why is sonic so ugly in this

[Alexis Wasilla]

why the ♥♥♥♥ would they put this like photo burn youtube poop effect over the models

[Squeena]

Because Sonic Team(TM) is ran by HACKS

[Alexis Wasilla]

Originally posted by Squeena:

Because Sonic Team(TM) is ran by HACKS

so true lmaoooo

[Alexis Wasilla]

Originally posted by Squeena:

Because Sonic Team(TM) is ran by HACKS

nah but like fr, what the ♥♥♥♥ is the actual idea that they were going for? It's not liek this is just how the model looks it's clearly a weird filter going over the models, it's just that weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ytp "evil" affect, I swear to god I can find exactly the name for it.

[Squeena]

Originally posted by Alexis Wasilla:

Originally posted by Squeena:

Because Sonic Team(TM) is ran by HACKS

nah but like fr, what the ♥♥♥♥ is the actual idea that they were going for? It's not liek this is just how the model looks it's clearly a weird filter going over the models, it's just that weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ytp "evil" affect, I swear to god I can find exactly the name for it.

My cop-out answer is bad art direction but something to consider that's really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ weird is that I'm pretty sure the game renders its 3d models at a lower resolution separate from the screen so I'm not sure if it's an intentional choice or a programming oversight lol

[Alexis Wasilla]

Originally posted by Squeena:

Originally posted by Alexis Wasilla:

nah but like fr, what the ♥♥♥♥ is the actual idea that they were going for? It's not liek this is just how the model looks it's clearly a weird filter going over the models, it's just that weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ytp "evil" affect, I swear to god I can find exactly the name for it.

My cop-out answer is bad art direction but something to consider that's really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ weird is that I'm pretty sure the game renders its 3d models at a lower resolution separate from the screen so I'm not sure if it's an intentional choice or a programming oversight lol

that's prolly pretty close to the reality of it, like it's pretty clear that this is not a "TRUE" 3D game, like, I think unironically the best example of thsi sorta thing is like the new super mario brothers series, you can tell the difference between a more "painted" tile design onto all the maps and how the player/enemies and other certain items are 3D with this weird ass filter. Maybe it's meant to kind of "Fit" better? Still doesn't stop this game from looking like a Iphone game from 2011 lmao

[Squeena]

Originally posted by Alexis Wasilla:

Originally posted by Squeena:

My cop-out answer is bad art direction but something to consider that's really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ weird is that I'm pretty sure the game renders its 3d models at a lower resolution separate from the screen so I'm not sure if it's an intentional choice or a programming oversight lol

that's prolly pretty close to the reality of it, like it's pretty clear that this is not a "TRUE" 3D game, like, I think unironically the best example of thsi sorta thing is like the new super mario brothers series, you can tell the difference between a more "painted" tile design onto all the maps and how the player/enemies and other certain items are 3D with this weird ass filter. Maybe it's meant to kind of "Fit" better? Still doesn't stop this game from looking like a Iphone game from 2011 lmao :tigerinablanket:

Yeah trying to evoke a "retro" feel and failing miserably thus making the game look like hazy mush. Ironically I think both the old and current mobile versions of Sonic 4 are best looking just because the old one used the model from Sonic Rush and the updated version had an oddly good looking modern model that DIDN'T look like it was covered in oil. What a weird (and bad!) game lmfao.

[Alexis Wasilla]

it really does read as "retro" like it's tryna be a like.... ♥♥♥♥♥♥ idk sega saturn game or some ♥♥♥♥ but like it just really makes me wonder was this game ALWAYS Meant to look like this? was it easier? What was the thought procress of it, I'd love if there was a video that went into anything about the production but most ♥♥♥♥ like that is still sometimes kind of a mystery.

Originally posted by Squeena:

Originally posted by Alexis Wasilla:

that's prolly pretty close to the reality of it, like it's pretty clear that this is not a "TRUE" 3D game, like, I think unironically the best example of thsi sorta thing is like the new super mario brothers series, you can tell the difference between a more "painted" tile design onto all the maps and how the player/enemies and other certain items are 3D with this weird ass filter. Maybe it's meant to kind of "Fit" better? Still doesn't stop this game from looking like a Iphone game from 2011 lmao

Yeah trying to evoke a "retro" feel and failing miserably thus making the game look like hazy mush. Ironically I think both the old and current mobile versions of Sonic 4 are best looking just because the old one used the model from Sonic Rush and the updated version had an oddly good looking modern model that DIDN'T look like it was covered in oil. What a weird (and bad!) game lmfao.

[Squeena]

Originally posted by Alexis Wasilla:

it really does read as "retro" like it's tryna be a like.... ♥♥♥♥♥♥ idk sega saturn game or some ♥♥♥♥ but like it just really makes me wonder was this game ALWAYS Meant to look like this? was it easier? What was the thought procress of it, I'd love if there was a video that went into anything about the production but most ♥♥♥♥ like that is still sometimes kind of a mystery.

Originally posted by Squeena:

Yeah trying to evoke a "retro" feel and failing miserably thus making the game look like hazy mush. Ironically I think both the old and current mobile versions of Sonic 4 are best looking just because the old one used the model from Sonic Rush and the updated version had an oddly good looking modern model that DIDN'T look like it was covered in oil. What a weird (and bad!) game lmfao.

Yeah I have no idea, its way easier to find videos of people ripping into the game than actually analyzing its dev history, I would assume cutting room floor or sonic retro would be good places to look for that kind of stuff at this point lol

[KeyBladeNinjaTurtle]

The game looks like an extended bowling animation. An offensive one at that, because I am unbelievably offended at how bad the game is

[Squeena]

Originally posted by KeyBladeNinjaTurtle:

The game looks like an extended bowling animation. An offensive one at that, because I am unbelievably offended at how bad the game is

My condolences for playing

[Leonard]

They have slightly different sprites on every platform for some reason, i think the PC/Xbox 360 version was the shiniest/worst, with the iPad version looking the best. I think there was a mod to exchange the sprites.

[Squeena]

Originally posted by Leonard:

They have slightly different sprites on every platform for some reason, i think the PC/Xbox 360 version was the shiniest/worst, with the iPad version looking the best. I think there was a mod to exchange the sprites.

There are mods I'm sure, but then you're putting in a surprising amount of work to play one of the worst Sonic games lol