Civ 6's Art Style - Do You Like It?

[anonxanemone]

To be fair, fitting to the historical theme, portraits that emphasized realism were a relatively new invention, right? Old paintings of historical figures aren't that realistic a lot times.

 

[conorbebe]

To be fair, fitting to the historical theme, portraits that emphasized realism were a relatively new invention, right? Old paintings of historical figures aren't that realistic a lot times.

I actually wish Firaxis had gone even further in this direction and made the leaders living, breathing, three-dimensional versions of their historical depictions, almost like caricatures. I know this would have only made their designs more controversial, but personally I think it would have been a lot of fun, especially in the setting of a game that usually doesn't prioritise realism or accuracy.

 

[Zaarin]

To be fair, fitting to the historical theme, portraits that emphasized realism were a relatively new invention, right? Old paintings of historical figures aren't that realistic a lot times.

I'd say it's the other way around. While a certain amount of flattery was involved in painting royal portraits, they can be surprisingly honest--just go look for any painting of a Habsburg. That was not flattering. In general modern art has moved away from realism since the invention of the photograph in the late 19th century since many artists ask the point of simply imitating what a machine can do (a sentiment I sympathize with).

 

[anonxanemone]

just go look for any painting of a Habsburg.

I like to imagine portraits of Habsburgs are the flattering paintings

 

[Zaarin]

I like to imagine portraits of Habsburgs are the flattering paintings

"Forgive me, my lady, did my chin just put out your eye while we were dancing?"

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

All those cities belonged to the Spanish Empire at the time ... I just say why Havana & Manila are in the list and the others not ... what's the criteria?

And that's odd that Spain is the only one case (for "modern countries" obviously) which city list includes cities that do no belong to the country nowadays ... there is not Victoria's Hong Kong nor Trajan's Jerusalem

Maybe the criteria is Havana and Manila were actually colonial cities founded by the Spanish Empire unlike Brussels and Lisbon.
Plus I'm pretty sure Lisbon is going to become the capital for Portugal whenever they inevitably come.

Actually the Netherlands have several colonial cities on their list as well including Batavia, which is present-day Jakarta.

 

[leif erikson]

Moderator Action: We've had a thread that was concerned with the appearance of leaders. Please do not hijack this thread.

 

[sonicmyst]

I would like to ask the modders out there if the art style of Civ VI has made it easier for you to make custom leaders, districts, units, buildings etc compared to previous civ games?

I feel like it is.

 

[Gedemon]

I would like to ask the modders out there if the art style of Civ VI has made it easier for you to make custom leaders, districts, units, buildings etc compared to previous civ games?

I feel like it is.

I'm no artist, from my perspective I'd say it's more difficult to find (new) source for units with the same artstyle compared to civ4-civ5. It would be easier to replace the vanilla units to have a coherent line-up.

On the other hand, the civ6 tools allows to reuse the existing assets pretty easily to make new units (or improvements, wonders, buildings, ...) from parts of other assets.

I'm curious of the answer for the real artists making new leaders for example, but I'd expect it to be more difficult.

 

[ThunderLizard2]

I actually wish Firaxis had gone even further in this direction and made the leaders living, breathing, three-dimensional versions of their historical depictions, almost like caricatures. I know this would have only made their designs more controversial, but personally I think it would have been a lot of fun, especially in the setting of a game that usually doesn't prioritise realism or accuracy.

3D models is the last thing we need IMHO. CK3 added that and all it does is make my graphics card work hard (both fans spinning) and for what?

 

[The Civs 6]

3D models is the last thing we need IMHO. CK3 added that and all it does is make my graphics card work hard (both fans spinning) and for what?

I just want to say that I got to play Civ 5 with maxed out graphics (versus min'ed out graphics on my last laptop). Makes absolutely no difference in my playing experience.