Anybody else going to miss Art Deco?

[synulia]

I don't know, the Baroque art-style in G&K looks all well and dandy, but the Art Deco art style for vanilla CiV is one of the main draws for me, it just feels so grand and vast in scale which I feel really suits a game as grand as Civilization. Anyone else feel similar? Maybe they can offer some way to toggle between the art-styles the same way CIV let you toggle between menu screens.

 

[Ajuga]

Anyone have a good comparison between the two?
I actually didn't notice a difference yet.

 

[YouMust]

I don't see any difference.

 

[Louis XXIV]

It's still mostly art deco. It's actually going to be an odd mix of both. But it'll be art deco for the icons, baroque for the UI. That's ok with me, although I do think it should change by era.

 

[Liex]

(...)it just feels so grand and vast in scale which I feel really suits a game as grand as Civilization. Anyone else feel similar?

Yeah, you're so right... I liked the new UI, but I'll probably switch back to the Art Deco given the option, even if it doesn't suit the 'Gods and Kings' theme quite well, as Andrew Ryan would object:

The thing I really didn't like is the new Main Menu... (Does anyone have a screen of it? I can't find it anywhere...)

 

[CoolLizy]

The first thing my brother said when I showed him some clips of the new expansion was "What happened to the art deco look?"

I, too, will miss it. The weird Baroque-Art Deco fusion is a bit too loud on the screen and messes with one of the best things the game had going for it visually.

 

[Deggial]

Unfortunately, I have to agree!

I *love* Art Deco and - in my opinion - it was a great choice to have this UI style in CiV (including and with special emphasis to the (current) main screen. It is *so* great!). Worse than a complete baroque UI only might be the wired mix of styles.

If possible, I would love to have the possibility to change the style back. With a check box or even with a xml entrance.

As Louis, I would like to see an era specific design, though. I asked a question about this, in an older thread already: would it be possible to mod this? Is there any graphic data that can be changed? Or is everything integrated in the DLL and therefore unaccessible?

 

[AriochIV]

It's still mostly art deco. It's actually going to be an odd mix of both.

Yes... the baroque elements tacked on to the art deco design don't really mesh. But this is the least of my concerns.

 

[Ekmek]

I never was a fan of art deco until I saw how they did it in this game. It comes across clean & crisp. I hope here is an option to keep this UI instead of the new one. the renassance doesnt do it for me.

 

[sukritact]

Yes please! Get us an option to change the interface, the baroque reminds me of my grandma's furniture.

 

[Ahhuatl]

I'm not artistically inclined in the slighest and didn't even notice any change. Would someone be kind enough to post a picture and highlight the style change?

 

[AriochIV]

I'm not artistically inclined in the slighest and didn't even notice any change. Would someone be kind enough to post a picture and highlight the style change?

It's mainly just the addition of scrollwork elements.

But since the fonts and icons are still Art Deco, the baroque elements seem out of place.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Spoiler :

God and Kings

Spoiler :

Original

The second picture is a very old one from the game (as noted by how influence is shown at Geneva) mostly becaue each of the other pictures (made by the community) involve the "smaller scale interface"

EDIT : God darn it! At least I shown the Tech progress too!

 

[CoolLizy]

Looking at the pictures, I'm also reminded how much I hate how rigged and stale they've made the new borders. Were the hexes really so hard to tell apart before that they have to overcompensate that much?

 

[Pouakai]

They only go rigid when on a border between two empires, I think.

I will mostly miss the Art Deco, especially in the top of the UI Infoboxes. I would sorely like a switch function!

 

[smallfish]

All I'm seeing is that unworked aluminium, and an Irish MRL stationed inside Cardiff, waiting for some inevitable French warmongering...

All while that resource tile is being left alone. So lonely.

Judging by the screenshots, maybe its still possible to beeline/chain-bulb satellites before even touching Combustion path...?

I hope so! :V

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

I think Cardiff is in Wales btw.

And we can't say for sure because they have re-done the Tech Tree, so ANYTHING is possible, not to mentio we have a brand new Era which I can't help but feel it's after Modern Era.. (primary because Attila only had 3 spies instead of 4.
1 - Spy at Renaissance
2 - Spy at Industrial
3- Spy at Modern, which attila was in at the Pax Demo)

 

[AriochIV]

Unfortunately, the number of spies doesn't tell us anything.

1. All the videos and screenshot are mocked-up, and not from real games.
2. A spy can get killed at any time.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Unfortunately, the number of spies doesn't tell us anything.

1. All the videos and screenshot are mocked-up, and not from real games.
2. A spy can get killed at any time.

I guess that's a possibility, was thinking that he just made up a lie about his spy getting killed and that being a brand new one, his old one is probably just dead.

ANYWAYS, back to topic. I actually like the new style.

 

[bcaiko]

I'm fine with the new style. Even the mesh of art deco and baroque doesn't look that out of place to me the way they designed it. It looks like neuvo-baroque. haha