because that's what the public expects from a ps3/360 title, right?

The WII creators might have been forced to invent a style that uses less polygons, but at least they had to think about the design before downloading a few bog-standard 3d models and slapping a proton pack on them.
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-MasterDex-
04/11/09

@little computer freund: I think the biggest issue is that much of the public do expect photorealistic graphics.

We all have a graphics whore inside of us, it's the reason I bought Crysis but a game with a character comprised of a billion polygons isn't neccesarrily better than a game with a character comprised of 100 pixels. It's a pity more people don't see it that way.
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Myxomatosis
04/11/09

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I think what he's saying is that he likes the cartoony design for the wii, not necessarily the how powerful the graphics are.
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Kotakufan777
04/11/09

@Myxomatosis: Well duh. Polys and Pixels are worth shit as long as you haven't put thought in character design.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
04/11/09

@Kotakufan777: yeah, and why do that when you have a cartoon to copy from, right?
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PulpZero
04/11/09

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Graphical power =\= good graphics. Art design has as much, if not more to do with creating an aesthetically pleasing game.

What a novel idea.
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Kotakufan777
04/11/09

@PulpZero: It's the only importance. Design, and particularly motions are much, much more important than the resolution on the screen or the polygon count. That's why the graphical power of the Wii is perfectly adequate. As long as developers struggle to get convincing motion, they can shove their pixels up their ass. That's why I am underwhelmed by many PS3 titles, but Finaly Fantasy X-2 or Shadow of the Colossus is absolutely stunning.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
04/11/09

@Kotakufan777: but what if they focused only on the graphics? i can see the motions on this game looking horrible, like most wii games. they'll be hopping in the air while they walk, their feet will be sliding when in the air and when they land, and there will be no real physics. having a high polygon count doesnt make a game bad or good, it's how it's implemented.

+ Watch video

this is a Ps3 game with a very high poly count, and when implemented with cel shading, it makes a perfectly fluid cartoonish type game that actually moves correctly.

here's some wii gameplay.

+ Watch video

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Fallible.
04/11/09

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I hated The Incredibles.

That said, I don't particularly have high hopes for this Ghostbusters game. From what I've seen of it, anyway, it's just another movie-franchise game, albeit dressed up as a paranormal(?) shooter with puzzle aspects.

Then again, that was an early build from what I've heard. Expectations are still low, though.
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RyuuzakiBjorn
04/11/09

@Fallible: I loved the Incredibles, it was incredible.
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CrashBandicooter
04/11/09

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Sorry Ray, err.. I mean Mr. Aykroyd, your the man. But a blind monkey could see that the games looks far prettier on the PS3 and 360.
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greyseal
04/11/09

@CrashBandicooter: I disagree. The graphics are more technically proficient on the 360/PS3, but the developers were smart to play to the Wii's strengths rather than try to duplicate the game on a weaker platform. It's apples and oranges.

It's a good art style, has its roots in the excellent Real Ghostbusters cartoon, and invites players to play two games instead of deciding between multiple versions of one. I'm excited about both.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
04/11/09

@greyseal: yeah, but the wii doesnt have any strengths that the other two dont. it is the weaker platform and whatever is done on it could be recreated on the stronger two and better. it's more like watermelons and grapes.

i'm sure they'll all be good though.
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Leanid
04/11/09

@LllusionX:Cooking grenades for the Helghast: I hate watermelons. They're big, more expensive, and inconvenient to eat.
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bobtheduck in Korea
04/11/09

@Leanid: Other than price (which is the price of the 360 at launch) there's nothing inconvenient about the PS3, so your analogy fails in that regard. Also, the size of the thing shouldn't matter unless you live in a Japanese studio apartment...

Don't get me started on this farce of "too many buttons" since the Playstation's had the same number of buttons since the dualshock first launched in 1998.
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woons
04/11/09

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Fair enough ... but that's the art style rather than the graphics themselves isn't it? They could have the same art style on the PS3/360 and make it look better as well.
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NeVeRMoRe666
04/11/09

@woons: Yea but they didn't. I guess thats one of the silver linings of the Wii. It forces you to get creative because of the systems limitations. See: Mad World.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
04/11/09

@NeVeRMoRe666: But that was thir choice from the beginning. other consoles can have that power and still be creative (see:LBP and PSN games). madworld was made the way it was to make a new artstyle, not because of the limitations, and even with it's artstyle, it still showed the limitations in the jagginess that was present and the poor animations, physics, etc.
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elmarko
04/11/09

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I don't care about graphical style. I'm gonna buy this for the wii and the 360. It's ghostbusters, man.
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란
04/11/09

@elmarko:

YEAH! who you gonna call?!?!
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Fallible.
04/11/09

@란: His psychiatrist?

Why would you buy the same game twice?
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MCWHAMMER
04/11/09

@Fallible: Someone still has money...
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RyuuzakiBjorn
04/11/09

@Fallible: Because it's not the same game?
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Hey_Blinkon
04/11/09

@McWhammer: I took all my cash out of the bank and had it turned into ones. I filled my tub and take money baths now.
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ph15h
04/11/09

@Hey_Blinkon: You too? Doesn't it make you feel rich?

:( I redeposited after I got a money papercut somewhere I can't mention.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
04/11/09

@ph15h was here... possibly: was it your vocal cord? *rimshot*
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jandlecack
04/11/09

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I really don't think the game will look like The Incredibles...that'd be kinda difficult to pull off even on 360 or PS3 actually.
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MARl0
04/11/09

@Jandlecack: Obviously he meant artistically. Not on a technical level...
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jandlecack
04/11/09

@MARl0: Right.
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SwissArmyKnife
04/11/09

@Jandlecack: As the other two people said, Team Fortress 2 has it down pat.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
04/11/09

@SwissArmyKnife: @Nubius: it does, very well, though nobody said it was easy.
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