The 3D
effect looks superb, even when the slider's all the way up to the top.
Not exact matches
A large part of that is due to Rick Lazzarini's
superb creature
effects, which
look real and physical, so there's none of the shoddy CGI you associate with other mid-to-late-90s
effects movies (
looking at you, Jumanji).
For an arcade game, Anomaly War Zone Earth
looks incredibly sharp both technically and artistically — the lighting is absolutely
superb and explosions and other
effects look wholly amazing.
Superb visuals place us right inside Dory's liquid world: Pixar has always produced better water
effects than any other animator, and the light cutting through the 3 - D depths
looks lifelike.
Since they ran with the alien idea, I must say that the aliens and special
effects do
look superb.
Graphics: 8.5 The grainy
effect is still a little odd but the detail is
superb and everything
looks crisp and clean.
The grainy
effect is still a little odd but the detail is
superb and everything
looks crisp and clean.
Graphically, Gravel is Milestone Italy's best
looking game up to the date of its release with amazing vehicle models that crumple when colliding with other cars or trackside objects complimented by realistic track surfaces such as sand, mud, foliage and rocks in numerous environments, alongside
superb weather conditions as well as lighting and shadow
effects that adapt to the time of day or night the race is taking place at, while there are outstanding subtle details such as water
effects from water splashes and rain, mud splashing onto the car throughout the race, sparks flying as vehicles trade paint and pyrotechnics throughout each lap particularly during stadium races.
From the bloom that makes the tropical areas of the game seem so warm and inviting, to the special
effects, such as the torches that lighten dark caverns, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
looks superb and sometimes simply jaw - dropping.
Every texture and object
looks superb and full of detail to a level not even matched by the Super Mario Galaxy games in some cases, and the
effects used for lighting and shadows are some of the best on the entire console.
Other Super FX titles followed — including the
superb Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which harnessed the power of the chip for advanced 2D
effects and is also included on the SNES Mini — but by the time Star Fox 2 entered development, the primitive 3D visuals it was capable of creating
looked a generation behind what Sony and Sega were promising with their PlayStation and Saturn consoles, due to arrive in 1994 in Japan.
They stem more from Bloodborne's Victorian - inspired architecture,
superb lighting
effects and gangly -
looking enemy designs.