Can we all agree that ORAS has the ugliest color palette in the series to date?
Look at that shit, are those moldy green clumps supposed to be grass?
>>25742254
how crusty are your palms right now?
They were too autistic translating GBA maps to 3D so nothing looks natural.
>>25742254
I loved the colours. So vibrant.
XY had the ugliest colors.
>>25742254
thats top tier though?
>>25742254
Agree! Everything about OR/AS was just so half-assed! They couldn't even implement any substancial Emerald mechanics as they did with HG/SS and Crystal. UGH!
Tho, even tho HG/SS were one of my least favorite games...the color palette within the region was just so very comfy (pic)
>>25742269
If they wanted the colors to look vibrant they should've made them more yellow to simulate sunlight. ORAS in general looks like it takes place under cloudy skies with bioluminescent grass.
>>25742254
>green clumps
I'd say it looks much better than XY's washed out colour palette. Also I prefer it to gen 5's aesthetic.
>>25742319
The thing is. With color theory there are guidelines to what makes a good color palette. You might like this, but that doesn't mean it is any good.
>>25742254
Nope, BWB2W2 in Autumn.
>>25742531
Agreed. Could've and should've made the colors more vibrant like in Ecruteak city like in >>25742288.
>>25742531
Honestly this Tbh.
>>25742254
>moldy green clumps
Go into a park right now and find a green clump of something.Find one.Now think about how that makes absolutely no sense.
>>25742254
No more disgusting than that blocky, minecraft-esque overworld. Really feels like they put no time or dedication into remaking Hoenn, so much as they did creating a 3D pop-out version of the GBA games.
Coming from Unova and Kalos, I can't help but feel they really dropped the ball on this one.
>>25742277
>>25742288
>>25742666
According to the numbers, it should make impact…
>>25742254
Nah kalos had that bland, washed out look I prefer oras because it's actually nice to look at
>>25742254
I've had this exact opinion ever since I first saw the mountain tiles. They look so fucking disgusting.
>>25742254
kalos is much worse.
>>25742254
Red/Blue's color palette is way worse.. All the colors are way too washed ot and gray.
>>25742254
>>25742277
>>25742531
Excuse me but how is everyone forgetting Sinnoh's neon green tall grass and dark brown mountains?
Now that every region is in 3D, Sinnoh is the ugliest one
>>25742265
wtf. I haven't bothered to buy ORAS but why is everything so square and cut off? It looks like a bad minecraft interpretation of RSE.
>>25743293
forgot pic:
>>25742887
Agreed on this though, second worst mountain tiles.
BWBW2 had decent color palette for some of the seasons.
HGSS had the best all around palettes. Ecruteak city is prime example.
ORAS wasn't incredible but certain places were nice. Meteor Falls and that bridge where you see the night sky reflected for example.
>>25742277
Not really, after playing so much of ORAS booting XY again really gives another vibe, Kalos is much more "natural" in comparison to Hoenn in ORAS, the routes, cities, camera dynamic, everything is so much more pleasant to look instead of a half-assed minecraft world with bright colors.
Not saying that I don't enjoyed Oras and that it doesn't have some merits, but it's a visible downgrade.
I prefer ORAS' palette to XY. Kalos is way too washed out.
>>25743293
The neon grass looks comfy compared to washed out, brown tint BWB2W2 Autumn.
>>25743301
I think that was only because the original DS had a shitty backlight. Similar to how a lot of early GBA games had ugly bright washed out colors to make up for its lack of a backlight.
>>25743423
Kalos is natural until you realize you can't step into darker colored grass because reasons
ORAS's palette is my favorite. Really gets along the tropical idea to me.
>>25743423
Please be bait.
>>25743467
Oh, the reason for it might be acceptable but it's still there
>>25743449
I dont remember Unova Autumn outside the really great looking fallen grass honestly. Gonna check if its autumn in game now
>>25742254
No, that would be BW followed by XY
>>25743784
christ, I went to my game to see if the pallete was that bad, flew to Nuvema Town and took one step in the tall grass and had a pokemon encounter.
