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"Bad Graphics"
A video on YouTube. In Video Essays, a Krater category.
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An exploration of video game graphics, focusing on Tales from Off-Peak City and comparing its stylized approach to AAA flagship releases.
From the video
Answers: Why do some video games with unconventional graphics have more immersive worlds than AAA games?
- video game graphics
- Triple-A games
- indie game development
- aesthetic choices in games
- urban design in video games
What it concludes
- AAA releases use high-end graphics as a flagship symbol to prove their consoles and ecosystems are worth buying.
- The more cities in the real world compete to be different, the more they end up looking the same with generic architecture.
- Tales from Off-Peak City succeeds not in spite of its unconventional graphics, but because of them.
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