Regeria Hope is comprised of still images, many of them being action shots, on top
of static backgrounds.
Agatsuma Entertainment utilizes an interesting mix of sprite - based artwork for the characters and enemies alongside more
static backgrounds for the locations.
I cut them up into (usually) 2048 × 2048 textured chunks and placed and aligned them into the game
as static background images.
A
few static backgrounds with some sprites scattered around, a bit of simple code running behind the scenes and voila — one new game to shove out.
The decision to switch to third - person was only made because Shinji Mikami played 1992's Alone in the Dark, and because the PS1's hardware couldn't handle first - person gameplay at a decent frame rate, meaning that
pre-rendered static backgrounds were somewhat ideal.
In the roughly twenty four hours since it launched, frustrated players have show up on Twitter, Reddit, and various Switch forums complaining about the ridiculous amount of time they've spent staring
at static backgrounds while little green and red houses blink at the bottom of the screen.
Formally, Systems of Displaying Matter draws inspiration from «cel animation», a technique of hand - drawn animation in which the moving figures are drawn on transparent paper or celluloid plates (cels) and laid
over static background drawings.
Looking under the hood, smart data could be seen as an extended profile on any given property and homeowner (perhaps multiple points of contact, social media aliases and so on), but, more to agents» needs, it
combines static background info with more dynamic, regional market trends and consumer financial activity.
Despite the seemingly limited objects that were remastered, the game looks pretty good for a 17 - year old title, and the fact that
the static backgrounds are unchanged for this remaster is a testament to how ahead of its time Grim Fandango truly was at the time of its original release.
Yes, Racing games are static,
static backgrounds, static buildings, static bleachers, static crowds, static billboards, The actual level size of a race track, compared to an open world game isn't even close, and yes invisible walls exist in racing games.
The superior location footage alternates with weaker scenes shot at the Mosfilm studio, the latter easily recognizable from
their static backgrounds.
This is a top - flight collection of anecdotes but
the static backgrounds grow tiresome as does Baumbach's evasive discussion of Owen Kline, who not only had already appeared in the directorial debut of Baumbach's wife Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Anniversary Party), but also has famous parents (Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates) Baumbach never mentions by name and makes out to be a pair of greenhorns.
60 fps only because everything from the fake lighting, to
static backgrounds, to painted skies is all pre-baked and falsely advertised as something more.
One problem with most of
the static backgrounds and real - life settings is that the edge of the arena is impossible to distinguish from its surroundings, as there's no digital wall or fence to let you know «the game ends here», it's just an invisible block.
Conversations between the player and NPCs are reminiscent of Puzzle Quest and other Japanese RPGs in which the two characters occupy each side of the screen against
a static background, basically, creating a talking heads effect.
It's a menu item with
a static background.
SI Upright (1978), which moved the game into an upright cabinet from the original's «marquee» - style tabletop cabinet, turned the player's ship and the shelters green and placed
a static background of a planet behind the action.
It has some flaws - sometimes the platforms which Anne can jump onto blend in with
the static background, sometimes the platforming is fiddly with edges not aligning with the art, sometimes the way the game plays with focus screws up and an important part of the scene is blurred, but these issues are few and far between.
Cutscenes consist of static images on
a static background, combined with lifeless voice acting.
Both versions are pretty good looking graphically, but it's really more akin to the JRPG style of static characters on
a static background for most cutscenes.
I would loved to have seen more subtle manual touch - ups in
the static background to reveal more detail in items in the distance, as right now it still gets quite blurry and loses the sense of scale it could had.
3D polygonal models and
static backgrounds.
There were times that I was pretty impressed with such things as lighting and special effects (e.g. explosions), but then there were those times that I just shook my head with
the static backgrounds or barren rooms.
They also remade Hyrule Castle Town as a fully 3D and explorable town rather than just
a static background, and are planning to redo the entire game's storyline and much of the layout of Hyrule itself.
It would have been much better to have more cutscenes with in - game models rather than
static backgrounds and character drawings, but the dialogue scenes are still effective none - the-less.
This is an advertisement for hand - drawn art in video games that manages to look just as good in motion as it does as
a static background.
Admittedly,
these static backgrounds do interfere with the new contextual control scheme, as fixed camera angles sometimes result in you running back where you came from.
Character models have clearly been cleaned up, as have the menus and portraits, but
the static backgrounds struggle to maintain their beauty.
Despite the seemingly limited objects that were remastered, the game looks pretty good for a 17 - year old title, and the fact that
the static backgrounds are unchanged for this remaster is a testament to how ahead of its time Grim Fandango truly was at the time of its original release.
Backgrounds can be applied in two styles, there are
static backgrounds and animated backgrounds, which move as you scroll.
If you're seeing a lot of lag when switching between apps or when exiting an app to go back to the home screen, try switching to
a static background and see if it helps.