UnluckyKate
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Sudeki:
Sudeki kinda felt like the devs wanted to imitate japanese anime characters, but somehow made them look like "my first deviantart anime copy".
Commander Keen
Was that actually impressive technically? I guess it kind of was for PC platformers at the time. But yes, I agree that it has always been ugly as sin. The same year as the first Keen game came out we had Super Mario World on the SNES (well, Japan did).
No one disputes its technical merits, but the art direction is extremely inconsistent.People don't like how Crysis looks? What?
Console warriors?
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This is true, so many times I'll see people throw the word bland, uninspired without explaining why
You have counter examples even on this page ...Every Crysis game. (Yes, even the first one) Everything looked technically perfect but it definitely lacked variety and soul.
You have counter examples even on this page ...
I dont think people really do not know what 'terrible' means, its like only awesome and awful exists in their scales and definitions...
You have counter examples even on this page ...
I dont think people really do not know what 'terrible' means, its like only awesome and awful exists in their scales and definitions...
Crysis 2 and 3.
What? The Art in Gears was amazing at the time. And still is today.
Art does not mean colorful.
Crysis 2. While it's not "terrible", it does leave a lot to be desired. Take this screenshot as an example:
The designs of the aliens aren't all that great and the humans look like generic video game military characters that would fit in with a Modern Warfare game. There was a lot of technically awesome stuff going on in Crysis 2 but the art style just wasn't there.
Nothing wrong on that.Switch exclusive.
Or maybe what constitutes good art is entirely subjective, and people with different opinions than you aren't infantile strawmen who are incapable of knowing what the word "terrible" means.
Golden Axe on the PS3
Technically what its doing was impressive for the time. But the art style just killed it
Yep. Technically impressive on every level... but it was so brown. So ugly compared to GTA San Andreas and V.GTA 4 felt like a huge step up to me in open world game design. But jesus it was bland to look at and something about the whole package just felt sterile.
You have counter examples even on this page ...
I dont think people really do not know what 'terrible' means, its like only awesome and awful exists in their scales and definitions...
If you refer to the screenshots posted, then these "counter-examples" just prove my point. I, personally, do think that it's terrible that such technical prowess is wasted on bland forest, generic jungle, generic military and, frankly, uninspired messy aliens.
It's all so forgettable, I finished the first game and could only remember that first half was in jungle and second half was in snow. I can't remember memorable enemy designs, environmental features, some scene with great lighting and view. The levels all mesh together and nothing stood out.
There's a thread on how Horizon uses lighting to create a beautiful picture. Even a simple walk through a forest is screenshot-worthy. Crysis does go for realism but end up visually boring, even when it shows you an ocean island view with impressive draw distance.
Horizon for me. The characters look unintentionally dumb and creepy, plus the mixture of unspoiled nature with the machines doesn't feel right at all. Particularly because the overall look gives off a pretentious atmosphere, which is the last thing a game with robot dinosaurs should have.
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Horizon for me. The characters look unintentionally dumb and creepy, plus the mixture of unspoiled nature with the machines doesn't feel right at all. Particularly because the overall look gives off a pretentious atmosphere, which is the last thing a game with robot dinosaurs should have. Though the biggest bane are definitely the horrid characters, which is why I haven't bought it yet.
Horizon for me. The characters look unintentionally dumb and creepy, plus the mixture of unspoiled nature with the machines doesn't feel right at all. Particularly because the overall look gives off a pretentious atmosphere, which is the last thing a game with robot dinosaurs should have. Though the biggest bane are definitely the horrid characters, which is why I haven't bought it yet.
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Are you sure it's unspoiled nature?
What does the bolded even mean? Pretentious atmosphere indeed!
What I'm sure of is that white barbarians with rasta hair and creepy clean doll faces weird me out, let alone don't fit into a world with machine monsters.
That I barely need to look at it to know that it's gonna drown me in some pseudo-serious story, instead of being the silly fun that a game about robot dinosaurs should be.