WHAT THE FUCK DOES "Soul" MEAN AAAAAAAA

HOLY SOUL

>soul
Made by actual people with real effort. Even if the end result is flawed, you can still tell it was made with passion, and the only thing that mattered was a good game. Usually has style, is unique and clearly shows thought was put into it by an actual human being
>soulless
Made by an algorithm telling developers what to do, or shareholders that say what has to be done to maximise profit. They dont care about the end product, just how much money it makes. Often feels bland, uninspired, or unoriginal.

Soul means 640x480 resolution and bad graphics

when something has effort and heart put into it in just the right places, it becomes more than game, you feel its truly something special

If you have to ask you'll never know

If you can't figure it out you're soulless

Soul means it means it has love poured into it and attention to detail, with the pure intent of making a good game and a fun experience, regardless of circumstances or limitations.
Soulless is when the devs treat is as a product to sell first and foremost, or if its a remake/sequel, they disregard the intentions and artistic vision of the original devs.

God Hand has soul

Anthem is soulless

Or that's what I understand

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This

Attention to detail. You can tell it was crafted by people who care not a paint by numbers pile of shit to make money.

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Is Death Stranding soul?
I'd like to think so, for all its faults, it's a one of a kind experience

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soul is putting effort into bringing your vision to life. profit coming second to quality. take Demon's Souls for example.
From knew it wasn't going to be successful. they knew this because King's Field only ever gathered a niche audience. yet they poured their soul into developing the game.
the remake is only cashing on the fact Souls is now a popular and profitable franchise, focusing on the graphical aspect and ignoring everything else, such as art direction.
art direction is a great way to measure soul in fact. games can be extremely technical and sometimes fail to realize the developer's vision, but art direction always reflects how much effort was actually put into the development. this is why the Mario 64 render is always brought up when people talk about soul.
if you can't understand the concept of soul vs soulless you're honestly an impressionable brainlet who takes everything at face value. ie, the presentation is all that matters. it's the reason why capeshit and modern Star Wars are worth millions.

i havent played it so i couldnt say

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what exactly does art direction mean, i see that said a lot in soul threads

It's easier to use painting as an example, as that is a far more developed medium than gaming. Basically though: soul=creative, soulless=noncreative
Hitler's art was considered a very true-to-life and technically proficient. Yet he was still rejected from art school. Why? Because it lacked soul. He was arguably excellent at repainting scenery, but there was no creativity. He didn't make anything that you looked at and pondered about.
The painting I attached is of the Vienna State Opera House. When you look at it, you likely think, "That's a good painting, looks realistic", or something along those lines. Everything is correct but there is no soul, no creativity, it's a replica of real life. Compare this to say: (continued in the next post)

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Usually people are talking about the general cohesion of the game's artstyle: a soulful game has a clear and fully realized style and feel, often unique, that the creators were able to use as they saw fit. A soulless game doesn't have a coherent and clear artstyle, either focusing on hyperrealism or disjointed moods and assets.

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Zdzisław Beksiński's painting. You immediately see something unique and creative. You may ask questions or ponder something. You see something that you've never seen before. This is soulful and creative.
In the game world, this can be summed up as the difference between a soulless game like Call of Duty (a repeating simplistic game that offers nothing creative )to a soulful game like Pathologic (which breaks norms and pushes creative bounds aesthetically and with ludonarrative)

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It either means the devs put effort in and it shows they were passionate about what they were creating, or THING I LIKE GOOD tier argument depending on the poster.

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Art direction is the general look and artistic coordination that gives the game the feel it needs. Like, Call of Duty has a very realistic look, and all the elements, models, and UI design reinforce it. Persona 5 has a very stilized art direction, and because of that you can recognize it right away.
Art direction also makes the elements are compatible with each other.
For bad art direction, see Battleborn.

fpbp

Arguing about this is stupid. It's all down to taste.

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Cope Jew, Hitler did literally nothing wrong ever.

no joking, if you can't comprehend the concept of soul, then you really are a brainlet.

That's a pretty fucking cool painting.

That's because Heather is based and redpilled.

If you've ever created anything, be it a work of art or some kind of writing that was actually in some way meaningful to you, then it has soul because you truly have poured your soul into making it. and this will be evident to people even when they are seeing it for the first time, or even when they don't even fully understand it

Likewise, when something is done forcedly, and the creator is just going through the motions, or only working for the paycheck, this too can become noticeable within the medium. it may seem as if it was created by a machine, and not a human. Soulless.

Is this soul?

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No, that's just what retards use it for. describes it well.

It's made by chinks so it can't be.

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Compare Deus Ex to Deus Ex Human Revolution. Human Revolution is a good game, but it's not as soulful as the original.

Officially: The care put into something that shows the creators actually care about what they're creating instead of just the money it makes
for example see pic related

Unofficially: I DON'T LIKE CHANGE!

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Here's SOUL vs SOULLESS in the most literal sense

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I mean, it's obviously borrowing from Earthbound. it's not necessarily bad, but it's not particularly soulful either. it's not creating anything but merely emulating someone else.
for a better example, compare Little Town Hero to Sword and Shield. for as mediocre as it is, it still has more soul.

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Here's a example OP.
>SOUL
Breath of the Wild.
>SOULESS
The Last of Us: Part 2.

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You have to have a SOUL yourself to understand SOUL vs SOULLESS

This is really the crux of it. If you're an NPC and just mindlessly consume shit, you'll never understand a soulful game

God, why did they ruin his face in the remake?

>it's obviously borrowing from Earthbound

what? it's not

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Here’s the objective definition from my handy Gamer Dictionary:
>Soul
>\sōl\
>unhomogenized intensity or passion revealed in a video game, especially when a developer is not held back by publisher limitations or having to appeal to a wide audience.
This is the true power of soul.