Unit 78: Digital graphics

Artistic styles

 Game styles

Hyper coloured visual style – Geometry wars, Super stardust HD Geometry wars Using bright colours, often pulsating lights. The lighting is normally quite flashy. This style lends itself to shoot ’em ups as the fast pacing of the game added with the style create a sense of panic.

Hyper realistic visual style – Battlefield 4, Crysis 3 Crysis 3 Trying to be as realistic as possible, it almost looks photo like. Meaning realistic colouring, with realistic lighting effects.

Grindhouse visual style – Typing of the dead: Overkill, Splatterhouse Typing of the dead Taking the name from the style used it the film ‘Grindhouse’ these games have an emphasis on dark, using a filtered look, it uses tropes of cinema in its style, e.g. track lines on the side.

Black and white visual style – Madworld, Limbo Limbo It’s great at contrast, with the difference in lighting being stunning to look at. This minimalist style is like marmite I think, you either love it or hate it. Personally I think it looks great.

Historical visual style – Call of Duty: World at war, Rock of Ages Rock of ages It seems to normally be mixed in with other visual styles, but on its own, it’s like realistic games, but with the greater emphasis on specific style, e.g. Is its Greek, then it takes influence of ancient Greek art.

Military visual style – Call of Duty: Modern warfare, Medal of honour Modern Warfare The pallet is normally a mix of brown and grey, with the focus similar to that of the realistic styles.

Apocalyptic visual style – Fallout: New Vegas, Rage Rage Quite dirty looking, using browns and other dull colours. With an emphasis on the worlds destruction, there is normally little no know clean or bright colours.

Cartoony visual style – Borderlands, Splosion man, Crash bandicoot Splosion man Normally quite nostalgic, it’s bright and normally colourful. It feels quite playful

Cell–Shaded visual style – Borderlands 2, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Borderlands 2 This style uses harsh outlines, and looks quite gritty, almost comic like. Similarly to the cartoony styles, it looks bright, fun and very harsh.

Electronic visual style – Wipeout HD, Ratchet and clank Wipeout HD Using bright lights, sci-fi looking models and an almost futuristic background, it is normally great to look at.