Graphics that are too good

[Lyric Suite]

I wasn't talking about pixel art per-se, but pixel art as it found among modern indie gaymes.

 

[RNGsus]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...egree-rotation-turn-based-classic-rpg.121565/

Almost vanity, these graphics.

 

[Ocelot]

Pixel art is fucking cancer too.

Pixel art is either great or horrible from my experience. Depends on how it's done.

 

[Multidirectional]

KCG looks good but judging from videos the foliage doesn't seem to react when passing over it. Strange considering it's CryEngine 2 and that was the coolest part of Crysis, leaves moving around the player, getting shredded by bullets and shaking from grenade detonations. Too bad they didn't implement it, I was looking forward to some tree chopping... Maybe it wasn't a "part" of the engine or something like that.

Maybe it is because Crysis 1 still rapes CPUs with all its interactivity between various objects. That's why Crysis 2 and 3 didn't have destructible trees.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Crysis 2 was made for consoles. It had to be dumped down.

 

[JarlFrank]

Not if it's well done. There is a definite sliding scale of appreciation where this is concerned; where more detail actually detracts from the appreciation of the skill that can present a striking image with limited color.

In fact...there was an interesting blog post about it too: http://www.dinofarmgames.com/a-pixel-artist-renounces-pixel-art/
(Ironic though)

I love pixel art done well, the problem with many modern indie pixel art games is they don't really get art direction, and don't get what made early 90s pixelated games look beautiful.

In many indie games today, pixel art is only chosen because it's the hip and cool thing to do, or because it's cheap, or both.