>That kid that thought pixel artstyles "had to be restricted to 8-bit/16-bit" artstyles
>That kid that thought this meant all pixel drawings were here for "nostalgia"
>That kid who could not appreciate the pixellanti
>That kid who was /v/
>But enough greentexting,
So /v/, tell me, why do you reject this artstyle?
Certainly, there must be 1 game with good art out here.
That looks hot
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>Raining
>"That looks hot"
What sort of hellhole do you live in
>>271907293
>>That kid that thought pixel artstyles "had to be restricted to 8-bit/16-bit" artstyles
>that kid
you mean every indie developer ever?
>>271907293
I don't. I fucking love it.
I'm just tired of lazy fucks using it as an excuse and even a marketing point.
>>271907661
Oh, right.
That looks cool.
>>271907661
>rainforests
>>271907661
>what is humidity
Pixel art is great when the artist actually gives a shit.
It's awful when two bit indie developers use it to be "retro" as an excuse not to make their game look good.
what 2D games are you looking forward to /v/?
![BitTripRetro-620x[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nK58wk6.jpg "BitTripRetro-620x[1].jpg")
am i pixely enough for the pixel club?
>>271909537
What is that, i like the look of it.
>>271909769
google image search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom_Verge
>are you a bad enough indie hipster nerd to make a 1-bit retro inspired pixel roguelike?
>>271907293
If you thought you'd find dissent on this topic you're in thw wrong place. I've never heard anyone on here complain aboutgoodpixel art/spritework.
>>271910417
>tfw indietrash is giving your favorite genre a bad name
>>271909537
Fuck... Spoiler that shit... That's hot as fuck.
>>271909537
Looks like Super Metroid on crystal meth.
>>271907293
I reject it because it has become a crutch for many indie games to not put any effort into graphics.
Do it well or get the fuck out.
>>271907661
Vietnam?
>>271907293
posting one of my favorite pictures
so fucking comfy
>>271912175
That could be a great background for a cozy click-and-point adventure game.
>>271908210
How can someone be this retarded?
>>271912853
>elder scrolls 7
>3000 years after skyrim
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>>271912853
>you fly around in your personal interdimensional space moth
>you travel to all of the deadric princes realms
>pick up hot space elf bitches hitch hiking across Nirn or godhead so you can fuck
>5 new races to choose
>yfwIt's the best game in the galaxy
>>271909696
Fuck off. "Retro Art Style" is a fucking pitiful excuse to put as little effort as possible into a game. Retro games did not look that shit.
I have an entire folder of this shit.
>>271913652
Pic related is one of my favs. The depth is just so nice to look at.
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>>271913895
Which KOF was this in?
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>>271914247
Street Fighter 3: Third Shrike
>>271908360
Dumping a few more of these
>>271913790BaSS?
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>>271915001
source on these?
Seems to me, as evident from not only this thread but most pixel art threads on /v/, that only animated pixel art is liked. Why no love for images?
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>>271915131
I have no idea, sadly. I saw them on /b/ some months ago.
>>271915060
these are awesome, thanks anon
>>271915154
I actually love the still images as much as the gifs. It's just that all of the ones I ever find are animated for whatever reason.
>>271915131
http://markferrari.com/
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>>271912493
Quick, give me a comfy point and click game.
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>>271913918
>WOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH I'M A SHAAAAAARK
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>>271915350
thanks m8
>>271907293
>threads that make you create a new folder
Bravo anon, bravo
So what are some games that actually look like this, that aren't fighting games?
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>>271915724
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
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>>271912175
If only i could having something like this full screen as a dynamic pc background. My sony smart phone does something like that but not my high end pc???
I have over a hundred of these pics.
They're charming as fuck.
>>271915724
la mulana
>>271914086
would make into noir game/10
>>271914086
That train effect, awesome.
>>271915908
>>271915724
Metal Slug
>>271916224
this thread is great
time to make a pixelart folder
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>>271908360
There's not enough distinction between this style of pixel art and the hand-drawn style used by Muramasa.
You might as well use the original art instead of slightly-pixelated versions like those.
>there are people on /v/ right now who think 2D sprites are inherently bad
Someone post the one that frequents /f/
You know, the one with "Na na na"
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>>271916487
Pic related.
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>>271909537
that looks like shit. Obviously took time, but the artist had no talent.
>that MSPaint shading
>noise instead of dithering
>horrible perspective
>nonsensical shading
Look at those yellow bulbs for fuck's sake.
>>271914086
that train effect is so fucking good
>>271914354
I love this crisp pixel art that absolutely pushes the boundary of sharpness for an exact resolution. Damn, that's some eye candy.
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>>271914759
These speak to me. Something about isolation and war really comes through in pixel art. They carry a strong sense of atmosphere in their detail.
>>271916679
Still haven't played Muramasa, althought It's been on my "wishlist" for a quite long time, sadly, my wii is broken and I can't emulate shit on this computer.
>>271916679
do you have the animated gif where she stands in a field of wheat
What makes something pixel art vs something simply drawn with a computer? Does it have to have a certain PPI or bit depth?
