Nah, the style Elemental has isn't cartoony. They don't have huge sized shoulderpads like in WoW, or exaggerated anatomy like in other MMOs, or Fable.

Seriously, they look pretty normal to me:

It's possible that game developers make their avatars ugly to boost the self esteem of players, when they stop once every week to take a shower, when they look in the mirror and find themselves better looking in reality than virtual reality.

Or they just like to mess with ya.

Xer0 \^/

Oh, man...them's fightin' words!


Yeah, while I enjoy the cartoony style of WoW in WoW...I megaloathe it outside of WoW.


I'd say Elemental's style DESTROYS WoWs style in every way.


EDIT: Except for coloration and variety.

I think there could be more variety in the models, units, and armors of the characters in Elemental but I actually like the art style. I don't think its much of anything like Warcraft... at all. I also don't even mind Warcraft's art style. Perhaps you should try Spellforce 2, you'd probably like the art style.

EWoM's art style is unique. It's not generic, and that is a good thing imo...I like it actually, but it's not for everyone obviously. Besides...gameplay >>> gfx anyway.

yeah i like the elemental art style as well.  its prob not my first choice, but its certainly enjoyable.

In theory FF XIV looks really nice. In reality to keep it from crashing every 2 minutes I needed to run it windowed mode at less then full resolution, with AA and many other effects disabled. That kind of art style does NOT degrade well, and it looks bloody awful. Maybe when the game is stable it will look "cutting edge", because right now it just looks like a crash screen.

I like the Elemental style, except that the color is a little lacking. The whole world just looks sort of.... faded, and that bothers me. But that has very little to do with the so-called "cartoon" look (which was actually modeled after stained-glass windows by some artist I forget the name of, not cartoons).

When people say cartoon its because they don't know what else to call it.

Styalised is the common word since it can mean anything in the bracket of 'not-realistic'.

Btw I love the should pads and oversized weapons in wow first they help you see things more clearly and they make your character much more bulky and cool.

Granted before I started playing I was like "WoW? Thats a kiddie game!" but since I actualy got my first peice of 'big shoulders' (which was herods from SM) I really loved wearing it on my blue space girl.

The world of Elemental just needs a double rainbow.

I've always thought of WoW as Kermit the Frog meets J.R.R. Tolkien with a generous dose of H.P. Lovecraft thrown in for good measure.

Guild Wars has characters that look much more realistic in a world that looks like an oil painting come to life.

Torchlight has its own style, which to me must be transparent because I never gave it much thought.

Elemental has its own style because that is what Stardock wanted to do.

I do not think there is any pandering to a marketplace here, just varying artistic styles.

EWoM's art is one of few things which were done right, and it reflects setting quite well.

There are some annoying clipping issues, and some weapons like bows do not work with some poses, but these things will be fixed sooner or later.

Ah, you are putting screen shots in here.  You're gonna make me go pull some Disneyland FPS...lol.  kk

Elemental's art style is originally what drew me into the game. I guess it's one of those things you either love or hate. And I love it!

World of (ninja looter) Craft: Wendigo (yeti looking thing) Eyes void of puplis or feeling, non shaved, jagged crammed in teeth, nostrils so big you can plant potatoes, fearfully yelling.

Shrunken head, frownie face, Angeline Jolie bee-sting lips, cocaine nose job (not there), extreme sized hands, crunched over & feel sorry for me look