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 I've noticed that one thing that makes a game look amateur are graphics. And not exactly their video output quality, but I mean the drawings themselves. I've downloaded many awarded games from this very site and it is very difficult to play them seriously when most of them have such amateur drawings. I do not wish to offend anyone, many games have great plots and stuff, but drawings are too simple.
I understand that finding a good artist is difficult. Even more difficult is to interest him with work, - drawing those scenes is a lot of labour. Guys at Revolution Software have spent 2 years on Broken Sword.
Anyway, what do you think?

ps: speaking of the above mentioned Broken Sword, I would like to add that a difficult GUI pushed me away from such great looking games like Apprentice and King's Quest. When you have to first look at the object, then try to pick it up, then try to use it, then try to walk to it - it is really too much guess work and it is boring. The Broken Sword system is simplier for the player, in my opinion.