When will indie games start employing a retro 3D/PlayStation 1 aesthetic?
They already do
I hope soon.
Low poly models with high res textures is my fetish.
People always post this mockup of a low poly version of the elite Knight set from Dark Souls and it makes me hard as a rock everytime I see it.
Do any of you have it saved by any chance?
>>321825069
Why jump from crappy 2D to crappy 3D? How about making something good?
>mediocre 3d graphics everywhere instead of trying to make great graphics, failing miserably, and being inconsistent
can't wait
Because that would take actual effort.
The only reason so many indie games do low-res 2D is because it takes very little effort with today's development tools.
And even then, so many of the ones claiming to be ~retro~ don't even match the retro aesthetic because even THAT is too much effort.
>>321825326
is that the one piece game for 3DS
>>321825291
>>321825412
>>321825392
Making crappy 3D doesn't take much more effort than crappy 2D.
>>321825631
>>321825535
>>321825412
>>321825291
Too atmospheric.
>>321825069
das no high res texture my friend. Pretty sure those knights only use a 512 map.
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>>321825412
Maybe it's the character proportions and colour palette but this reminds me of Windwaker.
However, that could just be what they were going for and I could be an idiot.
At any rate, I love the look of it.
>>321826272
My bad, I don't know much about the technicalities of modeling or texturing, they just look more clean than games of that generation.
>want to play Animal Crossing
>the 3DS is trash
RIGHT
NOW
>>321827129
What's this? Looks sick.
we're getting there
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>>321828727
really cant wait for this. makes me miss Rush San Francisco
DS textures with upscaled resolution look awesome. So much effort put into textures you normally cant see.
>>321829738
that's pretty cool
>>321826920
C'mon, the system and 3D are actually pretty nice and it has a decent librarywhich will hopefully be cracked soon
>>321829738
post moar high res DS games
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>>321831268
Most games had their graphics designed with the DS's resolution in mind and look about the same. I'm surprised that there's anything else that looks as nice as that Idolmaster game.
Imagine the massive, actually alive worlds we could have if we stuck to low poly.
>>321826920
>the 3DS is trash
What year do you think it is?
>>321831721
It's that way for sprites, but I imagine for most models they would just make something low poly on their computers and then the DS would work it's 256p magic on it
I love low-poly stuff when it's done right, with good colors and good animation. What I'm afraid of, though, is that most low-poly indie games will just end up like this webm >>321825326
Nitronic Rush is better imo
>>321824750
We already have the right Unity shaders for that. I'd love to give it a try, but the game has to be the perfect one to warrant the art style. Survival Horror makes the most sense, but I love the platformers of that era.
>>321832206
Color and shading is what makes up everything. Having high-poly models doesn't mean shit if the colors/textures are shit.
>This will never leave EA
http://store.steampowered.com/app/326840
>>321832565
>Color and shading is what makes up everything.
True. I really like the PS1 Spyro games because they have good art design which worked with the PS1's limitations.
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