There was something deeply immersive about those games. The art, the music, the sheer handcrafted feel of it all. The way they made you slow down and really soak in every detail, engage with the wolrd on your own terms. They didn’t need flashy mechanics, just well-crafted worlds and stories that unfolded at your pace. It’s rare to find that kind of depth in modern games where everything moves so fast and demands instant reactions and gratification.

ultimately

I hear you, but to some extent you need to wonder why you are not playing the point and click games that are coming out. Old Skies, Kathy Rain 2, etc release recently.

>>717932101
>woke indie slop
>why aren't you playing it

>>717931251 (OP)
We still havem big. Come to germany!

>>717931251 (OP)
play mcpixel 3

>>717931251 (OP)
Once graphics got better and devs didn't have to rely on prerendering to make stuff look nice they got replaced by action adventure games and, to a lesser degree, by hidden objects games and room escape puzzles. Interestingly enough, there's a fair number of adventure games coming out on mobile phones.

i miss you

The Gene Machine was my first point-and-click adventure, and it's my favourite genre ever since.

it So.

>>717932405
Kino.

Use to love the Broken Sword games

>>717932101
Cause these honestly look shit compared to the classics. Not even shitposting. They look shit. Art style, writing, everything.

>>717934296
1 and 2 are still the best.

Beneath a steel sky is amazing too. Lure of the Temptress is good too but to a lesser extent.

Revolution Software were at the top of their game during those years.

Then they were forced into going 3D from publishers and their lead writer and the architect of Broken Sword and BASS left the company after BS2 and Charles Cecil started shoving his name in typeface across the credits.

Enjoy your goat jokes and self-referential "humour" and nostalgia pandering.

>>717934985
>1 and 2 are still the best.
Agreed, loved the art style and humor. I tried the third game but never finished it.
Never tried Beneath a steel sky before

>>717934296
ouch, that's a bit hard on the eyes ngl fr fr, i remember it looking way better

>>717935493

>>717935493
Look fine to me

>>717935275
>Never tried Beneath a steel sky before

Always thought it had the coolest name ever.

>>717936113
for me it was The Legend of Kyrandia

>>717931251 (OP)
Isn't that one of those godawful TLJ games?

>>717936335
That's a cool one too

>>717937435
that's Syberia

>>717937435
retardo

>>717932405
L O N D O N

>>717937586
It's all that samey "LE RETRO OLDSCHOOL CLASSIC HIDDEN GEMS OF YESTERYEAR" look of post-peak adventure games marketed at people who cling to nostalgia.

I'm playing this right now. Absolutely stunning pixel art and animation.

same

i remember those atlantis games and ofc myst

>>717931251 (OP)
They still make them, anon

>>717932101
No idea what this game is about. But this pic alone you can immediately tell its woke indie trash. It looks like the burger king kids club

>>717937818
Looks like the Battletoads reboot

The runaway games are GOATed
But their game after that was very weird

>>717937890
they don't

>>717937728

>>717937909
In what way?

The fuck is yesterday?
The next big thing was bad

>>717938213
Forgot pic

>pixel slop and tumblr art style
Why do none of these games have that classic 3DCG look like Myst?

>>717938092
>identical women with a palette swap
GG EZ

>>717938378
what do you think is cheaper? and the genre started with pixel art, it wasn't always 3d

>>717938556
Horrible

They never look as good as the classics

>>717939329
It's the whole of retro games. They'll always be pale imitations of older games.
>old game: uses low res 2d graphics due to technical restrictions
>retro game: uses low res 2d graphics because they desperately want to copy an old game
To use a 4chan buzzword, retro games don't have the SOUL of old games. They're poor facsimiles of better media, rather than examples that can stand on their own.

>>717940342
Also, retro games pushed their graphics to try to look as realistic as possible. Modern games that try to look retro dont do that, they're just trying to look retro.

I like Wadjet Eye's stuff

>>717941042
>try to look retro
I don't think you know what retro is. The new games ARE the retro games. Old games are just old.

>>717941442
You're just fat and gay.

>>717941505
People who call old stuff "retro" are wrong, plain and simple. It's new stuff pretending to be old, like indie pixelshit.

>>717931251 (OP)
I can't recall how many weeks I spent playing Discworld 2 and literally going through every single piece of dialogue because they were all amusing. Pissed that I can't find this anywhere. Not on Steam and not on GOG.

>>717941646
Old games are retro, you idiot. What are you talking about.

>>717942018
Loved this game. One of faves. Also loved Discworld Noir.

>>717942018
ScummVM that shit. https://archive.org/download/msdos_Discworld_2_-_Missing_Presumed_1996

I’ve always wanted to make a point and click because I loved the genre. Would you buy my game if I made one? What type of arts style do you look for? Do you prefer a mystery style game, action, life style, or something else? What games would you want me to use as inspiration in terms of gameplay, story, etc

>>717942371
I already have zero faith in your game just by the fact you're asking people what it should be like.

Does anyone know any kino like Harvester?

>>717942589
General lack of direction is the issue.
>what would you buy? I'll make that!

>it's a modern point and click game with a minimalistic artstyle
What's the point, the main appeal of these games is getting immersed in the atmospheric backgrounds

Is it worth it?

>>717931251 (OP)
Maybe you should play an actual video game for once instead of making threads like this every day

>>717943820
>seething
kek

>>717931251 (OP)
yeah

>>717944028
Most of us seethe about how /v/ is the dumping ground for non-gamers, coomers, culture warriors, and third worlders.

here's your point & click

TRu

>>717940342
Yeah their look was a result of limitations, but also (retrospectively) those graphics have a certain charm, that's why pixel art games still exist even though there's no need for them. If you want games that need the latest GPU then you can simply look at the TripleA industry.

>>717943728
easily one of the worst games i played desu
it's incredibly cliched and clunky to play

>>717946369
But modern pixel art games don't have charm. They're indicative of the problem with millennials and later: they have no originality, so they ape previous shit.

>>717931251 (OP)
proooh :DD

BIG

It was kino