Another thread ruined by OB1 and ABF! (a.k.a. 2004 Goron Game Awards!)

[A Black Falcon]

Now I don't expect BG to look a tenth as good as Frazetta work, but it's still bland and uninteresting.

That artwork reminds me of lots of fantasy artwork... 'generic' in many senses of the word. But the first thing I thought of when I saw it was Warhammer. Seems like it looks a bit like Warhammer art styles... more that than D&D for sure. Anyway, whatever. If you say so. I don't see it or agree.

Or Hero Quest? :)

Only in your delusional mind, my very young apprentice.

My thinking is that because my posts are usually longer I spend more time writing them...

I don't think KOTOR looks great or has great art, but it does look better than BG. IMO.

Characters I can see, but the environments and backgrounds? While BG certainly has plenty of stuff that is merely decent some is also quite beautiful... KotOR looks pretty good at times too, sure, but never quite as good I think.

(wish I could just post the images, MobyGames has some great ones! Much better than IGN or Gamespot's. So click.)
http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,3/gameId,2465/






Compare those to the graphics in BGI and you'll see how much it improved in game two. ( II above link and images, I below)

http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,3/gameId,712/