CrimsonAngel
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So while reading the bioware social board and ragging like a mad man a though hit me on why DA2 is such and ugly game.
It is the class of styles and the difference in quality from one thing to the other.
For Example.
In this picture you can see a fairly detailed Armour/Blood splatter and yet you have a hurlock to the left that is blurry and a ground that also looks like it is out of focus.
Now that entire picture is kind of low grade, but the point still stands.
Now of course a lot of the fanboys and twilight wannabe brigade is going to scream up about that the game is stylised and in some cases that is a fair point. The only issue is that stylised dose not mean ugly.
Take a game like Kings bounty Armoured Princess.
It is by no means a high performing super game that will test your grafiks card, but it is a stylised game that has a kind of unique look that both plays into the story and fell of the game.
IT is also a good looking game becaus it is persistent with Great art work, menus and art design that all looks to be from the same universe.
Now back to DA2.
There is something that is nice and detailed then it is ruined by something massive like the hair looking more like a wig or a helmet then hair.
A Detailed weapon, but a very un-detailed face.
A somewhat detailed scarf/armour with GIANT square boobs and hair that looks like it was badly photo shopped on.
Her you have the whole shebang in one picture and it is kind of clear to see the big disconnect between art style, details and so on.
Lifeless backgrounds with huge stretches of land with nothing. No dead tress, no abandoned farms, shrubberies or any thing. Nothing interesting other then a small little fire in one direction.
We have some detailed armour and weapons, but again we have the horrid looking ground.
There is a ton of little things her and there (and some big ones) that breaks the look for the game and the clashes in art styles.
So in the end the reason why DA2 is such and ugly game is not becaus of detail or quality, but becaus there is not one clear art direction and things do not seem to fit into the same universe.
It is not consistent and that makes the game look even uglier.
It is the class of styles and the difference in quality from one thing to the other.
For Example.
In this picture you can see a fairly detailed Armour/Blood splatter and yet you have a hurlock to the left that is blurry and a ground that also looks like it is out of focus.
Now that entire picture is kind of low grade, but the point still stands.
Now of course a lot of the fanboys and twilight wannabe brigade is going to scream up about that the game is stylised and in some cases that is a fair point. The only issue is that stylised dose not mean ugly.
Take a game like Kings bounty Armoured Princess.
It is by no means a high performing super game that will test your grafiks card, but it is a stylised game that has a kind of unique look that both plays into the story and fell of the game.
IT is also a good looking game becaus it is persistent with Great art work, menus and art design that all looks to be from the same universe.
Now back to DA2.
There is something that is nice and detailed then it is ruined by something massive like the hair looking more like a wig or a helmet then hair.
A Detailed weapon, but a very un-detailed face.
A somewhat detailed scarf/armour with GIANT square boobs and hair that looks like it was badly photo shopped on.
Her you have the whole shebang in one picture and it is kind of clear to see the big disconnect between art style, details and so on.
Lifeless backgrounds with huge stretches of land with nothing. No dead tress, no abandoned farms, shrubberies or any thing. Nothing interesting other then a small little fire in one direction.
We have some detailed armour and weapons, but again we have the horrid looking ground.
There is a ton of little things her and there (and some big ones) that breaks the look for the game and the clashes in art styles.
So in the end the reason why DA2 is such and ugly game is not becaus of detail or quality, but becaus there is not one clear art direction and things do not seem to fit into the same universe.
It is not consistent and that makes the game look even uglier.
Is this how maps were structured in DA as well?
