Wii U/Nintendo just seems to welcome colors more than games on any other console. The majority of games on X1/PS4 or even 360/PS3 that are big hits have a very bland color palette.
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze Appreciation thread
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I just know that getting the lighting right in these things is a pain in the ass. Especially if you are going for that colourful effect.
Now DKC: Tropical Freeze is mostly 2D gameplay but still shows some amazing effects that might just be a bit beyond what the 360 or PS3 can do without resorting to software trickery or other short cuts. Games like the new Mario kart really show it, as there the lighting is even more brilliant.
Writing Engines like this is a bit like God in Futurama. The best way of doing it is making it look like you've done nothing at all
. And with the DKC:Tropical Freeze engine, the lighting is just perfect, there are no dark spots unless intended, there are no overly lit spots... unless intended. That is where it shines, and Nintendo did that very often, using techniques others overuse... juuuuust right . As remember, the Wii U also has 32MB of "Super fast" EDram on there that can be used for some very interesting low latency requiring calculations, be they graphical or physics. And in the case of the WII U, the CPU can access it directly as where it scratch pad ram. And unlike initially assumed that it was of the R700 line of GPU's, it seems actually closer to the Radeon 5000 and 6000 Series in the newer Dev Kits. It really isn't as badly designed as people thing, and like the Xbox One devkits, things are finally showing developers a bit what it can do.It also really shows in games like DKC:TF, I mean just look at the ruffling hair of Donkey Kong. Normally there would be some errors in there, like in the older fur shaders used on the 360. But this one is pretty much spot on. Everything just looks.. very polished to such an extreme that people underestimate just how much is involved here. Tessellation certainly is used here by just the looks on the trees and details on the surfaces and other objects.
Yet it doesn't distract in the slightest of how just darn fun the game looks. It invites you to play, I myself am having a lot of problems to justify not buying it. It is like a siren's song when I know I do not have the time currently.
PS:"Super Fast" is a reference to what Microsoft called ESRAM in an Interview
. Sorry to go offtopic. I just am easily goated into these things. I miss talking about Technical subjects without things going into a fanboy slug fest.
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Going back in the game now to collect, finally got all the puzzle pieces on first level:
Oh my.... the feeling of atmosphere in those Fall Screenshots... just wow. Now I am a tad biased, with liking Fall as much as I do, but really that is just amazingly detailed and rich in colour. Small details like the runes on the houses of the owls just really add feeling to it as well.
That's it... I'm getting it, this deserves to be rewarded with a purchase right away
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Holy Crap, this game looks amazing. I don't have a wii u, but I'm seriously thinking about getting one so I can play this and Bayonetta 2. The Wonderful 101 looks great, too. Decisions, decisions....
Any suggestions for a second game beyond DK? zombi U? 101?
Any suggestions for a second game beyond DK? zombi U? 101?
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Get one!
The anal probing is a small price to pay for a wonderful summer spend with Wonderful 101!
Yeah I very like the music, and found one place where played the classic soundtrack, oh good memories.
Super Mario 3d world, Resident Evil Revelations, W101, Zelda WW, Pikmen 3 are all great games.
Get one!
lmao
Wii U Get!
Picked one up, along with DK and W101. Installing now, and then I'm going bananas.
Picked one up, along with DK and W101. Installing now, and then I'm going bananas.
Officially I should post this in the W101 thread, but do set the voices to Japanese. Outside of Gideon Emery most of the voice actors really seem limited. They sound a bit too boyish compared to the Japanese ones. The latter really go over the top in the shouting like the actual actors did in the old Japanese Action movies
. It adds far more to the immersion, where as the American voice actors seem to limit themselves a bit as where they a bit fearfull. Gideon Emmery just mostly plays what he plays best, Ageing sophisticated former Military man trying to lead while drinking tea
. Had they given Lor'themar Theron better lines in WOW he would fit better there as well .
How is the difficulty of this game? Something co op with my fiancee that has some challenge but nothing crazy sounds good. Can this be played with the gamepad and one wii remote co op?(hated how u needed 2 wii remotes for mario)
I sold my Wii U but I am strongly considering getting one again, I want to play this and Mario 3d and of course Mario Kart in May
I sold my Wii U but I am strongly considering getting one again, I want to play this and Mario 3d and of course Mario Kart in May
Well have seen one level on first Island that I have yet to figure out how to reach even tho have completed the first boss.
Could be have to collect all or maybe there is a secret goal in one of the levels (there are some levels that have more than one, have already found 2 but they don`t seem to lead anywhere else than to the next level).
In each level (except boss level) there is 3 different things can collect: puzzle pieces, Kong letters and getting the "DK" (in most levels that would be the barrel at the end I believe as I have yet to get it, I`m just not quick enough pressing the buttons required when hit the barrel).