bardicverse on 04 June 2008
Yeah I gotta say that cartoonish graphics don't exactly mean low budget. Take a look at Zelda: Wind Waker. It might not be your artistic taste, but it doesn't make it cheap. To be honest, there are dev tools out there like FPS Creator that you can make a complete game with multiplayer and have it look like your average mid to high budget FPS game. That program costs like $50 US. So, don't assume that realistic graphics = high budget.
