What the hell it's wrong with their faces?

[Goldoni]

Seriously look at the screenshots! Holy macaroni i never seen a art style like that

[kilicool64]

I actually like the art direction, though nobody seems to agree with me.

[Shoepots]

It's an older VN, so the visual quality isn't the best, but the story, holy crap. It's powerful stuff.

[Techim]

Given your reaction you've probably only been exposed to anime artstyles from 2010's only..
http://kotaku.com/how-anime-art-has-changed-an-explainer-1656750480

[Code x70]

"Japan", that's what's wrong.

It's not about time, it's about the artist.
Even in '80s you could get better faces and even in the last game the faces are still weird.
She have been getting better but her weird style is still there.

[Flaemes]

Sasuga Itaru Hinoue.

[T-Dawg]

Originally posted by kilicool64:

I actually like the art direction, though nobody seems to agree with me.

I agree with you.

[Kukuru_chan]

Anime art is so much better

[Yurie]

It's age shows, but it's the writing that this game shines in. If animation bugs you, I guess you could just watch the anime adaptation, because that's pretty damn good, if not as detailed.

[John]

I thought this version used the hd art.

[Flaemes]

Originally posted by John:

I thought this version used the hd art.

That means that the game's visuals were upscaled from 640x480 to 1280x960. Nothing more.

[kilicool64]

Originally posted by Flaemes:

Originally posted by John:

I thought this version used the hd art.

That means that the game's visuals were upscaled from 640x480 to 1280x960. Nothing more.

Depends on how you define upscaling. They didn't simply stretch the images. They do indeed have more detail, so this is a proper HD version.

[JY]

I think art style is great and I'm totally objective.

[naschelleresc]

ahahhahahha you must be new to the company named key and itaru hinoue who does the art as pretty much all of keys art is like that

[Flaemes]

Originally posted by kilicool64:

Originally posted by Flaemes:

That means that the game's visuals were upscaled from 640x480 to 1280x960. Nothing more.

Depends on how you define upscaling. They didn't simply stretch the images. They do indeed have more detail, so this is a proper HD version.

For example, Higurashi Blu-Ray. The visuals were not redrawn, but simply, forgot that term, made into HD. Along these lines, I think. But I may be wrong here.

[kilicool64]

Originally posted by Flaemes:

Originally posted by kilicool64:

Depends on how you define upscaling. They didn't simply stretch the images. They do indeed have more detail, so this is a proper HD version.

For example, Higurashi Blu-Ray. The visuals were not redrawn, but simply, forgot that term, made into HD. Along these lines, I think. But I may be wrong here.

I don't know how this is typically done with anime, but VN images are often drawn at a very high resolution, then downscaled at some point prior to their insertion into the VNs.

My guess would be that KEY kept the original images. And when the time came for a PS3 port, they decided to use them rather than their downscaled versions in order to take advantage of the greater technical power of the PS3 compared to the average computer from 2004, the greater resolution of the average TV from 2011 compared to the average monitor from 2004 and the greater amount of memory available on a Blu-Ray compared to a DVD.