Is there 1080p 32bit color pixel art?
>>271917214
But anon, you can always play it on your VitaPFHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>271907293
Abuse
Metal Slug
etc.
Previously it was about hardware limitations and artists doing the best they could with the tools they were given.
Today it's about hipsyrtd pretending they're painfully nostalgic for things they never even experienced.
>>271917214
what do you mean you can't emulate on Dolphin, it runs pretty damn well now
>Pixelfags always posting the exact same fighting game backgrounds as if it means anything
>>271913626
To be fair it's a homage to Pitfall which did actually look like that
>>271917473
>hipsyrtd
also hipsters
>>271908210
10/10 I am mad.
>>271907293
>So /v/, tell me, why do you reject this artstyle?
/v/ dosent.
We hate "pixel art" because of no talent hipsters using it, and churning out so many uninspired games with that "retro" art.
Oh look pixel platformed #214454. It's shit.
But no one will eversay anything other than praise for Metal Slug's artwork.
So pixel art now has a sour reputation, becuase of hipster scum.
>>271917473
It couldn't possibly be because some people like those art styles and want games that have them!
>>271917473
This leads to a serious problem: how due a search for the games that use this great pixel art and avoid all the trash that's been shit out recently?
>>271917638
Simple, you play games that came out on the GBA and NDS.
Today in /v/ hypocrisy
Here's a game that /v/ creams itself over despite violating MUH RETRO RULES
>>271907293
I've been saying this shit since 1992; polygon graphics got too popular when 2d graphics were reaching perfection, they were the brown and bloom, the "cinematic experience" of my times.
I wish the industry caught the polygon fever around 1998, by that time 2d would've been stagnant.
>>271917618
>some people like those art styles and want games that have them!
>>271917821
I'll violate you in a minute if you don't shut up, kid
>>271917295
Well yeah, also heard it's the only version that has DLC.
>tfw no oni loli on wii version
>>271917546
My pc is quite old, all I can emulate is handheld games and PSX stuff.
>>271917821
>this shit again
Are you implying /v/ is one person? Because you're implying /v/ is one person. Faggot.
>>271917821
But that actually looks pretty nice. It's got actual detail, lighting and shading rather than just being solid blocks of color in the vague shape of a creature..
>>271917575
>We hate "pixel art" because of no talent hipsters using it, and churning out so many uninspired games with that "retro" art.
It really depends on how it's used and how big the game is.
Yes, it is a cheap way to gain some quirky/charming points. However, it does often make the creation of the game much, much easier, which is a huge boon for small teams. If there's a lot of enemies, characters, items, backgrounds etc, then a simple way of doing it can save many hours of work.
I don't mind as long as it doesn't look awful and the gameplay is good.
But sure, some are really cashing in on the oh-so-charming look.
>>271917915
Not sure what you're implying, but that game looked great.
>>271917915
>ios game
>>271917915
Oh boy, a few prominent examples of shitty artists doing the only thing they can is going to make me believe that all 2D games that are released today are hipster shit and I should never like it.
But I should pine for it at the same time and love the old shit?
That sounds as hipster as the shit you're shouting from the rooftops about, faggot.
Today in /v/ hypocrisy
Here's ANOTHER game that /v/ creams itself over despite violating MUH RETRO RULES
>>271917821
Except every time its posted the thread turns into an EVA thread.
>>271917821
>>271918119
fuck the shut up
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>bonito
>>271918312
Today in /v/ hypocrisy
Yet another fucking game that gets special exemption despite violating MUH RETRO RULES
>>271917473
>It's 2043
>CGI now looks indistinguishable from real life
>hipsters still use 8th gen-tier graphical assets and claim they're appealing to nostalgia
>they're just being cheap
>everything is MOBA
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>>271907293
Most modern games that do pixel graphics do it to save time or money. It's understandable for low budget indie games, but the problem is that most of the time, it's either done lazily, or it's really pretentious and "artsy", which was one of the problems I had with Sword & Sworcery, and either way it just comes out shitty.
>>271918073
Anon, that looks like shit.
>>271918406
You're mad, we get it.
>>271918408
>why can't tiny no-money studios turn out the work of big teams of paid workers
All the good games that had this artstyle were AAA funded
>KoF and other assorted old school fighters
>Metal Slug
>Old nippon visual novels
>JRPGs in the SNES era
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>>271916141
SNK really fucking knew how to make backgrounds, hot damn.
(might have accidentially hit one or two that aren't actually SNK)
>>271917902
Fucking this.
but that being said, by 1996, arcade polygon graphics had gotten damn good (see: Sega's Model 3 games, all of them), and by 1993, they were passable (Sega's Model 2 stuff, Namco's System 22 stuff a bit)
At home was a different story, but it's not like home consoles could hope to handle something like Namco's RayForce until the Saturn and PS1, let alone stuff like Sega's Galaxy Force II or Taito's Cisco Heat, etc, etc.
POST WESTERN PIXEL SHIT NIGGAS
HERE I'LL GO FIRST
>>271918292
Niggah STOP
Don't post best girl. Don't even start it.
