Just going to flat out say it: The art assets in this game are not up to quality

this 2 Movies i comparing Diablo3 / path of exile visuel effect and how its feels.

Diablo3 Art style comparing with this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6O4Himch7g the whole Movie feelt like Back drop a huge Movie studio there tree and everything is fake.



Path of exile comparing to movie that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOYoZCLAYpM

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Russell wrote:

It does matter.

I for example can't play Torchlight just because the art sickens me.
Even if the gameplay is amazing.


On the other hand I play a bit Tera atm and that's basically only because of the "art" and not the gameplay.

In my opinion the graphics is important, I would never play something like Tibia, but I believe you do not need super graphics.
The gameplay is much more important than graphics, I think the POE has a great art and should continue prioritizing the gameplay, the more things we can do in the game will be better.

I'm one of those people who say art doesn't matter as long as the gameplay's good, but I'd go one step further: art (visuals or audio) is the difference between a good game and a GREAT game (look at Shatter or Odin's Sphere, just off the top of my head). And since good games are a dime a dozen, and what people actually want is a great game, art people are not quite as secondary as it might seem at first glance.

Problem is, people complaining about graphics here are just babies.

The gameplay that GGG has and the skill system/level of deepness the game has, FAR outweighs any "graphic problems".

Only issue I have is when im partying with people on the docks, and we get an archer and a AOE totem witch... my computer actually lags when all that stuff is on the screen and I cant even pick up items that drop or whatnot. (usually everyone in my party is frozen too lol)

so maybe a option to disable all that visual effects.. i mean I shouldn't be lagging on my 460 hawk 1gb. (Yes, pretty old, but should still be working fine)..


i've seen 3rd pty scripts on other nawty sites that disable this stuff but im not risking to use them w/o a ggg confirmation.

I love PoE graphics. I want it to seem a bit "old school" and "dark" and not a fucking cartoon world like a Blizzard game. Textures are fine imo.

I believe the devs thought the same thing when they made the game.

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AzureFlash wrote:

I'm one of those people who say art doesn't matter as long as the gameplay's good, but I'd go one step further: art (visuals or audio) is the difference between a good game and a GREAT game (look at Shatter or Odin's Sphere, just off the top of my head). And since good games are a dime a dozen, and what people actually want is a great game, art people are not quite as secondary as it might seem at first glance.

Vanilla Ware are geniuses, they don't make games, they make playable artworks.



BTW: the only way to improve POE art/graphics is to use prerendered backgrounds and Sprites.

Those were aweseome.
I miss the 90s

Crazyfinger if you are going to claim you are a digital artist and have a good eye for art... (better than others) i really do suggest that you put out your body of work or portfolio out in the open.

If you are already in the career you must already have a online portfolio somewhere ready for job. Since you suggest that taking feedback is important, I think that you are not the type of person to be afraid to show everyone your work?

I meant professional stuff tho, not your average deviantArt quality stuff.

The idea of people in this thread knowing who i am personally/ professionally is frankly a bit off-putting. Sorry for the shitstorm I caused, sorry for hurting the art team's feelings, it was to be honest not the most constructive critisism to begin with.

I realize to be fair I SHOULD post some personal work, but that's just not feasible. That's to say, I don't know anyone on the art team, my assessment was purely based on the work I'd seen in the game. I fear posting my own stuff would just dissolve into personal attacks and would be beneficial to no one. Cowardly? Yeah a little, but I'm trying to take as much responsibility for my shitty post as I can without spiraling anything out of control.

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crazyfingers619 wrote:

The idea of people in this thread knowing who i am personally/ professionally is frankly a bit off-putting. Sorry for the shitstorm I caused, sorry for hurting the art team's feelings, it was to be honest not the most constructive critisism to begin with.

I realize to be fair I SHOULD post some personal work, but that's just not feasible. That's to say, I don't know anyone on the art team, my assessment was purely based on the work I'd seen in the game. I fear posting my own stuff would just dissolve into personal attacks and would be beneficial to no one. Cowardly? Yeah a little, but I'm trying to take as much responsibility for my shitty post as I can without spiraling anything out of control.

Nothing worse than a bad troll...but hey you tried!

/hugmode_devteam=1