[–] nuworldblue 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Maybe it's because they look like flash game graphics from Newgrounds.com. Nothing against flash games, but that style of art and animation, save for a few examples (super meat boy, alien hominid, etc...), just looks cheap.
Not saying the art in BoI or Don't Starve is bad either. Quite the contrary actually. IMO its just that that type of animation looks so web-browser-y.
You mean Fallout 3?
[–] torky 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Hyper realistic graphics is unappealing, especially when it's modern military shooters. Greys and browns and and if the HUD is gone, you couldn't really tell which game is which. So which ever CoD or Battlefield game that came out recently.
Games with artstyles though, those are interesting. Overwatch, Psychonauts, Jack and Dexter, Super Mario, etc. Those you can tell which game is which at a glance.
[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That's not so much an issue with hyper realism, it's an issue with the fact that the environment being drawn is ugly.
Skyrim with graphics mods out the wazoo looks hyper realistic, and gorgeous, because it's a gorgeous environment being rendered.
[–] tomlinas 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
Pretty much every "pixel art" game in my opinion. Maybe it's because I grew up in the era of "that's the best we could do," but I really hate this art style. I like a lot of the games themselves, they tend to have extra solid gameplay -- but the art just feels bleh to me.
[–] Frankensauce 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I watched a video about 8 bit and 16 bit games and there's actually a surprising amount of skill that goes into making pixel art images (not sprites but backgrounds, loading images etc, sprites are way different). Nowadays you dint have the system limitations of, say a Famicom, so you can make pixel art that looks 16 or 8 bit but in reality it isn't due to the coloration. If I have time I'll link the video it was a fascinating watch.
[–] TheKillerRabbit ago
I kinda think that it helps emphasize the gameplay if the gameplay part is good since I'm not too focused on the graphics.
[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I dunno, the overly pixelated art dealio just makes me focus more on it.
There's a fine middle ground where the art is not a distraction from the gameplay either by its beauty or its self-aware crumminess.
[–] TheENDIsFuckingNeigh ago (edited ago)
Probably Car games I guess.