/v/ - pixel art vs hand drawn vs 2.5D - Video Games

Anonymous

pixel art vs hand drawn vs 2.5(...) 09/04/25(Thu)04:24:14 No.719776674

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pixel art vs hand drawn vs 2.5D Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)04:24:14 No.719776674 Archived

which one do you prefer?

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)04:26:03 No.719776745

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)04:26:03 No.719776745

Top > Middle > Bottom

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)04:27:17 No.719776791

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)04:27:17 No.719776791

bottom looks like mobile game

saucy
09/04/25(Thu)04:28:48 No.719776838

saucy 09/04/25(Thu)04:28:48 No.719776838

>>719776674
pixel!

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)04:41:12 No.719777292

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)04:41:12 No.719777292

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>>719776674
I strongly prefer pixel art but late pixel art, Neo Geo / PSX / Saturn / CPS2 / IGS PGM quality pixel art. Not a big fan of 8bit or early 16bit but I don't dislike it either Picrel is Demon Front from IGS just because it deserves more love.
When it comes to the modern pixel art made for LCD screens, Shredders Revenge, Blasphemous, anything by Project Tengo, that kind of stuff makes me happy. I dislike the blockier or low quality stuff and am not a big fan of games that try and mimic 8bit.
For hand drawn, I don't dislike it when it is done well like Cuphead, Streets of Rage 4 or the imminent Silksong. There is a lot of trash though. 2.5D I am fairly biased against. It has it's standouts like DKC Tropical Freeze or Megaman 11 buuut most of it looks like shit and I despise when they take a pixel art masterpiece and remake it in low quality 2.5D like they did with Advance Wars.
Remakes of classic pixel art games should be done in pixel art and said pixel art should be better quality than the original. At worst pull an R-Type Dimensions and give me the original pixel as an option (though both modes look good, they did a good job).

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)04:42:33 No.719777342

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)04:42:33 No.719777342

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>>719776745
>>719776791
>>719776838
>>719777292
2.5D can look great but it needs a big budget

saucy
09/04/25(Thu)04:44:29 No.719777395

saucy 09/04/25(Thu)04:44:29 No.719777395

>>719777342
I do miss Skullgirls sometimes, that was the last time I saw hand drawn stuff that made me laugh.

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)04:48:58 No.719777548

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)04:48:58 No.719777548

>>719777342
Shitstained is one of the ugliest games ever made.

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)05:46:47 No.719779584

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)05:46:47 No.719779584

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>>719776674
>>719776838
PIXEL ART
https://imgur.com/t/ghostsn_demons

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)05:54:03 No.719779842

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)05:54:03 No.719779842

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>>719776674
Left: hand drawn
Middle: 2.5D
Right: pixel art

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)05:57:32 No.719779995

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)05:57:32 No.719779995

>>719777292
Is this late pixel art artistry lost now? Modern pixel art games are just mimicking 8-bit stuff or failing to make the sprites resolution consistent. Like, suddenly blocky and jaggy big logo or UI elements, etc. Even though the main character has higher res.

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)06:00:48 No.719780097

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)06:00:48 No.719780097

Hand drawn and Pixel are good. 2.5 rarely looks good.

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)06:08:02 No.719780330

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)06:08:02 No.719780330

>>719779995
modern pixel art is made by amateurs.

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)06:29:15 No.719781152

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)06:29:15 No.719781152

>>719776745
Agreed

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)06:48:51 No.719781951

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)06:48:51 No.719781951

>>719779995
True but some who aren’t chasing nostalgia faggots are truly beautiful, I played Valfaris last year and it had unique beautifully crafted art design

Anonymous
09/04/25(Thu)06:53:34 No.719782159

Anonymous 09/04/25(Thu)06:53:34 No.719782159

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