Yeah, I can relate: the art direction always wins and modern gaming is often BLAND AF.
But they are also unable to make anything meaningful with the UI, immersive elements, animations, and AI. The things that work in the original Stalker trilogy, METRO games, and many other similar projects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jef3zeB1Z9M
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But they are also unable to make anything meaningful with the UI, immersive elements, animations, and AI. The things that work in the original Stalker trilogy, METRO games, and many other similar projects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jef3zeB1Z9M
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Why STALKER 2 (and UE5) are a massive disappointment
A superficial and unfair analysis, first impressions, and overall sentiment on the brand new STALKER 2 (GSC Game World) after more than 16 years of mod-developer-powered life support. We’re going to look at STALKER 2 as a game but also STALKER 2 as an Unreal…
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And so are games: something is wrong with the look of the majority of them! When lighting is generic and perfect, it's lifeless, it lacks the artistic intent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31ywg_3PaM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31ywg_3PaM
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Why Movies Look Flat Now
Movies used to feel rich and cinematic. Today they often look flat, lifeless, and strangely digital. In this video I break down why modern movies look so bad now and how filmmakers can bring back real depth, texture, and emotion.
If this helps you grow as…
If this helps you grow as…
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People are generally impressed by the level of details of the new game and how they tried to preserve the art style but without technical limitations of the past...
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There are tons of purchased assets in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but no one offended and criticize the visuals of the game. It clearly shows own style and coherent artistic vision.
Just sayin!
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Just sayin!
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Imperfections as art direction, let's learn Arcane:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwINUoK4HcA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwINUoK4HcA
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The Arcane Workflow (in Blender)
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The art style 🤩
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3756370/Rfven/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3756370/Rfven/
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Räfven on Steam
A handcrafted indie game brought to life with clay models and stop motion visuals. Journey through a strange world and light ancient shrines to release trapped spirits. But you are not alone, guardians stand in your way, and with every shrine you awaken,…
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I wanna a game where we're just being a tenant of these living quarters of Stray. No sewers, no running, just a cozy life in a neon dystopia.
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This video will cause havoc!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJYzFEITX8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJYzFEITX8
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Why Battlefield 6 Looks Like THAT (De-graded)
The color filters in Battlefield 6 open beta are quite strong much like earlier installments in the franchise, some like it, and some don't. I decided to do a historical overview of color grading in Battlefield and comparing it to the newest installment …
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Can you imagine Horizon Zero Dawn, made by a tiny studio under XBox and told by a Halo writer?
I finally reached the long-forgotten ReCore, which runs well on basically anything and require no MS account.
It goes for like $3 on every major sale and is very minimalistic by modern standards. It's hard to believe that it has been released later than The Witcher 3 and only a year before HZD.
And you can find the artbook here: https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-re-core/
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I finally reached the long-forgotten ReCore, which runs well on basically anything and require no MS account.
It goes for like $3 on every major sale and is very minimalistic by modern standards. It's hard to believe that it has been released later than The Witcher 3 and only a year before HZD.
And you can find the artbook here: https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-re-core/
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And if you don't have 3 hours to procrastinate today, grab this one to just waste 18 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwZyY_dVXME
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwZyY_dVXME
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Why Fallout Lost Its Original Artstyle
It's clear to most fans and enjoyers of the Fallout series that the newer artstyle has taken a drastic change from the older games. Fallout's artstyle used to build a bleak atmosphere but now it builds an atmosphere focused on retro-futurism. What reasons…
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Imagine a game where things are handcrafted and then scanned...
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That's a fairly monumental study on Environmental Art of Batman Arkham Knight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39BzbPeCUL8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39BzbPeCUL8
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How Rocksteady Built Batman Arkham Knight – The Most Ambitious Batman Game Ever
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Midnight Gospel, but a videogame: you play golf on a dead Earth and listen to the podcast from Mars, where other wealthy people live now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556870/Golf_Club_Nostalgia/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556870/Golf_Club_Nostalgia/
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A good one and also applies to games: this is why Batman Arkham Knight feels real, and Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad aren't:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwPKBXEOKE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwPKBXEOKE
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Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
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Why don't movies feel "real" anymore? A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.
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Why don't movies feel "real" anymore? A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.
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The retro game made with clay is currently on sale!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2912430/Platypus_Reclayed/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2912430/Platypus_Reclayed/
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Save 25% on Platypus Reclayed on Steam
22 years after its first appearance, the iconic Platypus is coming back, featuring updated gameplay, new weapons and additional content. Get ready to dive into the heart-pounding action of this fast, frantic, and incredibly fun arcade-style shoot-em-up!
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This may sound stupid, but because of the yellow tint in The Witcher 3, I stopped liking its visuals this time. AI ruined sepia for me, all yellow images cause a pure disgust.
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Doubt GIF: the guy who literally stole as is the design of another artist and didn't inform him in any way, is proud now. Yes, they literally took the whole color palette of the game from a poster maker fella, then also cut his posters to in-game icons,…
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After the art director of Marathon was fired, the company proudly announced a way more generic look of the game. Since alpha, they mostly got rid of toon shader and now it's Apex Legends 2 kind of thing.
Do you prefer the new look?
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Do you prefer the new look?
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Mirror's Edge art style was an accident: the company was originally making a typical UE3 game with yellow filter, but players got horrible motion sickness.
After a few tries they discovered that simplified colors and geometry can significantly improve the preserved stability and eliminate motion sickness.
(VIA, sadly - paid access)
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After a few tries they discovered that simplified colors and geometry can significantly improve the preserved stability and eliminate motion sickness.
(VIA, sadly - paid access)
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