Author Topic: First REAL screen shot of Excite Truck. (Read 10055 times)

Terranigma Freak · « **on:** June 19, 2006, 12:29:00 PM »

Boy, it's been a long time since we got any real screen shots of Wii games. I still can't believe that after E3, we're still getting crappy screen shots ripped from the E3 show floor and fixed up with Photoshop to kind of look like it's a high-res direct-feed. About the only thing we got so far are Sonic and Red Steel screen shots.

Anyway, here's a single screen shot of Excite Truck. Yes, a single freaking screen shot!

lol, we had this up ages ago -bloodworth

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #1 on:** June 19, 2006, 01:02:03 PM »

Not bad, considering the terrain can actually morph instead of just sit there.

I want to see some powdery snowy mountain tops.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #2 on:** June 19, 2006, 01:07:33 PM »

Graphics look fine to me, plus big damn trucks will be awesome no matter what.

JonLeung · « **Reply #3 on:** June 19, 2006, 01:10:26 PM »

They could probably be better, but when you consider that you'll usually be going too fast to admire the scenery, they're MORE than adequate.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #4 on:** June 19, 2006, 01:17:45 PM »

Looks okay. Honestly in a screenshot the game looks kind of dull compared to video feed. I don't think this screenshot is going to get people looking at the back of the box excited.

Still it's nice to get any screenshot. Overall I thought Nintendo had a good E3 but it royally pissed me off that they pretty much released no Wii screenshots at all aside from one of two promotional shots per game and the SSB shots. I know they want people to try the game out but most of us can't go to E3 and thus need screenshots. I hope that isn't going to be a trend with the Wii or else E3 coverage is going to be pretty meh for anyone not attending the show.

One thing the game needs is dirt. The truck is offroading yet it's perfectly clean and shiny. That looks really wrong. Nintendo was good at adding little details with Cube games so they should be able to keep that up with superior hardware.

Crimm · « **Reply #5 on:** June 19, 2006, 01:22:30 PM »

It look sharp, but you know it's not stunning. Race games especially need to be seen in motion. If it can sustain that level of detail at high speeds, and convey that sense of speed, it will look fine.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #6 on:** June 19, 2006, 02:08:43 PM »

A bit late. This screenshot was avaliable at Nintendo's press site within hours of the conference. =|

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #7 on:** June 19, 2006, 02:27:21 PM »

Looks okay. Honestly in a screenshot the game looks kind of dull compared to video feed. I don't think this screenshot is going to get people looking at the back of the box excited.

Perhaps someday in the future developers can put video on the back of game boxes...

wandering · « **Reply #8 on:** June 19, 2006, 02:34:55 PM »

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Overall I thought Nintendo had a good E3 but it royally pissed me off that they pretty much released no Wii screenshots

Yeah, but do you know why they haven't been releasing screenshots? Oh, yeah, you do:

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Looks okay. Honestly in a screenshot the game looks kind of dull compared to video feed. I don't think this screenshot is going to get people looking at the back of the box excited.

Nintendo is getting massively good press and word of mouth.... releasing tons of screenshots that look like they came from gamecube games would only hurt things.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 19, 2006, 03:16:37 PM »

The dust could look better. I like the trees though

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2006, 05:05:39 PM »

This is not next-gen.

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #11 on:** June 19, 2006, 05:05:43 PM »

looks nice, the only thing would be, as Ian said, dirt on the big damn trucks

on another note, looking at the trees made me wonder.....Adaptive Anti-Aliasing?....(does seem like it, but it should be near the tree to nake sure)

Ceric · « **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2006, 06:02:41 PM »

I don't know. That flying truck in the screenshot conveys excitement well to me.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #13 on:** June 19, 2006, 07:05:59 PM »

Granted the screenshot doesn't look like a huge step up from this generation, but after seeing the movies for the gameplay it is quite a visual treat to see the game in motion. It is silky smooth and super fast, which should be taken into account when judging its graphics. With those things taken into consideration it does look next generation!

Jensen · « **Reply #14 on:** June 19, 2006, 07:34:01 PM »

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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
This is not next-gen.

The next-gen racing game I tried at a store ran at 30fps.

I'd rather have a game with much simpler graphics at 60fps. Racing games need a constant 60fps.

Guitar Smasher · « **Reply #15 on:** June 19, 2006, 07:49:48 PM »

Needs more stones. The left cliff looks rather plain. But that's more artistic design, than a graphics thing.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #16 on:** June 19, 2006, 08:03:45 PM »

Looks like an Xbox game.

Mario · « **Reply #17 on:** June 19, 2006, 08:37:10 PM »

Looks like a Wii game.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #18 on:** June 19, 2006, 11:18:35 PM »

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Originally posted by: Brandogg
Looks like an Xbox game.

Perhaps by just taking the picture in account, but if this was an Xbox game and looked like that they would be lucky to get 30fps if that. It appears this runs at a smooth 60fps. The sense of motion is amazing.

Strell · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2006, 11:58:36 PM »

THIS LOOKS LIKE MY NUTS.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2006, 12:15:43 AM »

The car that's in mid-air has the plume of N64watersplasheffect dust behind it, whereas the boosting(?) truck on the right has nothing.
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I went back to check some youtube vids; if you look at the one titled Dodging Trees, at 9 seconds it looks like the area in the screen; it actually looks like there was a puddle of water at that spot.. so i guess it is a water effect. A puff of bluish smoke for a splash.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2006, 01:46:53 AM »

The terrain textures look blurry as hell.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #22 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:53:07 AM »

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Originally posted by: Brandogg
Looks like an Xbox game.

Which one? Please show me this Xbox game that looks and plays like Excite Truck, I would like to buy it! Rush in Midway Arcade Treasures 3 doesn't count because that's very, very broken!

OG_OriginalGamer · « **Reply #23 on:** June 20, 2006, 11:37:04 AM »

Great draw distance, there appears to be some AF going on there aswell. To bad the graphics weren't created using final hardware, particularly Hollywood.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #24 on:** June 20, 2006, 12:01:18 PM »

Haha, I was just reminded of Arrested Development.

"These are balls."

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