THERE IS NO SPACE BETWEEN MEGA AND MAN RAAAW D+<

[Afr0Blu3]

I find many 8 bit games to be more graphically impressive than a lot of modern games, mainly because I've been learning how they're made, and modelling is a fair bit easier than you'd think, a lot of the details in modern games are cheated using bump maps and texture maps, not actually featuring on the original base mesh. For example, the base mseh for Gollum in the LOTR movies took approximately eight hours. With 8 bit graphics you're constantly battling with a low screen resolution, having to draw every pose, rather than being able to rig and move a 3D object, having a limited colour palette, the fact that the games still look as good as they do is nothing short of amazing and I really respect the effort involved. I'd add that you should bear in mind that this is just my personal opinion, but I'll likely get flamed none-the-less.

2D gaming, gameplay wise, was very much the norm years ago, and because it was so widely spread, it became rather bland - allowing few games to really stand out. In the current slew of FPS shooters, an old school, 2D platformer could be a breath of much needed fresh air. Going back to basics, back to where we started, to remember why we fell in love with the series in the first place.

That said, you can guess I have high hopes for this game and eagerly anticipate it. I will definately buy it. Just to see if it proves my point.