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"Cell Shading. Why oh Why?"

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Thu 17/10/02 at 20:03
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I have to express my feeling on cell shading, I think I can sum it up in a word as "terrible." Graphics today are amazing, they are near-real and yet cell shading is used in games previously credited for its supreme graphics. I think the gameplay will remain but the graphics will be unsuited. Cell shading does look good in cartoony style games, like Simpsons road rage, Point and Click's like "return to monkey island" etc but it is not the way forward for all games. Does anyone agree?
Thu 17/10/02 at 20:03
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I have to express my feeling on cell shading, I think I can sum it up in a word as "terrible." Graphics today are amazing, they are near-real and yet cell shading is used in games previously credited for its supreme graphics. I think the gameplay will remain but the graphics will be unsuited. Cell shading does look good in cartoony style games, like Simpsons road rage, Point and Click's like "return to monkey island" etc but it is not the way forward for all games. Does anyone agree?
Thu 17/10/02 at 20:06
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Many here agree

Not me, as I'm not sure what it means :)
Thu 17/10/02 at 20:07
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Replying to two game posts in one day, SHEEPY? Do you have a fever?
Thu 17/10/02 at 20:09
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SHEEPY wrote:
> Many here agree
>
> Not me, as I'm not sure what it means :)

Basically its a technique where prisoners are induced into a dream like state due to subliminal colours being used in the painting of jails.
Thu 17/10/02 at 20:13
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No fever

I think I knew what that meant
Thu 17/10/02 at 20:19
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Lol Lol @ cookie monster!
Thu 17/10/02 at 20:46
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Much ado about nothing.

Less than 20 games with it in, and most of them are quite decent (Zelda, Jet Set Radio, Fur Fighters, XIII).
Thu 17/10/02 at 21:16
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Most games that use cell-shading don't look too good, but the cell shading on Jet Set Radio Future is amazing - when done properly, cell shading can be effective
Thu 17/10/02 at 21:21
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ive seen the graphics for the new zelda game, and they really are very good. I agree, if not done properly, cell shading can ruin a games graphics, but usually alot of care is taken with it and the game ends up looking like a really polished piece of so called "eye candy"
Thu 17/10/02 at 21:45
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Zelda don't have cell shaded graphics

Cell shading is in 2D, Zelda is 3D.

It's similar, but not the same.

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