Do you consider the King of Fighters Graphics to be old and dated?

[gameoverDude]

I agree, Rezo.

If only SNK would use Naomi and retouch the sprites- they do have some good detail, but the 320x240 resolution does leave things a bit pixelly and there's a tad of graininess from the 4,096 color palette (I'd like at least 16-bit color).

Basically, I'd hope for something along the lines of what Capcom did to the SFII characters for Super SFII- but with a resolution boost. The backgrounds could use some extra parallax.

Better animation would be fine with me but it is not necessary... then again, if the developer goes to the Naomi they could add a few frames per character since they'd be free of the Neo-Geo limitations which the KOF series now finds itself up against.

[MechDeus]

Originally posted by 88mph
Why the fuck not?

Because he wants high-res more like... some other 2D game that uses high-res sprites that aren't 640x480. I think. Who knows.

[Wilykat]

It's different if they compare it to Capcoms 2D sprite work and berate it, but because it's not 3D doesn't make it any less of a game.

It's not that the KOF games are not 3D is why their visuals are criticized, but rather that they're well outdated by 2D standards as well. While I agree, it is proper to rate the games based on what they are and not what they could be, it gets harder each year to give KOF's visuals a passing grade when it hasn't made any huge leaps since 1994.

[Josh]

Originally posted by MechDeus
Because he wants high-res more like... some other 2D game that uses high-res sprites that aren't 640x480. I think. Who knows.

It still makes no sense to me.

[rezo]

Why the fuck not?

Because I might as well say "I'd like to see it hi-res, like the 640x480x16 screen mode in windows". Guilty Gear isn't the only series that has hi-res games, and more importantly, I would not like to see the game adopt Guilty Gear's style while making a change in resolution/palette/whatever.Keep the same style, with a higher resolution and more color. If there was some hi-res game that I was aware of that seemed to be how I imagine a hi-res KOF to look, then I might say "like that game."

[PKBMax]

Sure, the series could use a higher resolution and the ability to display a lot more colors; but the gameplay is still great and that's what matters to me.

[MechDeus]

Guilty Gear isn't the only series that has hi-res games [...]

If you can find another console fighting game with high-res sprites, feel free to point it out (really, any console game). When people say, "Like Guilty Gear X," they mean the resolution and detailed sprites, not to make another series adapt its style. Hence the statement, "It should be in high-res like Guilty Gear X," not "It should be in high-res with characters that use the same style as Guilty Gear X."

[rama]

i like the sprites in kof. they have evolved over the years. the characters were hella stiff back in '94, but with each game the animation and smoothness of teh character movements has improved. high res would be nice, but i don't mind them the way they are. the game's still great in my eyes.

[Taito]

The pseudo-cg rendered look of the KoF characters is beginning to get on my nerves. It was awesome in '94, it's old and tired in 2k2. Seeing the remakes in Capcom vs SNK makes the game that much more difficult to watch. A more cartoonish style (but not cel-style, with black outlines) akin to Mark of the Wolves would be a welcome upgrade.

Problem is, I have no confidence that Playmore will do anything more to KoF aside from running the series into the ground, until people don't care about the series. Just my feeling.

[rezo]

If you can find another console fighting game with high-res sprites, feel free to point it out (really, any console game).

aww. . .I was going to say battle beast. . . but that was on the PC. Eh, but I'm getting shades of Capcom vs. SNK whenever I think of "like Guilty Gear X." people ought to be familiar enough with what hi-res is to not need the popular example pointed to them.