Took two more steps and had another one
>>25743301
>true comfy nostalgia
sinnoh a best
>>25743301
Sinnoh's is really nice
>>25743965
>not showing the outer part of Eterna to connect the two pics
>>25743965
Platinum truly a best.
>>25742338
>color theory
Fuck off.
>>25743293
>>25743301
The toned it down in Platinum, where it looks fine.
>>25742254
I thought the colors looked way nicer than they did in XY...
Of course they fucked up by continuing to use the shitty washed out colors from XY on their pokemon battle models.
>>25742666
But Kalos was just as blocky and dumb looking, except for maybe Lumiose city.
>>25742338
>this may look good but it doesn't mean it's good
>>25743264
Ironically, that's what helps a lot of people feel immersed and see a much prettier picture than what they could possibly offer us in a remake.
>Route 10
>not a field of golden brown grain
I never want to see Kanto in color again.
>>25743923
>>25743965
I wont deny Sinnoh is comfy, but that's more the (god tier) music and the layout of a few routes more than the colours.
>>25744214
I only have Platinum and still noticed the grass, but the bigger problem for me was the mountain tiles, which look super ugly.
>>25743992
Eterna Forest doesn't have the same proportions of the routes.
>>25744582
>sinnoh
>god tier music
ORAS was such a god damn disappointment that I hope the delay before S&M's release was because they fired everyone and had the Smash3DS dev team come fix the colossal fuckup that is GameFreak
>>25745096
>Smash Team
>Good
>>25745149
they can make a game that doesn't fucking lag with more than 3 assets on the screen. One that connects to the internet without locking up. One that can be patched with updates to the roster without forcing you to buy the next $40 edition
>>25742277
Fuck off
>>25745096
This is so fkn tru I h8d ORAS stupid hyped game nothing compared to emmerald
>>25742254
Well, I'm working on it, OP.
>>25742265
Except they didn't come close to matching RSE's color pallet. RSE was more pastel and less neon.
>>25746449
You fixed the grass texture but jesus shit that's an ugly grass color. Grass is not supposed to be neon green.
>>25744258
Not even close.
>>25746475
It's partially fixed, it has only two out of like five texures involving the grass fixed.and the fact that we're working on busting the ETC1 compression for .at files as well, or getting .at support in Ohana3DS Rebirth
Also, I'm working on a Nostalgia version type project. It will have changes meant to be more like R/S/E. Emerald had a different tileset in a lot of things, but I will go with which tileset feels more fitting or what I like more.
>>25746449
That looks really good.
>>25742277
XY looked great you shitter
>>25746523
>.at
meant .ad, I think.
>>25746530
ah you can follow this for updates https://twitter.com/ORASNostalgiaEd
not that I will make updates or anything before I can get access to lossless editing.
I thought it looked fine. XY was much worse with everything being a few shades too white.
>>25746674
I think it's more how everything in X/Y was so pastel. That goes especially for the saturation of the mons.
>>25745096
That would mean that the game has been in development for about seven years Because the entire structure of the gen 6 engine and models are horrendous for the 3DS and they would have to be done from scratch to fix the issues.
>>25746674
Desaturated doesn't necessarily mean bad, I thought XY's palette nailed the slightly chilly European feel.
ORAS's palette not only didn't look tropical like it was supposed to, it doesn't look like anything that resembles a real life climate.
>>25746698
or you know, started after X/Y's development which makes sense
>>25746706
It's not real life, anon.
>>25742254
Better than shitty ass blurry pixels every damn day.
>>25746722
But since it takes place on a very earth-like planet and always has, it should passingly resemble something in reality. ORAS's palette makes it look like it constantly takes place under overcast skies, but it isn't when you actually see the sky, which is just confusing.
>>25742531
Black and white 2 never happened
>>25742288
Still to this day, I think HGSS were the peak of Pokemon games. Perfect use of all the improvements that Crystal made, plus additions of its own (so they weren't a copy/paste of their originals like ORAS is very much to RS), great remade music, tons of post-game content and replayability, other very much welcome additions like GB sounds and the Pokewalker (why the fuck the Pokewalker wasn't made to be patchable when it communicated with future games to still allow players to be able to use it is fucking beyond me)... Hell, even Kanto was made to feel at least a bit more alive than the Kanto from GSC.
