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List games with great art that are boring and games with great art that are exciting
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CecilRousso
Member
Great Art/Boring
Bastion
Bit.Trip games
Botanicula
Flower
Okami
Great Art/Exciting
Brütal Legend
ICO
Iron Brigade
Pixeljunk Eden
Pixeljunk Shooter 1&2
Psychonauts
Rock of Ages
Shatter
Team Fortress 2
VVVVVV
Bastion
Bit.Trip games
Botanicula
Flower
Okami
Great Art/Exciting
Brütal Legend
ICO
Iron Brigade
Pixeljunk Eden
Pixeljunk Shooter 1&2
Psychonauts
Rock of Ages
Shatter
Team Fortress 2
VVVVVV
Nah I'd say this game is actually both boring and exciting. It starts out exciting and gets a bit boring when it drags on later in the game.
But Okami's gameplay really is boring... Its characters and art/setting make up for it though.
King of the Potato People
Member
Great Art/Boring
Baten Kaitos (I can't really get into the battle system)
Great Art/Exciting
Okami (And it's not just the art that's beautiful)
Baten Kaitos (I can't really get into the battle system)
Great Art/Exciting
Okami (And it's not just the art that's beautiful)
CecilRousso
Member
King of the Potato People
Member
Well boring is subjective, so fair enough. I see it as one of the best games of all time.
Glass Rebel
Member
The two sequels were kinda boring though.
Azure Phoenix
Member
Odin Sphere
Muramasa
Both games are the very definition of boring with long winded plots and shallow, repetitive combat - but they look so good that I can't help wanting to complete them.
Muramasa
Both games are the very definition of boring with long winded plots and shallow, repetitive combat - but they look so good that I can't help wanting to complete them.
Well boring is subjective, so fair enough. I see it as one of the best trilogies of all time.
arts&crafts
Member
Man guild wars 2 has some of the best art I have ever seen in a game.
This is just a simple google search as there are a lot better pictures of the art available. I find the game "exciting" but I feel a lot of people think MMOs are boring.
This is just a simple google search as there are a lot better pictures of the art available. I find the game "exciting" but I feel a lot of people think MMOs are boring.
Also Wind Waker, DE:Human Revolution and Mirror's Edge are also apparently boring lol.
Bastion is a good pick for Great Art/Boring. That game didn't hold my attention at all.
Great Art/Exciting: Portal/Portal 2.
NotoriousLynx
Banned
Great Art / Boring:
Brutal Legend - Started out great, amazing direction and world, but by the end of the game you are playing an average and uninspired RTS and all that hack'n'slash gameplay has been thrown out the window.
Final Fantasy XII - I love Final Fantasy XII. Love the direction of this one, but after about 30 hours, there's this point in the game I never seem to pass where there's just eight hours of constant fighting and no character development.
Mirror's Edge - Well, this is just a bad game in general. The art style could of been great if it weren't for the broke-ass controls and general suck of the story line.
Windwaker & Twilight Princess - Personally, I love these games, and they have some of the best elements in the series (TP's Snowpeak Ruins is the best dungeon in the series), but they have some of the most unbearable elements as well (the overworld was generally empty, some items lost any meaning and aren't used in any dungeon besides the one they were found in, or at least it felt that way, Ganondorf felt like he came out of nowhere at the end and Zant was far more interesting, wolf Link was handled poorly, and the beginning of the game was very boring). I honestly didn't get that far in WW (I beat TP btw) because I found sailing to be far too tedious, the dungeons I played weren't fun at all, and the storyline was uninteresting.
Final Fantasy Tactics - Maybe I'm not a fan of the tactical RPG genre or the iOS version is just garbage, but I find tactics to be very boring. Cool cut scenes and sprites though.
Great Art / Exciting:
Okami - A water color painting come to life. Even common fights feel different each time and there's a lot of Zelda-like puzzles everywhere.
Final Fantasy X - Can't even put into words what the direction of this game's unique scenery is (so colorful and new). The fighting system is the best in the series and characters are always getting swapped out. First FF I played, so I was kinda disappointed that the rest of FF are all active time or whatever.
Great Art / YMMV:
No More Heroes - Thought I'd add to this list. No More Heroes, in a sense, is intentionally boring. Suda51 gives us this large world to explore, only there's intentionally nothing to explore. The boss fights and the action make it very exciting, but the gameplay kinda gets old and there isn't really a reason to play it again imho.
Brutal Legend - Started out great, amazing direction and world, but by the end of the game you are playing an average and uninspired RTS and all that hack'n'slash gameplay has been thrown out the window.
Final Fantasy XII - I love Final Fantasy XII. Love the direction of this one, but after about 30 hours, there's this point in the game I never seem to pass where there's just eight hours of constant fighting and no character development.
