Thread 717848105

I wish games with actually great pixel art would make a comeback

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here comes some contrarian faggot to make a smug, snide remark
right on schedule

>>717848105 (OP)
sea of stars made a valiant effort, but its a pale comparison to OP

>>717848478
This an indie game? Looks fairly decent actually if it is. Usually they do very lazy pixel art.

>>717848105 (OP)
I still don't understand why they abandoned this game. It looked amazing

>>717849418
i think so, it came out a few years ago and has a nice charm to it

The problem with pixel art and 2D art in general is that most people for whatever reason have decided that it instantly caps a game's value to $30 or below

>>717848478
Good pixel art couldn’t save the absolute dogdoodoo that was the plot and characters

>>717848478
>>717849418
Great art, but the characteres are ugly as sin and the story is nothing but uninspired millenial writing.
Such a disappointment.

>>717849793
i disagree, but to each their own

>>717849792
That's probably the best aspect of HD-2D, being able to trick consumers into thinking 2D pixel art is worth more than that even though no game is worth more than $20.

sea of stars is an awful game despite looking pretty so i wont recommend it, but chained echoes/crosscode look quite nice

>>717849505
During the 32/64 bit generation all the attention was on actual 3D graphics so that likely was a big reason they would scrap the game.

>>717849418
It's sloppy as hell

>>717849505
That was never a game, just a mockup by the guy who made Owlboy

>>717848105 (OP)
Ninja Gaiden Ragebound just released.

>>717849664
>>717849751
>>717850062
Still looks good but in these screenshots you can definitely tell its lacking a bit in some areas. Those text boxes and weapon icons especially looks typically indie. Better than what I typically see from most indie games though.

>>717850221
>sea of stars is an awful game despite looking pretty
Agreed
>chained echoes
It was ok. Entertaining enough, but the second half is not as good.
>crosscode
Boring as fuck

>>717848105 (OP)
real
i am so fucking annoyed at the abandoning and destruction of pixel art, just utter stagnation because it takes time to make it good
its not like people don't do it, there are accounts on twitter who make random pixel art gifs and images that are what the style SHOULD be had it continued to advance
but nobody wants to pay them because why spend money on that when you can make blocky pixel dogshit for cheaper and less effort
and the reason their sprites are ALWAYS the same fucking size, the sense of scale between every game is flat out identical because making bigger sprites is more effort and money
we had better pixel art in arcade games 25, 30 years ago than any game that has released using a pixel art style in the entire modern era. and not just a little bit better, but magnitudes better

>>717850825
it looks more polished when its animated

>>717849792
Ain't that a bitch