windbane said:
Okami according to IGN: "It is simply one of Wii's best looking games, a truth solidified by the fact that the adventure arrives on the console with some visual enhancements, including all-new 480p (progressive scan) and 16:9 widescreen modes. Yet, it's not without its graphic imperfections. The original version of Okami featured a very pronounced filter, which gave the impression that the Nippon world Amaterasu explored was rendered onto paper. The Wii iteration also includes the paper filter, but it is not nearly as obvious or noticeable -- it's much subtler and thus far less convincing, a disappointment since the filter actually added to the authentic presentation of the game. Okami's framerate, meanwhile, often slowed down on PlayStation 2 and Ready at Dawn has made no attempt to improve the fluidity for the Wii build despite the fact that Nintendo's system is more powerful. The admittedly still-stunning adventure therefore remains hampered by regular fluidity dips in wide-open areas." 1up: "The papery-looking graphical filter is toned down to accommodate the Wii hardware, but it wasn't something I noticed until I was told about it (and even then, it wasn't a big deal). While all my Okami time on the Wii was like revisiting a distant (and yet-unmatched) dream, the new motion controls were a slightly rude awakening. If you haven't played the original, it will just seem like an oddly challenging experience due to the controls, whereas fans of the first should recognize it for what it is -- a worthy but imperfect port." A matter of opinion, as I've said. Imo, the PS2 version looks better. If you disagree, it doesn't change my main point at all. RE4: 1up: "The game suffers little in the transition to the PS2, unless you're willing to sit with the GameCube version side-by-side. Even then, despite some dithered textures and loss of geometry, the PS2 trumps the GameCube original with Progressive Scan and true widescreen mode (the GameCube version faked that funk)." That is hardly a "wide margin" and it's a joke to say that it's similar to Wii-PS3 graphical differences as you say in the post below the one I quote here. As for the extra content: "But the big question is if the extras were worth waiting for, and to that the answer is "yes." While the new unlockable costumes are mostly silly and just for fun, the new weapons (laser rifle for Leon, explosive crossbow for Ada) are welcome additions. But the most important new ingredient is by far the Ada Wong sidestory, "Separate Ways." It is worth the price of admission alone to play this. It's at least as long as most of the previous Resident Evil games and then some. Far less throwaway than mini-game features like "The Mercenaries," Separate Ways shows events you might already find familiar, but as viewed from Ada's perspective. Take for example the opening scene, with Leon fighting off an entire village swarming in through windows, over rooftops, and breaking down doors. The trick here is to hold the mob off until a church bell rings, hurling you headlong into the opening credits sequence. What the GameCube version didn't show you was why the villagers ran at the sound of the bell, or what caused it to ring. Separate Ways shows you. This simple spin on the opening scenario enriches the story, and makes you eager to see it through to the end. Sometimes you didn't even know there was a question to be asked until Separate Ways gives you the answer, and with the developers obviously having given Ada Wong plenty of their attention, she's great to look at in action, flipping up onto ledges, spin-kicking doors open, and working that pump-action shotgun like she was born with it. This "gaiden" clocks in at a good six-plus hours, too, making it a worthwhile investment of your time once the game proper comes to a close. Of course, with many of the game's secrets unlocked by completing Separate Ways, you'll find even more reason to replay the best survival-horror game yet." |
funny, i sometimes wonder if those people really played the same games i did. when i played ada, everything was a de-ja-vu of leon, why the hell would i even care why they ran at the sound of the bell? zomg now i know! this feature is awesome man, it totally beats the atomsphere of the gamecube version! and during the year of 2005, everybody had a HD TV! that makes so much sense as to why the PS2 version is so much more superior even though it looked worse on every account side by side! it's my turn to ask you, have you played the games? The paper filter was a CHEAT that clover came up with to compensate for the PS2's hardware limitations, it's not the other way around despite what people believe, and it was extremely clever work and very good low lvl programming, but nowhere as beautiful as the Wii version was overall because of the blurring of it. good for you that you like the feel of the filter though. oh on a side note, if they actually bothered to release a second version of RE4 on the cube with 480p and wide screen that you'd very much care about, it'd have looked better than the interlaced version which was already way above the ps2 version, think about that, oh wait a second, yeah..... at least we agree on that part.
