Also, just to go back to what Drydess was saying, because what the actual H-E-double hockey sticks are these takes
ive also always been of the opinion that maps are extremely ugly and look so out of place compared to anything a person could make using bricks. imagine if, in alpha, instead of procedurally generated terrain minecraft just had uncannily smooth, chalky, 2006-graphics slopes (off the brick grid) and people worshiped that for twenty years LOL. the best thing the b4age16 community has to offer is their userbase not a halo-but-mid gamemode
bl gets mentioned in social media from time to time because bedroom map nostalgia is a literal internet meme that reminds them of stuffty early 2000s graphics which would make them get a refund on any game they bought today
Your opinion just sounds exactly like what Badspot and Rotondo were trying to get people to think about interiors and terrains, so you fell hook line and sinker for their marketing blurb
And i liked the pretty new shadows and shaders! (Especially after the pack of soft shadows were made)
I'm not gonna lie and say they looked amazing, but people have done amazing things with them over the years, and when you have maps that are fun to play in and explore, the graphics don't matter, because you'd be too busy having RPs, fort wars, air battles, house sized maps that make you feel like mice, and fun sandbox-y type maps to build in
People still play Source Engine games, and the maps themselves look very aged as well, but Source just so happens to benefit from a better lighting system and the ability to have higher quality models placed around maps to make them feel more real and believable
And that last bit sounds like you're really bent out of shape over some incident that happened, i recommend you either try to resolve that in a more mature manner, or otherwise just be more mature about whatever unfortunate thing happened by not being so passive aggressive and throwing mud over it, it's not a good look for whatever point you try to make
As for the second quote, have you literally never seen games like Ultrakill, or popular mods like the Doom MyHouse.wad, or Entropy Zero 2? People will buy, play, and enjoy games whatever the graphics may be as long as the game is fun and engaging, which is why B4v21 tried to bring back what people found fun and engaging about Blockland all those years ago, and is now trying to expand on that with BLR
