Why has realism beat out stylized graphics in the last decade and a half?
>>729688886Normies
Cause god is the greatest artist so a replica of the best art is favorable, going outside is more beautiful than any stylized art
>>729688886what sort of stylized graphics are you referring to
To appeal to the aphantasiatic masses.
>>729689281I'm not talking about stylized because of the limitations of the time. I mean a meaningful departure from reality when it comes to art direction.
>>729689746>I mean a meaningful departure from reality when it comes to art direction.What games have that? You should probably give examples, so people know what you're talking about.
>>729689746>>729689310Sure. Now explain why everyone is supposed prefer stylized graphics to realistic graphics.
>>729689938>Now explain why everyone is supposed prefer stylized graphics to realistic graphics.There's no reason. Stylised graphics only existed because technology wasn't at the level where you could make video games look like real life. We can actually do that now.
>>729689856Borderlands, Hades, Jet Set Radio, Gears of War, Team Fortress, Street Fighter 4.
>>729690059Only team fortress 2 actually still looks good of those games.
>>729690059Street Fighter 4 looked nice, but you have to understand that you loved these graphics because the game was good, and so it's nostalgia that makes you think these are good graphics. You can still find this art style in modern games, and I'll post an example in my next post.
>>729690293Modern WoW looks a bit like SF4. Why? Because games are easier to run if you use these graphics.
>>729688886obsession with social cachet and garnering main stream appeal. at somepoint the most friction less approach towards this goal was to turn every game into cut scene heavy graphics first "experience"
