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    well it's called concept art, not a screenshot.
    concept art is just more along the lines of an illustrated take on the game rather than the exact game itself.

    unless i'm horribly mistaken on my view of what concept art is.
    i'll edit this post to include an example if i can just find one...
    edit: used shin megami tensei: nocturne for PS2 (did it have to be an mmo?)

    concept art/ promo poster (got resized when uploaded) :


    actual gameplay (turnbased, but awesome) :

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    Concept art is always better than the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elazulblack View Post
    Concept art is always better than the game.
    It MUST be, since concept art quite often comes BEFORE the game. If a person doesn't like the Concept Art, do you really think they will feel attracted to the game? D:

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    Frankly, I wanted to cry. Asura just ain't worth the bulky hulk sprite.

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    I've learned not to judge a game by the art. 9 times out of 10 the concept art is better than the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avarwen View Post
    I've learned not to judge a game by the art. 9 times out of 10 the concept art is better than the game.
    You know, for me UO was one of the 1 in 10. The concept art looked really boring and what not, it's like the concept art couldn't grasp all the freedom that the game gave you. Gameplay was way better.

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    http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/

    Scroll down, there's a concept art and a screen shot. The winner is obvious =P

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    lol concept art is the art drawn before they make the game so that the actual model/texture artists know what to aim for, otherwise they wouldn't know what to draw/model...

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    Concept Art usually makes me wet my pants, especially the ones on gunz, oh gawd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fieren View Post



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    Fieren pretty much summed it up: Concept Art > The Real Game Art

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    I didn't really mean what is better between game art and concept art.

    I meant some times the concept art makes the game seem like it's better than it is, and in some cases gives you more enjoyment then the game itself xD


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    Animes are usually awesme when you watched them, well for most of them that doesn't drag too much anyway. But as we all know there is a rule of thumb to all gamers: Game based on an anime sucks (except for a part of the anime fans). This also holds true, if not more true, for movies versus movie based games.



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    xD Animes like DBZ where it's, "LETS STARE AT EACHOTHER WITH MEAN EXPRESSIONS AS OUR HAIR GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER FOR 6 EPISODES!!!!!"

    That's what I just thought of.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Raineheart View Post
    xD Animes like DBZ where it's, "LETS STARE AT EACHOTHER WITH MEAN EXPRESSIONS AS OUR HAIR GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER FOR 6 EPISODES!!!!!"

    That's what I just thought of.
    lmfao so true...

    I do love animes like hellsing (UNRATED only) and elfen lied (so funny).

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    Anyone who ever judged a game by concept art is an idiot.

    And: RO sprites are awesome (character/monster/NPC), very stylish and well made.

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    There's no limit with concept art that's why it always appear better.

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    It's not always better...
    Take SoTNW for example.
    It looks... GREAT while the concept art is kind of... meh...

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    Depends who the modeler/texturer's are and also depends on the engine being used (though texturing doesn't need a wonderful engine to be good)

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