Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee reveal trailer

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NightlyPoe said:

curl-6 said:

The potential audience for a modern HD Pokemon game reaches well beyond just the existing core fanbase; it's not at all far-fetched that among those interested there are many for whom graphics this outdated aren't satisfactory.

1.  This whole game is very much about reaching beyond the core fanbase and is using the flavor of Pokemon Go.  It's doing so through a welcoming, clean aesthetic.

2.  The graphics are not outdated.  Once again, we are living through a period where many game designers are experimenting with less power-intensive graphics.  There's no such thing as modern graphics anymore.  The standard simply doesn't exist the way it once did.

3.  Your point seems to rest entirely on "Some people like graphics this way".  Fair enough, but you could just as easily say, "Some people like 1st person shooters and it's not at all far-fetched that among those interested in 1st person shooters, there are many for whom a simple RPG isn't satisfactory."  There are obviously millions of them as well.

That's their right, but not every game is going to cater to those people who dismiss games that aren't 1st person shooters.

I think it's not the point.

Their designers know what they're doing and gameplay is usually more important than graphics (depending on the genre or the player, perhaps) plus the game has everything to be successful. Having said that, those graphics still look dated and cheap, below the standards of most current generation console JRPGs to the point that one could believe that the game is port of a mobile game.

Obviously it's not a scientific discussion, there's a lot of opinion on this matter, but still the game looks lazy, like it was developed in a cheap engine of sorts, without enough polishing, and we know that they could do a lot better without any absurd effort.