All articles tagged with #visual style
Joseph Cross, the art director for Bungie's upcoming game Marathon, has left the project just months before its scheduled release in March 2026, amid ongoing development and controversy over its unique visual style. Cross expressed pride in his work and support for the team, with the game set to launch on multiple platforms at $40.
The 2025 animated film 'Smurfs' is a chaotic, inconsistent, and largely forgettable collection of kids' movie tropes, featuring random musical numbers, style shifts, and celebrity cameos, ultimately failing to provide a coherent narrative despite its fast pace and colorful visuals. It is, however, enjoyed by some children, like the reviewer's 6-year-old daughter.
The new season of Top Chef introduces changes in its format and visual style, with season-ten winner Kristen Kish as the new host and a chaotic, disorienting cinematography that detracts from the focus on the contestants and their dishes. The premiere episode's hyperactive visuals and disjointed structure, including the absence of a Quickfire challenge and inconsistent identification of contestants, have left viewers feeling disconnected and overwhelmed, overshadowing the show's traditionally grounded and predictable visual style.
Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida reveals that the game was inspired by the first four seasons of Game of Thrones, but the team took great caution to avoid it feeling like a carbon copy. The game draws inspiration from other sources like Attack on Titan, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Godzilla, Ultraman, and more. Art director Hiroshi Minagawa says that Game of Thrones also inspires a lot of the game's visual style. Final Fantasy XVI releases on PlayStation 5 on June 22.