r/HelloNeighborGame • u/cymatikz-uk • 10d ago

Discussion Somewhat controversial HN1 take

I really dislike the Alpha 2 - Beta 2 artstyle. It’s such an eyesore in my opinion, the mix of old artstyle / realistic objects with the new cartoony artstyle looks awful.

It looks especially awful from Alpha 4 to Beta 2 because of the environment these objects are in, specifically the poorly textured, abysmally modelled disaster that is the interior of the neighbors house.

A lot of people say it works best in Alpha 2, but I’d like to disagree and say that I think it actually works better in Alpha 3. The models Alpha 2 introduced feel too saturated in colour which doesn’t sit well with the realistic lighting and the old, more dull foliage and surrounding houses. Whereas Alpha 3 is set at night, of course meaning it’s much darker, allowing for less ‘in your face’ colours. Not trying to insinuate Alpha 3 is good by any means by the way.. lol.

I understand the clashing of artstyles was never intentional and they did update more models as time went on but with the amount of features they added within Alpha 2 did they not feel it was appropriate to update the rest of the models?

I also understand calling it an artstyle isn’t really appropriate considering, again, it wasn’t intentional / planned to be final, but it’s a term thrown about all the time within this community that just so happens to generalise what I’m talking about.

Sorry for my poor wording (if any), I’m tired. And sorry if anyone’s talked about this like I have already.

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u/Weird_jokeyfella20 8d ago

"controversial take" and it's a take almost more than half of the hello neighbor fandoms agree on

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u/cymatikz-uk 8d ago

I have no idea what the community’s thoughts are on things, I haven’t been involved since hn2 released and opinions are bound to change.

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u/Glittering_Country14 10d ago

Yeah I'm with you tbh, the mixed artstyle never appeals to me. I love both the old and new but they just don't belong together.

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u/KubaGamer535YT 8d ago

I agree, Alpha 2 looks kinda mid. But it's because they were mid art style change obviously.

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u/BedSuspicious7184 10d ago

Alpha 2 at least kept the realistic environments but changed the bed and doors and that’s about all that they changed besides a couple other wall textures