The presence where Xbox making cartoonish games is absolutely ridiculous.

[Derktron]

(I'm talking about this because of the negativity coming from Rare's new game) The presence where now of all sudden Xbox making "cartoonish" games is bad thing is ridiculous. I'm sorry but that's silly to even claim that. Nintendo makes cartoonish games and it's extremely successful. So why the hell is it bad for Microsoft to make it? I mean yeah I want the next "The Last of US" game from Microsoft. But what Microsoft announced with Rare is a welcoming start to the lack of storytelling games that Microsoft is missing. (Even though we don't know what the game is all about) For me that argument is silly to even make, maybe I'm the only one that thinks that so I'm putting out a poll.

thoughts?

 

[nsilvias]

its childish of people

 

[Xavi]

Edit the poll so we can see who voted yes

 

[Deleted member 59519]

I haven't seen a single person make this argument

 

[Neilg]

My issue wasn't that it was cartoony - it was that half their showing had a very similar art style.

 

[Green Mario]

I'm always down for more whimsical games from any developer.

 

[RockmanBN]

Cartoon bad

 

[Gareth]

I thought we'd moved past this years ago.

 

[headspawn]

I don't think there were many people making this argument, even in the stream chats, which is absolute demon spawn.. seemed mostly positive on it.

 

[IDreamOfHime]

Who's saying this? Only negative comments I've seen are some comedians saying MS is copying BOTW.

 

[BoxManLocke]

... what ?

 

[Wereroku]

It doesn't look like my type of game but i still think it looks interesting. Also rare should be allowed to make whatever they want to.

 

[Z-Beat]

Not like the old days

 

[¡ B 0 0 P !]

Who's saying this? Only negative comments I've seen are some comedians saying MS is copying BOTW.

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The livestream chat was filled with people mocking all the cartoony kiddy games. What was funny is a lot of people were also spamming Banjo in the chat.

 

[texhnolyze]

I'm fine with it, actually. There's nothing wrong with games with cartoony style.

Edit the poll so we can see who voted yes

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True. Anonymous polls are useless most of the time because people would just troll.

 

[Jaypah]

Who's saying this? Only negative comments I've seen are some comedians saying MS is copying BOTW.

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There was some chatter that the games all looked like Fortnite. But as it came off as stupid fanboy nonsense I paid it no mind. Some of them I thought were compelling, some maybe not for me. That's cool though, can't win them all.

 

[Rygar 8Bit]

What? Who? What? Who the hell thinks that?

 

[Outrun]

Yep.

People don't like the lack of diversity on the Xbox.

People also don't like when Xbox expands their portfolio.

 

[A Strong Latte]

If the reaction is triggered by Everwild it's pretty moronic to get upset that Rareware is making a cartoony game.

 

[Garrett 2U]

New consoles are releasing soon, it's prime console warring time.

 

[molnizzle]

It's not the art style. It's that people wanted something else from Obsidian.

 

[headspawn]

My issue wasn't that it was cartoony - it was that half their showing had a very similar art style.

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This is going to be the new "All Sony games are a white guy in a forest".

I don't think I'd confuse any of the games they showed, I'm not sure I get it.

 

[Kasey]

I only play realistic games for mature people like myself.

 

[Deleted member 32106]

Only realistic games are real games.

 

[Goldenroad]

It's a laughable argument because MS has Turn10 and Playground games (and Flight Sim), who make arguably the most realistic games ever. Their output is getting incredibly diverse and I think that's an amazing thing.

 

[headspawn]

It's not the art style. It's that people wanted something else from Obsidian.

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That can't be helped though, we would've been seeing that same game whether MS acquired Obsidian or not.

It's not like they're giving up on what they're known for though, their last game for those fans hasn't even been out a month yet.

 

[MaulerX]

That new Rare game looked absolutely fucking gorgeous. Anybody that claims that particular artstyle is a bad thing is just a hater and a troll.

 

[Rust]

It's not the art style. It's that people wanted something else from Obsidian.

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Oh god, can you imagine Grounded in a hyper-realistic art style? Those insects would be terrifying. It'd jump up a few age-gates on that alone!

 

[Zelas]

I mean its not exactly hard to grasp that significant portions of Nintendo's and Microsoft's audiences wont find the same games appealing.

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

Cartoons are for babbys. I told my mum to shut up I don't need food when im owning noobs.

 

[Deleted member 21709]

The livestream chat was filled with people mocking all the cartoony kiddy games. What was funny is a lot of people were also spamming Banjo in the chat.

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Livestream chat. The gutter of the internet.

 

[FormatCompatible]

It's a really pathetic reaction, yes.

 

[Dlacy13g]

I suppose Nintendo should be raked over the coals for Zelda while we are at it. /s

 

[cw_sasuke]

Does the game look good or not - thats the only things that matters.
Some cartoon-style games look amazing, some dont...like with every other style.

 

[TaterTots]

My issue wasn't that it was cartoony - it was that half their showing had a very similar art style.

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This is what I've seen people saying.

 

[Why would you do that?]

I suppose Nintendo should be raked over the coals for Zelda while we are at it. /s

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I was gonna post this as a response to the thread, but your post was too relevant to not quote:

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I just knew someone was going to have a problem with it, but I came here afterward briefly and didn't see any talk about it. But now this thread.

It's especially weird when some of the most popular games of today have similar artstyles and look, such as Fortnite, Overwatch, LoL, Dota etc.

 

[Deleted member 15447]

My issue wasn't that it was cartoony - it was that half their showing had a very similar art style.

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[Completely Anonymous]

They need to make GOOD cartoonish games.

 

[Karak]

I have honestly never seen a companies announcement ever. In the history of any E3 where I was following the showing online that hasn't had a huge number of complaints about something somewhere. A majority every time are console warriors, or just not fans,.

 

[fieldafar]

People are saying that?

Well, screw them. More cartoonish-looking games, please.

 

[deftones r cool]

It's Rare being themselves again for a new generation.

People who can't see that can buzz off

Still, I've yet to see anyone voice this remark, myself

 

[Phendrana]

1. What the hell happened to that title?
2. Yes, people reacting negatively to non-realistic art styles is stupid.

 

[RedHeat]

My issue is that a lot of those "lower budget" games keep using the same cel-shaded no-texture art style. It's not bad per-say, but it is bland.

 

[Sid]

It's like they've acquired the entire Cartoon Network to make them. I expected at least 1 big budget IP announcement

 

[Precious Tritium]

My only issue with that game is I feel like we've seen several games with a similar art style over the past few E3's. Bright, colorful, minimalist.

It's just not as interesting the 4th or 5th time you see it.

It's Journey, it's Rime, it's Abzu, it's Absolver, etc

 

[Papertoonz]

the issue isn't that cartoonsih games are bad, it's that so many games are using the same artstyle nowadays it's getting boring

people are getting bored with that artstyle and want something different

 

[tapedeck]

My issue wasn't that it was cartoony - it was that half their showing had a very similar art style.

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Yeah I kinda had that thought too..a very similar cartoony kind of vibe from a lot of what was shown today (the Rare game looks absolutely phenomenal though).

Im sure the big bad 'mature' AAA stuff is being saved for the Scarlett E3 blowout.

 

[Meatwad]

It would be horrible if all games had a realistic art style

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Live stream chats are always full of shitheads

Unless they're downvoting the YouTube videos and spamming trash this is a non-issue.