If HGSS had been made during current-era Gamefreak, some stupid shit would have happened like Ho-Oh and Lugia still having had the wild pokemon encounter music for their battles, or anything similar to that. ORAS was just that bad. They are lazy remakes in almost every way you look at it. The Delta Emerald episode being a new addition doesn't make up for all the other stuff it got wrong.
>>25743923
>remember all of the fond memories I've had playing DPP and how it was one of the only games that I actually appreciated the music of
>try to play Platinum again on an emulator
>that fucking slowdown
nope
>>25746806
GameFreak probably disagrees if they base their opinion off sales.
Sales in general are going down though. Probably because everyone who did play Pokemon is outgrowing it, since doing shit you did as a kid is seen as a social negative. The newer generation of kids would rather play CoD than Pokemon.
This isn't a widespread thing though. Just selling a million copies probably pays off all development costs roughly. Not to mention all of the merchandise shit they sell. Pokemon isn't dying. But it's not growing.
>>25742254
No, that would be BW/2. Those games were hideously ugly
>>25746806
This delusion is incredible. HGSS added nothing to the core gameplay of GSC, just useless gimmicks like a pedometer, and it did nothing to fix the atrocious issues like the region layout and pokemon distribution. ORAS not only adds useful features like DexNav and soaring, it addresses core issues with Ruby and Sapphire and makes for a better experience. HGSS also run on the worst engine in the franchise, making the game unbearably slow.
HGSS are easily the worst remakes in the series. If you don't like ORAS, sure, fine, but let's not make bullshit up.
>>25747011
>since doing shit you did as a kid is seen as a social negative
Maybe to fucking normies, but most people don't give a shit.
>>25744940
Yes, it has god tier music.
>>25746449
>>25746475
NEON
GREEN
>>25743301
>>25746806
The peak of remakes at least
>>25747011
I'd say it's growing. Pokemon is much more than the main games.
Also, digital sales of Gen 6 should be taken into account.
>>25747011
>doing shit you did as a kid is seen as a social negative
I mean if you're wearing diapers and sucking on your toes, yes, but having an appreciation for your childhood is in style as fuck these days. Adults playing Pokemon is mainstream.
>>25747089
Uh, R/S/E overworld grass spritework is neon green or what?
>>25747054
>Let's not make shit up
>"it addresses the core issues of Ruby and Sapphire"
You are just as bad. You know what DID address the core issues of RS?
Emerald.
All ORAS did was have things that are standard with the series now
>>25747112
Issues with RS
>too much water
>small postgame
>shit pokemon selection
What Emerald fixed
>bigger postgame than RS
What ORAS fixed
>faster surfing
>persistent minimap to more easily deal with surfing
>better pokemon selection
>bigger postgame than RS
sorry :^)
>>25747453
Water is subjective matter. Some like it and the ones who don't can easily bypass the interruptions of the fastest surfing speed in all the games by getting repels, which are really accessible in R/S/E anyway. OR/AS helped you with that even more because of 200 Potions.
>>25747453
What ORAS Fixed
>bigger post game
>higher pokemon levels
>better teams on gym leaders
>Tate and Lisa's having more than 2 pokemon
>gym leader rematches
>more double battles in the overworld
>>25747453
>>25747866
fuck, I mean what Emerald fixed and ORAS didnt
>>25747011
>Probably because everyone who did play Pokemon is outgrowing it, since doing shit you did as a kid is seen as a social negative
Are you still in high school? This is literally the kind of attitude I see from people who are still subjected to peer pressure.
Adults stop giving a fuck. I know way more people that play Pokemon now as an adult than I did when in high school.
>>25742254
What..? What a pointless thread. Sorry man but this is just nitpicky shit posting.
>7/10 grass isn't good looking.
>>25747866
The intelligence of the average ORAS hate bandwagoner.
>>25748526
opinions I dont like are bandwagons, yeah
>>25748470
>it's pointless to discuss aesthetics unless it's in a positive way
Stay mad defensive faggot
>>25748470
We aren't actually discussing vaporwave, are we?
