Looking at Geneforge 5's Graphics…

[Tcheedchee]

I really shouldn't say this, but it's so astounding, how much the overall visual appearance of Geneforge 5 has been modernized. (Just started playing…)

I'm tempted to say 'improved', although I like spiderweb's retrostyle look very much. Coming from the Avernum-side originally, I find that Avernum 6 can't stand the comparison, although it's the younger game…

 

Now I'm really very curious how developments will go at Spiderweb's.

[The Ratt]

I agree, I tried going back to G4 and I couldn't stand the graphics, and a few other minor changes.

 

Hopefully Jeff's graphics can only get better.

[VCH]

Yeah that's the problem with graphics updates -- they make the old games unplayable.

[The Ninjas Doom]

it doesnt really make the games unplayable you just need to get adjusted to the old format

[Unplayable Playable Character]

I find that graphic shifting is different for all people. Some people are affected, others are not. I played G1 after completing G5 and found no problem getting used to the graphics and interface. However, sometimes I find that some of the graphics shared between the games(GF and Avernum) kind of diminish the experience for me. To clarify, when I see a mage in Avernum that has the same graphics as a shaper, minus the symbol, I still think "Shaper" in my head. Same goes for shared graphics with items and terrain. It just makes the world a little less unique.

[Dantius]

Originally Posted By: A Figment Of Your Imagination

To clarify, when I see a mage in Avernum that has the same graphics as a shaper, minus the symbol, I still think "Shaper" in my head. Same goes for shared graphics with items and terrain. It just makes the world a little less unique.

There are certain locations in A6 where you can see the Shaper symbol on stuff. It's disconcerting.

[Acky]

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Your games' graphics aren't that bad actually.....they look like top-of-the-line games from 10 years ago

[Xaiya]

I really don't care about graphics, as long as I can see what I'm doing.

[Monroe]

Originally Posted By: VCH

Yeah that's the problem with graphics updates -- they make the old games unplayable.

For me, it's definitely not the graphics that make the old Exile games unplayable. In fact, I liked a lot of the old Exile 2d pictures better than a lot of the old Avernum 3d blobs. No, it was more likely the interface upgrades. They made the old games seem clunky and annoying by comparison. If Exile, with it's 2d world played smoothly and was more simple like the Avernum engine, I'd play that game.

[Tcheedchee]

Yeah,

although I started the remark on the graphics, I'd agree – as I already mentioned I like the "old-style"-appearance quite well.

 

But the "clunkiness" let me quit playing G3 after having played all the upper numbers of Avernum.

G4 went well, as it's also steerable acceptably. Although it already felt a step down in comparison to Avernum 6.

[keira]

I liked the 'cast mage' and 'cast priest' menus. In fact, the whole windowed, menu-using setup of the Exiles was nice.

[grasshopper]

"I really don't care about (your) graphics, as long as I can see what I'm doing"

 

do you think that would work as a chat up line?