One of the things I don’t like about modern games is how they all try to look photorealistic. Games used to have a somewhat hand drawn artstyle, which Final Fantasy is one of the only franchises that still does this as far as I know.
Take a look at Saddler.
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It doesn’t matter how good you make your graphics look, there will always be one I’ll prefer just because it has a style to it that isn’t the boring photorealistic look of today.
If I wanted to look at something photorealistic I’d just watch a movie or go outside.