As I said before (examples for Blade Runner):

Photorealistic:

Stylized:

Taking one form of representation or the other does not make them creative by default. Otherwise someone might come to think that something like "Spirited Away" is creative, and "Apocalypse Now" is not cause it's realistic...when we all know all too well they are both masterpieces.

Bioshock Infinite and Journey look much, much better than Killzone or Battlefield could ever dream of.

It depends on the game. I understand realistic for games like a shooter. Like my husband plays those and that makes sense if there is a historical/geographical based context to it.

I do not mind cartoony, designy, graphicy, animation-y... it's all fine for me. It does not have to break benchmarks lol. As long as the game finds it's identity and is fun to play, I am sold. If it's boring crappy graphics, then who cares... but if it's old school, that's fine too. A lot of old school games are still playable for me, but it depends on your sensitivity I guess.

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