Primitive
Primitive adjective - Belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development.
Rough is a synonym for primitive in crude topic. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead the word "Primitive" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like good, gross, barbaric.
Nearby Word: primitively
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Stylistic Suck: The drawing style and animations are intentionally rough and primitive to convey the sense of an unfinished, unpolished game, whose world is much larger than the one it lets you on.
Source: Video Game / Goblet Grotto - It had a good Space Opera type plot (which was only fitting), but gameplay and art were both rather primitive, due to the game geometry being a rough collection of unshaded polygons.
Source: Even Better Sequel / Video Games -
Captain Ersatz: Umpani are spacefaring militaristic rhino men — rough, reliable and loving uniforms and primitive firearms... similar to the hippo-like Giff.
Source: Video Game / Wizardry
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