Thread 723630742

This world... it's so beautiful...

>>723630742 (OP)
top looks like a random san andreas alley way

>>723630952
even san andreas looks better than this

>>723630742 (OP)
>"OOOOHHHH LOOK AT THIS OLD SHITTY PS2 GAME ENVIRONMENT SOVL!! SOVL!! KINOO FUCK RTX!!"
>*Pokemon ZA makes shitty PS2 environment*
>"wtf this is so ugly and cringe, erm we live in 2025? Hello graphics?"
why is /v/ like this

>>723631281
/v/ is a snoy board

>>723631281
Pokemon has nothing else going for it so it could at least look good.

>>723631281
Because those old games had genuine soul to outweigh graphical fidelity

Pokémon za is... Well it's fucking ass the least it could have done was look like rdr2 for pokemon

It looks like it was put together in the source engine for a crappy gmod map, that gets lost in the workshop.

>>723631281
Yes you can appreciate PS2 games with good artstyles while still making fun of this sub-indie shovelware tier looking slop, tendie manchild

>>723631934
>Well it's fucking ass the least it could have done was look like rdr2 for pokemon
I know that would be great and all but give me 10 other games that come even close to looking like rdr2.
That already is a high bar, let alone Gamefreak

>>723631281
It doesn't even look aesthetically pleasing

>>723631281
obvs the ps2 environment needs sovl

>>723631281
Those ps2 games didn't cost me 130 dollars.

>>723631281
You're a troglodyte who can't tell the difference between art and graphics. The perfect idiot for the Pokémon marketing team to sell shit at a premium price.

>>723630742 (OP)
Top looks like a map you'd make in Source 2004 Hammer for HL2 Deathmatch or Garry's Mod.

>>723631281
Correction, it looks like a PS1/2 era game that someone decided to mod HD textures for.

I feel like if they just gave the game a reasonable price (like $30-40 MAX) people would be a lot more receptive
But for some reason it has AAAA pricing for a 30 hour game that looks like it was made by interns in an afternoon

>>723632665
A $60 PS2 game is $95 today adjusted for inflation

>>723630742 (OP)
Looks like I'm really playing Everquest again
Thank you, Pokemon, for taking me 25 years into the past

>>723632409
finally someone gets it
MML's graphics still look appealing despite the years

>>723633240
inflation isn't real, it's just the intentional stifling of the free market by the big cheeses

>>723631281
It just looks bad. Reminds me of those HD texture mods. When you increase the resolution without increasing the polycount, it looks worse. And like all modern games it lacks color and good lighting. It uses modern techniques like anti-aliasing and shadow maps too. I WISH it looked like >>723632409

>>723630742 (OP)
Now post SuMo's Alola :)

>>723630742 (OP)
Literally looks worse than phantasy star universe

I'm kinda surprised Pokemon has more steps backwards it can even take.

>>723633240
Since when were PS2 games $60? I'm not American so I don't know but PS2 games were like £30 at the time and both £ and $ prices have been the same for games.

>>723637392
Soon we will return to pixel. And it will be an improvement.

>>723630742 (OP)
The second screenshot doesn't look that bad. SWSH, SV and Arceus all had worse looking trees and textures.

ignoring the flat buildings, the gameworld is fine. Its the dogshit wild zones and Taunie never letting me do anything that kill it for me

>>723631281
here a ps2 game anon, looking way better than any nintendo modern bullshit

>>723640115
You're able to do whatever you want after like an hour and a half. You shouldn't bother exploring until you get the Glide though.

>>723640372
"What the hell! This is unacceptable! The buildings are just flat textures! This looks like shit! How can you be okay with this? This should be illegal!"

>>723640115
Nice water

>>723640849
This looks arguably better than ZA given that the textures on buildings in ZA are flat and here the windows actually are objects

>>723640913
unironically, yes

>>723641043
>this is the game people are losing their fucking minds over being the ugliest thing on earth

>>723631281
Post any environment in the new Pokémon that has this much flair.

>>723640849
Doors and windows are extruding out of the model what ade you talking about

>>723641043
>random patches of grass growing straight out of dirt

>>723641208
they havent played it, theyre just focusing on the buildings, mega-starmie and metacritic

>>723641387
>what is a marsh

lol even fucking sims 4 is better at Lumiose City that ZA

>>723641387
NIGGA WHAT DO YOU THINK GRASS GROWS OUT OF

>>723641412
>make game take place entirely in a city
>fuckup buildings that makes most the city
>only okay looking areas are parks
It wouldn't be nearly as much of an outrage if they didn't specifically make the game about a city.

