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Indeed. If I showed this to someone and told them it was from an upcoming indie game, it would be absolutely believable. Nope, it's almost a...

realism is the easiest thing to do art direction for specially at that scale, and makes it easier for the devs to just buy assets in bulk or...

I'd say Valve's art style strikes a good balance between realistic and cartoony. They're the only AAA company that's able to produce graphics that...

Borderlands (especially 2, and TPS to a lesser extent, ironically because of the art direction being a bit worse and the setting somehow less...