I read up a little on the snails vs. knights thing and them being an allegory for death is a genuine theory so maybe this is another of Austin's niche interests? Striving to unlock the the puzzle of 13th & 14th century depictions of knights battling snails on the side?!
I'll be honest I think people are crazy when they say this looks bad, if you go back and look at something like fallout 3 from the last generation and compare it to this it is night and day but you can very much see the same style of the world shining through. I'm not going to be crazy and say this is up there with Witcher 3 or anything (cd projekt are famous for visuals at this point) but I think to say it looks like trash to the point where it will ruin the game seems insane to me. Maybe it's just something I don't prioritize as much? Honestly not sure where this much hate is coming from though
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