You are the only person I've ever seen complain about anything about that game's aesthetic besides the ambient urine aura.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Games you didn't play because of their art style
- Thread starter Phediuk
- Start date
You are the only person I've ever seen complain about anything about that game's aesthetic besides the ambient urine aura.
Nintentoast
Banned
I played it for a while, but the faces in Oblivion were unbelievably ugly... so ugly it could draw you out of the game world
YOU STOPPED PLAYING??? The faces ARE bad but you have to go baaaaccckkkk! Best ES in my opinion (Morrowind too clunky and Skyrim too bland).
Disgaeamad
Member
There's been some posts about that Atelier Totori DLC outfit (which, I should say, is very obviously fanservice material and not something I'd defend as tasteful even if it doesn't offend me), so let's use that game as an example:
The art's pretty clearly cutesy and 'anime', but I find it appealing. It's expressive and colourful, which I like. If someone doesn't like it, that's fine; we all have our different preferences afterall. But I've seen plenty of people who look at art like this and immediately start throwing those 'pedorrific' claims around for reasons I really can't explain.
CaptainSlow
Member
Ni No Kuni. Heard so many great things about it but cannot get over the art style. I love RPGs and used to love these games in the SNES/PS1 era, but as I have gotten older I can't do Anime art styles.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Oh man, Rorona's beautiful, I wish she wasn't a loli in Atelier Meruru.
I actually really like Tsunako's art, my problem is how the first game was complete shit. The series has gotten much better but it's still not amazing.
I have high hopes for the ps4 game.
I actually really like Tsunako's art, my problem is how the first game was complete shit. The series has gotten much better but it's still not amazing.
I have high hopes for the ps4 game.
LOL.
Anyway, moéblob games. One form of otaku pandering. They've been around since, forever, but they used to be exclusive to the creepy PC otaku crowd. Then they spread to consoles when publishing became cheaper and shovelware became epidemic.
*Shudder*
Borderlands, Psychonauts and Darksiders are intentionally polarizing, but I love them all.
They are Flash art. Is there an inherent problem with Flash art, or do you have a more specific problem for disliking them?
It's definitely style-over-substance. Most people think it plays fine, though, albeit not really "great".
They are Flash art. Is there an inherent problem with Flash art, or do you have a more specific problem for disliking them?
It's definitely style-over-substance. Most people think it plays fine, though, albeit not really "great".
Dr. Black Jack
Member
Crackdown. Looks like a shitty cel-shaded State Of Emergency ripoff.
You can't be saying that Dust is ugly. You don't like furries? Good, I don't like them either. But don't say the artwork is "ugly" because it's exactly the opposite: beautiful and masterfully crafted.
And dude, the character design is not that bad. Again, I dislike furries, but Dust makes me forget that Deviant Art ever existed and takes me back to the old days when we had not cringeworthy animal heroes (Sonic, Star Fox)
I do remember that some female characters in Dust looked overly-humanized, and I never liked the design of the sidekick, but the overall experience was beautiful.
The main character is pretty badass, for furry standarts of course.
I think I understand what you are saying, OP, but "ugly" isn't really the word you are looking for here.
As for me, I can't play any modern Sonic game since Dreamcast because of the stupid redesign of the characters. Sanic was perfect as he was.
Also, Shinobi for 3DS had pretty ugly graphics and bad art direction, which eventually led me to give up on playing it despite of my love for the saga.
User 73706
Banned
bobawesome
Member
Oh, how I wish I could go back and change my initial answer of El Shaddai to this. There's nothing I hate more in this world than Studio Ghibli's art.
AlphaDragoon
Member
- Dragon's Crown and Code of Princess with their fanservice-focused designs.
- Soul Sacrifice with the whole "edgy grotesque mutilating yourself for powers and weapons" thing.
- World of Warcraft, just don't like the art style at all.
- Soul Sacrifice with the whole "edgy grotesque mutilating yourself for powers and weapons" thing.
- World of Warcraft, just don't like the art style at all.
