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curl-6 on 14 July 2013
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Zero999 said:
curl-6 said:
Resident_Hazard said:

 

What's really sad about this post is that your avatar is FROM THE VERY KIND OF STUDIO YOU ARE SAYING DOESN'T EXIST FOR NINTENDO.

You are also completely ignoring that the first year of any console is the dumbest time to judge it's graphics.  Many first-year games began or even concluded development on unfinished dev kits, and that it takes time for developers to discover all the nooks and crannies in the hardware.  

 

Or did you somehow convince yourself that all the best graphical representations of every console released in their first year?  Was Super Mario Galaxy a year 1 Wii title?  Was Donkey Kong Country a year 1 SNES title?  Was THE LAST OF US A YEAR ONE PLAYSTATION 3 TITLE?  No to each and every one of these.  

 

Your argument is flawed from the get-go.

I'm not criticising their results, I'm criticising the amount of effort they put in. It'd be one thing if their early games showed growing pains, (Pikmin 3) that I can understand. Systems never show their full power from day 1, and Nintendo is new to HD development. What I don't understand is games like Mario 3D World. That's not difficulty, that's laziness.

I don't expect them to make the Wii U's best looking games in its first year. But I did expect them to try.

X does look amazing though, yes.  Monolith are very talented, and clearly making an effort. I'm just not sure if they're as technically minded as ND or Santa Monica.

what exactly is lazy about mario 3d world?

You're telling me this isn't lazy:

 

On a system that can do this: