Gearbox. Itās OK. So you changed the art style of Borderlands. Itās well within your rights! You are, after all, the ones making the game. You donāt need to fall over yourselves justifying the decision.
https://lastchance.cc/gearbox-borderlands-is-not-cel-shaded-5206042%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
[We have] developed technology and techniques to render the concept art look for the game in real time 3d. We donāt know what to call the result. You can use whatever term you like. We decided to use the term Concept Art Style.
āConcept Art Styleā? Itās cel-shaded. And Gearbox: itās cool. This isnāt 2003. You can render your game in whatever art style you want, and so long as the game is good, people will dig it. Prince of Persia looked great, people loved it. Crackdown looked great, people loved it. And Borderlands looks great.
Weād rather worry about how the game plays after so long tucked away than how it looksā¦
Expecting More? [Borderlands]