^POLL^ Artistic Graphics King. You decide - current generation(56k)

Gears of War. I just can't get over the rain.Sparky04

Really? I found that rain effect to be pretty poor, but maybe that was just me.

Eternal Sonata

or Blue Dragon

Little King's Story for the Wii.

Haziqonfire

He said current gen, N64 was 2 gens ago.

:P

when is the tournament ninja?

lawlessx

No date yet. We're waiting to see how many people we get then i'll organise it to suit everyone. :)

My vote goes to Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.
Games don't have to look like cartoons to have good art direction. The contrasts, both between the lighting and the colors, how everything blends together in a coherent fashion. The little details and how things pop out, yet remain noninvasive. It can look really clean and distinct. Reminiscent of actual artwork.

Postprocessing effects are awesome too.

Folklore

shadyd1717

Eternal Sonata

or Blue Dragon

omus101

I agree with Blue Dragon. Just beautiful...

It's also the most underappreciated JRPG ever. I don't understand the hate it gets. Game Informer was the only place to give it some props.

Here's what you should do:

you should count the votes, and pick the Top 5 and then create a poll with those top 5 choices and annouce a winner ;)

(also might wanna have pictures to go with them...)

Blue Dragon

It's also the most underappreciated JRPG ever. I don't understand the hate it gets.

BioShockOwnz

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Blue Dragon

It's also the most underappreciated JRPG ever. I don't understand the hate it gets.

ZimpanX

Same here, sure the story wasn't the most original but it was very enjoyable to play.

Indeed. I liked the characters, environments, and gameplay. Plus, the Deep Purple boss music was hilarious.

Mass Effect no doubt in my mind.

I'm saddened, by the lack of love for Crackdown in this thread.thrones

Meh, wasn't too fond with the artstyle of Crackdown.

[QUOTE="thrones"]I'm saddened, by the lack of love for Crackdown in this thread.TMontana1004

Meh, wasn't too fond with the artstyle of Crackdown.

I liked it. The draw distance is crazy in that game.

Eternal Sonata.

I don't own the game, but I played the demo and I think that DBZ burst limit's art is the best this gen.

Hour of Victory

Artzzzzz :lol:

Senjo No Valkyria, No doubt.

AgentA-Mi6

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[QUOTE="thrones"]I'm saddened, by the lack of love for Crackdown in this thread.BioShockOwnz

Meh, wasn't too fond with the artstyle of Crackdown.

I liked it. The draw distance is crazy in that game.

That is true.

Anime looks incredibly generic.Kez1984

Lol?

Need to watch more than Naruto and Dragonball Z, I'm afraid.

Super Mario Galaxy

[QUOTE="ZimpanX"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]
Blue Dragon

It's also the most underappreciated JRPG ever. I don't understand the hate it gets.

BioShockOwnz

Same here, sure the story wasn't the most original but it was very enjoyable to play.

Indeed. I liked the characters, environments, and gameplay. Plus, the Deep Purple boss music was hilarious.

I hate to be Captain Bringdown but... quality of art styIe is based on subjective preferences and quality of technical graphics is based on objective proficiency. It is absolutely impossible to determine "the best" artistic game.

The two most artistically beautiful games I have seen so far this generation are Odin Sphere and Persona 3.
foxhound_fox

Art direction can be compared to other works in a similar category. For example, dysotpian/post-apocalyptic settings can be compared. If one piece excites the thematic elements better than the other one, then that may considered "better". The thing is, when comparing video games, most people turn art direction into "who has the prettier texture".

So yeah, things like STALKER, Half Life 2, and Gears of War can be compared. Comparing Viva Pinata to Bioshock however, is nigh impossible.

1. Super Mario Galaxy

2. Super Paper Mario

3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

I don't see what was so impressive about Team Fortress 2. The cel-shading was put to much better use in Wind Waker, and it doesn't really stand out and make me say, "Wow, what a wonderful artistic direction the developers took!"