>>723640849
What? Can't you see that the windowsthat the windows are deep and not flat? ? That the edge isn't a png applied? Unlike in Pokémon ZA

>>723640849
this is a problem with pokemon in general
they just don't fit in regardless of environment
its like putting a futuristic robot in a medieval setting
it will always look off

>>723641412
>theyre just focusing on the buildings,
it's a game about a city anon
you can go out of it

>>723641651
arceus had it right but GF hates that it was better recieved then scat/vomit so they changed everything that made it good

>>723641704
yah, but theres other stuff in it besides buildings. Its like whenever I visit NYC I spend most of my time in central park, because who gives a shit about skyscrapers

>>723641730
you don't understand marketing, if you make one of your lineup of products be too much better than the rest you end up alienating the audience of them, aka getting less money

>>723630742 (OP)
>ONE MODEL
>I DON'T KNOW WHY
>IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF MASUDA TRIES

Fuck. Off. It's not supposed to look good.

>>723641879
that explains why every game after RSE has been worse

Magatard spam thread.

>>723641651
Its their cartoonish stupid anatomy, an actual rat looking Pikachu blends in just fine

>>723641730
Sure didn't sell as if it was better received, kek.

>>723641997
>sales
ask me if I care

>>723641803
>it's doesn't matter if the game focusing on the city have a shitty city
>there is park too you know
kys

>buildings you interact with have modeled windows and doors that open

IT'S ALMOST LIKE RANDOM FUCKING BACKGROUND BUILDINGS DON'T MATTER

>>723642246
who are you quoting?

>>723641387
What a dumb fuck idiot you truly are.

>>723642140
Cared enough to reply. Learning that shit people convince themselves of online doesn't actually impact real life must be uncomfortable.

>>723631281
Because the high-poly pokemon and character models, the size of the environments and general rendering fidelity clash enormously with the shitty textures and environmental modeling. If it's a unified style that uses its limitations to its advantage it's a different story altogether.

>>723642382
>high-poly pokemon
please anon
they still use the 3DS models

>>723630742 (OP)
This would honestly be okay if the gameplay wasn't shit. Like it only looks slightly worse than a falcom game. Like if this were a compelling monster collecting and raising games full of wonder and mystery like the first few gens I would buy this. But it's not.

>>723642356
uh huh

still dont care about its sales

>>723641483
What is laziness? Grass blades do not grow straight out of dirt as if it was hair, let alone the same height and so far apart.
>>723641594
>nigga

>>723642251
They do matter when they are this lazily made.They are fucking eyesore and that is the biggest problem.

>>723630742 (OP)
>wild areas are just sections of the city where there are big ass rocks where roads used to be, crystals growing out of buildings, and they took out the roads and just have uncut grass.
>wild areas arent just various parks
what the fuck happened to Lumiose City in 5 years?
how do you get a whole dev department where not one person with sway says hey this looks retarded?

>>723642442
>I haven't played it but I know it's not fun because I watched a 10 second clip of someone wandering around aimlessly.

>>723642521
>Grass blades do not grow straight out of dirt as if it was hair
go outside, you genuine fuckwit

>>723642584
>I haven't played it
I literally emulated it and dropped it after 30 minutes because the game was so incredibly repulsive and I'm not joking

Pro tip: if you want to buy nintendo games but dont support them as a company, buy used. Used games can potentially steal multiple sales. You can actually cancel out someone's new game purchase like this.
Pass it on.

>>723642724
>Used games can potentially steal multiple sales. You can actually cancel out someone's new game purchase like this
NDS

>>723642521
GO OUTSIDE, PLEASE

>>723642539
It's actually subtle satire about current immigration policies in europe, there's even a part in the game where you shut down a protest.

>>723642668
>posts a picture showing that indeed I am right
Thanks for proving me right I guess

>>723641976
>an actual rat looking Pikachu blends in just fine
they never bother giving pokemon a naturally blending environment
pikachu would look decent in a yellow forest or something because actual animals use camouflage to hunt and not be eaten

>>723630742 (OP)
It'd be funny if it wasn't so cheap, stupid, and sad
At least there's some (not all) cute girls, and absurd npc dialogues

>>723643075
the enbrownification of Paris...

