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Re: detail shmetail
EQ: I don't recall Doom, Quake 2 or Quake 3 having windows or furniture. Everything was made out of futuristic metal, which I could believe was bulletproof. Those were cool settings. I don't think it takes a lot of new art assets to add things like breaking glass. It requires code resources, but maybe people should be… -
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Haha, I know we've chatted about this at work at some point John, but what the hell, I'll toss in my two cents. I honestly don't think that there is any way you can look at this and say "There is too much detail" or "There is too little detail". Mainly because it is so entirely dependent of the context. Some games really… -
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Sorry, I took to mean pretty much that you thought all games should be cartoony. May have been a miscommunication. I do agree to a degree that the art style should often match gameplay, but I think where we are having differing opinions is that I think that story and themes should also come into play in choosing this, and… -
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I never at any point said a game had to have a realistic setting. Re-read my post and think critically for a moment. Do you really want every game to be like TF2? We shouldn't make games about the horrors of war because we haven't reached the point of doing it to perfection? That's saying we shouldn't try because it's… -
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If you mean grunge-heavy, even-your-toothbrush-has-been-battered-to-hell-and-come-back-grey-brown, every pixel holds some sort of visial noise because it can sorta stuff, then yeah, it's technically impressive but dull. It sells, though. That said, there are a fair number of games that go to that kind of detail level… -
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For the sake of the argument Hawkprey has been behind some designs of some of the best selling games in the past few years. Can't blame people for wanting to emulate what sells. And for what it's worth the current Epic bulky tech style isn't specifically hawkprey's. Its an iteration/assimilation from the artist of unreal 2… -
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I'm with you John. I was never a fan of the OMGLOOKATALLTHEDETAILTHEGRAPHICSARESOGOOD style like GoW. I just thought it looked like noise. My favorite art requires composition and sets a mood. Some films are guilty of this too ...an obvious one that comes to mind is the last Transformers. The bots look like they're made of… -
detail shmetail
edit-- this title was supposed to be "detail shmetail" i'm getting seriously sick of the amount of detail in games these days, is it just me? I'd love to know what everyone thinks about the high range of detail in games now a days, like seriously -- i don't like it, and i want to know what it's like for someone who does.… -
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Kind of like what was stated before, I think when people think that there is too much detail in games nowadays they forget that the mindset of the the ambitious game artist who is hungry to create hi-res, detailed models and textures is a whole different world than that of a gamer or designer who primarily likes gameplay.… -
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Ninjas - Windows, drywall, brick walls, street lights, chairs etc... all don't necessarily add to gameplay, they add to context. Imagine for a second a game where you are able to move a camera around in a maze with plain grey walls. There are grey boxes that move around that you have to click on and will disappear when you…
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