justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Why go for 3d and get mediocre results if you can go to pixel art and get true and tested positive results?
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I hate the pixel art trend
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NightmareFarm
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Rogue Legacy 2 looked lightyears better than 1.
cireza
Banned
Rogue Legacy 2 exists because 1 existed before it. And 1 existed, among other reasons, because of pixel-art.
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JC 1080P CRT
Member
I see. I have a soft spot for PS1, N64, and DC visuals, too. There's plenty of great-looking titles in that generation!
Of the 3D games you brought up in your post, I liked the graphical styles of MGS2 and JSRF the most. I'd also raise RE1make on GC as one that was phenomenal back then, and still looks great today.
diffusionx
Gold Member
See, I don't like how this game looks and I can't quite put my finger on why.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
Yeah, so much power to waste it in... pixel squares.
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Arguably, but had not been a sequel, could pass a mobile game. That's the main reason most devs don't use hd 2d art: because it's the main art used by despised generic mobile games.
Pixel art fits consoles and PC gaming more.
mild sriracha
Member
EDIT: posted to wrong thread.
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Knightime_X
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pixel art was before zoomers times and some late millennials.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Meh. I'd agree if we were still stuck in the era of indie games insisting on 8-bit artwork that genuinely did look way too same-y from game to game, but we're way past that. Stuff produced now has a lot more personality. I love that we can get this kind of stuff and that developers are finding new ways to iterate on the art style.
VeganElduderino
Member
I love em and I love diversity in games! It takes me back to better times, I love the nes parts in Mario Odyssey and same for a game I can't wait to try The Plucky squire.
VeganElduderino
Member
This is still awesome!
fran.fernandez
Member
I hate it too.
I just grab a piece of paper and draw some shit. And done , game done
I just grab a piece of paper and draw some shit. And done , game done
Drizzlehell
Banned
After watching last night's PC gaming show, I would agree that OP has a point in a way.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the style itself and it can be used to great effect in certain games. But I think it's a fair argument to say that indie devs lean far too heavily on it for the nostalgia factor and it's a bit too much. I don't want every other thing that comes out of the indie dev scene to be just another pixel game because certain games would work far better with polygonal graphics. Especially 3D shooters. There's honestly no excuse not to make a game that features polygonal visuals because the tools and assets available these days make it just as easy as making a pixel game.
I would be really interested in seeing more indie FPS games that try to go for the early 2000s PC shooter aesthetic instead of preying on older gamers' nostalgia by imitating Doom and Quake. It was a quaint and endearing idea when Dusk showed up and it was followed by a couple of other copycats but right now it's slowly turning into an annoying fad and it needs to stop. There are still some occasional standout games like Prodeus or Selaco but why do these games insist on using 2D sprites despite boasting pretty impressive special effects is beyond me.
Like, for example, I recently replayed some older shooters on GoG, including Star Trek: Elite Force 2 from 2003, and that game still looks pretty great:
Everything animates smoothly, the movement and controls and super tight, and the 3D graphics and texturing still looks pretty good if you ask me. Throw in some dynamic shadows and you have yourself an impressive looking game made on a small indie budget. None of that 2,5D pixel art jerkiness and jank. Why don't these indie devs try to go for something like this for a change? At this point it should be just as easy as making any other boomer shooter.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the style itself and it can be used to great effect in certain games. But I think it's a fair argument to say that indie devs lean far too heavily on it for the nostalgia factor and it's a bit too much. I don't want every other thing that comes out of the indie dev scene to be just another pixel game because certain games would work far better with polygonal graphics. Especially 3D shooters. There's honestly no excuse not to make a game that features polygonal visuals because the tools and assets available these days make it just as easy as making a pixel game.
I would be really interested in seeing more indie FPS games that try to go for the early 2000s PC shooter aesthetic instead of preying on older gamers' nostalgia by imitating Doom and Quake. It was a quaint and endearing idea when Dusk showed up and it was followed by a couple of other copycats but right now it's slowly turning into an annoying fad and it needs to stop. There are still some occasional standout games like Prodeus or Selaco but why do these games insist on using 2D sprites despite boasting pretty impressive special effects is beyond me.
Like, for example, I recently replayed some older shooters on GoG, including Star Trek: Elite Force 2 from 2003, and that game still looks pretty great:
Everything animates smoothly, the movement and controls and super tight, and the 3D graphics and texturing still looks pretty good if you ask me. Throw in some dynamic shadows and you have yourself an impressive looking game made on a small indie budget. None of that 2,5D pixel art jerkiness and jank. Why don't these indie devs try to go for something like this for a change? At this point it should be just as easy as making any other boomer shooter.
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MasterDerico
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There is enough games for all tastes, just go deep and you will find.