Mirror's Edge - Well, this is just a bad game in general. The art style could of been great if it weren't for the broke-ass controls and general suck of the story line.
Windwaker & Twilight Princess - Personally, I love these games, and they have some of the best elements in the series (TP's Snowpeak Ruins is the best dungeon in the series), but they have some of the most unbearable elements as well (the overworld was generally empty, some items lost any meaning and aren't used in any dungeon besides the one they were found in, or at least it felt that way, Ganondorf felt like he came out of nowhere at the end and Zant was far more interesting, wolf Link was handled poorly, and the beginning of the game was very boring). I honestly didn't get that far in WW (I beat TP btw) because I found sailing to be far too tedious, the dungeons I played weren't fun at all, and the storyline was uninteresting.
Final Fantasy Tactics - Maybe I'm not a fan of the tactical RPG genre or the iOS version is just garbage, but I find tactics to be very boring. Cool cut scenes and sprites though.
Great Art / Exciting:
Okami - A water color painting come to life. Even common fights feel different each time and there's a lot of Zelda-like puzzles everywhere.
Final Fantasy X - Can't even put into words what the direction of this game's unique scenery is (so colorful and new). The fighting system is the best in the series and characters are always getting swapped out. First FF I played, so I was kinda disappointed that the rest of FF are all active time or whatever.
Great Art / YMMV:
No More Heroes - Thought I'd add to this list. No More Heroes, in a sense, is intentionally boring. Suda51 gives us this large world to explore, only there's intentionally nothing to explore. The boss fights and the action make it very exciting, but the gameplay kinda gets old and there isn't really a reason to play it again imho.
How about having ugly art, but still being awesome?
Awesome art, boring
Final Fantasy X
Surely it looks very good, especially Besaid Island, but the gameplay itself is boring. Extremely linear game.
Awesome Art, Awesome Game
Mirrors Edge
I love the clean style of that town, and on top of that the game was fun enough to replay it again in a Pacifist Run.
Prince of Persia 2008
I don't care what the haters say, for me it is a good game.
Surely, it has some flaws, but it was a great experince for me. And the Artstyle is so great, the Prince never looked better and won't look better, if Forgotten Sands is any indication.
Ugly Art, Awesome Game
Psychonauts
I think everyone agrees that the game is very ugly. But the platforming gameplay, the variety of the game worlds and the craziness in general are absolutely awesome.
Wild Arms 3
The characters and most environments look like they came right from a PS1 game. This is a PS2 game. However, they did so many things right with this game, the dungeons are really excellent and the optional stuff is huge.
Awesome art, boring
Final Fantasy X
Surely it looks very good, especially Besaid Island, but the gameplay itself is boring. Extremely linear game.
Awesome Art, Awesome Game
Mirrors Edge
I love the clean style of that town, and on top of that the game was fun enough to replay it again in a Pacifist Run.
Prince of Persia 2008
I don't care what the haters say, for me it is a good game.
Surely, it has some flaws, but it was a great experince for me. And the Artstyle is so great, the Prince never looked better and won't look better, if Forgotten Sands is any indication.
Ugly Art, Awesome Game
Psychonauts
I think everyone agrees that the game is very ugly. But the platforming gameplay, the variety of the game worlds and the craziness in general are absolutely awesome.
Wild Arms 3
The characters and most environments look like they came right from a PS1 game. This is a PS2 game. However, they did so many things right with this game, the dungeons are really excellent and the optional stuff is huge.
Ugly Art, Awesome Game
Psychonauts
I think everyone agrees that the game is very ugly. But the platforming gameplay, the variety of the game worlds and the craziness in general are absolutely awesome.
What the christ? The game is gorgeous.
So, boring = bad game, exciting = good game? Topic's a little confusing. There aren't too many games I find exciting, but many I find interesting or fulfilling. Here are some attractive games I found uninteresting:
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Catherine
Valkyria Chronicles
And then there are games that are hailed for their art that I find ugly and uninteresting, like Ghost Trick, Murasma and Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Catherine
Valkyria Chronicles
And then there are games that are hailed for their art that I find ugly and uninteresting, like Ghost Trick, Murasma and Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Kong Fisso
Banned
Great art / boring:
KILLER 7, one of the worst games I played on PS2.
Great art / exciting:
RAGE, a shooting game with great shooting, criticized for lacking open world quest bullshit.
KILLER 7, one of the worst games I played on PS2.
Great art / exciting:
RAGE, a shooting game with great shooting, criticized for lacking open world quest bullshit.
and for having a shit story and ending. i know, i know.
