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Among the gaming world there is a controversy regarding the graphical visual aspect in video games; this being whether games should use realistic graphics or be stylised. Both do have their pros and cons, where they do well, and do wrong, and also when they should be used.
The pros and cons of realism graphics is that it can be over-saturated and not bring anything new. Because the games look all the same, which increases the need to focus on game-play mechanics and the story, which sometimes isn't enough. However, realism textures can be used to give the game a different aesthetics to suit the genre of game. Say if the game was about some murder mystery along with dark themes, it's more suited to use realistic textures over stylised aesthetics as it can work along the game-play mechanics and story rather than having the story and game-play mechanics support the realism aesthetics alone. Though, realism can be suited at times. It does lose uniqueness where as stylised can make the game stand out from other games. Stylised Aesthetics are always generally unique in comparison with other games where as realism can blend in with other games. So to keep the game unique, it's generally better to have stylised. Overall, it may be said that both verisimilitude and stylised aesthetics have their strengths and weaknesses, and better suitability depending on the genre. Jake Carter - 04/07/2017 Comments are closed.
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