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Jan Magdal Panduro <j...@tdk.dk> wrote in article
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: Kerry <ke...@fhpv.umb.sk> wrote:
: 
: >VGA sucks? No way, man.... e.g. Albion, Arkania's, Jagged Alliance's,
: >Beholder's,
: >Simon The Sorcerer's, Raptor, and so, are cool in VGA and needs no SVGA,
: >
: Although I like Hires 3D-games, I agree with you somewhat. There are
: games, that I personally think are more pretty in vga than svga!
: I think KQ5 & KQ6 are far prettier than KQ7. It seems, that the
: artists get sloppy, when they have all these pixels to fill. they just
: scan something in, and rely completely on dithering to represent
: colors, thus making the games really ugly on large/sharp monitors.
: With the old MCGA games, although there's "jaggies", the coloring
: seems much better! Another game, that look good in lo-res, IMHO, is
: Ray-man. But then again, it's all just my opinion.
: 
: Regards JaM
: 

Hi-resolution graphics should be an improvement but it seems more in terms
of the sharpness and clarity. I think KQ V 's graphics look more
breathtaking and colourful than either of the sequels. Every scene is so
beautifully rendered. So does Heart of China which looks more like
carefully drawn water paintings than computer screens with some that look
like they could be hanging on the walls in an arts exhibition without being
out of place. Another game I can think of right now is Quest for Glory I
VGA remake. Though not all screens are good to look at, those that look
good are very good indeed. And close-ups of the characters in the
conversation in whatever ways they are clay-modelled or drawn look very
3-D, beautiful and real (in the gaming context), e.g., the kattas, that it
is not surprising that I don't come across anything better , even the
upcoming QG5's gargoyle doesn't look as good.  However, what draws me  more
into these games are not the graphics but the music especially Heart of
China which has a dynamic, exotic, fantastic full-length score that easily
rivals any games to-date, even those using streaming or redbook audio.
Pretty pictures fades as fog disappears in daybreak while lilting music
lingers on.....