House of the Dead 3 differences preview vs review

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  1. wombat

    wombat Site Supporter 2011,2013,2014,2015

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    We all remember the mythical cellshaded version of House of the Dead 3 that never was;
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    While preparing my debug collection for sale, I experimented with two House of the Dead 3 builds I acquired years ago and noticed something interesting (spoiler; it's unfortunately not the cell shaded version seen above, however it does look like that they tried keeping a little bit of the 'cellshaded' look present during the development).

    Preview build:

    (focus on the pants and outline of the enemies)
    VS

    Review build:
     
  2. Borman

    Borman Xbox Archivist Staff Member

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    Nice, looking forward to getting my hands on it :)
     
  3. pato

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    IIRC, at least on PC version, the enenies have an cel shaded like material, this is at least noticed on the abandoned building entrance.
     
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    Borman Xbox Archivist Staff Member

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    There is definately a slight lighting difference in the beta vs the final, but there are also some more obvious differences
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    What's build date for each disc?
    I think the BOSS "Weakpoint" screen in the preview disc is different to final ver
     

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