Great Art/Boring Game
Odin Sphere (by comparison, I enjoyed both the art as well as the gameplay of Muramasa, the lack of hit-stun during combat in Odin Sphere being what wore out my patience)
Great Art/Exciting Game
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Odin Sphere (by comparison, I enjoyed both the art as well as the gameplay of Muramasa, the lack of hit-stun during combat in Odin Sphere being what wore out my patience)
Great Art/Exciting Game
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Ugly is a really odd descriptor to use for something like Muramasa's art direction. Not to one's liking, fair enough, but ugly? Quite a weird thing to say.
I think you pretty much have the exact opposite taste of me... Catherine and Valkyria Chronicles were 2 of the most original and interesting game concepts to come out of this gen (I am not familiar with Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet). And Ghost Trick/Muramasa/DKCR are all beautiful games. But you seem to have some strange hate for anything Japanese, while hailing quirky indie games with bland gameplay as the best thing ever (I remember you stanning hard for Fez when that whole controversy was going down), so what do I know?
Anyways.
Great art/boring game:
-FF8
-Eternal Sonata
-FF12
-Odin Sphere
-Bahamut Lagoon
Great art/great game:
-Rez
-Child of Eden
-Mirror's Edge
-Xenoblade
-Ico
-Shadow of the Colossus
-Seiken Densetsu 3
-Atelier Totori
-Baten Kaitos: Origins
-Dragon Quest VIII
Ugly art/boring game:
-Halo series
-Gears of War series
-Oblivion
Ugly art/great game:
-Planescape Torment
les papillons sexuels
Banned
great art / great game
halo series
halo series
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I cant help but laugh when one poster says ugly art/boring game: halo..then the next steps up to the plate and says great art/great game: halo..
Quixz
Member
Great art/boring:
Eternal Sonata
Eternal Cutscenes more like, zzzzzzzz...
Yep!
XtremeXpider
Member
Great art no boring:
NotoriousLynx
Banned
Can someone explain to me why Okami is a boring game? I remember there was a long (could of been ten minutes) intro with absolutely no gameplay and the characters had that animal crossing-gibberish which made dialogue kinda annoying (I could be wrong though, don't totally remember that), but I wouldn't say that made the game boring. As I stated before, each fight, even minor ones, felt different, and nothing felt reused. There was so many Zelda-like puzzles that are hidden in the environment.
HYDE
Banned
Can't believe I forgot to mention this, thank you kind sir. Also, Legends looks freakin' amazing too.
Polishin8r
Member
is okami really boring? Never played it before wanted to get the HD remaster
I also found Okami really boring. I loved the art direction, but could never get into the gameplay. The mission structure is very vague, so I often had no idea what to do. And I also hated how the battles became this sectioned off fights (a weird mystical wall goes up and doesn't let you out until you beat everyone).
Angry Fork
Member
Boring
â Narayan
Member
Put some names next to those images so others can see what games you're talking about. I hate it when people do this shit.
Yeah, the game had a pretty long-ass intro, but I liked it a lot. Wasn't boring for me at all. Some people say the game is too long. I think it has a satisfactory length.
Bomber Bob
Banned
what you guys think about Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP?
Great art boring game
Odin Sphere ( i really wanted to like this one too, but I just couldn't do it anymore)
Okami (I think the big factor for this game is putting a good amount of time into it only to learn I was only half way through the game. I put the game down at that point.)
Dear Esther (Its kinda meant to be and I enjoyed it)
the void
Great art great game
Gears of war (I think some people just judge gears on its palette. The architecture of the world has always been beautiful though)
Deus ex human revolution
assassins creed series
Ugly art great game
conan
earth defense force
EDIT:
I tried it after I got it in the humble bundle, and I beat the first part. I thought it was very boring, but I know a lot of people like it.
Odin Sphere ( i really wanted to like this one too, but I just couldn't do it anymore)
Okami (I think the big factor for this game is putting a good amount of time into it only to learn I was only half way through the game. I put the game down at that point.)
Dear Esther (Its kinda meant to be and I enjoyed it)
the void
Great art great game
Gears of war (I think some people just judge gears on its palette. The architecture of the world has always been beautiful though)
Deus ex human revolution
assassins creed series
Ugly art great game
conan
earth defense force
EDIT:
I tried it after I got it in the humble bundle, and I beat the first part. I thought it was very boring, but I know a lot of people like it.
CecilRousso
Member
Boring, very boring.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Great art/ boring at times
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
El Shaddai
Mass Effect
Great Art/ Exciting
RAGE
The Witcher 2
Bioshock
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
El Shaddai
Mass Effect
Great Art/ Exciting
RAGE
The Witcher 2
Bioshock
CosmicQueso
Member
Great art, great games:
XIII: The Game
Alice: Madness Returns
Great art, boring games:
I'll second El Shaddai and for the 8th time or so Okami.
XIII: The Game
Alice: Madness Returns
Great art, boring games:
I'll second El Shaddai and for the 8th time or so Okami.