

This style of art direction often imparts an ageless charm to the games that use it, and some of the most memorable games ever share the use of this technique. In fact, there are actually many famous games that have purposefully avoided realistic graphics, instead opting to go in the opposite direction using a rendering technique called cel-shading.Ĭel-shading is a way of rendering 3-D objects to make them appear more 2-D, or cartoon-like. The games that were popular this year should be perfect examples of this, as Among Us, Animal Crossing : New Horizons, and Fall Guys have seen success in massive amounts.

With current-gen consoles having more rendering power than ever before, now seems like the perfect time to remind gamers that a good video game does not necessarily need realistic graphics.
