Art game artists all insane?

from JoeUser Forums

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I was looking very closely at one of the city tiles today in Elemental: Fallen Enchantress and came to realize there is a ridiculous amount of detail that a non crazy person would never notice.

So if you zoom in close enough, you can see a dog staring at a pig being cooked. There is a baby Skath in a pen, and a woman appears to be imploring guests to wash their hands before eating. And the tents are actual (virtual) tents that could have things in them.

No one can see this stuff in a normal game.  So, game artists out there, are you people all crazy or is this specific to our artists? Winking smile

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

While I am no artist by any means.

I believe artist, especially game ones in general really enjoy in bringing out their ideas into reality and creating their own world.

With such an infinite canvas, why wouldn't you go in and try to bring as much detail as possible

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Stronghold 1 - 2001, didn't have the graphic quality but a load of detail was there over a decade ago
 

Stronghold 2 - 2005

Ya, that's piles of crap, that bread rats, that spread plague. This guy was to hungover to work because you tried to keep your people happy with to many breweries. Ahhh, the good ole days.

 
Stronghold 3 - 2011

If the game can be zoomed in that much, it should be detailed, especially when it just using the same assets over and over in every expansion. The least they could do is improve the quality each time.
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