| hanafuda said: 'I'm not being insulting, the idea that they need the tech to deliver the experience is disproven over and over, not just in video games, but in other media.'. Like, say, CGI over hand drawn animation. Oh, wait.. |
This actually proves the point more than disproves it. I believe that CGI animation is a fad in part, and that "hand-drawn" (which is fallatious to say because all animation styles have been done with computers pretty much since the millenium) is going to restore itself to prominence sometime in the future. Animation studios are just too caught up in trying to imitate the big Pixar titles, just as they have been ever since Toy Story came out
The Princess and the Frog should hopefully open some eyes. If the movie itself is any good, at least.
And i kinda understand where this thread is going. It would be highly embarassing for execs from companies like, say, Capcom, EA, or Square Enix to come out and say "all that money we spent on developing HD Tool-sets was a waste!" It would cause investors' heads to roll if they admitted that, and went back to using PS2-era graphical techniques when they had just spent a lot of money to gear up for HD. That is why you see companies like Square Enix kinda squirming and talking about a "Wii HD" so that they can see the existing problem resolved.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
