The game looks ♥♥♥♥

[Spicy Grasshopper]

Lets put the woke ♥♥♥♥ aside for a second and actually address the game.
It looks the same style as every other AAA sloppa game.
Genuinely.

The colour palette, the style of the graphics, compare it to things like Veilguard and its just meh, you know, more of the same.
It does not feel like its a life of its own but rather a cheap pale imitation of other games, which are also imitations of each other.
You know how people are worried that AI will circle on itself and produce AI slop that all looks the same, well this is it, but with people making it...

And I dont know what it is with the purple palette that I keep seeing in all of these games, this game, Veilguard, suicide squad, etc.
Its garbage and screams that the artists are either all one and the same or lack individual art styles.

Theres just no soul in this and its been developed for money or politics sake.

[Character Name]

This is my one major worry about the game. The vibrant colors, the wooden animation, and some of the bizarre animation choices -- The skeleton clenching his fist? The dancing lizard men? (Almost expect it to start belting out "Hello my baby, hello my darling, hello my ragtime gal") -- are indicative of terrible art direction, like it had almost none.

But I'll give it a chance. I think there may be a game under here worth looking at.

[Boltergeist]

Oh noes COLOURS

[WeissRook]

Originally posted by Boltergeist:

Oh noes COLOURS

I agree. I kinda like the bright colors for a change. Fantasy doesn't need to be brown, gray, and beige with a sepia filter.

[Edge1]

I didn't know people have played it. huh

Anyways, I think the bright palette can be good or bad. It can add to the fantasy, old school, and charm of the game for some. If overdone, it can be a bit cheesy to others.

Veilguard IS a fine game, not sure if you were comparing and like it better or worse. But again, I don't know if you have played Avowed yet... so...

Avowed is getting pre-criticised just like Veilguard in similar ways.

[katarack21]

Originally posted by WeissRook:

Originally posted by Boltergeist:

Oh noes COLOURS

I agree. I kinda like the bright colors for a change. Fantasy doesn't need to be brown, gray, and beige with a sepia filter.

I'm with y'all. I like having color in my games. I'm replaying Pillars 1 right now, and one of the first things I noticed is how brown and gray and dirty looking everything is compared to my last playthrough of Deadfire, which was vibrant and colorful and varied.

[xunlaiAgent]

Originally posted by Edge1:

I didn't know people have played it. huh

Anyways, I think the bright palette can be good or bad. It can add to the fantasy, old school, and charm of the game for some. If overdone, it can be a bit cheesy to others.

Veilguard IS a fine game, not sure if you were comparing and like it better or worse. But again, I don't know if you have played Avowed yet... so...

Avowed is getting pre-criticised just like Veilguard in similar ways.

Yup veilguard is ok. It gets too much hate. Sure,I liked da3 and 1 more, but veilguard isn't as bad as the online discussion would make it seem.

[Meat Flaps]

i think it's hilarious that you believe these sort of games are made for political reasons.
is it exhausting to pretend to be victimized by shadowy cabals all the time?

absolutely hilarious.

[Rob⛧Slayer]

Originally posted by Spicy Grasshopper:

Lets put the woke ♥♥♥♥ aside for a second and actually address the game.
It looks the same style as every other AAA sloppa game.
Genuinely.

The colour palette, the style of the graphics, compare it to things like Veilguard and its just meh, you know, more of the same.
It does not feel like its a life of its own but rather a cheap pale imitation of other games, which are also imitations of each other.
You know how people are worried that AI will circle on itself and produce AI slop that all looks the same, well this is it, but with people making it...

And I dont know what it is with the purple palette that I keep seeing in all of these games, this game, Veilguard, suicide squad, etc.
Its garbage and screams that the artists are either all one and the same or lack individual art styles.

Theres just no soul in this and its been developed for money or politics sake.

Your critique is way off the mark. The art style of this game is worlds apart from the games you're desperately trying to connect it to. Before you PP in your panties, realize that this game is part of the Pillars of Eternity Universe and features an art style inspired by CRPGs from the 90s and early 2000s

Poor political decisions often lead to misguided opinions. If you want to be taken seriously, educate yourself. And if humor is your goal, you'll need to put in more effort.

[Spicy Grasshopper]

Originally posted by katarack21:

Originally posted by WeissRook:

I agree. I kinda like the bright colors for a change. Fantasy doesn't need to be brown, gray, and beige with a sepia filter.

I'm with y'all. I like having color in my games. I'm replaying Pillars 1 right now, and one of the first things I noticed is how brown and gray and dirty looking everything is compared to my last playthrough of Deadfire, which was vibrant and colorful and varied.

The issue isnt colour in games, I dont believe I said that, in fact fantasy should have lots of colour.
HOWEVER
It has been my observation that this particular palette (purples and pinks contrasted with greens and blues) seems to be on a particular type of corporatised game.

Its kind of like the yellow paint trope, or red being a danger colour, or the corporate art style that looks trash, etc, and this palette is in lots of games that suck in every metric.
When you look through the screenshots and trailers this scheme jumps out the most in many shots.

[Nihil]

I don't mind color, but I have yet to see decent gameplay. Looks like the bioshock formula but worse imo. But, we'll see when the reviews come out and gameplay is properly shown.

However, not a fan of a main person involved in this game saying they hate gamers, so that's kinda concerning overall.

[Getty]

Probable inspired by Concord

[Chashmodai]

Originally posted by Nihil:

not a fan of a main person involved in this game saying they hate gamers

after browsing this cesspool of a forum for a bit i'm inclined to agree with this person

[Blackghost]

Originally posted by Edge1:

I didn't know people have played it. huh

Anyways, I think the bright palette can be good or bad. It can add to the fantasy, old school, and charm of the game for some. If overdone, it can be a bit cheesy to others.

Veilguard IS a fine game, not sure if you were comparing and like it better or worse. But again, I don't know if you have played Avowed yet... so...

Avowed is getting pre-criticised just like Veilguard in similar ways.

Veilguard IS a fine game...yea. That's why the studio is about to close soon...

[AngelofChaos707]

Originally posted by Spicy Grasshopper:

Lets put the woke ♥♥♥♥ aside for a second and actually address the game.
It looks the same style as every other AAA sloppa game.
Genuinely.

The colour palette, the style of the graphics, compare it to things like Veilguard and its just meh, you know, more of the same.
It does not feel like its a life of its own but rather a cheap pale imitation of other games, which are also imitations of each other.
You know how people are worried that AI will circle on itself and produce AI slop that all looks the same, well this is it, but with people making it...

And I dont know what it is with the purple palette that I keep seeing in all of these games, this game, Veilguard, suicide squad, etc.
Its garbage and screams that the artists are either all one and the same or lack individual art styles.

Theres just no soul in this and its been developed for money or politics sake.

Kinda shocked how people dont like it weve had alot of dark fantasy lately and yea VG was bad but this is obsidian. Everyone is major ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this game and it hasnt even come out yet. I like the style change.

[nomadpad]

its a fantasy rpg set in the living lands of Eora... yet y'all want the depressing colors and atmosphere of a game like witcher or fallout... you are all weird.