Stylized Graphics, what's your take?

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Done well it can make a game really stand out, done okay it'll still look good years later.

 

[The Great JT]

I like them. Why? Well, because they imply the art team did some actual work creating original assets instead of just using whatever textures came prepackaged with the Unreal Engine.

 

[Phrozenflame500]

I far prefer them.

They look better, don't require a super-machine to run and can bring more personality to a work that would just be "realistic shooter #2016149" (imagine if Bioshock: Infinite had realistic modern-warfare graphics. Ew.)

 

[Da Orky Man]

Definitely in the 'yay' camp. More stylized graphics are cheaper for the developer, easier to run on older computers, and though they do age, they age sower than cutting-edge graphics. The graphics in Age of Empires 2 look fairly atrocious know, while in Warcraft 3, released 3 years later, still look fine, if not amazing. Even the cutscenes in Homeworld, released in 1999, could be used in a modern game, done in a black-and-white concept arty style.


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