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Textures and lighting are still perfectly serviceable, the only noticeable issues are with some shadows and pop-ins.
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker
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Blutwurstritter
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Having a lot of fun with Magic & Mayhem (Mana - Der Weg der Schwarzen Macht). The clay/stop motion art style is still good looking. And it has a ton of nice little details, like Bloodcaps dipping their caps into the blood of slain enemies, trolls feasting on the corpses, flying units that are petrified shatter when they crash down and probably more stuff that I have not yet discovered, having finished only the first realm Avalon for now.
How much of a click fest is it? I skipped it on my play list just because it's an RTS, but those screenshots make me wanna play it.
Blutwurstritter
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Its very comfortable to play since its actually real-time-with-pause. You can at anytime pause and still give commands.
Sigourn
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There's something, I don't know what to call it... sincere? Something sincere about the simplicity of the graphics that are detailed enough to convey what you are supposed to be seeing, but simple enough as not to be trying too hard.
Stella Brando
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I remember seeing some images of an old game which seemed inspired by Baldur's Gate, and as far as I know was a 2D, party-based RPG. It seemed to have some very nice maps of a castle, and other medieval stuff like that. The graphics and visual design seemed stellar (for the 90's or early 2000's) I never actually played the game and don't know anything about it. Sorry I don't have any solid info.
Does any one have any idea what game I'm thinking about?
Does any one have any idea what game I'm thinking about?
Comte_II
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker
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I think that the 2000s 3d games, that strived to be realistic, unwillingly found a great visual style due to the technical limitations of the time. Unlike modern 3d games that feel overloaded with detail, they had to carefully distribute what little details they had. The thought process, in which this limitation resulted, is similar to the thought process of a professional artist coming up with a painting composition: the details are distributed cleverly in the very specific places, "guiding" the viewer's attention to the places of interest and not just mindlessly cluttering the visuals in the sake of "realism".
See, that's the problem right there, attempting a sequel.
They should have let sleeping dogs lie.
Tel Velothi
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I remember that I was super hyped for a game, because cars had 3D rims! It wasn't just a flat texture that imitated rims. But yeah, those 00's game graphics have some magic into them - I don't know how much nostalgia is the factor, but it definitely have some liminal space into it. And is easily readable. I think even some indie games are trying to imitate the 00's graphics - after they had huge romance with pixel art/voxel games.
Tel Velothi
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basically google "liminal space" bro
some 00's games had this ethereal, out of this world feel. Something like uncanny valley. If you don't feel/see it, it's ok anyways.
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Beowulf
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Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour (via EDuke32)
She has some great liminal spaces.
They sure don't make games like that anymore.
jackofshadows
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They sure do. They suuuuure do.
Humanophage
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Witcher 3 looks pretty atmospheric in first person, great hiking. Even better since the grass is animated and looks less blocky.
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Nah, that's not it. CMR looks like a watercolor painting: low detail, strong shapes, toned-down colors. Just pleasant to look at.
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Shadowfang
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What the fuck is wrong with her knees?
Why are they so low?
Hows everything so proportional but her knees... oh my god her shins are tiny. Whats wrong with her legs and why does this trouble me so.
What the fuck is wrong with her knees?
Why are they so low?
Hows everything so proportional but her knees... oh my god her shins are tiny. Whats wrong with her legs and why does this trouble me so.
These are clearly two alien symbiotes. The knees can be seen, but are very subtle!
Shadowfang
Arcane
I can spot them but they are either on the wrong place, eg too low, or her shins arent long enough. It looks weird because they look perfect in every other way.What the fuck is wrong with her knees?
Why are they so low?
Hows everything so proportional but her knees... oh my god her shins are tiny. Whats wrong with her legs and why does this trouble me so.
These are clearly two alien symbiotes. The knees can be seen, but are very subtle!
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