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Posted April 13, 2012
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immaxx: hmm ok.... so should i skip getting giants and sacrifice? they're kind of on the bubble where i could see them maybe working out on new hardware. i certainly appreciate the info on specs and tech, but i'm looking for a glowing reccomendation or a dire warning to stay away because of how they look now.
I'd say fuck what they look like. Those are two of the best games you're ever likely to run into, so get them! They're old, so the models are low-poly, compared to modern games, but there's nothing you can do about that anyway. They are both absolutely fantastic games regardless. And low-poly or not, both games have fantastic visual design.
Posted April 13, 2012
high-rez patch kinda killed the games for me i loved the pixelated rats as i punched them in the face outside my vault...

Giants: Citizen Kabuto || this is by far the best game you'll ever play, its melds genre's and adds some of the funniest British humor you'll ever experience...
Post edited April 13, 2012 by Starkrun
Posted April 13, 2012
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Starkrun: i loved the pixelated rats as i punched them in the face outside my vault...
You have a weird way of expressing love...
Posted April 13, 2012
It's definitely the CRT / LCD issues.

CRT is equally good for all supported resolutions, but LCD image is blurrier the lower the resolution is than the monitor's native.

So a 640x480 games on a 1080p LCD monitor will look like blurry crap. You'd need at least 1024x768 original game resolution for it to be passable, and even then it will look blurry by comparison, and reading small text will be a huge pain.
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immaxx: i don't know much about crt to led, that could be an issue.... but my old crt was ~23" and my new flat panel is 28 so i can't imagine 5" making that much a difference.
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tburger: Size is not an issue here. CRTs just handle downscaling much better (without loosing image quality) than LCDs.
CRT's don't downscale at all. They actually draw variable pixel sizes. Hell they have variable pixel shapes. Basically CRTs don't have a "native" resolution, they have a "maximum" resolution (which may even look worse than the next lowest resolution if it doesn't support a refresh rate above 60Hz)
Post edited April 13, 2012 by kalirion
Posted April 13, 2012
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immaxx: can anyone answer me if this is in fact a universal problem with older games on windows 7 or if it's mostly just the d&d collection infinity engine games?? i'm still on the fence for getting sacrifice and giants kabuto this weekend.
Have you looked at the screenshots Fenixp posted? That's how 90s isometric RPGs should look once you have patched them. (Seriously, check each game's forum, for there are guides on all needed patches & mods). We can't answer your question if we don't know what you mean by "crap" and "pixelated". At first I thought you meant you were having graphical glitches, but now I don't think that's it.

As for 3D games, they have a tendency to age badly if that's your concern.
Post edited April 13, 2012 by Tychoxi
Posted April 13, 2012
OP, I'm not getting whether you are objecting to how the games actually look, or are in fact experiencing some kind of glitch.

Could you post some screenshots that pointing out your issues.
Post edited April 13, 2012 by Tormentfan
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