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Re: detail shmetail
How about shit art but great gameplay? Never see any of that!! Pioneering games like pong or space invaders were so much fun to play and they had zero artistic content. But I do love the realism, spend alot more time looking around levels and checking out all the models and textures than ever before, which is fun, but this… -
Re: detail shmetail
It all depends on what the game is supposed to be, if its a modern day conflict game, trying to be as realistic as possible, then the game design had to be geared towards `realism` Is the games market becoming primarily concerned with `realism`? who knows. At the end of the day, if its fun and addictive, its a good game.… -
Re: detail shmetail
I love art with broad strokes that define the content of the piece. I just don't find games with art like that to be fun, because they end up putting to much effort into the art style. As an artists i like making all those little details. Sure no one will ever see them unless they are running the game on max settings on PC… -
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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… -
Re: detail shmetail
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… -
Re: detail shmetail
The problem for me is when there is detail that has no gameplay function. Why have windows, water, mud etc in a game that looks photoreal but is completely non-interactive? So in that sense almost every game is way too detailed in art, or not nearly detailed enough in gameplay.
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