You can't seriously call S&S gorgeous. You just can't. There are plenty of JRPG ps3 games that look so much better. Even some PS2 RPGs looks much betterYep, as I said before, outside the Wild Area, SWSH is gorgeous. It may have some issues here and there, but the graphical style they're going for stands out and each area feels new and pretty. I almost don't want a massive open game so we can have more focused areas like these
Battle animations outside the handful people jump to in order to criticise look great too
Game Freak didn't give themselves an extra year? XY 2013 - SM 2016. Where did you see that they gave themselves an extra year?
Also $60 from $40 is a very American bit. In Japan the price increase was only 1000 yen (~$10 around 20% increase) and Europe was smaller, an increase of 33% and that's including tax. Unfortunately Americans got screwed. HOWEVER, the pricing is literally just standard Switch game pricing.
Yep, as I said before, outside the Wild Area, SWSH is gorgeous. It may have some issues here and there, but the graphical style they're going for stands out and each area feels new and pretty. I almost don't want a massive open game so we can have more focused areas like these
Battle animations outside the handful people jump to in order to criticise look great too
Game Freak didn't give themselves an extra year? XY 2013 - SM 2016. Where did you see that they gave themselves an extra year?
Also $60 from $40 is a very American bit. In Japan the price increase was only 1000 yen (~$10 around 20% increase) and Europe was smaller, an increase of 33% and that's including tax. Unfortunately Americans got screwed. HOWEVER, the pricing is literally just standard Switch game pricing.
There were 117 new moves added in SWSH, and many other moves featured brand new and improved animations, so let's not do thatThere aren't that many more new animations or moves in SWSH, they also removed a lot from the last Gen (Z moves and Megas), so this complaint about the number of animations isn't an issue unless we are talking about HD development.
The threads will change when Game Freak does.Glad that we can continue the trend of Pokemon threads on Era being the worst. Never change.
There were 117 new moves added in SWSH, and many other moves featured brand new and improved animations, so let's not do that
As for the rest of the point, you're again, as I have explained multiple times, failing to comprehend the scope of issues, testing animations etc. for the vast number of things required. You'#re completely dismissing it, and then just being all "didn't prepare for HD development" when that's not how things work.
To quote a writer that tortured themselves by streaming these games, "Being targeted towards kids isn't an excuse for just being terrible". All the Pixar, Disney, etc aren't successful because they wrote a handful of words on a napkin and called it a day.
Hell a lot of me and my wife's favorite shows are targeted at kids. Sw/sh is just pathetic writing.
One of the most painfully boring games that failed to meet even the lowest expectations. SwSh are terrible
if the budget doesn't allow for hiring more people, we crunch A LO, cut content or reduce quality.
also hiring more people isnt necessarily a fix productivity doesn't scale perfectly with the number of people as having more and more people create an unwieldly to manage team and that can result in all sorts of problems.
You can't seriously call S&S gorgeous. You just can't. There are plenty of JRPG ps3 games that look so much better. Even some PS2 RPGs looks much better
My point it that S&S definitely aren't games that look good. Especially for a high budget switch HD game. If low budget ps3 games look better there is something wrong."This other game looks better so that means you can't think Sword and Shield are gorgeous."
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I think SWSH are better games than X/Y or (U)S/M handily. Just because you don't like what they have done, doesn't mean it's a major step down.I hate how everything that sells well tends to have cheerleaders and people will ignore all its flaws while saying shit like talent won. SWSH aren't bad games by definition. They are functional and half decent for the target demographic but it's a major step down for a series that has been becoming more streamlined since XY.
What I liked about SM a lot was how different it was. It wasn't perfect or even great in many areas, not to mention super linear. But the fact that it was a brand new approach to the long standing series was enough of a new experience that it revitalized the series for me. SWSH decided to go back to the tried and true and downgrade every aspect at the same time. There's no sense of adventure, discovery or actual depth in a role playing game this time around.
People are insane online with their hatred towards Game Freak but SWSH aren't good games, they are sub standard and fit the target demographic for big sales numbers. It has a poor story, a lack of real discovery in a Pokemon game, further simplified gameplay and incredibly linear. It's the fast food equivalent of what Pokemon used to be.
Even if it's objectively not the worst game in the series and still evolved the formula somewhat, I hated it.
Unless Game Freak do something meaningful to advance the series, I've clearly outgrown it.
Which is super sad given I've been playing since ポケットモンスター 緑 in 1996.
My point it that S&S definitely aren't games that look good. Especially for a high budget switch HD game. If low budget ps3 games look better there is something wrong.
Not that a game has to look good, I love plenty of mediocre looking games
for me HG/SS still has the best art direction of all the games
Sword and Shield look great though? there's a cohesive style through the whole thing, as well as being immediately recognizable as a pokemon title.My point it that S&S definitely aren't games that look good. Especially for a high budget switch HD game. If low budget ps3 games look better there is something wrong.
Not that a game has to look good, I love plenty of mediocre looking games
I'd prefer games with limited story lean into this aspect with limited dialogue and cutscenes. Modern Pokémon has not evolved in story-telling but for some reason now feels the need to insert numerous cutscenes throughout routes and towns. This makes a terrible story that much worsethe story was never what made people play pokemon they are mostly shit collect badges stop the villain team
No they won't. Game Freak could address every single problem the "community" (read: vocal minority) has and you would STILL find something to complain about.
Where do people take this mentality from?No they won't. Game Freak could address every single problem the "community" (read: vocal minority) has and you would STILL find something to complain about.
Yep, as I said before, outside the Wild Area, SWSH is gorgeous. It may have some issues here and there, but the graphical style they're going for stands out and each area feels new and pretty. I almost don't want a massive open game so we can have more focused areas like these
Battle animations outside the handful people jump to in order to criticise look great too
I mean, still cheaper than buying a whole other game, that's mostly the same game, just to get all of the content."But the DLC actually seemed to improves things a little bit"...sure I'll spend a grand total of $90 to play a perhaps slightly higher than mediocre Pokemon game rather than just a mediocre one.
One thing I've noticed is that certain folks will inevitably fall back to this line of thinking once they finish up defending these games to the death.
Exactly! I mentioned earlier in the thread, SwSh were GREAT visually in terms of pokemon.The back-and-forth of "it looks bad" "no, it looks great" is frustrating because it's missing the forest from the trees (heh).
It's true that Pokémon has never been a looker when compared to other games in their respective systems. The game's IQ isn't even an issue by itself, but it sure is an easier aspect to defend than the removal of content, the simplified design of the routes, or the monetization scheme the series has adopted.