curl-6 said:
Qwark said:
If you put enough high res textures and polygons into a game it will surely be very demanding, cartoony or not. But most cartoon games have less high quality textures and polygons than their realistic counterparts.
Point is that most cartoony styled games don't need those or won't aim for those. Which is why they age better. Ratchet and Clank being somewhat of an exception, when it comes to maximising hardware. Although Spiderman will be way more demanding than Ratchet and Clank. Although the latter is still a visual masterpiece and will age rather well. Horizon and Uncharted are also visually more demanding. But probably won't age as well since realism is defined by lightning complexity, polygons, high res textures etc.
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It's still a gross oversimplification to say that a cartoony game will automatically be less demanding than one that attempts realism. The games would need to be examined on an individual basis. For instance, a cartoony game that pushes the Switch will be more graphically demanding than a realistic one that pushes PS3/360, simply because the Switch is considerably stronger hardware.
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Nobody is saying that. people are saying thats it's much easier to get impressive results with cartoony graphics because they are not demanding as realistic, as well as hardly any developer is pushing the envelope with cartoony graphics, ratchet and clank remake is a small budget title, and look at how good it looks.
