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Isn't it hilarious when old games tried to look like real life?

>>717264591 (OP)

That's not a photograph?

>>717264591 (OP)
I'll take that over modern goyslop that has so many filters, lighting effects, volumetric fog and particle effects that you can't fucking see any detail farther than 20 yards away from you.

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>>717264591 (OP)
I miss it.

>>717264591 (OP)
It was sovlful.

>>717264591 (OP)
this looks better than most modern games

>>717264591 (OP)
I find a lot of old games depicting realistic-ish locals to be charming, and they (the artists/devs at the time) have a better eye and execution of art design and color theory.
Bonus points if it's a good game like Doom or Duke and the level designers make landmarks to keep you from getting lost.

>>717264869
very good post

>>717264869
n i c e

>>717264591 (OP)
These graphics are comfy and pure kino. Modern games have piss filters and bloom slapped on everything, and have no visual identity whatsoever.
I'm not saying modern attempts to make more Dooms and Dukes are good, but I am saying that era was pretty soulful. Also, those were considered good graphics back then. You know, like how you swear the utter slop you consume now is "good".

It's hilarious when any game past 2006 tried to do it, because they actually look more dated.

>>717264591 (OP)
No. I find them 100 times more engaging, mysterious and enjoyable.

Limitations fuel creativity.
Creativity requires hand-crafting.
Hand-crafting leads to art.

>>717264591 (OP)
I like these urban areas in Duke3D. I wish more boomer shooters old and new would have these instead of all the hellscapes, nightmares and haunted houses.

Build engine games abtracting real life places is the absolute peak forever.

>>717264591 (OP)
BUILD is soul
Still abstract enough that gameplay is the focus, but detailed enough to be recognizable

>>717265543
that looks like shit compared to the classics

Is this a screenshot or a real photograph?

Are there any modern vidya that nail having a distinguishing art and color design, and don't look like generic "let's strive for realism" game?
I don't play much of modern vidya. Last one I rember that had a good visual style was DMC5

>>717264869
Zoomer moment

>>717265986
Photo; I've been there before. The employees, Beavis and Butt-Head, were really cool to me.

>>717265986
Can I have uhhhhh... Borgar and cola?

>>717264591 (OP)
Back in the day people argued that the Build engine was better than the Quake engine because it was more colorful and interactive.

>>717266169
Uhh go away we're like closed

>>717264591 (OP)
Isn't it hilarious when old games tried to look the best despite the technology limitations haha?

Isn't it hilarious how modern games look like shit on purpose because they can't make them good looking because all the passionate artists and directors are replaced with dei hires, faggots, niggers, lesbians and pajeets?

>>717266254
>faggots
these actually make good games though

>>717266324
what game?

>>717265275
Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

>>717265313
>I wish more boomer shooters old and new would have these
Here's your city level bro

I'm not complaining, it was the best for its time

>>717266424
Sonic Adventure

>>717266113
You don't play videogames, why are you here

>>717264591 (OP)
>Isn't it hilarious when old games tried to look like real life?
Isn't it hilarious when zoomers try to be funny?

>>717266182
>Back in the day people argued that the Build engine was better than the Quake engine because it was more colorful and interactive.
I still think this way. It was also way more accessible, so everyone could try their hand at level creation. (Of course that also meant tons of shit was published, but whatever.)

>>717266089
All of Arkane's games.
Dishonored 2 and Prey in particular.
Even the shittier ones like Deathloop have a really nice look to them.

>>717264591 (OP)
any old 3D plateformer with that logic?

>>717266393
This is still one of the best games ever but the sequel has photorealistic graphics. No idea how they did it.

>>717266448
No, Doom 2's city levels were shit then too. Heretic had much better city maps.

>>717264869
Based

>>717266448
>fucktory

>>717266448
Doom2's Earth levels were shit and went too far on the abstract side. Doom1's mars base aesthetic did a much better job with the tech they had.

>>717264591 (OP)
When I was kid I was always ecstatic to see urban environments in videogames. I loved reading all the ironic signs and seeing little gags everywhere. Especially in Duke with all its little secrets

>>717264591 (OP)
not really
dookie nookie was an awful shooter

>>717264869
>cinema absolute
huh?

>>717267191
Blow it out your ass.

>>717266498
The creation of the Quake engine was basically the start of the soul vs soulless debate for game engines. Quake and Quake 3 were both criticized for having a color pallette of brown, grey and sandstone red. There were gamers even as far back as the late 90's that argued that the Build and Unreal engines were better than the Quake engine because of their superior color pallets and interactivity.

>>717267191
BALLS
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>>717267191
Your face or your ass, what's the difference?

Hello is this the buildkino thread?

>>717267396
Douk vs Q1 was a bit unfair because hardware genuinely couldn't handle making anything but very abstract environments in Quake. Keep in mind this is in the software rendering era and cpus were slow as fuck back then. Looking back, Quake did well with its limitations even if Douk had more interesting environments.

UT99 vs Q3 however, that was the epitome of soul vs soulless

>>717265275
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>>717267191
>was an awful shooter
How do you know, lil niggie, you weren't even born when it came out

>>717267921
I actually played it unlike you larping faggot

>>717264591 (OP)
duke nukem is the nortubel of boomer shooters

>>717267601
Have this image

>>717264591 (OP)
Ugh, back when devs actually cared

It's sick what can be done with a handful of pixels when the brain fills in the blanks. Several times in the past I would think that graphics can't possibly get any better.

>>717266438
keked

>>717265543
>AMC Squad
Based

>>717267956
Keep digging that hole.

>>717264591 (OP)
I find it endearing.

>>717265275
Based AF

>>717265543
Is AMC finished or are they still developing chapter 5/4000001234132

hell yeah Spain

>>717264591 (OP)
>Isn't it hilarious when old games tried to look like real life?
Star Citizen thread?

>>717264869
kino

>>717267601
Build games have aged like fine wine. Peak comfy sovl.

>>717264591 (OP)
>hilarious

Nah, it's the comfiest experience ever, sorry you'll missed on it.

SOVL

>>717264591 (OP)
I think it looks pretty cool when they do it. Adds a layer of surrealism you can't get from modern games that somehow makes them feel more real than games with realistic graphics. Maybe its just the game forcing my imagination to take over.

>>717264591 (OP)
It was better that way.

I think it's charming :3
first time I played DN3D and Blood they were already old as fuck but I can imagine they were very novel at the time and are still fun to play. Generation wars are a stupid psyop

Build engine games has some grittyness that makes the games comfy: Duke 3D, Blood, Shadow Warrior, Redneck Rampage, Ion Fury. Something that Doom doesn't have and never will even with mods.
Shame that modifying and making proper maps is quite harder than Doom

>>717264591 (OP)
Lots of those levels were cut down in detail because PCs back then weren't as powerful (and the engine itself wasn't very optimized)

>>717264591 (OP)
based op posting bait so everyone would upload sovl

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>>717266919
>I watch youtubers that review le boomer shooters and my opinion is not my own
yeah I can tell desu! kinda sad tho

>>717270654
Doom wads can be really pretty, Eviternity 2 looks great and has some cool environments. Then you have the gzdoom stuff like golden souls.
It's just not as good at conjuring up the illusion of real life places. Slopes and having lots of interactive clutter is probably a big part of that