Mark., on 28 February 2013 - 04:28 PM, said:
This is exactly how I feel, there are some original assets that I just couldn't bare to see changed but some that need some work.
I hope people don't get the wrong idea of what my goal is, I'm not trying to make a .. lets use the words of DNR here a 're-imagining'.
I have never wanted to re-create the items beyond recognition, I think the HRP has lost some of the realism of the original game, in my honest opinion its starting to look cartoony.
Not because the assets are bad, because they are old. I have followed the HRP since it was first released, I remember first downloading it and thinking, 'Jesus Christ this is the balls'.
I think computers are powerful enough now to start pushing some higher poly models through the HRP. This is allows us the opportunity to add details to the models. I dont think if 3DR made Duke 3D now the assets would be so plain.
I left DNR because the amount they changed just made me plain sick, so I understand where people are coming from when they believe something has been pushed too far.
My final 2cents on the subject are .. its ok to add extra details as long as the additions make sense, and as long as the additions don't make the object seem like something completely different.