Also, I really don't think there's anything about the Infinity Engine titles that could genuinely be summarized as "impressionism" aesthetically. It's just a combination of low detail/poor image quality.
Hey, hey. The backgrounds in the IE games are beautiful and hold really well to modern times. BG1 maybe not as much, but the rest looks great.
I think the "impressionism" comment was more, uh, conceptual than literal though. In the literal sense, I'd describe IE as going for realism, as much as it was possible back then. It's not particularly stylized.
Impressionism is more about how light is used. The lack of definition is a byproduct of that.
But in all seriousness I don't think you can define most video games graphics as being intentionally one or the other - I mean...I think anyway.
But its also not a result of old technology, outdated graphics. I think in the case of Bioware and BG1 it was mostly about budget.
Truthfully the post on the Beamdog forums was more just fun to think about.
I started wondering, is the game Valheim impressionist? It kind of feels like it might be.
