definitly agree. "If you cannot move forwards, move sideways." If we can produce games with unique graphical styles that are appealing to the eye instead of photorealistic, we have a shot at producing games that look good AND run faster than the big games.
i think andy hit the nail on the head, we may not be able to do the photo-realism, of the Big-Boy engines, however don't let graphic's bog you down, it's about game play, and style,
take the katamari damacy series, i've never seen blockier graphics in a game as of late, however katamari is soo much fun,
here's a pic i've found
i've got a couple of idea that i'm gonna do intentionally low-res low poly count....think gaphic styles of quake 1. there's something about quake1's grittyness i love.
or cartoony style, i think RF i brilliant at producing this type of thing,
But I havent see too much ability in effects and such, do you know if RF2 will be capable of the things Im talking about. 
looking like an animated sketch! Is this kind of thing possible in RF and if so what do I need to do to achive this effect?
so is there a way to make the texture base color invisible and then scribble on that so then the outline will wiggle and change like a sketch just like i want! 
