As for beyond good and evil 2, i wouldn't be too concerned about them street credifying it too much. The teaser was quite colorful for a desert anyway and pigs are supposed to be dirty. What little it showed about Jade, she looked the way she used to be.
It's not so much about color, but about the ridiculous "stubble and pore" approach that's so popular with 3d modeling these days (propagated in part by Pixar). It's the fastest way to make something look unappealing and uninspired. Often it serves as a distraction from the piece lacking fundamental principles like composition, contrasting forms, negative space, etc.
The new prince of persia is quite colorful and stylish with the halfway toonshading and stroke around the characters. Creeping evil black stuff is getting old i think, but we'll see. Oh and the concept art is spectacular.
Gahhh, I hate Ubi and all they represent. The designers probably pitched this game wanting to make a Square Enix clone, but management wouldn't green-light it until they slapped one of their licenses on it. The character design is ludicrous -- scarf and vest with a bare chest is an atrocity worthy of the Akihiko Yoshida. With a little Ninja Gaiden thrown in. Ubi's notorious for copying off other art directors.
