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A friend of mine just sent me a link and a message via IM.
http://gamereactor.se/media/big/borderlands_180557.jpg
seriöst, att en bild kan få en så intresserad av ett spel
(URL from 19/4/09)
The message translates to: "Seriously, to think that a picture can get you so interested in a game"
And y'Know, he's got a very valid point. The pic is from a game called Borderlands. I personally hadn't heard about the game before at all, but at the instant I looked at the picture, I was hooked!
All of a sudden, from that single screenshot I'm very interested to say the least and I intend to catch up on the facts. Learn from this!
Apparently it's a game by Gearbox Software that just now changed to cel-shading rendering instead of "ordinary" graphics. As of now, that's all I know.
It's one of many examples of how you benefit if you're able to make a strong impression at once when showing off your goods.
I'm posting the image here, though taken from their official site and not Gamereactor.
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/screenshot/borderlands_ss1_full/ (19/4/09)
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April 20th, 2009 - 09:15
Yeah.. Actually, that’s not cellshaded. It’s textured to be cartoony but it is in fact realistically shaded.
Cellshading is when the light is calculated to portray colors in only a few shades of highlights. Like Zelda the wind waker.
But I agree about the picture. Marketing on a low lever, but still something most games do badly.
April 22nd, 2009 - 23:27
The screenshot doesn’t really make me THAT interested in the game… It’s a nice screenshot, nothing “wow” about it. I don’t like the mix of cartoon visuals and an attempt on something serious like a dead corpse. It’s happy and serious at the same time, makes me confused. The characters have boring poses, giving a less dramatic and interesting shot. The colorful weapons in the crate, behind them, are just…blergh.
To me it’s not an awesome screenshot, because I don’t understand what it says..or want…or anything.
And what’s up with all the red colors… hair, building, blood, crate, clothes..