Re:“The joy of sharing has been driven from me“
by zozbot234 on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:29PM
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One might argue that you need realism in a character closeup more than anywhere else, to avoid falling into the uncanny valley. But even then, these are not trying to be actually photorealistic. They could be described as painting-like, not unlike so many other scenes in 1980s and early-1990s games.
Re:“The joy of sharing has been driven from me“
by adamrezich on Saturday July 02, 2022 @04:16AM
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yeah, I just always assumed it was showing off the 256-color capabilities of VGA for that version—the original CGA art is more cartoony-looking.
but again I agree that the new style is actually a neat compromise between the old cartoony pixel art character sprites and something totally different, without going down the full-cartoon-whismy route that the later titles and Remastered games took. part of the charm of the first game is how expressive the characters without being too over-the-top cartoony like DoTT or Sam & Max. the new style looks like it should be able to recapture this feeling quite well!
again, the complaints are stupid, but should have been very easy to expect, because pleasing everyone—especially when it comes to nostalgia—is basically impossible.