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From the first RA3 concepts before even the first trailer, to the ultra mega cartoon that it is today.
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Now, seriously. We all know that both RA3 and RA2/1 are not serious (some people just think they aren't just because RA3 is EA-made, but, whatever), but RA/1 isn't really that much cartoonish. I mean, it may have completely unrealistic units as well, but its graphics arent Land of the lovely bear which arent actually cute in really life but you don't need to know that ® (damn ModDB word lenght limit) colurful graphics (even though you can't really tell when it is 2D. Or was it 3D with sprites as someone once said in this group? Not going to research it, though). You can see that in Natasha already, witch looks much more serious (a serious stripper lol). Would perhaps the game be better if it had stayed in the old concepts?
mmm, I think the RA3 shaders feels plastic, synthetic. And that has nothing with the over the top cheerfulness of the game to do, which differentiate it from previous games which were more of dark humour.
Me personally, liked the dark feeling of a twisted universe being taken seriously in RA1 and my memories suggest this as well. RA2 though served up laughs but still felt somewhat serious in graphics/atmosphere.
Now RA3 has good gameplay, but it's a little over board in the direction of cartoony. Both RA2 and RA3 are cheesy in FMVs and units etc. But on the map RA2 still felt plenty 'serious'. RA3 makes ME feel like I'm playing a game from a comic book :D
lmao at 'land of the lovely-bear' :D
Hey don't knock RA3, it's a good game. The graphics fit the corny B-movie universe RA is set in.
And don't try to tell me that RA2 wasn't cartoony, either. Not gonna fly. If anything, RA3 was a bit more serious than RA2 in terms of unit design and FMV's.
I don't see anyone knocking really ;) And no game is perfect, pointing out things that one consider less then perfect can't be that bad huh?
Me, I just don't like the plasticness, I for the most part like the cheerfulness however, not that I wouldn't wanted gritty dark humour either.
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I don't really make a distinction between RA2 and RA3 because they are much nearer to each other than, say, TS and TW. I like the colourfulness of RA3, the hammy actors and the occasional FMV with rather welldone CGI units as well as the fact that it's a lot better balanced than RA2 (deployed GIs anyone?) or TW (let's Mammoth rush, win guaranteed). Then again I might be biased by being a Paradox Mod member :P