We start having Eva threads all the time, then the mods start giving a shit, we run out of newfags to make fun of after they've been BBD'd by EoE, and we start having threads that are EXACTLY like /a/'s, where we just fight over waifu's and 3.0 like its WWI trench warfare. A /v/ eva thread should be comfy nigga.
>>271918460
this is from Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, right?
>bottom left corner
>man fucking a box
>>271918573
Capcom and SNK stuff pretty much was AAA funded, but most other companies didn't have the kind of cash they did and were still able to put out beautiful visuals.
A combination of 1: couldn't do 3D, so there was a wider pool of 2D artists, 2: needed to look impressive next to other games, and 3: lower resolution visuals needed less work.
Guilty Gear was the only fighter with high-res sprites for AGES because it was so damn expensive just to make the move to 640x480.
>>271918425
that vector must have been painful to make
>>271918946
>best girl
Eva is overrated as fuck anyway, who cares.
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>>271912175
I want to sit on one of those benches and watch the rain
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You can thank that Vector-whatever game for all the EVA threads. But I agree, they're gonna become stale if this keeps up.
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>>271919412
That's what happens when you steal iconic designs.
>>271919341
But it's getting more clear!
>>271919560
Now I want to pet that dog
>>271919013
Your autism must've been hard to deal with.
>>271916648
What if Risk of Rain had these graphics.
>>271919412
Oh I KNOW THE REASON.
>>271919478
STOP.
QUICK EVERYBODY.
POST MORE ART.
>>271919560
Why is that child humping his leg?
What a faggot.
>>271919747
No, let's talk about this shit.
>there are people who think this has nothing to do with Eva
>>271915416
The Longest Journey
>>271919712
it would probably still be getting developed
and the devs would probably need a loan so they could hire some of the most skilled pixel artists working in the biz
this guy
>>271915350
is hired by disney and lucas arts
>>271919838
>there are people that say everything is derivative of Eva because they haven't watched anything better
>>271916718
>Yellow bulbs
If you are colorblind you probably shoudn't go around judging other people's work.
pixel art is honestly some of my all time favorite.
I wish there were mores games that used it now days
>>271919653
Fucking tetrastar men.
>kill an enemy
>The rest of the enemy formation change automatically to compensate.
>>271919971
We really doing this? We really gonna go down this path?
Get your fucking eyes checked, faggot. I bet you think Blizzard's designs are 100% original too.
>>271919838
Must be EVA, no way it can be related to Naussica.
>>271919838
And they're people trolling evafags because evafags are in the top 10 worst fanbases.
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>>271920075
Listen nigga, Evafags are retarded, but in this case they're actual right. Not to mention Sachiel is in there too.
Naussica's god warrior's don't do that pose in the movie. Nor in the manga far as i'm aware.
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>>271920075
That's assuming the devs aren't plebeians
But they are
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And now it's lovely!
>>271920636
now I want to pet the fat guy
>>271920636
I want to lie down on that grass.
Fuck, I'll even sweep the grass of litter.
>>271913429
Bitch please, Starcon2 is already the best game in the galaxy.
So, would any of you consider having a "digital picture frame", or whatever you'd call it?
That way you could have a live version of these pics hanging on your wall.
>>271921037
In the real world they're called monitors.
>>271921037
Fuck that. Give me an entire animated wall.
>>271921152
I don't think many use that word to describe them, even if it's technically correct.
>>271921037
That sounds pretty cool.
>>271921037
>here is some useless shit to keep your electricity bills up
>>271920813
Fuck, this needs to be an adventure game.
>>271921037
>you will never be an impossibly cool androgynous asian
>you will never gaze meaningfully at some squares
>>271918406
That's an early version though. The final version looks much better now
I get what you're saying but you shouldnt argue with an out of date image
>>271921935
You're retarded, that's literally the same shit as retail.
The worst thing about "retro" hipster games is when they can't even maintain a consistent pixel size.
>>271922473
Or stick to a grid alignment.
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>>271922473
aka shit no one cares about
I don't get it, does pixel art just mean low resolution art? Is that the only 'thing' to it? I don't get it. I can tell what's pixel art and what's not but not why it is or isn't.
>>271922473
this is the worst
>>271920756
when does it stop being pixel art and turn into plain 2D art?
>>271922964
Does it look like hard work and effort was put into it, transforming the artist's skill into this thing everyone calls talent? If yes, pixel art. if not, pixel shit.
>>271922964
it's more than just "low resolution". pixel art is created using singular pixels as opposed to brush strokes or drawn lines. kind of like pointilism, in a way
>>271922964
in my eyes pixel art means that corrections were made to the image on a pixel level, some kind of manual "kerning". That's about it though.
>>271923191 is being idealistic, as most modern pixel art is created using a lot of tool support
>>271923123
You can tell by the pixels that it's art.
It's why when you use emulators and some faggot uses shaders to blur everything, they get called on that for being FAGGOTS.
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>>271907293
8-bit art is worse bit artLow poly still king
>>271917551
Triangle.
>>271925676
"no"
>use linux
>make this your desktop background
It's so wonderful.
