Borderlands reportedly switches to cell-shaded graphics

Oh damn......I dunno man. The original trailer is what brought my attention to the game. If it looks to cartoony like most cell shaded games I will be taking this one off my list of games to get after all. Such a shame, as I was looking forward to the realism that it portrayed in the vid.

Don't be so quick in your judgment. Realistic graphics don't look so great for very long, because someone will make even more realistic graphics sooner of later. These "cartoony" looking games tend to last longer because it's easier to stand less realistic graphics for a longer time.

I have to agree that the change to a cell-shaded art style is a bad move. I am already displeased with the "cartoony" look of Diablo III and now this . . .

quote Soloman

I have to agree that the change to a cell-shaded art style is a bad move. I am already displeased with the "cartoony" look of Diablo III and now this . . .

You signed that D3 petition did'n'cha?

I don't mind going to the cell-shaded graphics, but I'm very surprised they switched this far into the development. I can't see this being done in 2009 as they planned, but maybe they'll prove me wrong.

Any way, I'm looking forward to this game.

Im sorry but this "change" they decided to do is horrible. This was my top awaited game of all time since i saw it 3 years ago. the rugged terrain the gritty adventureres, the killer realistic graphics...and then they go and do to what i have come to expect from game developers, and thats go and *bleep* up a game that coulda really accoumplished something. Now, i cant wait to see what you Cell-shaded fans have to say about my very downer comments. But the game before was like a mix between everything that was good about video games...now roland looks like a 16 yeah old belimic teenager. but i digress and the developers obviously do these things to piss me off, lol.

quote Spectre23

Now, i cant wait to see what you Cell-shaded fans have to say about my very downer comments.

I would say they did it as a generic WoW-esque move to maximize their potential sales over their core base. One thing people have to admit is that as simple and plain-jane as TF2 is, the game scales absurdly well over various hardware configurations for reproduction.

So they're giving up their original demographic in a move to hopefully establish a longer term existence. Kinda lame but honestly if they fear that they might be closing their doors if people can't get maximum eyecandy then they're going to do whatever it takes by copying other business models that work.

Is it good that they made the shift? No, but I don't have a majority stake in the company so I'm not gonna say much about it. If I play the later beta/demo of it and the game is horrid then they wont be getting anything from me. Vote with your money and in the end they'll either learn what their consumers want, or they'll go the way of the dodo.