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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2012, 10:03:25 PM »
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Still waiting on that inevitable Symphony of the Night port where they HD-ify all the sprites a la Alucard in Encore of the Night, and do the same thing with the backgrounds.

Be nice if they could release a set with that, and similar HD ports of Super Castlevania IV, Bloodlines, Harmony of Dissonance, and Aria.

That set alone would make me cry manly tears of Castle-love-ya.

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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2012, 08:37:27 AM »
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You want more of this smudgy shit? None of it looks good in any way. It'd be an enormous disservice to the finely-crafted visuals of the games you mentioned.

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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2012, 05:39:59 PM »
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Is that from the iphone game? That looks atrocious.

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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2012, 05:53:34 PM »
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Yep. I don't know why they called it Encore of the Night, since it's definitely not representative of the quality of spritework Symphony is known and beloved for.

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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2012, 06:32:38 PM »
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It's the same sprites, just less pixelated.

And I agree, in Encore it came off badly, but I honestly think it could be done appropriately given a budget and a team who honestly gives a fuck.
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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2012, 08:35:18 PM »
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It's the same sprites, just less pixelated.

Is it? Because it looks more like someone took the original Alucard sprite and airbrushed a hasty duplication in an unfortunate effort to "contemporize" the sprite art. It's a misshapen blob as a result. Death there looks like he just suffered a case of the obnoxious smoothening filters, as per usual, but Alucard looks decidedly like a cheap reproduction.

Not that it matters much, since messing around with the presentation of crisp pixel art in any fashion always spells disaster for those misguided enough to attempt it.

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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2012, 08:42:25 PM »
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Again, in Encore, everything was all done just to grab a quick buck. Imagine a game in which that was done by a team who actually CARED.
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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2012, 08:53:13 PM »
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My argument is that it's a fundamentally flawed practice. Let old games look like old games; they look far better that way.

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Re: Did anyone already hear about this? (old)
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2012, 09:07:31 PM »
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Still waiting on that inevitable Symphony of the Night port where they HD-ify all the sprites a la Alucard in Encore of the Night, and do the same thing with the backgrounds.

Be nice if they could release a set with that, and similar HD ports of Super Castlevania IV, Bloodlines, Harmony of Dissonance, and Aria.

That set alone would make me cry manly tears of Castle-love-ya.

I know. I know. Awful attempt at pun is awful.

To be honest, I think I'd rather just have a new game. Like Symphony of the Night 2, or a half-Metroidvania half-Classicvania staring a Belmont

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