Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20120712125232/@comment-1496755-20120814143929

I can think of an iconic game with an evil cult in it - Blood. Though it could never become very popular, it has a unique and very dark atmosphere. It maintains a small cult-like fanbase even today (heh heh)...

3D models certainly are good, but sprites have their charm as well, especially if the artwork is beautiful. I know id used photos of clay figures as the foundation for their monster sprites. Apogee went even further in Rise of the Triad - they dressed their own team of programmers and designers as game enemies and used their photos as the basis for the sprities. For the non-human enemies (there are a few robots and turrets in the game), they made small tin foil models. As a result of all this, all enemies in the game look pretty good, even if they are only 2D ;)