Graphics childish?

[Glemt]

There's a lot of hating on the graphics going on, on this forum and everywhere else. While some people like it, and some people don't, I would think it wise to realise that just randomly yelling that thinks "suck" because they look "childish" is childish in and of itself.
These craphics are simplified. Media for children often use simplified graphics, does that mean these graphics are childish? No.
Like them or not, that's fine, but stop acting childish about it.

[destroyalldreamers]

What a childish post.

[Kutz]

Let's leave graphic then and look at the 3 images they relesed, compare them to civ5 and you will see the same game tuned for android, everything is the same and the "features" they highlighted are ... well laughable (big big feature .. you can stak 2 unites now!)

So one would ask what this game brings new to the table, they charge for it like it's a new gen mmo shooter with breaking new gamplay mechanics ... But it's just a fail little andoid game.

[The Hand iii]

One word: Mods.

[Ottofyre]

The more I look at these graphics the more I think... they're gorgeous. And I'm 45.

People keep focusing on the individual units. Look at the screens as a whole and they're beautiful.

And it's not just children that like vibrant color. That's why pigments were extremely valuable commodities in the past before synthetics were developed. Only liking dull, desaturated colors in your video games doesn't make you more adult.

I think this really boils down to "people don't like change". It's not what they're used to and so they are resisting it and trying to argue that things need to go back to the way they were before.

And the art direction doesn't have any bearing on the complexity of the gameplay. As I mentioned in another post - streamlining gameplay isn't the same thing as "dumbing down". If the game becomes inarguably easier to *beat* then people can complain, but if it's merely easier to pick up and get into the game the first time that's no cause for concern.

[Mike]

what strikes me about the screenshots is that they look even better when you zoom in on them and can see all fine detail. they are pretty as ♥♥♥♥.

[Vinny]

It might look like a "georgeous" F2P Android game, but that's still what it looks like.

If it looks like a free to play android game it's because the developers meant it to look that way.

[ha]

These "simplified" graphics suck when applied to sufficiently complex strategy game. And design is childish because games design for small kids (and there is nothing wrong with that) use same "simplified" colorfull exagerrated clean popping style.
Of cuase if the game is no longer complex,then yeah,the art design is fitting.

[Ottofyre]

I just went back and looked at them some more... I hadn't even noticed the reflections of the ships and cliffs in the water. This along with the masterful shading and highlighting of the units really makes me appreciate the skill of their artists.

[ha]

Originally posted by Hiirazz:

I just went back and looked at them some more... I hadn't even noticed the reflections of the ships and cliffs in the water. This along with the masterful shading and highlighting of the units really makes me appreciate the skill of their artists.

Appreciate the swordsman unit with its rediculous blades too. Oh and appreciate Pyramid that is taller then mountains.

[Ottofyre]

Originally posted by Vinny:

It might look like a "georgeous" F2P Android game, but that's still what it looks like.

If it looks like a free to play android game it's because the developers meant it to look that way.

I wouldn't know. I don't play any mobile games and never looked at the store.

Siderant - I'm one of those weird people who is irritated that you can't get a real moblie phone anymore.. all you can get are these stupid handheld computers with phone apps. In the old days you could just open it up and dial! On real buttons!

Maybe the lack of expose to F2P mobile games is why this doesn't bother me. I have no unfounded prejudices against the graphics style.

[Mike]

complaining that things are comically disproportioned in a civ game is like complaining about ha's misshapen genitals. it's just always been that way.

[ha]

Originally posted by Mike:

complaining that things are comically disproportioned in a civ game is like complaining about ha's misshapen genitals. it's just always been that way.

Stop obsessing about my genitals and look at the art style of the blades...Look at the travesty. Look at it some more. According to Freud it might help.

[Darkwing]

Originally posted by Hiirazz:

reflections of the ships ................ This along with the masterful shading

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=683465974
One thing I noticed is that the ship is casting 2 shadows. One on the surface of the water and one on the sea floor itself.
Love it.

[Ottofyre]

Originally posted by ha:

Appreciate the swordsman unit with its rediculous blades too.

Yep, reminds me of Warhammer. The units look like something a Golden Demon winner would have painted. Utterly beautiful.

And pardon me if I'm just not bothered by the pyramids being "too big" when the units aren't to scale either.

[Mike]

Originally posted by ha:

Originally posted by Mike:

complaining that things are comically disproportioned in a civ game is like complaining about ha's misshapen genitals. it's just always been that way.

Stop obsessing about my genitals and look at the art style of the blades...Look at the travesty. Look at it some more. According to Freud it might help.

im no swordspert (?) but im pretty sure that swords like that were actually in use at some point in history. so i dont quite see the problem.