Specific vs Generic

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:52:16 GMT

I've noticed that the amount of effort put into the graphics and backgrounds of Dracula X varied.

Like for this one...

There are trees in the background, mountains above the trees, with increasing atmospheric perspective, a bridge, but the bridge has details like the statue and ornate columns, and the blue sky has clouds (of a few different types)....

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:34:51 GMT

Crawl and 1OOO wrote:
Another thing about characters like Mario and Alex Kidd:

I frequently hear that a particular character -- usually, a "cute", cartoonish character -- is some system's "mascot", as though every system is somehow entitled to a mascot. Other examples include Bonk for the Turbo Grafx and Sonic for the Genesis. After all, if Nintendo can have Mario, why can't other...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Captain Ladd Spencer) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:21:53 GMT

I was thinking about how much I liked Alien and Devil's Crush even though I've never been much into Pinball games, and how it's about Generic vs. Specific. Let's compare Pinball on the NES to Devil's Crush. I don't have screenshots.

Pinball - The board is black except for the bright neon obstacles. There's two screens and the outermost rim forms a perfect upside down U. The design of the first screen is three circular bumpers in a triangle. The...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:43:27 GMT

Another thing about characters like Mario and Alex Kidd:

I frequently hear that a particular character -- usually, a "cute", cartoonish character -- is some system's "mascot", as though every system is somehow entitled to a mascot. Other examples include Bonk for the Turbo Grafx and Sonic for the Genesis. After all, if Nintendo can have Mario, why can't other companies have their mascots?

The thing is, Mario wasn't created with the...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:09:13 GMT

Mario vs. Alex Kidd

Mario has a very specific design. He's a plumber. He's dressed like a plumber with the cap and overalls (You can even see the buttons on the overalls.)

Alex Kidd - what is he wearing? A jumper?...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Kairobi King) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:27:45 GMT

I never got past the Graveyard on the arcade version of Dragon Spirit. That game is just too intense for my blood.

It seems like the general thought on the Batman Animated Series is that it Jumped the Shark when it went from FOX to WB and they changed the animation. It never ceases to amaze me how the comments for anything on YouTube are almost always praising. Maybe it's because people won't bother to watch what they know they don't like and because negative criticisms...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Amagons brother) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:14:25 GMT

Dragon Spirit was a lot of fun on NES. I think I've said it somewhere before, but I like that game a lot better than the Turbografx one.

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:02:09 GMT

James FP wrote:

Flying Omelette wrote:
Maybe it's just me, but I think they were second-guessing themselves and I like the original design a LOT more.
It's not just you. They redesigned all the characters I think around the 3rd season (seemed like they were trying to match the animation and art style more closely to the Superman...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Amagons brother) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:43:45 GMT

I like the new Jack Sheen better, though to me the old one is vaguely reminiscent of Bowser from teh Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Also, for the R-Type shootable background stage was also done to solid effect by Life Force (or Salamander, if you prefer), but I don't remember which came first.

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (James FP) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:07:28 GMT

Flying Omelette wrote:
Maybe it's just me, but I think they were second-guessing themselves and I like the original design a LOT more.

It's not just you. They redesigned all the characters I think around the 3rd season (seemed like they were trying to match the animation and art style more closely to the Superman cartoon that existed at the time) and the show pretty much sucked after that. It's like it had...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:36:19 GMT

I was trying to find clips of the Penguin from the Batman Animated TV series so that I could hear Paul Williams performing his voice again. I found one, this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFhIbpD6Vds

But then I also found another video in which several people who worked on the show explained that eventually (for reasons they don't really make very clear) they decided to redesign...

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (James FP) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:16:57 GMT

Another thing about the Gate of Thunder bosses is that they look generic even for giant ships. In fact, several of them, especially the green one for Stage 1 and the purple one for Stage 7, look like "toy" versions of Gradius bosses.

Uh-oh. James is ticked off now. Stand back...HE'S A NUT!!

Re: Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (TWEETER911) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:33:51 GMT

Get up, you aren't fooling anybody with that cheesy, fake purple blood! You lazy Overlord!

Specific vs Generic

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:53:57 GMT

It's generally acknowledged that things that are specific (in art) are superior to things that are generic. I thought I'd address this issue by using as examples one game I personally feel could be the best videogame ever, R-Type, and another which is a highly generic and overrated game, Gate of Thunder.

The boss of stage 1 of R-Type is one of...