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What’s better: unit designers, or handcrafted art?Will you craft your men, or will someone else craft your world?
Will you craft your men, or will someone else craft your world?
Last time, you decided thatfiddling with environmental objects (henceforth known as fiddlebits) is better than rocket jumping. A toughie there, no doubt; I thank you for your careful deliberation. Next up, we’re settling an issue of whose hand shapes game, whether you’re getting hands-on with your mens or having someone else lovingly handcraft the entire world for you. What’s better: unit designers, or handcrafted art?
Unit designers
Buddy, I’m not even sure what a picket ship is.
I adore designing my own units. Give me a pool of perks, weapons, attributes, or whatever and I will happily tinker and coo and probably forget what I was supposed to be doing. The dress-up fun of character creators combined with the belief that actually, what I’m doing is really important. Sometimes it is. Often it is! And I’m just bad at it. That’s fine; I’m having a grand old time. Especially if it’s a game likeImpossible Creaturesletting me make daft animals.
The edges of this are blurry. Do your handcrafted vehicles in physics sandboxBesiegecount as “units” if you only have one? Does customising units in XCOM or even characters in RPGs count? I suppose you could make a case for it, if you want to. Do you want to? I’ll certainly let you try, though it’s not me you have to convince.
Handcrafted art
Hylicsis possibly the prettiest video game series. Modelling clay and real hands smoosh together in one dreamy look oozing vibes. Also, sometimes oozing melting fleshing. I adore it. It’s gorgeous. The first-person spellcasting animations with gloved hands conjuring clay oddities are supremely cool. Some of the very best-looking games, these, made largely with stuff you played with as a kid.
The Dream Machine!Lumino City!Beeswing! So many games with clay and cardboard and paper and paints and pencils and wood and rubbish!
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