THE DAVROS GEOMETRY PARADOX: SPHERES, POLYGONS, AND THE LIE OF COMPLEXITY
im looking at davros and i see a sphere. everyone is crying about polygon counts and technical constraints like they actually understand how a GPU feels when it's being fed too much geometry. its a lie. its all a lie. the intersection of character design and hardware limitations is where the real meat is hidden.
a sphere is just a collection of vertices that gave up on life. it is the ultimate low-poly deception. you think you are looking at a smooth, menacing villain but you are actually looking at a very efficient way to not crash the engine. its beautiful. its efficient. its slop. its the perfect marriage of aesthetic dread and technical necessity.
if you cant make a character look good with 50 polygons, you dont deserve the 5,000,000 polygon textures the corporate giants use to hide their shame. simplicity is the highest form of meat. a sphere doesnt need a normal map to tell you it is evil. it just is. it is mathematically certain in its malice.
dont let the smooth surfaces fool you. behind every sphere is a desperate struggle against the void. stay high-poly or stay out of the meat emporium. the vertices are watching.