I know - he was very popular in many countries.Ähem, Udo Jürgens was from Austria.
And I'm looking forward to play Outcast 2 and Elex II.
I know - he was very popular in many countries.Ähem, Udo Jürgens was from Austria.
And I'm looking forward to play Outcast 2 and Elex II.
He left them a canister full of Tribbles.Shatner wanted to stay up there, but the Klingons sent him back down.
Cartoony does not mean a direct reference to a certain cartoon, but to the general feeling one gets from the graphics.
And not only from the graphics - the general setup, the way space travel is portrayed - make NMS more like a fairy tale, a peter pan in space etc, than a fully fledged sy-fy game (i cannot even call it a space game)
And yes, it is cartoony - and is really far from the realistic approach that was adopted in ED.
"Cartoony" is the wrong adjective in that case. It implies something completely different from what you are saying above.
"Stylistic" would be more apt. In that they have gone for a certain style (in this case, Heinlein-esque 70s scifi) and applied that throughout the game.
"Cartoony" just sells the whole endeavour short, which I think is unfair and inaccurate.
I like NMS. But "cartoony" is accurate."Cartoony" is the wrong adjective in that case. It implies something completely different from what you are saying above.
"Stylistic" would be more apt. In that they have gone for a certain style (in this case, Heinlein-esque 70s scifi) and applied that throughout the game.
"Cartoony" just sells the whole endeavour short, which I think is unfair and inaccurate.
Imma still go with cartoony.I just happened to come across this piece of art from John Harris, who drew it back in the '70s.
Tell me that wasn't the inspiration for the Anomaly in NMS!
I think people call NMS "cartoonish" because it has a vivid color palette, much like this piece of art. Would anyone call this piece "cartoonish"? I doubt it. Maybe "modernist" or even "impressionistic" (probably a mix of the two) but not cartoony. Now, the wacky procgen fauna in NMS, that might qualify as cartoony.
I would say NMS is more of an artistic graphic design.I just happened to come across this piece of art from John Harris, who drew it back in the '70s.
Tell me that wasn't the inspiration for the Anomaly in NMS!
I think people call NMS "cartoonish" because it has a vivid color palette, much like this piece of art. Would anyone call this piece "cartoonish"? I doubt it. Maybe "modernist" or even "impressionistic" (probably a mix of the two) but not cartoony. Now, the wacky procgen fauna in NMS, that might qualify as cartoony.
I just happened to come across this piece of art from John Harris, who drew it back in the '70s.
Tell me that wasn't the inspiration for the Anomaly in NMS!
I think people call NMS "cartoonish" because it has a vivid color palette, much like this piece of art. Would anyone call this piece "cartoonish"? I doubt it. Maybe "modernist" or even "impressionistic" (probably a mix of the two) but not cartoony. Now, the wacky procgen fauna in NMS, that might qualify as cartoony.
I like NMS. But "cartoony" is accurate.
To me, the game is like stepping inside a book cover. "Cartoony" is just such an ignorant description IMO... by people who have no idea or appreciation of art and design. The description needs to die a death.
You get overly fussed for nothing. If you like the style, just go and enjoy it.
Cartoony is not a derogatory term. It's just a realistic depiction of NMS' looks.
And there is nothing wrong with you liking it and me not liking it.
I even said why i dont like the cartoony looks in NMS - the vegetation and critters look too much like Spore.
The sky, take off and space flight looks like space themed cartoons. Ships too. Space stations. Should i go on?
And that's a nice collection of book covers, i love them (my teenage years happened in the eighties and i grew up with that style of sci-fi art and book covers - mostly from the golden age of our '55-' '75 prints), but that still does nothing to change how NMS looks, so it doesn't really help your cause.
It is used in a derogatory way by most people, which is why it bugs me greatly and I get triggered a bit when it's used.
It's an unnecessarily lazy (and wrong) way to describe an art style that a great deal of effort has gone into creating.
You can like it, or not... either is fine as far as I'm concerned, but at least give it the credit it deserves is all I'm saying. This isn't about "E: D versus NMS" and it's OK to like both art styles. Both games are unrealistic scifi fantasy, and neither is "wrong". Reducing it to "cartoony" is, IMO.
I'm giving it enough credit.
And it is cartoony (now i did that on purpose to trigger you , but you dont really want me to post a picture with a cmdr in front of a sidewinder in a nice EDO sunset and then a picture with a NMS biped in front of his starter ship, do you?)
Also, i'm not the one to push people out of ED and into NMS like other forumites are trying to (on the Frontier forums, mind you) while they're miffed at FD because lack of console news or whatever other reasons.
And this is the root problem of just about everything we see on these forums.I get triggered
And this is the root problem of just about everything we see on these forums.