whats the best looking pixel art game? Has pixel art even meaningfully progressed since the SNES and GBA?
Cast n Chill
>>746484342That's not even pixel art
Stardew Valley
>>746484342The Adventures of Elliot came out a few months ago and it has some great pixel art
>>746484342HoMM2
>>746488405Forgot pic, and excuse the blurriness
>>746484342I like older stuff because it was limited by necessity while now it's by choice.
>>746486890It doesn't even look as good as its source material, retard.
>>746484342Ragnarok Online
>nostalgia goggles thread
>>746484342Capcom mastered pixel art with Breath of Fire 3/4 only to switch to 3D slop a few years later.
>>746484342homm2, age of wonders 1, songs of conquest are some that come to mind initially.Cross Code ain't half bad.I really like Seiken Densetsu 3Age of Wonders series managed to stay pretty consistently even when moving beyond pixels.
Metal Slug had some nice pixels.Pic unrelated.
>>746488502>>746488862happy colors... sovl
Eastward comes to mind as something modern that had good pixel art, shame the rest about the game felt kind lackluster from what I played of it though.Seiken Densetsu 3 is probably some of the best pixel art the SNES could physically manage to put on a screen.And Metal Slug still probably has some of the coolest pixel art designs.
>>746488862One caveat about the age of wonders 1, the units are low resolution 2d sprites of 3d models, so not quite pixelart.The rest of it like, buildings, terrain, UI are all pixelart, just the units aren't.
>>746489837>One caveat about the age of wonders 1, the units are low resolution 2d sprites of 3d models,Can you confirm that's true for aow1 and not just aow2?
>>746484342
>>746491090It's pretty obvious from the simple shapes some enemies are composed of (especially humanoids), as well as the characteristic 3D shading of pre-rendered graphics at the time.
>>746493492ahh, okay
>>746484342homm 3 by a fucking miledragonball hyper dimension nothing else is worrh mentioning. maybe chrono triggersimtower is good
>>746493492wait, that's an aow2 beholder
>>746486890Stardew Valley's pixel art is abhorrent
>>746484342neo geo and saturn had better looking games. but then nothing matched that level
Personally I would say Metal SlugObjectively I would say Breath of Fire IV
>>746493915NTA, but just peruse all the available units in AOW1https://aow.heavengames.com/units/You can very crealy tell these are 3d pre-renders just from the shapes and shading.They did this for units to make it easier to make 8 different perspectives for every single unit, one for every direction a unit can face.Not only does this method cuts on work needed, it also makes sure all perspectives are consistent with the units shape, imagine having to draw all of these, too much work for such a low budget.
>>746494307Yeah I've checked heavengames, problem is that when I look at earth elemental I know I can do that myself pixel by pixel.Placed the beholder in the editor and it was very obvious though, I forgot how animated aow1 was despite playing it only like 1½ years ago last time, all of their eye-stalks are moving around even in the idle animation.
>>746484342Back when Koreans had soul
>>746484342graveyard keeper 2 looks amazing
>>746486890boss baby vibes ahh comment
>>746488502I love this game so much it's unreal
>>746494780>problem is that when I look at earth elemental I know I can do that myself pixel by pixel.No, you can't. You only just think you can because you've never actually made pixel art. You are NOT using 32 colors on a sprite like this. If you have actually made pixel art before, then you would be able to tell it apart from pre-rendered sprites and this wouldn't need to be a conversation.
>>746484342What do you call this aesthetic? National Park-core? Mountains and forests, lakes and rivers, cozy cabins. Fucking love it.The Pacific North-West has gotta be the prettiest part of the country.
(((they))) took this from you
>>746496231>because you've never actually made pixel artbut I have, I speak from a place of experience>If you have actually made pixel art beforeMore specifically, I speak from a place of greater experience than you, which is why you think this is beyond possible.
>>746496719Post your work.
>>746484342Looks Canadian.
>>746496767give me your location
>>746496816Tell me your mother's maiden name
>>746496816Of course you wouldn't. Just as I thought.
>>746496920Give me your location pussy
>>746496956>No I can't back up my claims until you dox yourselfBased Dunning-Kruger retard who doesn't know what he's talking about. I accept your concession for now and I will not humor you for much longer.
>>746497136You're asking me to dox myselfSo I ask you to dox yourselfRetard
>>746484342Amazing water.
>>746494065Cool
>>746497168You're implying your work is high-profile enough that anyone will know who the fuck you are and yet you can't visually tell the difference between pixel art and a pre-rendered sprite. Kek, nice schizo delusions, faggot.
>>746484342Possibly Children of Mana
>>746497168>"You're asking me to dox myself">All those indie devs on twitter doxxing themselveskek
>>746497430This: >>746494307 was you right?
Also, drawn to life
>>746497752No. You've had the same thing explained to you by multiple people.
>>746497752No, that was me, and yea it's 6 directions not 8 like I said originally
>>746498357My bad
>>7464885023 is a big improvement on mechanics and balance, and OE looks great, but I miss the hand-drawn storybook graphics of 2 so much
>>746484342Does pre-rendered really count though? Also, are there any indies nowadays who use pre-rendering?
>>746494780>>746496719>this 3D model looks hand drawn to me because i'm just an inhuman god whose drawings look like they were made by 3D rendering softwarenigger what are you even talking about? even if you could draw like that then you should still be able to tell
>>746484342That’s not pixel art idiot it’s pre-rendered.
>>746484342>Left side of the map is underused as fuck>Levels are in the cramped right side of the map. Secret level is there as well WhyThere's a huge lake in the top left and all there is is a stupid banana bird cave or something. What the hell.
>>746499992There should've been one more world up there tbdesu
>>746484939yes it is
>>746497168You are seriously embarrassing yourself and should stop posting. At this point even if you are some master pixel artist it wouldn't make up for how much of an ass you're making yourself for no reason.
>>746494092this is a 3d environment
There is a certain art to keeping pre-rendered assets and pixel assets close enough in detail that they don't look bad against each other, but still keeping the former strong enough that there was still a point in using them.
>>746500395No it isn't, retardPre-rendered sprites are not pixel art
>>746484342What do they eat?
>>746484342Anything that is 32 bit.
>>746484342>"whats the best looking pixel art game?">doesn't post pixel art
>>746486890Baby's first pixel art game experience in the 2020's
