Ugly Yet Beautiful - The Bear and Badger

Verecocha

ChopperByrne wrote:

Turok had a far better control scheme. C buttons acted like wasd on a keyboard and analog for aiming.

I loved that scheme, I'm sure you could use it on Goldeneye/Perfect Dark. As I use southpaw it was the same as a dual stick really.

mk64

weadre wrote:

Yossarian wrote:

Plan M wrote:

I thought Goldeneye looked great at the time!

It looked rubbish and played rubbish too. Sorry to everyone who somehow put in the, presumed, many, many hours required to learn how to control an FPS using a single analogue stick, but it was a terrible idea which should probably never have been released into the world.

There was an option to play it with 2 control pads at once, giving you 2 analogue sticks.

Think it was the forst FPS i played so the one stick never seemed unnatural. I doubt I could go back to it now though.

Yes and this leads to wrs actually

mk64

Too be honest most versions of Tetris are fucking hideous.

[Deleted User]

I've only ever played Tetris on the Gameboy. Trufax.

mk64

'twas ugly on that too

Bollockoff

Where's Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Tetris?

Air_Hair_Lair

Geometry wars... just a bunch of ugly glowing shapes and shit, but damn is it addictive!

[Deleted User]

mk64 wrote:

'twas ugly on that too

Aye it was!

Yossarian

Verecocha wrote:

ChopperByrne wrote:

Turok had a far better control scheme. C buttons acted like wasd on a keyboard and analog for aiming.

I loved that scheme, I'm sure you could use it on Goldeneye/Perfect Dark. As I use southpaw it was the same as a dual stick really.

That's how Quake III on DC did the pad controls. As someone who favours the godly right hand over the satanic left, I found it quite unnatural.

Yossarian

Air_Hair_Lair wrote:

Geometry wars... just a bunch of ugly glowing shapes and shit, but damn is it addictive!

GW looks great. Hush your mouth.

Diluted Dante

Geometry Wars, ugly? It's fucking beautiful.

Bishi Bashi fans, what's the game with the Afro's called? My PS3 is currently in a box, so I can't load it up to find out without a load of hassle.

weadre

Air_Hair_Lair wrote:

Geometry wars... just a bunch of ugly glowing shapes and shit, but damn is it addictive!

Exqueeze me? Geometry Wars looks lush.

[Deleted User]

God Hand.

I_R

TDU. Great game, massive ambition, but even at the start of this gen it looked a bit below par.

Verecocha

Yossarian wrote:

Verecocha wrote:

ChopperByrne wrote:

Turok had a far better control scheme. C buttons acted like wasd on a keyboard and analog for aiming.

I loved that scheme, I'm sure you could use it on Goldeneye/Perfect Dark. As I use southpaw it was the same as a dual stick really.

That's how Quake III on DC did the pad controls. As someone who favours the godly right hand over the satanic left, I found it quite unnatural.

Left handedness is the future!! You heard it here!!

Im only left handed whilst playing games, I have no idea why. I've actually always blamed it on Turok as my left would sit on the stick side, right on the C-buttons.

mk64

Doom. Ugly as sin. I still don't know how it even took off.

Tempy

Because looks aren't everything

davyK

Diluted Dante wrote:

Bishi Bashi fans, what's the game with the Afro's called? My PS3 is currently in a box, so I can't load it up to find out without a load of hassle.

Perm Mania

Brooks

I thought and think Doom looked pretty fly. The spritework alone.

hylian_elf

weadre wrote:

Air_Hair_Lair wrote:

Geometry wars... just a bunch of ugly glowing shapes and shit, but damn is it addictive!

Exqueeze me? Geometry Wars looks lush.

+1. It's gorgeous.

hylian_elf

I_R wrote:

TDU. Great game, massive ambition, but even at the start of this gen it looked a bit below par.

It wasn't particularly pretty. Ugly might be a tad too far though. I did enjoy the game and spent a lot of time on it.

Diluted Dante

I remember Doom looking great at the time. It's looks like shit now obviously.

[Deleted User]

VVVVVV.

davyK

SpaceGazelle wrote:

VVVVVV.

you see - that's an example of a game I actually like the look of. I'm a fan of stripped down ageless visuals and clean design.

weadre

davyK wrote:

SpaceGazelle wrote:

VVVVVV.

you see - that's an example of a game I actually like the look of. I'm a fan of stripped down ageless visuals and clean design.

Yeah, I don't think you can really hate on the visuals as it looks exactly like it's supposed to. The problem with most of the games mentioned (early 3D is a big offender) is that they were aiming too high for the technology they were made with.

If a game is fairly stylised, then it lives in it's own world which makes sense to itself. I find the problem arises looking back at older games that were aiming for realism. They may have impressed at the time but compared to today's tech, the flaws become way more visible.

Escape

Diluted Dante wrote:

I remember Doom looking great at the time.

It was a graphical sensation in '93! The shotgun's lighting was and is remarkable.

As a quick-and-dirty HDified Tekken 5, the PS3's Dark Resurrection was considered a T6-delaying interim release. Unlike those who couldn't wait for the next full-fat outing, though, I think it's the most beautiful in the series to date.

It's pixellated and sharp, with a matching swiftness of movement. The zoomed-out camera respects a clutch of great backgrounds.

Alas, not that one.

mk64

Iss2000 looks ugly now but is still the most playable football game to date imo.

Also sensi looked a but shit but played like a dream.

MattyJ

Brooks wrote:

I thought and think Doom looked pretty fly. The spritework alone.

Yeah Doom still looks fantastic to me. Love it.

[Deleted User]

mk64 wrote:

Iss2000 looks ugly now but is still the most playable football game to date imo.

Also sensi looked a but shit but played like a dream.

Both good shouts.

hylian_elf

I always thought the Mortal Kombat looked ugly. Probably a lame example because they played ugly too.

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