Lime_In_Da_Coconut
Banned
Super girtty and Brown games like Gears, UT3, and the first couple Killzone games.
revolverjgw
Member
I had no idea there were people that disliked Studio Ghibli art
Now THIS vile crap has turned me off from many otherwise interesting looking games.
To Far Away Times
Member
Dust for me. Mechanically, it seemed like a neat game but the furry art is off-putting.
thereisnoif
Member
Dragon's Crown and Injustice take the cake for me. Atrocious art design.
Super Meat Boy. It's like they modelled the look after the ugliest FPS they could find.
I played it but Wind Waker's look remains a huge turn off for me.
This is really the indie game topic though. So many indie graphics are corner cutting, gimmicks or trying too hard to be retro. No thanks!
I played it but Wind Waker's look remains a huge turn off for me.
This is really the indie game topic though. So many indie graphics are corner cutting, gimmicks or trying too hard to be retro. No thanks!
Street Fighter IV.
Never really understood the hate for SF4's artstyle. It looks a lot better in motion than it does in stills.
I'm not sure I've ever ignored a game because of the art style, there's stuff I've disliked but I'll still usually give the game a try. Anime style is really off-putting to me (not just in games) but I think I've never played one simply because I've never come across one that looked interesting rather than rejecting it flat-out just for using it.
SystemUser
Member
I almost skipped Zelda: Windwaker due to Link looking like a character from Rugrats. I usually love cell shading and I actually like the show Rugrats, but I disliked the drastic change of Link. I really like the world so I am not against the art style in general, but I severely disliked Link's character design. I never completed it due to hating the boat part and not the look of Link.
El Shaddai uses about 5-10 art styles. I bought it only for the style. The controls the aren't polished at all and the gameplay is not really special in any way. The game looks really cool and is always changing from stage to stage and area to area.
El Shaddai uses about 5-10 art styles. I bought it only for the style. The controls the aren't polished at all and the gameplay is not really special in any way. The game looks really cool and is always changing from stage to stage and area to area.
yeah this is literally the exact kinda art which i was referring to, just didn't know any names to pull an example from
i don't mind anime art hell i even really like it more times than not, but there's something about this blobby style specifically which really just puts me off
chaobreaker
Member
Vile? They look pretty harmless to me.
BumbleChump
Banned
Barrrrrf
OldKingDoran
Banned
Don't know if troll or not but still funny either way lol.
terrisus
Member
Primary one that comes to mind is The World Ends With You
I just absolutely hate the look of that game.
Also, while I know it's not a specific game, and they don't necessarily have anything in common specifically, but, I tend to not like how most Player Characters look in "Indie" games.
I just absolutely hate the look of that game.
Also, while I know it's not a specific game, and they don't necessarily have anything in common specifically, but, I tend to not like how most Player Characters look in "Indie" games.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I mean the design. I have nothing against people who like things I don't.
I'm sorry if I didn't get to explain myself properly, I'm not a native english speaker.
Barrrrrf
beat me to it. it makes me angry just looking at it
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Choppasmith
Member
Dragon's Crown (sounds like a fun , solid game, but those weird proportions look more ugly than stylized)
Injustice
Final Fantasy IX (I agree with the others here, it's a solid game but the weird character designs and artstyle really took me out of it, I think Bravely Default is better all around. I couldn't even recognize what Amarant and Freya were)
Bayonetta (not so much the artstyle, but I just don't see the appeal with her, I might pick up that Wii U two pack though. Same goes with other otaku pandering/fanservice-y games.
Injustice
Final Fantasy IX (I agree with the others here, it's a solid game but the weird character designs and artstyle really took me out of it, I think Bravely Default is better all around. I couldn't even recognize what Amarant and Freya were)
Bayonetta (not so much the artstyle, but I just don't see the appeal with her, I might pick up that Wii U two pack though. Same goes with other otaku pandering/fanservice-y games.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
JRPGs are super diverse when it comes to their artstyle, saying you don't stand the artsyle of every JRPG means you probably hate almost every type of art.