Fugliest art design this gen (not including shovelware)?

Madworld for Wii-A black and white game is a good idea in theory, but Madworld makes such bad use of contrast that the overall effect is garish and makes my eyes bleed.

Perfect Dark Zero for the 360-Yeah, I know I'm supposed to give this game slack being a 360 launch title, but the game has a nasty cheap plastic look that is curiously devoid of detail.

Resistance: Fall of Man for PS3-Yes, another launch title, but considering the strength of the art design in Ratchet and Clank games, Resistance is weirdly flat and generally ugly looking. That being said, it looks alot better than PDZ and Resistance 2 and 3 did improve greatly in that area. The game still generally looks like ass tho.

The Conduit 1 & 2. I have no idea why people were hyping these games for their looks. No matter how technically advanced they may be (and to be honest, I have my doubts about that), the art design is about as bad as it gets for an FPS. The sunset in this screenshot looks nice, but everything else is pure ass.

Various PS3 exclusive JRPGs hyped by finalstar (Some of you might consider these shovelware, but when I say shovelware, I'm talking about games like Barbies horse adventure or M&Ms racing, etc.) The images speak for themselves:

Star Ocean: The Last Hope-The dungeons are fugly, but aside from that, the environments look okay. Still, this game wins a spot because of its fugly doll-like character models.

You get the point.

Shinobi for the 3DS-Now this might very well be a solid game in terms of mechanics, but good lord it looks like ass. The colors are nasty looking and the geometry and backgrounds are messy and devoid of detail.

Duke Nukem Forever-I know this game had its little cult following on SW a little while ago, but this is yet another plastic looking FPS that's tacky and garish to boot.

Anyway, what are the fugliest games of this gen IYO?

I actually found that disabling shaders in dnf hilariously made the game look a lot better:

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I actually found that disabling shaders in dnf hilariously made the game look a lot better:

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topgunmv

That does make it look much better. Second pics has way richer colors. Still doesn't look at all that good tho.

star ocean was indeed an ugly a$$ gamecampzor

The Star Ocean games were never that great in terms of art design, but atleast the older ones were tolerable. It's weird how the series got so terrible looking once it lept into this gen.

Threads are getting lamer.

R2

Threads are getting lamer.

MicrosoftRules

Would you rather me make a "Vita is doooooooomed" thread or something like that?

Skyward Sword.themajormayor

Good joke.

[QUOTE="MicrosoftRules"]

Threads are getting lamer.

GreySeal9

Would you rather me make a "Vita is doooooooomed" thread or something like that?

Lol. I don't care what you do, this thread is lame. You're asking people which game has the ugliest art design.. lol.

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="MicrosoftRules"]

Threads are getting lamer.

MicrosoftRules

Would you rather me make a "Vita is doooooooomed" thread or something like that?

Lol. I don't care what you do, this thread is lame. You're asking people which game has the ugliest art design.. lol.

You're entitled to think the thread is lame, but if you think the concept is so dumb, I'm not sure why you entered. I guess some people think b!tching about threads that don't interest them is fun. Different strokes and all that.

[QUOTE="MicrosoftRules"]

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

Would you rather me make a "Vita is doooooooomed" thread or something like that?

GreySeal9

Lol. I don't care what you do, this thread is lame. You're asking people which game has the ugliest art design.. lol.

You're entitled to think the thread is lame, but if you think the concept is so dumb, I'm not sure why you entered.

I wanted to say the thread was lame..

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]Skyward Sword.GreySeal9

Good joke.

From recent memory,DNF,Resistance 1 and inFamous 1.While I enjoyed inFamous,its overall visual design is terrible,lifeless,bland and colorless...

Fortunately,inFamous 2 fixed that...

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="MicrosoftRules"]

Lol. I don't care what you do, this thread is lame. You're asking people which game has the ugliest art design.. lol.

MicrosoftRules

You're entitled to think the thread is lame, but if you think the concept is so dumb, I'm not sure why you entered.

I wanted to say the thread was lame..

Okay. Knock yourself out I guess.

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]Skyward Sword.themajormayor

Good joke.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

Good joke.

parkurtommo

From recent memory,DNF,Resistance 1 and inFamous 1.While I enjoyed inFamous,its overall visual design is terrible,lifeless,bland and colorless...

Fortunately,inFamous 2 fixed that...

Rocker6

I agree. Infamous 1 is bland and ugly while Infamous 2 looks great.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

Good joke.

parkurtommo

Skyward is definitely eye sex for the most part.

[QUOTE="parkurtommo"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] no jokeGreySeal9

Skyward is definitely eye sex for the most part.

Yeah but what about this???

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="parkurtommo"] Then you have no idea what you're talking about.themajormayor

Skyward is definitely eye sex for the most part.

Yeah but what about this???

I don't see anything wrong with that pic.

Nothing can beat Hyperdimension Neptunia.

To me Trine 2 had a real pukey Lisa Frank quality, though I know it's considered good-looking for some reason.

And then there's Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

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[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

Skyward is definitely eye sex for the most part.

GreySeal9

Yeah but what about this???

I don't see anything wrong with that pic.

Killzone 2 and 3. I didn't find any of that game atheistically pleasing in the slightest.

Nothing can beat Hyperdimension Neptunia.

To me Trine 2 had a real pukey Lisa Frank quality, though I know it's considered good-looking for some reason.

Cherokee_Jack

I'm not a fan of Fable 2/3 art design.

Are you f*cking seriousparkurtommo

Yes.

Leaked Trine 3 screenshot:

Killzone 2 and 3. I didn't find any of that game atheistically pleasing in the slightest.

Wasdie

Any animu JRPG for otakus.

Ninety Nine Nights 2.

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Killzone 2 and 3. I didn't find any of that game atheistically pleasing in the slightest.

Ninja-Hippo

Totally forgot about Killzone games.While I wouldn't say they have the "fugliest" art design,I still find both visually unappealing,bland and lifeless,especially Killzone 2...

Resistance 2 or kameo

Darksiders. What was the Yahtzee quote again? That 'the art designer started drawing the characters... and never ****ing stopped', I think. Yeah...TheOtherTheoG

The characters were pretty bad, but I did like the monsters for the most part.

resistance or killzone..pick one their equally bad

KZ2, Madworld, and Halo 3.tagyhag

HALO 3 and KZ2? :question::?

Theres quite a few that look worse than those.

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]KZ2, Madworld, and Halo 3.GOGOGOGURT

HALO 3 and KZ2? :question::?

Theres quite a few that look worse than those.

MadWorld is hardly "fugly".

I actually agree with Skyward Sword. The art direction just didn't work for me. This is coming from someone who thinks The Wind Waker is the best looking Zelda game.

I actually agree with Skyward Sword. The art direction just didn't work for me. This is coming from someone who thinks The Wind Waker is the best looking Zelda game.

Ross_the_Boss6

Ditto, althought, to be fair, I have yet to actually play Skyward Sword(I truly disliked what I was hearing early on. Fly around on a bird? In the sky? Dafuq?). I'll get around to it eventually.

Rage gets my vote. What a piece of garbage.

i agree with star ocean and enchanted arms was another game that stumbled into HD hardware. SO had the creepy doll faces while the characters in EA looked like they had birth defects. the environments in both were horribly dull and monotonous.

ill quantify this by saying ive never played it, but darksiders just looks awful. it has all the flaccid beefcake obsession of epic's titles and the warhammer games combined with the prepubescent interpretation of evil found in slipknot album covers.