Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- goes gloriously 3D
Fighting games held onto sprites longer than many other genres, but they too eventually began shifting into 3D and some of their charm was lost in the process. Sure, Street Fighter 4 looks pretty, but it's not quite the same. After fifteen years of sprites, Guilty Gear is finally going 3D with Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- and oh my! it emulates that sprite-y style magnificently.
Fighting games held onto sprites longer than many other genres, but they too eventually began shifting into 3D and some of their charm was lost in the process. Sure, Street Fighter 4 looks pretty, but it's not quite the same. After fifteen years of sprites, Guilty Gear is finally going 3D with Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- and oh my! it emulates that sprite-y style magnificently in the Unreal Engine.
Developer Arc System Works announced the face-puncher during its Arc System Works Festival over the weekend. Platforms, release dates, and all that are a mystery for now.
Details: no. Gorgeous trailer: yes. Gosh, it took me a while to even notice that these weren't hand-drawn sprites fighting. Come, watch, enjoy:
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- goes gloriously 3D.
Fighting games held onto sprites longer than many other genres, but they too eventually began shifting into 3D and some of their charm was lost in the process. Sure, Street Fighter 4 looks pretty, but it's not quite the same. After fifteen years of sprites, Guilty Gear is finally going 3D with Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- and oh my! it emulates that sprite-y style magnificently.-
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Wow they actually made it look like their old shit by not interpolating the animation frames. Really impressive. They could have made it much smother, but then it wouldn't look like Guilty Gear
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Yeah, that was hard for me to wrap my brain around, I was thinking: But... why is it only 30fps? I guess that is Arc System's style though.
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I would guess the game is 60fps, but this video isn't. He was referring to the character animations having the small number of frames normally associated with hand-drawn animation, when they could have easily had the models animate smoothly (which would have looked weird with this art style).
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That's what I was talking about. The Arc Sys character animations are normally only 20 or 30 fps, not sure. When Alice said 3D, I was expecting some buttery smooth 60fps movement like in Street Fighter.
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Street Fighter IV that is.
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Wow that's impressive
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Honestly it's looks so much like sprites I'm wondering why they're bothering with 3D models in the first place. What aesthetic or gameplay benefits does it achieve.
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No Bridget, No Buy. Do the right thing ASW
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