TheGreatOne
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Arc System Works pushed the boundaries of 2D graphics furtherst and even they opted out for 3D technology in Guilty Gear Xrd, so there's little hope that we'll see a widespread resurgence in professional quality 2D games aside a few rare cases like Rayman Origins. There's hope in kickstarter games, but frankly the new indy studios can't gather enough resoursces to pull of really impressive looking 2D games and seemingly the industry veterans (inXile etc) rather emulate 2004 than 1994 when it comes to visuals.Yeah, this shit pisses me off the most. I would really like to see more mid-budget companies try the 2D approach. Daedalic has shown it can still work. Titles like Memoria look better than anything in recent memory.
It'd be nice if we could atleast get some games with great pre-rendered backgrounds, but so far the most visually stunning kickstarter RPG is garbage otherwise thanks to a certain designer who dislikes fun.
As unique as Albion is visually, there are far better examples of pixel art from 95. Mainly shoot em ups, but also some point&click adventures and run n gun games had truly beautiful spritework even before Metal Slug.1995 pixel art: