Comments on: Deus Ex: Human Revolution

By: Ambient.Impact

Ambient.Impact — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:33:17 +0000

There is something very immersive about rough, unsteady, dirty footage. I love it. (And I loved it when Firefly and Battlestar Galactica did it with TV CGI. District 9 is another great example.) That’s really what I was getting at: they’re doing something different, and it adds to the game. I don’t dislike realism because it’s realism. I dislike it because it’s in virtually every first person shooter, and they all look the same because of it. I should have been more clear on that. If everyone starts doing Team Fortress 2-style graphics, I’ll dislike that. Homogeneity kills. Give me variety and originality.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:39:00 +0000

In that respect, I'm actually looking forward to the "Youtube aesthetic" that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is using. Unstable camera angles, rough edges, washed-out imagery,... those who see that as an excuse for not using high-definition photo-realistic textures are missing the point. Check out the recent trailer here to see it in action. It sure allows for a very consistent set of ideas, like the pixelation seen pasted onto an NPC.

By: Ambient.Impact

Ambient.Impact — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:26:50 +0000

I love how the Gamasutra interview focuses so much on the visual design of the game. You already know how bored I am with the overabundance of photo-realistic games out there, so it shouldn’t surprise you that I was grinning a bit when he talked about the fact that you could look at certain screenshots of a lot of recent FPSs and they could all be from the same game.
There’s something about the Icarus myth that they’ve latched on to that I think could really work, thematically. Despite the fact that the trailer showed very little, it wasn’t forgettable thanks to the imagery.