Batman might have lower polygon models, worse textures and technically inferior lighting, but it has so much better art style and art direction it looks waaaay better as a whole IMO.
76Yeah, texture fidelity is one metric but for textures really how good or bad they are depend much more on the skill and attention to detail behind making it more so than raw numbers. The models themselves is really the only part where the increased polycount actually shines through and makes it competitive because it is so important to make things like hands, hair and clothing look "right'. But the aesthetics of SS is just so bland and flat that it ends up looking like an old tech demo.
39Well, even 2011 Arkham City looks better than Suicide Squad IMHO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvPgiSNQDS4
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The work you're passionate about vs. the work corporate forces you to make.
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220:28 is the deciding factor, clearly.
14But is it more fun?
9According to all early reviews... no
23I can say that there were a lot of sponsored streams recently. Often when a streamer enjoys a game, they will keep playing when their sponsored segment is over. I'm not aware of one that played any longer than the sponsored minimum.
8Sadly not,extremly uninspired bland game... The cinematics have a godd direction tho.
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6The moon at 1:10 is so comically huge.
6Bro, look at the bus stop "benches" at 1:33. What the fuck is that? I thought Metropolis was supposed the be "the city of the future."
5Not sure if you're referring to the graphics or to the shitty bench design. If the latter...it's a real thing. :(
They're called "leaning benches" or "lean bars". This bench design is sort of "futuristic" in the sense that adoption has only recently started taking off around the world. They are a user-hostile design made specifically to prevent people (specifically homeless people) from lying down, sleeping, or otherwise, y'know, using it as a goddamn bench. Because removing the ability for anyone to sit down is apparently, in the eyes of authorities, a small price to pay to make homeless people's lives that much harder.
The Wikipedia article for "Leaning bench" redirects to hostile architecture, where you can read more about this and similar efforts, if you are in the mood to be enraged at the sheer malice of bureaucrats.
I've seen them in several cities across America. NYC starting rolling them out within the past decade and you'll see them in any recently renovated station. See https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/09/11/subway-riders-slam-brooklyn-stations-new-leaning-bars-as-incredibly-unwelcoming/ (scroll through the image slideshow to see the new).
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21I already knew what it was irl-design-wise, I'm mostly shocked that the devs decided to use that style of bench for the bus stops in the game. Sort of like "I can't believe they're using this style as a way of normalizing it" kind of thing.
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I cannot believe is the same studio
4Well, it's not exactly the same people that worked on it
3That is true.
I mean they should have the same model and everything, but I think that would have made it harder for them to do all other models
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Did they use the same engine as DOOM?
3Nope, it's Unreal, as the Arkham series was using UE 3 (and Origin some weird hybrid of 3 and 4.
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Is this the same person that was spamming the reddit games subs with the same kind of title? Damn that was annoying.
2Im gonna be honest, i prefer the newer one. Looks much easier to read the playscape without all the dark gritty glooomyness. Feels more like an animated show palette.
Aesthetics matter more than realism.
-15And people are saying that the aesthetics of all four previous Arkham games is easy better. Having watched some comparisons, I'd have to agree with them.
17lol
4Models look better. That’s about it imo. The ambiance is ruined in comparison.
2I agree with you about the artistic choice of going for something flatter and more reminiscent of the animated show. Or perhaps of Fortnite, because let's not kid ourselves, they are aiming for that crowd. But I actually do like that art style! YMMV.
2Yeah, as silly as it sounds, SS wasn't on my radar at all before this video. Now (and from the next videos that youtube fed me after) I'm considering it. Wish it was on a no-risk service like Game Pass.
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