Yeah I think the key factor the NSMB art style lacks is any real heart . It ' s perfectly fine and inoffensive enough , but that ' s its biggest problem . It doesn ' t try anything interesting at all . Such a waste . Shit , the same models but with watercolor texturing would ' ve been a vast improvement . I definitely agree that they should go back to the classic way or reinventing the look for each game . Let the gameplay design inform the aesthetics . <| sep |> How can real if not real ? <| sep |> Yeah , I think Tolkein is really just a master at making you forget about suspension of disbelief . He ' s obviously using it a ton , but he ' s going for complete immersion in a hundred interconnected narratives , a relentless . Fucking . Experience .