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

[A Black Falcon]

I've already played the game, so you don't need to post screens. The
backgrounds are all well-rendered and I admire the artists' hard work,
but they are still very aesthetically bland to me.

I don't think you have ever said that you have played Baldur's Gate II, so no, to the best of my knowledge you have not played the game. And as I said BGII is clearly better looking than BGI so you cannot just say that they are the same. They are not, in graphics, gameplay, story, etc. Similar yes. The same? Not at all.



As for those screenshots, way to answer my question and post shots of RPGs... Ico is great looking but it isn't an RPG. That Okami game... stylized, but I wouldn't say it's THAT great... it looks fine, sure. But among a 'most beautiful games ever' list? And as for Metroid, those shots don't exactly show off the title's style... still, it is a very good looking game for sure. Not in those pictures so much, but it is. Defininitely far better looking than KotOR... though it's in a different genre and everything. And that really is important... comparing things to similar products. Within the RPG genre BG looks quite good. Of course others look nice too... but I'd definitely say BG looks good. And I happen to think its art style is just fine. I will say that I don't understand this "dark" thing you are talking about though...

Syberia has pretty nice art, even if it is all FMV...

FMV? No, it's not FMV, it's rendered... there is a difference there...