Cartoony style graphics....

[Arcell]

Wow... I just woke up guys. I was just wondering why they wouldn't keep the hard realistic feel to it. It ages a lot better than a more cartoony feel. I'm not saying it looks like WoW or other games, but you can tell it's there. Just take a look at FFXI and WoW, what game aged better graphicly? Also, how anyone could like WoW's graphics is beyond me.

Really? I've always found that games with realistic graphics tend to age horribly compared to those with stylized "cartoony" graphics. I mean in my opinion Windwaker and Okami have held up better than most "realistic" shooters which prided themselves heavily on graphics upon release.

[Shougun]

Really? I've always found that games with realistic graphics tend to age horribly compared to those with stylized "cartoony" graphics. I mean in my opinion Windwaker and Okami have held up better than most "realistic" shooters which prided themselves heavily on graphics upon release.

"Stylized graphics" the savior of many games. That being said keep that neon color palette and black outlining style out of my final fantasy. If i wanted watercolors on acid I'd play WoW.

(Wind Walker/Okami, good games ^_^)

[Elexia]

Really? I've always found that games with realistic graphics tend to age horribly compared to those with stylized "cartoony" graphics. I mean in my opinion Windwaker and Okami have held up better than most "realistic" shooters which prided themselves heavily on graphics upon release.

This depends on the developer because "stylized cartoony graphics" looks horribly dated if done wrong as well. Only reason those games held up for example is because the actual technique for them was still fairly uncommon. Look at games like 'The Bouncer', it aged very well for an early PS2 game, even FFX did as well. The only real issue with those games for example is the resolution the PS2 sits at, so obviously when everything moved over to 720p standard, they'll look more dated than they are.

[Randelmire]

This depends on the developer because "stylized cartoony graphics" looks horribly dated if done wrong as well. Only reason those games held up for example is because the actual technique for them was still fairly uncommon. Look at games like 'The Bouncer', it aged very well for an early PS2 game, even FFX did as well. The only real issue with those games for example is the resolution the PS2 sits at, so obviously when everything moved over to 720p standard, they'll look more dated than they are.

IMO, FF6 and Zelda on SNES aged well too :3