New Prince of Persia artistic visuals: Style trumps realism |
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The art style currently being used for Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS) is really something. Take a closer look on the photo on the right, it's interesting and new as compared to the styles used in the previous games.In an interview with Next-Gen, visual art director Mickael Labat and creative director Jean-Christophe Guyot give out the reasons why they refashioned the look and art style of the game. The guys from Ubisoft explained that they're focusing more on the style and not realism.
Labat has explained that they want the game's look to be "fantasy, but credible." Labat added that they didn't want to use realism, instead they opted for caricatures.
Furthermore, Labat mentioned that they drew inspiration from various sources. They adopted styles from Japanese movies (Princess Mononoke), comic books, and other video games (Okami, the new Street Fighter, and Mirror's Edge).
Aside from this, Guyot bolstered what they were aiming for the game. He said that:
In terms of style, we know weÂ’re on the right track when you consider something like the new Street FighterÂ… weÂ’re not as extreme as that, but itÂ’s on the same wavelength. We donÂ’t have to showcase technology, we can just use it. ItÂ’s no longer about how shiny our rocks are.
The statements revealed by the two are very interesting, indeed. They're taking a different path in terms of developing the visuals of the game. We'll keep you guys updated with more information and updates on the game.
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Sometimes is cool to have realism, but sometimes it's cooler to have a nice looking game too (in an artistic way).
I'm gonna buy the game anyway since it's a prince of persia (on PS3), I just hope it won't be a nowhere game (like mini-games or something that do not ressemble prince of persia but use it's name).
PS: I'm sure they wanted to "be artistic" just so they could multiplatform on the wii as well, like sega is trying to do with skies of arcadia 2 (wii/ps3). I think the wii will gain a lot of support in the next years.
I expected the next Prince of Persia game to look more realistic rather than trying to do something different with the style. It's going to be like Zelda OoT to Wind Waker. This will end up being a mediocre game anyways.