graffiti in video games almost always completely lacks the panache of real world graffiti, but if I were a graffiti artist I'd be tempted to copy some of the really baffling tags from games sometimes for irony.
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graffiti in video games almost always completely lacks the panache of real world graffiti, but if I were a graffiti artist I'd be tempted to copy some of the really baffling tags from games sometimes for irony. like hell yeah let's just write the word "crime" on the side of a real building in extremely clear bubble text lol
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most graffiti in video game cities sucks because nobody actually lives in those cities. real world graffiti is a million people making their weird little marks on the world. when a game tries to invoke that for atmosphere what almost always happens instead is the tags betray how shallow the world building is, because they only depict statements made by non-existent people who had nothing to say
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@aeva you know what I never see in any of these game cities when it comes to graffiti?
"RIP [INSERT NAME]"
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![Asta [AMP]](https://sharkey-data.sjc1.vultrobjects.com//f08b2285-6e62-4655-89e0-aecb33422b9c.png "Asta [AMP]")
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oh also my friend's lazer tag arena (rip) did a great job of this even though it wasn't a video game. it's so easy you just hire a bunch of actual graffiti artists to go hog wild on your levels
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Asta [AMP]replied to YES I CHECKED THE BREAKER last edited by
@[email protected] @[email protected] you know what, now that you mention it, it stands out that Cyberpunk 2077 DOES have this graffiti in it. Even for people you know in-game in some fashion.
Not that Cyberpunk totally avoids this problem, but each neighborhood does have... relevant graffiti depending on the gangs that run the area. -
@aud @psilocervine most graffiti has nothing to do with gangs though
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@[email protected] @[email protected] yes, agreed. Sorry, that was a comment on the art direction and world building in Cyberpunk, NOT what I see in real life.
I love graffiti, a lot. It’s such a pure expression of people taking back their ability to express themselves in a world ostensibly controlled by others.
