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For example, I don't understand why the main argument for the third part's graphics being better is that they look more realistic. A fantasy world shouldn't look realistic. Reality and fantasy are as different as night and day.
A lot has been said about gargoyles here, and I agree that in the fifth game, they don't look very appealing, but they actually have the ability to turn into stone, so it's quite natural that they look like stone. But let's forget about the gargoyles and talk about dragons.
Dragons are the highest creatures in the fantasy world, the most beautiful creatures. In the third part, they look, I'm sorry, like pregnant kangaroos, not like dragons. Maybe it's beautiful, but not for dragons. And what's with the name "rusty dragon"? Why is it rusty? Did they forget to lubricate it? Is it some kind of mechanical thing? If there's a rusty one, there must also be a non-rusty one with an anti-corrosion coating. And how do they move, waddling from one foot to the other?
In the fifth game, the dragons are very beautiful, almost like living creatures, very carefully made, and they inspire real admiration with their strength, speed, agility, and grace.
Cyclops are creatures of enormous size and enormous physical strength. In the third game, they are only slightly taller than ordinary people; you wouldn't even believe they are cyclops, more like people who have lost one eye.
Now, let's talk about humans. Pikemen, swordsmen, cavalry – basically, it's just a castle. They are just a bunch of weaklings. Thin arms, thin legs, how can they fight when they should break their legs just by walking? Looking at them makes you want to feed them. And why are the cavalry, sitting on a horse, practically the same height as the infantry? There are no such horses, or maybe they are riding donkeys.
In general, in the third game, all the creatures are the same height. Come on, a small imp can't be the same height as a devil.
I understand that you are looking at this through the prism of perception, that is, you like the third game, and everything in it is wonderful, but we need to look at these things objectively. And the objective truth is that in the fifth game, the graphics are much better, almost perfect, although, of course, there is nothing perfect in the world. I would also like to note that even in the second game, the graphics are much better than in the third, at least the dragons are also very beautiful there, although they look a bit like statues, but still.