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Street Fighter IV and V have my favorite implementation so far. The characters, to me, look like realistic physical objects with a good sense of weight to them.

Street Fighter IV and V have my favorite implementation so far. The characters, to me, look like realistic physical objects with a good sense of weight to them. But instead of resembling humans and therefore falling into the uncanny valley, they look like realistic lifesize action figures like the ones I played with as a kid. Like my childhood play scenes come to life. (I'm not sure if the creators intentionally wanted the characters to look like action figures per se, but clearly they made the choice to go for a stylized rather than photorealistic look and I love what they achieved) https://www.pcmag.com/review/341914/street-fighter-v-for-pc https://www.pcmag.com/review/341914/street-fighter-v-for-pc

dragontamer 8y ago
The stylized "comic book" feel of Marvel vs Capcom 3, and the "DBZ Feel" of Dragonball FighterZ are the looks that I personally like the most. Dragonball FighterZ is nothing close to reality, but whatever they did to that game makes it look just like hand-drawn 2d anime. Here is some random tournament footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOBrRhgv0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOBrRhgv0I -------- Whatever Blue Sky did for the "Peanuts" 3d movie was utterly amazing too. It was the first major 3d movie I've seen that faithfully captured the comic style. Its not a video game, but its a similar "art-form translation" issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQpUQPrAfQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQpUQPrAfQM
- JohnBooty 8y ago
  Yeah, FighterZ is just incredible! The Cyber Connect 2-developed games, mostly in the Naruto universe, have been making great progress along those lines for years. But DB FighterZ takes the cake. One thing that's "special" about Capcom's recent SF games is that I find the art style unique! FighterZ is an absolutely incredible technical artistic achievement, probably moreso than SF IV/V. I would call FighterZ the more impressive achievement. On the other hand, FighterZ replicates an existing look, whereas SF IV/V veers into some new territory IMO so I give it credit there.

dragontamer 8y ago

The stylized "comic book" feel of Marvel vs Capcom 3, and the "DBZ Feel" of Dragonball FighterZ are the looks that I personally like the most. Dragonball FighterZ is nothing close to reality, but whatever they did to that game makes it look just like hand-drawn 2d anime. Here is some random tournament footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOBrRhgv0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XOBrRhgv0I -------- Whatever Blue Sky did for the "Peanuts" 3d movie was utterly amazing too. It was the first major 3d movie I've seen that faithfully captured the comic style. Its not a video game, but its a similar "art-form translation" issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQpUQPrAfQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQpUQPrAfQM

JohnBooty 8y ago
Yeah, FighterZ is just incredible! The Cyber Connect 2-developed games, mostly in the Naruto universe, have been making great progress along those lines for years. But DB FighterZ takes the cake. One thing that's "special" about Capcom's recent SF games is that I find the art style unique! FighterZ is an absolutely incredible technical artistic achievement, probably moreso than SF IV/V. I would call FighterZ the more impressive achievement. On the other hand, FighterZ replicates an existing look, whereas SF IV/V veers into some new territory IMO so I give it credit there.