I definitely agree and hear what you’re saying but strong art style achieves the same thing and invariably ages better. There are definitely occasionally those games going for photorealistic that make me pause and appreciate it but more often than not it’s the games that really own a distinct, creative, and well thought out visual style.

Man haven’t listened to the dear hunter in forever. Never really made it past the color album/EPs with them but think I gotta get back into it!