If you had to choose from these two visual styles...

Which would it be?

FRUITY

or

GRITTY

Gritty. Stalkers artstyle >>>>>> Marios artstyle by miles.

Does Shadow of The Colossus count as "fruity" or "gritty"?

I wonder if... You could combine them? :o

It really depends on the type of game.

I prefer gritty over fruity.

I dont know, i prefer realistic looking games... that are set in fruity environments.

Like oblivion, is that fruity or gritty? Beautiful landscapes but not cartoonish. I like games that look like oblivion.

I prefer color as opposed to no color.

Stalker is very colorful, its not that gritty honestly...

Depends on the game.

Also, I wouldn't call STALKER gritty. Walk around in the Swamps or Agropom at day in Clear Sky and tell me it's gritty.

I perfer playing games and not judging it by it's Color.

I prefer color to shades of brown and gray.

Depends on the gritty.

If you mean Stalker kind of gritty yes, as it still has colour. If you mean Killzone 2 kind of gritty, no i will take fruity.

Stalker is very colorful, its not that gritty honestly...

JangoWuzHere

This is the point, a game doesn't need to be grey and brown to be gritty. Its more about overall atomsphere and bleakness, and in that respect Stalker is very gritty.

I prefer color as opposed to no color.

Silverbond

This. And context of gameplay is important. You don't want a MAfia game to look like a water color painting, not do you want a family-friendly platformer to be all greys and browns.

And colorful =/= "fruity".

Gritty from those pictures.

This is the point, a game doesn't need to be grey and brown to be gritty. Its more about overall atomsphere and bleakness, and in that respect Stalker is very gritty.Snagal123

When I think of gritty I first and foremost think of presentation rather than atmosphere.

Depends on the game.

Also, I wouldn't call STALKER gritty. Walk around in the Swamps or Agropom at day in Clear Sky and tell me it's gritty.

DraugenCP

Depends on the time of day. :P The Zone can look pretty at times, in a macabre sort of way.

very few games really sit on extreme ends of the spectrum but if i had to take one, i will take the colourful look

Colours don't matter to me as much as art style.

it depends.

sometimes gritty games look really brown. I don't like that.

kind of in the middle. Halo Reach could make for a good example.

Colours don't matter to me as much as art style.

Gxgear

Fruity if it's combined with a great art $tyle I mean Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts is far beyond what any other cartoon game looks like this gen imo. It makes you happy, and cheerful just to explore the environements.

Gritty adds a lot to the atmosphere of a game in some cases. Take a game like STALKER for example. You'd lose all the atmosphere if it was a bright and colorful world given the theme of the game.

Neither $tyle is really a preference to me though. It's just that in some cases you need one $tyle over another, and I'd say 99% of devs realize this, so I can't imagine I'll ever come across a gritty game with a rich atmosphere, and think to myself "Wow I wish this game was bright and colorful"

this is a halo vs killzone tread in disguise

It depends how they combine it with the artstyIe.

To me, this is like Metroid Prime vs Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Both have amazing artstyles. I personally prefer Metroid's, "gritty" lonely environment, compared to Mario's happy colorful environments.

I like both equally, but i picked color as its the colorful games that usually give me the "wow" moments when first playing them, Kameo being a prime example of that.

It depends on the game, I don't want a gritty Mario game and I don't want a nuclear wasteland to be full of color, and life.

I like both equally, but i picked color as its the colorful games that usually give me the "wow" moments when first playing them, Kameo being a prime example of that.

Snugenz

Looks like a bit too much color imo. The best looking part of the picture is the rocks and the water imo.

Colorful.

Color, the gritty look gets old fast and everything ends up looking the same

Colours don't matter to me as much as art style.

Gxgear

But from many countless posts during the many years I have been reading SW posts apparently:

Art style=bright colors=almighty irreproachable opinions

Does Shadow of The Colossus count as "fruity" or "gritty"?nervmeister

And that final boss fight...

Combination... fritty.

It really depends on the game.

I say "gritty". A blast of color is a nice change of pace, once in a while though.

Combination of both thank you very much.

I wonder if... You could combine them? :o

It really depends on the type of game.

lundy86_4

u should play bayonetta

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I wonder if... You could combine them? :o

It really depends on the type of game.

pc-ps360

u should play bayonetta

*barfs* I take my statement back, I don't want a combination of both. I'll play both types of games, gritty and err fruity lol.

I don't judge games by the color of their graphics but by the content of their gameplay.

Who the hell would want to eat a cereal called Gritty Pepples?nervmeister

Fruity. I like colors. Lots of bright colors make me happy. Not to say Gritty is bad, I just like me some colors.

im happy playing either to be honest. not to bothered if its gears or galaxy. im glad both styles exist so i have a choice and don't get bored with either style. if pushed and HAD to chose just 1 i would go for the gritty look.