>Game tries to be an "8-bit retro game"'
>It doesn't actually restrain itself with any of the limitations of the original hardware
It's easier and cheaper than modern graphics or a distinct art style.
>>322110428
>inconsistent "pixel" sizes
>sloppily ms painted/posterized sprites with no consistent palette
>hardware-accelerated sprite scaling and rotation
>alpha channel
>"it's still 8 bit!!!"
>>322110428
There is literally nothing wrong with this
See: Shovel Knight
Pic related is the only game I remember actually achieving what it tries to go for.
>>322110896
Isn't Shovel Knight completely functional on an NES except for a single shade of purple, if I recall?
You mean
>it doesn't actually use 8-bit color palettes
>>322110428
>"8-bit retro game"
>runs on 32 and 64 bit systems
>>322111129
8-bit usually refers to the CPU. If we go by that definition, Starcraft is an 8-bit game.
>game with 8-but graphics tries way too hard with its ost and sounds like shit in the end
I'm looking at you shovel knight. There are just way too many instruments going off at once for any of the songs to sound pleasant
>>322111014
Graphically? Probably, they did a really good job on the color pallete and art direction.
If the hardware could actually drive a game that sophisticated is another thing though.
>>322111465
Did we play that same Shovel Knight?
>>322110428
>Game tries to be an "8-bit retro game"'
>It still tries to look good at the same time and doesn't go for the simplest graphics imaginable
>>322111465
>game markets itself as a retro pixilated game
>it's a 3D game with voxels
>>322111578
Just looked it up. They added 4 colors, changed the aspect to 16:9, and removed things like image flickering. Also the music would only be possible on the famicom, which had more sound tracks. Pretty impressive though for an homage
>>322111716
>that reaction
I love you, anon.
>game tries to be realistic with hunger, fall damage, etc.
>sprint for ten seconds, jump, break bone and need to eat
>>322111014
The number of animations on that one dancer in the first town alone would be impossible on an NES. Plus, it's in widescreen and has parallax scrolling, so that's a no.
If anything, I'd say Shovel Knight is designed to replicate what you REMEMBER the NES looking like, not what it actually looked like.
>game tries to be 8bit retro
>releases copy of game on a floppy disk
Tcheco in the castle of lucio is the only true 8bit game from Steam.
>>322113117
>game is about survival
>your character never needs to sleep or drink
>>322113576
>game about survival
>you strike the earth
>>322110428
i don't see why it always has to be retro.
i do mediocre pixel art because i'm lazy, but i never claim it's because it's retro. it's low-res because it looks good compared to more detailed styles that would show my incompetence more obviously.
