Pre-Rendered Games/Backgrounds

[kljesta64]

Jon-Erich said:

kljesta64 said:

I would like to see more and more games pre rendered especially new Final Fantasy and Resident Evil games because thats how they worked best. I think they could shine proudly like in the old days ps1, ps2 , GC etc.

pros and cons

+games run 1080p 60fps without a problem on almost every console (xone,ps4,wiiu,ouya lol)

 +more easier to tell stories (example FF,RE had way better stories back then)

+shorter development (im not sure about this srry)

-less freedom no 360 degree motion camera etc.

 

what do you guys think ?

Using pre-rendered backgrounds had nothing to do with telling good stories. The reason we're seeing weak stories in franchises that used to have good stories are because developers are simply running out of ideas. Besides, Resident Evil doesn't have a very good story. The second one kind of did as well as the third one, but the first one did not. The story of a research lab in the middle of a forest that disguised as a mansion is something straight out of a b-horror movie. Yes, that's what initially inspired Resident Evil, but then they decided to take everything seriously, which makes the story for the first game seem even more absured. In fact, in Wesker's Report, Wesker himself questioned the logic of the first game by mentioning that placing such a facility in the middle of a forest made absolutely no sense and that the anarctic facility in Code Veronica made a lot more sense since outbreaks could be isolated. 

As for other reasons for not using pre-rendered backgrounds, a lot of those old games that did are extremely dated. You have good ones like the Resident Evil remake and Resident Evil 0 which used sophisticated techniques to make the backgrounds interact with the environment, but I think pre-rendered games were on their way out ever since The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Yes, that game contained some pre-rendered backgrounds, but most of the game was full 3D and made any other adventure or RPG-type game that used heavy amounts of pre-rendered visual look very dated. Pre-rendered backgrounds severely limit what you can do with a game which is one reason many PS1 games aged so poorly. 

Since we're on the subject, Resident Evil 4 is a perfect example of a game being liberated from using full 3D graphics. People want to play that game over and over again because it's so much fun. 

im not saying the stories overall are better but its easier to focus on the story and how it progresses. I cant talk about logic in games because "games" are suppose to be fun this is not real life. they are not running out of stories to say something like that is like saying we are running out of music there is always something.

i dont see any reason to mention OOT. All PS1 games are dated games like FF9 are less. RE remake on the other hand and its a GameCube game is 12 years old I cant call that game dated maybe just a little bit but the fact is it aged well better than anything else.

RE4 is an exception great game but RE5 and 6 are shitty games.