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TBH I don't mind the bagginess. Fallout 1 and 2 took a cartooney approach to the graphics, so the comic-book tightness of the costumes is forgivable, but Bethesda have aimed for realism.
Fallout 3 was realistic? I guess some aspects of it were, but I think they just wanted to make it a "super badass game" and threw in whatever they thought was cool about Fallout (dogmeat, explosions, gore, super-guns, power armor, etc.)
Visually realisitic. They failed on numerous combat mechanics if the pursuit was of realism, but you can see in the models that they were trying to make things look as they would were they existent. Best example is of the Deathclaw-- look at a google search's results of the older Deathclaw, versus the model of the new. The difference is incredible. Overall, I would agree-- the almost cartoony art style of the previous Fallouts is all but gone.
The most recent pics of New Vegas demonstrate that it is the greatest effort to return to the original comic book style since Tactics.
For the first time, after seeing the new stills, I have some understanding of the graphical direction. Only a few weeks ago I found the game's graphics reprehensible. Now I actually see some old Fallout in there. Can you see it?
What I'm saying is, that if Obsidian can handle the story and the visuals correctly, it will make disregarding F3 all that much easier. Personally, I hope NV sucks a fat one, gets poor sales, and someone else buys the IP.
Ah who am I kidding, it's too late for that shit now.
No of course not, my original point on the artwork was thatif Obsidian can pushthe franchise back to its original state via storyline and visual representation, it makes it easier to pretend F3 never happened.
hoochimama wrote:The robot's model and textures clash with the fo3 stuff.
Just want to say that after I read this, I finally understood that mixed reaction that I'd been noticing in myself but not being able to put my finger on. Good observation.
The F3 stuff is grimy and hyper-texturized while the new models are tinky, primary colored & conceptually 'flat' caricatures. Kinda cheap in some way even but if it was a consistent look, I'd probably adore it.
