# Newish good games with "Animated Movie" art direction? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 27, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601 "2020-02-27T14:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/21 "2020-03-07T04:47:34Z")
Try out some of Arkane Studios’ hits, they should be up your alley aesthetic and storywise (but different gameplay to bioshock). [Dishonored](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XbQgdSlsd0) 2012 (minor spoilers) [Dishonored 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0MtJYNEW3w) 2016 (minor spoilers) [Dishonored: Death of the Outsider](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVJ-d1AIqVo) 2017 (minor spoilers) [Prey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHZ9WAertc) 2017 (minor spoilers) (If you’re into them, I suggest tackling the Dishonored series in chronological order and with the great DLC) ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/22 "2020-03-07T05:01:31Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > Try out some of Arkane Studios’ hits, they should be up your alley aesthetic and storywise (but different gameplay to bioshock). > > [Dishonored](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XbQgdSlsd0) 2012 (minor spoilers) > [Dishonored 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0MtJYNEW3w) 2016 (minor spoilers) > [Dishonored: Death of the Outsider](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVJ-d1AIqVo) 2017 (minor spoilers) > [Prey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHZ9WAertc) 2017 (minor spoilers) > > (If you’re into them, I suggest tackling the Dishonored series in chronological order and with the great DLC) Oh and the two Dishonored DLCs you should get are: [Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_qjFrDe_jI) 2013 (minor spoilers) [Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6hY003tKs) 2013 (middle/major spoilers) ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/23 "2020-03-07T16:50:55Z")
Ni No Kuni has Studio Ghibli art direction, and is a pretty good monster-collecting JRPG. The second one isn’t so good, but the art style is similar (but not Studio Ghibli). It really isn’t an FPS though ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/24 "2020-03-08T15:04:04Z")
I just found out that there is a remake of [Destroy All Humans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EeCe9hHEC8) coming. No idea if it is going to be any good but it looks like it has potential. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/25 "2020-03-09T15:23:43Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > Oh and the two Dishonored DLCs you should get are: > > [Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_qjFrDe_jI) 2013 (minor spoilers) > [Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6hY003tKs) 2013 (middle/major spoilers) I’ve played all of the Dishonored games. Environment-wise, it does have a sort of “living painting” look, which I like. The characters are not at all like “animated movie” characters though. Cool games. I also have played Prey too. I realize this is a tall order. It would not occur to most developers to use that type of art direction for shooting games. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/26 "2020-03-09T15:26:25Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I know exactly what the OP is referring to. Maybe Bioshock doesn’t specifically look like Disney, but the characters have slightly cartoonish proportions, similar to what one might see in a Disney, Pixar or anime film. Probably due in a large part to avoid venturing into the “uncanny valley” by trying to make the characters too “realistic” using 2012 CGI tech. > > Don’t have an answer for the OP regarding new games like that. Sorry.☹ And on top of that, Elizabeth is the ONLY character in the game that really looks like that. It seems pretty obvious, looking at the evolution of the game, that they made pretty generic looking NPCs and then evolved Elizabeth into what she looks like now, all the way to the last minute. In the earliest demos she decidedly did not look a Disney princess. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/27 "2020-03-09T17:30:50Z")
In case you’re still doubting that Elizabeth was inspired by Disney… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z6uwI_MOjjc/maxresdefault.jpg "Creating Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6uwI_MOjjc) ---
**Author:** ![Abbey95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Abbey95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbey95)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601/28 "2020-03-10T13:47:35Z")
FINAL FANTASY 😃 apkafe ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newish-good-games-with-animated-movie-art-direction/848601.md?page=1)