Is it just me, or does anyone else think that 'Art Direction' is a cheap way of saying 'System X is not as strong as System Y, and the games aren't even close to one another graphically, but as an artist, this games looks excellent'.
It reminds me of comparing a pretty girl/boy to an ugly girl/boy and instead of someone being ashamed of being with an ugly person [which they should (sorry I'm so shallow)], they point out personality. It's just a cop-out. Graphics are graphics. The thread is graphically, the best game of 2008, but somehow, we got into art-direction.
/rant.







