Graphics Update... when?

[LeakyAbstraction]

It's great that the full version is apparently out. But I just can't... with the graphics of the characters in particular. I'm pretty okay with Factorio-like graphics, but these blobs in RimWorld really don't work for me at all; I just can't get myself to buy the game.

So, is there a graphics update planned at all...?

[Buntkreuz]

Originally posted by totally not a skeleton:

Originally posted by Monolith:

Every playthrough is a unique story, graphics arent the priority here.

I mean, not really. I absolutely love Rimworld, however most colonies end up the same unless you have crazy and wild ideas or have a lot of mods installed. It almost always ends up as either "and then the raiders came and we killed them but our pawn had a mental break and caused problems until he stopped and then we continued" or "and then we harvested organs from prisoners and made hats". Unless you're doing something like ice sheet.
Rimworld is one of my favorite games but the overhype of the "Story Generator" tagline seems a little weird to me.

Only when you have such a limited view on story as of it being only the grand scheme happening.
What Rimworld does are small stories, situations that cause a narrative to go on.
This can be entirely driven by characters or by events aswell.
The general direction your playthrough heads to is irrelevant for that fact, it just sets the framework but gets enriched by the smaller stories.
It doesnt matter where the whole colony heads to and whether you end up going this direction with it or that.
Its about what your colonists do and how they act, what situations they cause etc.

For example when a dude named Bob smoking and drinking all the time suddenly laying naked in the 60 degree desert taking a sunbath to then get a bite into his lower chest from a raging rat, dying to the infection a day later.
Its fun, its dumb and its a story. And the game is full with short and longer stories, whether its the journey from one side of the planet to the other or that all are having a fight with bandits outside while Lola who refuses to participate suddenly gets into the middle naked playing horseshoes.
Thats what he/she refers to.

If you want unique stories then roleplay. What i for example have going on at the moment is the story of a Machinecult. They built the church of dark technology in the desert and turn themselves into augmented machines because they dont accept unoptimized people.
With that basic premise you can literally have the story go in any direction.
The only thing i wished for the game to get later is a colony policy feature.
Where you can set certain things, for example that all my colonists react to unaugmented people with aggression but invite everyone with any enhancement to the colony.

[blaser]

If you're the type of person that needs better graphics, then you're not the type of person that would like this game. If you were, you would know that graphics are the least important thing when it comes to a game like this.

[Law]

It's the aesthetics (art style/animation) that is bothering me. I love oldschool pixel art, but this art style is just lazy and definitely not pleasing to the eye (imo). It seems most players aren't bothered by it though, so I'm just going to hope that a more capable developer will create a similar, more visually pleasing game.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by Law:

... a more capable developer will create a similar game.

I am sure you will be missed.

[celestial fish]

I'd add that these simplistic blobs of human matter make your imagination fill in the details better than what could be achieved with more detailed sprites. Not as frustrating as some other similar game, just hitting the right spot for me.

[Donttouchmyhohos]

Originally posted by Keglanek:

Well this is the age old argument of gameplay over graphics, some of the best games i have played have been low or very old graphics (Dwarf Fortress, Ultima Online, Heroes of might and magic, Diablo 2) but the gameplay and mechanics are what keeps people coming back to the game even years later. Then we have Games like Sim City (2013) The Order 886 and any of the Battlefield or CoD series, amazing looking games but in 3-5 years those games fizzle out and little to no one playing them, Rimworld is one of those games where the mechanics and gameplay that will keep it going for years to come.

Saying all that, now its been release and has full modding support im sure someone down the line might make a graphic mod

D2 for its time was not low graphics.

[Monolith]

Point of interest, I do infact play heavily modded. I also have an idea of what I want the colony to be like before I start. Have done similar to the crazy desert dwelling machine cult :) I rarely bother trying to leave the planet, I play my colony til something ends it. Be it a 100+ bug infestation or mechanoid drop into my medbay. Randy is not kind sometimes.

[Taro]

Let imagine they update the graphics and put 3d things or whatever... You know what kind of posts will come in huge quantity on the forums? Yes, FPS issues. :)

[Law]

Originally posted by Tarou:

Let imagine they update the graphics and put 3d things or whatever... You know what kind of posts will come in huge quantity on the forums? Yes, FPS issues. :)

Even Stardew Valley's aesthetics is MUCH more pleasing, which is 2d and pixel art.

[Taro]

Originally posted by Law:

Originally posted by Tarou:

Let imagine they update the graphics and put 3d things or whatever... You know what kind of posts will come in huge quantity on the forums? Yes, FPS issues. :)

Even Stardew Valley's aesthetics is MUCH more pleasing, which is 2d and pixel art.

Stardew Valley's is faaaaar away to have as many things to calculate by the CPU than Rimworld on the other hand.

[Law]

Originally posted by Tarou:

Originally posted by Law:

Even Stardew Valley's aesthetics is MUCH more pleasing, which is 2d and pixel art.

Stardew Valley's is faaaaar away to have as many things to calculate by the CPU than Rimworld on the other hand.

RimWorld can be played on a toaster right now. A few extra assets won't hurt the system requirements.

[Wrong Window]

Not every game is for everybody. Not liking the graphics is a perfectly valid complaint and the solution is to play a different game.

[The Fireman]

Factorio completely overhauled the visuals and looks great without mods now.

I would prefer Rimworld to have better animations and more character details but it is what it is.

[Law]

Originally posted by Jack Reaver:

Originally posted by Law:

Even Stardew Valley's aesthetics is MUCH more pleasing, which is 2d and pixel art.

I think you kinda answered yourself here, it's still ART, pixels and 2d have nothing to do with the quality of aesthetics.

What question did I answer? I just replied to Tarou, that 3D graphics aren't required. Simple pixel art is a lot more pleasing to the eye (e.g. aesthetically pleasing to the eye). Almost everyone who played Stardrew Valley love the art and animations, while no one has ever said that about RimWorld. There is almost no animation in RimWorld right now. It's absolutely lazy work, as the current art style was supposed to be placeholder, but people are content with it somehow, so I'll just wait for a more capable developer to make a similar game.

[McFuzz]

Lol. How do people think graphics work?

There was one guy who started a thread recently complaining that "He didn't want full 3d graphics on release." So it's my understanding that people think a button is pressed and the game automatically updates its graphics with current game standards.

Mate, you don't like the graphics play something else. Might I recommend Dwarf Fortress ;D