Sea of Stars
My word, look at the beauty of this game. I don't even play turn based games but just the artstyle already makes me want to buy this game for myself and other people. The little touches of animation like the characters spinning around in water add the right bit of charm to a colourful game. I can't help but root for these devs to succeed.
Axiom Verge
This game looks like vomit pixels morphing around a barren landscape. No really, that's not a random insult, this game looks like that scene in Mr Robot where he throws up Adderall and tries to eat it back up directly in front of the camera. I have no idea how these guys scraped together a budget for a sequel.
River City Girls 2
I personally prefer SNES style pixelwork but this Wheel of Fortune on Windows 3.1 block style won me over. Everything is colourful and readable, which is important in a beat em up game. In contrast to this we have:
Dead Cells
This isn't bad, save for one thing I hate in our modern era. It's what Shelby at Girlfriend Reviews calls "diarrhea Christmas Lights" where the devs throw visibility out the window in exchange for explody sparks all over the screen and you can't tell what anything is doing. In opposition to Axiom Verge where readability is destroyed by having a colour monster devour the visuals and excrete a paste of greys, Dead Cells decided to have your eyes die in the heart of an exploding star.
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SNES era, arcade, doesn't matter. I love great looking pixel art games, and I've given my examples of what I like and don't. Share some of yours here!
My word, look at the beauty of this game. I don't even play turn based games but just the artstyle already makes me want to buy this game for myself and other people. The little touches of animation like the characters spinning around in water add the right bit of charm to a colourful game. I can't help but root for these devs to succeed.
Axiom Verge
This game looks like vomit pixels morphing around a barren landscape. No really, that's not a random insult, this game looks like that scene in Mr Robot where he throws up Adderall and tries to eat it back up directly in front of the camera. I have no idea how these guys scraped together a budget for a sequel.
River City Girls 2
I personally prefer SNES style pixelwork but this Wheel of Fortune on Windows 3.1 block style won me over. Everything is colourful and readable, which is important in a beat em up game. In contrast to this we have:
Dead Cells
This isn't bad, save for one thing I hate in our modern era. It's what Shelby at Girlfriend Reviews calls "diarrhea Christmas Lights" where the devs throw visibility out the window in exchange for explody sparks all over the screen and you can't tell what anything is doing. In opposition to Axiom Verge where readability is destroyed by having a colour monster devour the visuals and excrete a paste of greys, Dead Cells decided to have your eyes die in the heart of an exploding star.
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SNES era, arcade, doesn't matter. I love great looking pixel art games, and I've given my examples of what I like and don't. Share some of yours here!
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