Sut wrote:Yes but for every different adaption I can name probably 2/3 downports from Mega Drive to Master System:- Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Alien Storm, Road Rash.
But those ports were awful compared to their Mega Drive versions in terms of graphics/game play quality. In this Gen, we are seeing PC/PS4/Xbox One/Wii U games being down ported to the PS3/Xbox 360/3DS/PS Vita systems that are virtually neck and neck in quality 95% of the time compared to the past, a big difference.
Sut wrote:No but to be fair the Saturn was dead in the west commercially by that point. Conversely Sonic 3D Blast was released for both Saturn and Mega Drive, same with Virtua Fighter 2 which also downported to the Mega Drive and even Game Gear.
But Sonic 3D Blast was made with the Mega Drive in mind first. and was ported to the Sega Saturn at the last minute because of what happen to Sonic Xtream on the Sega Saturn back in the day, and Virtua Fighter 2 on Mega Drive was a different water down 2D game compared to the Sega Saturn version at the time period, and the Gane Gear game you are referring to is Virtua Fighter Animation aka Mini in Japan, and has nothing to do with any version of Virtua Fighter 2.:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/virtua ... ghter2.htmAtariboy wrote:
I don't see any validity in your argument.
For instance there's your Titanfall bit. Despite evidence to the contrary, you've proclaimed that example as irrelevant just because like many Xbox One games, it's not full 1080p. You've presented no evidence that the existence of another developer adapting it to the Xbox 360 constrained the lead developers in any way.
And again like myself and others have already said, this indie game that you feel is such a prime example for your argument is hardly a technically ambitious piece of work. It's incredibly difficult to buy into the suggestion that just because it was a cross-gen multiplatform release that it held them back from meeting their goals due to the disparity in hardware resources.
Did it likely result in a hit in quality because they stretched themselves too thin across too many platforms with too small of a team? Sure, I'd buy into that and find it very likely. Did the horsepower of last-gen hardware play into it in any way? I very much doubt it.
And really, as the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii U, and 3DS fade from the scene, do we really even need to debate this one way or another? They're all on the fast track out, so regardless of any merit your idea may or may not hold, the question is quickly becoming a moot one either way.
As for the Titanfall bit, here are proof that the game does not look, or feel like a proper next-gen game:
http://gamerant.com/titanfall-not-plann ... riginally/ and
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/18008 ... ly-similarAs for Mighty No. 9, if you looked at an early demo from 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXDiQrgI6M the graphics look over 9000 times better and look way more like a proper next-gen game compared to the final release:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIzKp30x088 which looks like a bad shovel ware PS2 game which is awful for something on the current gen consoles/PC in the year 2016. And this is not the first time with graphical downgrades because of weaker hardware, look at Watch Dogs in 2012 compared to the final release:
http://gamingdeath.com/wp-content/uploa ... Hype-4.jpg Can you spot the differences people?
If you want an Indie Game with impressive next-gen graphics/game play, take a look at Yooka-Laylee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCDDPCLEsE (make sure you watch in 1080P60 for best results) the games lead console version is Wii U, but it hard to believe because it is using 100% of the extra Wii U horsepower, and there is no way in hell the Xbox 360/PS3/PS Vita/New 3DS are going to Handel something this impressive from the trailer shown in game. Proving that even the more under powerd Wii U can do more then the Xbox 360/PS3 in the right hands.
I have been looking at many forums and many people have been ranting that the next gen consoles are not delivering enough proper next gen games excepts for exclusives, multi-plats made with the higher standards.:
https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/com ... h=52570d7b