The graphics look so cartoon

[Gamer2456]

The new one looks like something out of a cartoon like I'm flipping Mickey Mouse House, it crazy. The original graphic looks so realistic with everything this looks like a Disney movie. I plan on buying this but graphic are mega no for me.

[desertrose0601]

I agree 1000%. I do enjoy the game but I loved the graphics better in the old one. The new one def has a more cartoony vibe.

[Angel]

I agree, I don't think the art style is an improvement. One of the things I liked most about HF1 was that I could work on a house to make it beautiful, and then walk around in it thinking 'Wow, I wouldn't mind living here!' I haven't gotten that vibe from HF2 yet, not even close. There are some players that like the cartoony style, but from what I've seen, most prefer a realistic style. So I don't really understand why the devs went with the cartoony style.

[Gamer2456]

The cartoon style was a bad idea, and it just took away from the real detail they could have done with the look and feel of this Sim. But now it just feels like house a Flipper cartoon edit to me and not worth the cost they want.

[Lites]

I'm really confused how people think this game looks cartoony.

[Crow]

I like it way better than the first, the graphics are cohesive and it doesn't feel like they took assets from 80 different sources and shoved them into the same game.

[Lilykatze]

Well, think about the basic first jobs in HF1. Did they look anywhere near "realistic" and "beautiful"? No, they didn't. And as so many players showed by their wonderful designs it wasn't because of the graphics or art style, but all about how to use, combine, place the options given (and sometimes also about the camera angle in a video or screenshot).

So if you are still unsure about the graphics, probably wait a bit until those super creative players with those georgeous designing skills finish their first large projects and then decide again how you like the optics of HF2 :).

[Saelwinn]

I agree 100 % that HF1 looks better than HF2 does and I am shocked at that.

[0x57A1CFA117]

I'm pretty shocked about this as well. I thought it was just me. It's not that I thought the game looked "cartoonish", to me it looked more basic / flat. Almost like akin to like something you'd see on itch.io that was done during a game jam. (Not that there's anything wrong at all about those games!! A LOT of fantastic stuff CAN be found there. It's just just for a production game from a studio that already released a previous version that had much higher graphical fidelity, it's not what I was expecting). That said, I took the advice of some others I saw in the forum and threw Reshade at it, and it made a world of difference! I still think there's something about the faces / surfaces of walls that seem... flat... but it's still WAY better than what it was, and I imagine with further tweaking I could get it to look less flat

[r0llinlacs]

Aside from actual glossy textures (metal and windows looks better), and smoother lighting/shadows, everything else is a downgrade and yes, definitely cartoony. Very disappointing, but it performs much, much better than 1 and I wonder if that was the trade-off.

[Skyerunner]

It's a huge disappointment how cartoony it is. I thought I bought a realistic house flipping game not a Disney knock-off.

[JocularJosh]

Originally posted by Skyerunner:

It's a huge disappointment how cartoony it is. I thought I bought a realistic house flipping game not a Disney knock-off.

It is way more realistic and in-depth than HF1.
If graphics are all that need to be realistic for a game in general to be realistic to you you should not be playing simulators like that.

[Skyerunner]

Originally posted by JocularJosh:

It is way more realistic and in-depth than HF1.
If graphics are all that need to be realistic for a game in general to be realistic to you you should not be playing simulators like that.

Maybe on your rig but not on mine. A couple of surfaces have a shine that makes them look more realistic but that's about it. Nothing else looks realistic or in-depth, especially compared to HF1. From standing in front of a house and looking at it to items on the kitchen counter, it all looks cartoony.

I've played cartoon games that have a better look and feel than HF2.

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by Gamer2456:

The cartoon style was a bad idea, and it just took away from the real detail they could have done with the look and feel of this Sim. But now it just feels like house a Flipper cartoon edit to me and not worth the cost they want.

I don't think it look bad, but i get the same feeling. I liked the art-style in the first better.

[JocularJosh]

Originally posted by Skyerunner:

Originally posted by JocularJosh:

It is way more realistic and in-depth than HF1.
If graphics are all that need to be realistic for a game in general to be realistic to you you should not be playing simulators like that.

Maybe on your rig but not on mine. A couple of surfaces have a shine that makes them look more realistic but that's about it. Nothing else looks realistic or in-depth, especially compared to HF1. From standing in front of a house and looking at it to items on the kitchen counter, it all looks cartoony.

I've played cartoon games that have a better look and feel than HF2.

Oh, I didn't mean the graphics. They are more vibrant, colorful on purpose and I like that.
I mean as a simulator game it is more realistic with its gameplay and depth.
Even the fact that you can do logical "wiring" for switches and lamps is a huge step forward to me as well as being able to build an entire house with basement and everything from scratch.

The artstyle is pretty subjective, yeah. I love it. I like the colors.

[Jdwarfer]

Same as HF 1, right?
I like it. But there's a lot of small details as well. It's not rough.
but, too bad you can only build using 90° corners. no round walls, no wide angles or whatever. That's such a big creative limitation that is worse than the artistic drection of the game.