I get why it would upset pros, and they have every right to voice their discontent. But at the same time they have to understand since they’ve chosen a career that relies on someone else’s platform, that their livelihood is at the mercy of the developers of that platform. It’s a lot like being a YouTuber in that way,…

“How Nintendo still has money left”, they have one of healthiest gaming and console business.

Agreeing and adding to your point.

That style you mention (Japanese Sonic 3/Sonic Jam art) is the definitive art style of Sonic to me; the style when Sonic’s character was perfected.

Oddly enough the game itself seems very respectful of the magnitude of the events. The intro alone sort of set that tone, putting you into a no-win situation in a torn out hellscape. The game FEELS hopeless at times, and really conveys the pointlessness and savagery of the war in a way that impressed me. Perhaps a…

“And no, the Wii doesn’t count because it goes against my point.”

It’s amazing what they are doing because they are doing things the proper way with no consideration for optimisation or for performance.The PC (and maybe consoles) may have reached a point in GPU power that now these optimisations can be skipped as there aren’t much of a burden on the performance like they once were.

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It doesn’t modify any of the games code. Sweetfx is just a post process effect that is layered on top of what the game produces. Its pretty much the same thing as getting an image and using photoshop to tweak the colours or add a layered affect on top of it to make it look like an oil painting.

All these unreal/cryengine demos with nintendo and sega assets are really making me appreciate Nintendo’s art style, because while these demos look impressive they don’t look great due to the art style.