The game itself is rendered in cartoon-style, cel-shaded graphics, to provide greater detail on weapons and environments, and was inspired by various action role-playing games of the time, such as Diablo and Borderlands, with flat lighting and shadows without a gradient.
Every element has an outline shader applied to it to simulate the manga style of Alita.
The game has plain colours with thick, black lined details to simulate the dirt like in comic/manga style, as we said previously.
The general colour style is formed by cold colours, simulating the dark, cyberpunk world of Alita.
The characters are usually made of a robotic nature, all adding to that cyberpunk environment.
The blood is also a really important element to highlight the gore nature of the world of Alita.
The particle effects are also made with a cartoon style, with plain colours, dirt and broken stuff all over the place, with the ultimate goal of approaching a poor, low class world.
