The Grey Ghost
10-31-2007, 07:28 AM
One idea floating around a lot for Street Fighter IV is the use of cel-shading on 3D polygons. I really hope that the game is kept on a 2D plane, the use of cel-shaded 3D characters could work really well. To illustrated this, I thought I'd post a couple examples of it already being used. I don't know if anyone here has known about this stuff yet, but I thought it would be cool for those who haven't seen it in action.
The first game I thought of along the lines of 3D characters on a 2D plane is Battle Fantasia. It's produced by Arc Systems and this (http://www.battlefantasia.jp/) is the website. There are only few vids of this--most of them blurry and from a handy-cam--but the two best that I can find are here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=y52zeHpenAw) and here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1GF84loLhnY).
Another game that has beautiful cel-shaded characters on a 2D playing field is The Rumble Fish 2. (Example vids here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=k3BYMrjgIT8) and here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y07xHDWkGUA).) When I look at the videos, it's sometimes hard to tell whether or not they're sprites, but when the characters are idol, you can clearly see they're polygons. It's one of the games I'd love to pick up if I can mod my PS2.
I think that if Capcom were to use the same quality cel-shading technology that we're seeing in The Simpsons Game (http://youtube.com/watch?v=86pa_Gult4w), we can get Street Fighter IV looking damn sweet! If I had my druthers, I'd like SF4 to be completely HD 2D graphics, but at least this would be a pleasant alternative, eh?
The first game I thought of along the lines of 3D characters on a 2D plane is Battle Fantasia. It's produced by Arc Systems and this (http://www.battlefantasia.jp/) is the website. There are only few vids of this--most of them blurry and from a handy-cam--but the two best that I can find are here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=y52zeHpenAw) and here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1GF84loLhnY).
Another game that has beautiful cel-shaded characters on a 2D playing field is The Rumble Fish 2. (Example vids here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=k3BYMrjgIT8) and here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y07xHDWkGUA).) When I look at the videos, it's sometimes hard to tell whether or not they're sprites, but when the characters are idol, you can clearly see they're polygons. It's one of the games I'd love to pick up if I can mod my PS2.
I think that if Capcom were to use the same quality cel-shading technology that we're seeing in The Simpsons Game (http://youtube.com/watch?v=86pa_Gult4w), we can get Street Fighter IV looking damn sweet! If I had my druthers, I'd like SF4 to be completely HD 2D graphics, but at least this would be a pleasant alternative, eh?