He's a kid or teenager. They desperately want to appear grown up to the rest of the world. If it looks like a cartoon, it's shit or kiddie.
Personally, I love cartoon styled games. Cel shading was the best thing to happen in gaming for me. You have much more freedom to animate a cartoon character than a photoreal one.
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Yeah whenever photo realism comes into play there is greater margin for error and the ability to put something that may just look like it doesn't belong. The only thing I would think doesn't belong in Borderlands would be anything photorealistic
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Funny story if you know about Borderlands development. It started off as photoreal and as a joke, one of the artists created a toon shader for one of his builds. Well the whole team loved it and the rest is history.
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I am so glad they went down that path. There are way too many photorealistic games out there and the cartoony style gives Borderlands a lot of its unique charm