| Immersiveunreality said: To me Battletoads looks like a cheaply rushed cartoon while Cuphead looks and feels like a piece of art with so much more work put into it. |
You mean Battletoads looks like a modern day cartoon which is what its aiming to be to begin with? We haven't played BT yet so I don't know how you can judge it via its gameplay. I personally didn't enjoy Cuphead but that's just me. It is charming though.
| Ganoncrotch said: To see someone comparing this to cuphead in terms of animation really does open up a whole other can of worms in terms of rose tinted goggles. In its current state the only time this and cuphead should be in the same sentence is if that goes something like "this looks nothing like cuphead". |
Oh Ganon, I am not surprised to see you in here debating against this.
But lets keep things real here.
Can you really look at one photo and say one looks like a masterpiece while the other looks like trash?
Rare were going to make them look like this...
This isn't about being bias for a game, its about being honest. I find it quite funny many would say Cuphead looks amazing and that trash on the other. Is the real issue that the Battletoads look different to the SNES version? I tend to believe that's the true story here. I personally never liked the 1940s art style and I never really enjoyed the modern day Cartoon art style however both don't look bad, they opt for different generations and both are animated quite well and are both passable.
For the record, I grew up and own each Battletoad game on the Nintendo systems and Rare's Replay which offers the Arcade version. I would have much preferred the older art style however lets keep it real. Battletoads failed to take off after the NES version of the game (Before they opted to go with the SNES look) They changed the art style which looked pretty cool back in the day but failed to attract newer gamers to the franchise.
This art style is a reboot of the NES, meant to bring in younger and more modern gamers rather than keep the older fans happy who probably wouldn't buy the game anyway due to it being an XBOX IP.
I 100% agree with Jim Sterling on this one, and don't mind the new direction of the game. I think its charming and the IP needs a refresher not a re-release of a dead IP. The game needs to bring in newer gamers for it to survive in the modern industry. Jim states in his E32019 that he actually likes the look of the Battletoads and fits the characters whacky nature. That I agree on as Battletoads feels like a cartoon that fits its image.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02c66_X4KHc @15:55
Each to there own, you can hate on one however I feel this is a smart move to bring back an IP and bringing it to a new audience rather than just the older ones.
Also I think DLaLa did a great job on the background work and colours. They stated at the demos at E3 that it feels like you are playing a cartoon, so that's some good news.
Last edited by Azzanation - on 28 August 2019
