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Pixel art I like more often than not... There is a slight hit or miss factor - if it was done in era there is lots of good stuff, but if done post 2015 it can be good or bad , with things like matching terrain palettes and especially cheaper facial design being the most common red flags in my experience.
It fares a LOT better than chiptune though... a lot of games with chiptune music due to technical limitations ARE actually really catchy (because of bored british peoplle or aliens who could make the technical limitations go away) .... meanwhile I think I hate EVERY single chiptune nostalgia thing post 2015~ I've EVER heard.
It fares a LOT better than chiptune though... a lot of games with chiptune music due to technical limitations ARE actually really catchy (because of bored british peoplle or aliens who could make the technical limitations go away) .... meanwhile I think I hate EVERY single chiptune nostalgia thing post 2015~ I've EVER heard.
is it done well? then its good
is it done poorly? then its bad
same as anything
is it done poorly? then its bad
same as anything
It depends. It can be done well, or it can be done shitty.
Done well:
Done wrong:
Done well:
Done wrong:
Modern Pixel Art is shit because it's done by young hipsters that weren't alive when it needed to done that way. These kids are harking back to a nostalgia that they weren't alive for. It's one thing to have started with text and ASCI art then the original pixel art to get to where we are today. Once we hit 3d art there's really no looking back.
Combine this with the severe dumbing down of the games and terrible writing it doesn't stand up to the best of the classics like Leisure Suit Larry etc...
The other major problem with Pixel Art is that it looks stupid on modern displays. It only works properly on the old CRTs due to the low resolutions of the tube.
Combine this with the severe dumbing down of the games and terrible writing it doesn't stand up to the best of the classics like Leisure Suit Larry etc...
The other major problem with Pixel Art is that it looks stupid on modern displays. It only works properly on the old CRTs due to the low resolutions of the tube.
Done wrong:
I don't remember games looking that shitty at the time when "pixel art" was the only option out there.
But hey, I bet these "retro" lego bricks have dynamic shader lighting. Heck, maybe physics too! How about some ASCII graphics in 3D while we're there?
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Falksi
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It's fucking brilliant, and an art form in itself.
Yeah like most things it can be good or bad, but great pixel art is a thing of beauty, and to me looks FAR better than a lot of the shit which has come after it.
Yeah like most things it can be good or bad, but great pixel art is a thing of beauty, and to me looks FAR better than a lot of the shit which has come after it.
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If it reduces the development time and make the developer focus more on the game system then good.
If it is the main focus of a game and once you remove that art style the game became mediocre then it is not good.
If it is the main focus of a game and once you remove that art style the game became mediocre then it is not good.
Viata
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Last time I saw a pixel art game I liked was when I was replaying games on Mega Driver. Not saying MD was the last one, but I hardly remember the last modern game that had a good pixel art.
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Maybe you're not playing lots of modern pixel art games then
Viata
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I'd like examples, good art AND good game.
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Those who can, do.
Those who can't, use pixel art.
Those who can't, use pixel art.
Done wrong:
I don't remember games looking that shitty at the time when "pixel art" was the only option out there.
But hey, I bet these "retro" lego bricks have dynamic shader lighting. Heck, maybe physics too! How about some ASCII graphics in 3D while we're there?
Yes, there's a trend for indie pixel games to have way, way, way chunkier pixels than anything we've had on PC even in the late 80s.
Maybe early Ultimas were that chunky... but early Ultimas didn't have 256 colors.
Hipster pixel art mixes big color palettes with huge chunky pixels of the C64 era, which clashes terribly and doesn't look like anything we actually got back in the day.
Pixel art then:
None of them looked as crude and blocky as the modern indie style. Even early games with limited palettes tried to create detail wherever possible, like you can see in the Prince of Persia shot.
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Post modern everything is shit and is a decline of the human race. Ban hipsters and post modernism to bring back the beauty.
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What's your opinion on threads?
Like seriously, what sort of question is that? Are you asking about teh Universal Form of pixel art in which all the pixel art that ever was or will be participates and is hence judged by how well it embodies the said Form? Is the question about said Form?
So what kind of question is that then? It's meaningless in itself. Communicative function of language, fucking look into it will ya.
Like seriously, what sort of question is that? Are you asking about teh Universal Form of pixel art in which all the pixel art that ever was or will be participates and is hence judged by how well it embodies the said Form? Is the question about said Form?
So what kind of question is that then? It's meaningless in itself. Communicative function of language, fucking look into it will ya.
Where does this idea come from that pixel art/2D is so much cheaper than 3D?
3D is much cheaper to animate than 2D actually, and much cheaper and easier to create variations of similar models.
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