Why are trees on iPhone/iPod touch games always rubbish? It's just 2 pictures of leaves intersceting eachother! If they are going to use pictures, atleast they could put it in a tree shape.
Examples? I can only think of ATV: Offroad with it's 2D trees. But I don't really care, cos I don't spend all my time looking at the trees, lol. A lot of it is due to the developers budget/capabilities. Their main priority is modeling the characters, vehicles etc to a high standard, not the trees. The iPhone is perfectly capable, but I don't really see it as a problem.
A full featured 3D tree with a descent polygon count goes simply beyond the iPhones capabilities. The 3GS is a bit more powerful but in general a tree made of 2 flat planes is the best compromise between performance and visuals.
Trees generally aren't my biggest concern when it comes to iPhone games. But there is one game that had some awesome looking trees: Ravensword. But I'd rather the smaller filesize and bigger emphasis on graphics that we'd notice, and not something small like the trees.
I absolutely agree. Sometimes I refuse to play games like Ravensword because the trees are so damned ugly.
a lot of the trees in Ravensword have more than 2 polys. Like the ones in the forest. Obviously the more polys you have, the more the scene is going to slow down, especially on the older phones. So you have to balance the whole thing.
I know, it's just treerifying! I will leaf a developer and never look back if they're trees are unappealing and oakgly. I'm trying not to birch about it, many poplar games have great tree graphics. Why can't others do the same? It's unbeleafable. All they need to do is spruce up the game a little. Devs should take the elm of development and sail it towards progress. Again, I'm trying not to be a weeping whiner, but seriously guys. Just prune the graphics. We're just tilling it like it is.
It's not just the trees. Maybe I could handle the trees. But the shrubs... I mean, some things in life you just can't stand by and let happen. There are moral obligations. ...I mean, the shrubs!.. It's just.. (choking back a sob) ... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get emotional. I'll go now.
