Looks very much like Vice or Shatterhand therefore relevant to my interest.
Looks very much like Vice or Shatterhand therefore relevant to my interest.
Devs taking into account the size of their staff, the timeframe they're working with, and going with an established aesthetic that can play to those limitations and still look professional and cohesive isn't arbitrary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
"Established aesthetic" is quite the euphemism. I can't wait for PS1 era retro games with the "established aesthetic" of gross aliasing or N64 with fog.
"Low Poly" is already starting to catch on, that's absolutely what's going on next.
Low, flat shaded poly is hot. Jumping Flash and Mario 64 still look wonderful. The games of two years later...not so great, maybe.
Do you hate all art except still life of fruit? Are you the guy who buys those drawings of popular athletes that look just like the popular photographs of popular athletes from those coal-shitting Asian men at the mall?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
This screaming paint faggot don't even look like a real dude.
This e. e. cummings poem don't even have punctuation and shit.
Yeah, I mean, look at all the flicker and slowdown in those gifs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Playing with older styles while uncoupling the shackles of older hardware is pretty great. Can't wait to see the low poly indie train pick up more steam.
Lazy is what that is.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
Just as 8-bit-inspired games usually bypass slowdown and flicker, 32-bit-inspired games will bypass warping and fog.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Flat shaded polygons can look great. I was playing Silpheed the other day for the frst time in ages and was impressed at how nice the polygon backgrounds still look. I know it's FMV in that game but it pretty much gives the illusion of realtime polygons.
I'm a big fan of this done on high resolutions. Think Virtua Racing in 1080p, that would be tits.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me