The Art Direction of Fallout: New Vegas

I want some more Fallout so I am fine with all this.

" Gamebryo. Gamebryo never changes. "

Apparently they couldn't include New Reeno....

I'm genuinely surprised about the number of people shitting on this game.
 
I'm still excited for it. Loved Fallout and Fallout 2 and V:TM:BL:Colons

This game just makes me think "So WHAT!?". Seriously.. this looks like a freaking map pack.

When are people going to realize that art direction =/= graphical quality?  Christ.

Graphics engine != art direction.
 
Ignorance is bliss I guess.

" the graphics are kinda ass but max it out on PC and it's all good. "

Zombies and Vegas are the new peanut butter and chocolate

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Well I'll tell you plenty about the Fallout design theory.
 
It's bad.  If there was one thing horrendously sore thumby about fallout, it was the monster designs and the almost unbearably stilted animation. So basically everything pertaining to art direction.
 
 
Also, is saying NUCULAR instead of NUCLEAR like a speech impediment or are people still oblivious to that one? I mean come on, how can you say the word NUCLEAR, in your POST NUCLEAR WAR GAME, completely wrong. That's stupid.
 
also watching that dude fuck up drawing a STRAIGHT LINE on his Cintiq while hitting the shift key (auto straightens your lines, all you have to do is start the line at the appropriate level), that's like, my grandma would not make that mistake. Says something about the art capabilities of their team soooo why are they promoting this again?

Gamebryo. Gamebryo never changes.

Wow this game looks terrible. I mean the engine they're using is just... oh my lawd.

Gamebryo needs to be done now.

Totally going to buy it! And it looks so bad! I mean baaaad..

This game had art direction? I figured it was just still borrowing from Elder's Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

The people in this still look like the jerky-moving ceramic figures from Fallout 3

So want!

Looks like Fallout 3 to me. >_>

It's funny how even in the this trailer the area where the Landscape Mesh and Generic Mesh connects still flickers and glitches out when it's far away. You'd think 3 games would be enough for them to fix that.

Ouch, the graphics engine has not aged well.  Am I the only one that was underwhelmed by the Vegas Strip in game?  I remember watching the original Ocean's Eleven (1960's) and it was much more lively and colorful than what they have done.  

God, I hope the writing and voice acting is great, because copy-pasting all the assets and clunky combat from Fallout 3 is pretty lame in 2010.  I loved all three numbered Fallout's, I hope Feargus can still make cool dialogue trees.

I need me one of those touch screen monitors for working.

the graphics are kinda ass but max it out on PC and it's all good.  at least there's colors for a change.  as long as the game is fun it's all good.

Hope I enjoy this as much as 3!!!!

I wonder if this will be worth 60$ especially if I didn't buy Fallout 3.

Rat Pack era Vegas is just awesome. Seems like a much cooler setting than the Capital Wasteland.

people who say they dont like the look of this are a bunch of commies

I love fallout 3 and cant wait for this 

I'm buying this game based on my love for anything fallout 3. Unfortunatly visually the game looks like total crap, even worse than fo3 did.

That's a lot of video just to say "we made vegas and some ruins".
 
Absolute shit.

shooting looks like crap, animation couldn't be more stiff, general visuals are quite ugly, but damned if I'm not excited about it!  this game will take over my life for at least a month.  

Oh. So it's like Fallout 3 but in a desert instead of a wasteland. Considering my general dislike of Obsidian, not to mention the fact that I have pretty much had my fill of Fallout 3, I am considering doing a pass on this, at least until they drop the price.

So, brown?

" hey is it just me or do some of those guns seem a bit  too modern for the fallout aesthetic... "

It looks so shitty. So much colour, it looks like someone spilt a load of paint cans onto a bunch of childrens papermache houses.
 
GRR. This new art style makes me rage, I'd LOVE a neon city if it didn't look like they ripped of the toy story art style in the process. Not enough Grit and Grime for this to be a Fallout game.

Why do I even watch these video? My hype for this game couldn't be higher.

The graphics look really fucking bad. 

I'll pass. I played too much fallout 3 that I can live without playing this.

" @dvorak:  We put a lot of work into new animations when I was there. There's only so much you can do on the timeline we had, though. "

a dated game engine is a dated game engine. After Oblivion it was looking ropey and Fallout 3 just about got away with it but this time I am not paying full price for this game. I'm gonna wait, get a GOTY or somesuch cheap.

hey is it just me or do some of those guns seem a bit  too modern for the fallout aesthetic...

looks awesome, but I think a lot of the new textures and bright colors mesh horribly with the fallout's art. plus this game looks shitty, fallout 3 looked awesome on a cranked up pc, i wonder if they were just demoing with low graphics.

I have no problems with the ugliness of this game, in fact I like that it reminds of me Fallout 3. The one problem I do have though (however minor) is how they've smoothed over some of the rough edges, they've made it look a tiny bit cartoon-y, not as dirty as Fallout 3.

" @Zanny said:

" Argh! The Geckos are back... Those guys were a pain in the beginning of Fallout 2. "

I hear they can save you a ton on car insurance though. "

i'll just have to wait for the mods to make it pretty, like i did with fallout 3.