>>723643075
>tolerate the authorities setting up two or three wild zones in the city
>"there were already pidgeys everywhere anyway, what harm can some mareep be"
>noting our complacency, they immediately seize the opportunity to set up more. build the fourth wild zone on top of the graveyard my grandparents are buried in
>"oh well, a few gastlys is no big deal"
>soon there are 20 wild zones taking up over half the city
>get trapped outside in the city one night because two wild zones and a battle zone have formed a giant wall around me
>can't even sleep because of the anti-homeless benches
>try to kill myself but the rotom phone keeps saving me at the last moment

Lumiose City.... home....

>>723630742 (OP)
N 6 4
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>>723630742 (OP)
Sonic 2006

>>723631281
nobody likes SHITTY ps2 environments. people like ps2 environments that managed to create stylish, aesthetically pleasing environments despite the very real, actual hardware limitations of the sixth gen, unlike pokemon. i know youre farming (You)s but for anyone retarded enough to truly think this, you need to wake up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP7S_YhPgs8

>>723643965
Damn that looks like shit compared to Z-A

>>723631281
Because that other game released in 2004 and had better gameplay than pokefart

>>723640423
>You shouldn't bother exploring until you get the Glide though.
There are some good Pokemon on the roofs that wouldn’t be useful if you wait that long I think

>>723633240
ps2 games were not 60 bucks here in my euro country. also, you might just actually be a true mouthbreathing retard if you actually bought them at full value and not a used copy from E.B. games or something

>>723633240
and wages havent kept up with that. thanks israe- i mean muttmerican conservatives!

>>723630742 (OP)
is this a garrys mod map or something?

someone post the gmod edit

>>723644763
kek

>>723644204
Yeah but you'll waste a lot of time going for purple screws you can't actually reach.

>>723644048
Lmao cope. Texture detail is the same and the buildings actually have 3d windows and doors on a 20 year old game compared to this absolute trash. Only a fucking pathetic delusional fanboy who’s only joy in life is their garbage childhood series would defend something so egregious

>>723640849
>doorframes and roofs, window blinds
you're really grasping at straws

>>723630742 (OP)
What really gets me is that this is supposed to be a city and there’s only a handful of people standing around like statues doing absolutely nothing. Couldn’t even give them a resting animation or basic walking cycle. I’ve never seen such a low effort product from a large company like this

>>723631281
>Pokemon ZA makes shitty PS2 environment
Dont you dare insulting PS2 games like that, even the shittiest ones looked better than 'ZA

>>723644763
Real question, who lives on the first floor without windows?

>>723645419
>shovelware garbage 20 year old sopranos game looks better than AAA nintendo game made in 2025
grim fucking shit

>>723645419
ok, is PSP good enough or is it still too good for comparison?

>>723631281
you absolutely obliterated oldcucks and their dishonest posturing with this one, boss

>>723630742 (OP)
itchi.o streamer bait horror games look better

>>723645606
I guess you can compared it with Infected on psp, which is ridiculous because Pokemon havent still reached ps2 graphics

Well I think it's really great that they're still making games for the GameCube, but couldn't they try a little harder than Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 graphics?
Like Melee and Metroid Prime looked way better.

I know game freak was late to adopting 3d game development but it really seems like they are going through the initial 3d lifecycle starting from the beginning instead of learning from how the industry has progressed

>>723646695
i know. rather strange that they decided to make a new gamecube game but not even match other 3d pokemon gamecube games. what gives, huh?

overblown fake rage for engagement farming, time wasting nontent yapping.
retard narcissist westerners and their endless bemoaning they call freedom and their right to liberty. shut up faggot

>>723643508
>BOY I SURE AM CAMOUFLAGED

>>723649268
>>723644763
NOW its soul

> Risten gaijin, Switch 2 is as powelfur as PS4
> Releases a Switch 2 game
> Looks like PS2

>>723644763
DELETE THIS

It was obvious it was gonna suck the moment they decided to set the entire game in a city.

Pokemon is about exploring the wilderness and making wild animals fight.

>>723644048
It runs without dlss and has less saturated colors, that's all.