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I always thought that Dan Malone of the Bitmaps did the best graphics around. Not only gorgeous looking but just soooo stylish as well.
I remember when I first played Banshee recently through emulation and the graphics seem to have that same look. Does anyone know if Malone was the artist on this game or has someone just copied his style? |
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I never meant to cause any offense towards Agony, I think the music is brilliant, the animation on that owl is superb, the gameplay is also amazing.
Must just be a personal taste thing here but I always had a weird view towards the enemy/background gfx. The looked a little plain to me that's all. I think I just like the metallic look that a lot of the Team 17 games had. Must be what the 80's done to me. |
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01 August 2003, 11:56 | #25 |
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So Dan Malone did the gfx for Sacred Armour of Antiriad? I must check out this game.
It also seems that maybe he and the Bitmaps had a falling out as he has no mention on their website at all! |
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02 August 2003, 00:32 | #27 |
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Ive heard this comment made about the Bitmaps games before but I cant really see it. Maybe Im biased
The thing I generally dont like about Team 17 gfx is that they have no character or style, they just look bland. Alien Breed looks good I agree but look at the sprites for the main characters and the aliens, I think they look quite poor. Assasin's main character looks crap and Body Blows has some hideously drawn fighters. |
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anyone know any dc++ hub that have Project X-2 ? cant find it ! thank you.
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Banshee was done by: Facet of Anarchy did the Graphics Hannibal of Anarchy did the coding Nuke of Anarchy did the music |
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So Facet's real name is Jacob Andersen then, Galahad?
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i think Team 17 was good in cartoons's style stuff, but the cheaper side of it, like fast sketched things to be used in a context so to make the whole thing to work. you just have not to look for finesse.
they were lacking in visual design, in the most large sense, while they were really good in game basics. Others designer, like Bitmap Brothers, Morbid Visions or Mark Jones, the guy behind Darkmere' graphic (he has a cool site around and has worked also on morrowind, but i've lost the link), these guys may have had some not good game in their career but had a more solid and complete approach to graphic, and these are just the firsts that come to mind now. Not one Team17 game i recall that has really style in graphic or a coherent one, nevertheless i really like most of them! Lo! one of the characteristic that i prize is the coherence in the style and it has to be a clear, straight, direct and personal one, either is of my taste or not. solid! gfx by team 17 were clear but bare. Obviously a personal valutation. Last edited by Marcuz; 04 August 2003 at 15:50. |
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I agree here, the Team were not that good at gfx. Superfrog's character may have been fine (I think it was just OK), but the whole visual feel of the game is emptiness. I think they did not get it quite right.
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All of this is the cross of most of graphic in advertising, modern design etc. beside i really like the pictures! By the way with this last post i'm NOT saying that other graphics and designer are better in this way: in the other post i was, here the discussion is different |
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Here's a link to a review of Last Ninja 4:
http://utenti.lycos.it/crosssfire/sc...ninja/TLN1.jpg http://utenti.lycos.it/crosssfire/sc...ninja/TLN2.jpg |
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There was a fourth release of a Last Ninja game called Ninja Remix. However, it was just the first Last Ninja with different music. |
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I'm sorry, I posted the wrong info! I was supposed to delete the message but I forgot :P
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Fair enough you think Magic Pockets doesnt look as good but I have to disagree. I think Mark Coleman is a very close second to Dan Malone with work like the sublime looking Gods. |
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