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Kanos posted:Not liking a game's aesthetics is a perfectly valid reason to not really enjoy a game, even if other people do enjoy said game. That's why I don't want to play one of the many, many Touhou games
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Tired Moritz posted:im so scared to finish arc 2 of dragon quest 11... but I really want her back, guys stay strong, gamer
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Sep 12, 2023 16:23
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Barudak posted:Please look up in the interior areas and enjoy the ceilings that a dev spent a lot of time making. I haven't done that, but I laughed at the merchants not actually being able to be talked to at all and them just saying stock lines over and over while you click on a chest next to them to actually buy things. Also like that there are lights placed behind walls and notes/letters hang a tiny bit away from the walls so if there's a note or something on a wall a lot of times it will cast a shadow onto the ground from the wall.
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Sep 12, 2023 16:58
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while it is valid to bounce off ff7 due to the models, it is also the sign of a weak spirit and low gamer fortitude
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Sep 12, 2023 18:55
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What FF7 lack in its overworld models it makes up for with it's pre-rendered backgrounds too, it's still an incredibly evocative game to look at imo
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Sep 12, 2023 19:02
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yeah its a game that sticks hard in the memory
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Sep 12, 2023 19:02
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ff7 is one of the best looking games ever made and the goofy popeye models are a core part of that
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Sep 12, 2023 19:07
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yup
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Sep 12, 2023 19:10
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it is almost as weak as people who refuse to use the original sprites in Higurashi
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Sep 12, 2023 19:10
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I love the FF7 models. The remake looks great but there's just something about those lego/megablocks character models.
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Sep 12, 2023 19:11
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its interesting because they seem like an attempt to translate the more cartoonish/expressive sprites in 16-bit RPGs to a 3D game, which isn't something which really lasted trends in game development and graphics
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Sep 12, 2023 19:13
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if it was some intentional artistic choice then why do they look completely different in battle
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Sep 12, 2023 19:19
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a lot of games had/have overworld sprites which looked different from battle sprites
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Sep 12, 2023 19:21
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Zokari posted:if it was some intentional artistic choice then why do they look completely different in battle I mean "sprites are more detailed in battle" was a FF staple except for FF6
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Sep 12, 2023 19:21
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Zokari posted:if it was some intentional artistic choice then why do they look completely different in battle
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Sep 12, 2023 19:23
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the tiny guys vs giant detailed monster thing would probably look wrong in 3D, so you gotta scale the tiny guys up
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Sep 12, 2023 19:23
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a lot of the battle models look noticeably weird and dumpy too they just aren't distinctly low detail like the overworld ones all are
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Sep 12, 2023 19:24
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I mean it was an intentional enough choice that they did some pre-rendered scenes still using the popeye models.
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Sep 12, 2023 19:24
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The Colonel posted:a lot of the battle models look noticeably weird and dumpy too they just aren't distinctly low detail like the overworld ones all are peep red's battle model sometime
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Sep 12, 2023 19:24
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ultimately whether it was on purpose or not it's not like art's never had interesting decisions born from limitation and compromise
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Sep 12, 2023 19:25
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there's also stuff like how the really expressive overworld animations would almost certainly look extremely stupid if they were on like, the FF8 models
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Sep 12, 2023 19:26
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I miss seeing villains that are itty bitty chunky chibis, who then suddenly are towering handsome art kaijus because it is fight time the Lufia games were juiced with it
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Sep 12, 2023 19:27
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Lunatic Sledge posted:I miss seeing villains that are itty bitty chunky chibis, who then suddenly are towering handsome art kaijus because it is fight time Play Octopath. It loving loves that.
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Sep 12, 2023 19:27
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the ff series is like 90% compromise. for instance people love bringing up auron in ffx looking way older than in his 30s and the reason for that is that his age kept changing during the course of development (including one draft where he was really tidus's dad) so his design solidified at a point before his age was set.
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Sep 12, 2023 19:28
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Lunatic Sledge posted:I miss seeing villains that are itty bitty chunky chibis, who then suddenly are towering handsome art kaijus because it is fight time The Octopath games carry on that proud tradition.
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Sep 12, 2023 19:28
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wild arms 1 and 2 much more starkly suffer from the 3d looking kind of bad because they really just weren't able to do better than what they came out with. but at the same time they make it impressive when you get to 3 and while the model quality is still pretty blobby, they learned how to lean into that for how everyone animates and got a lot more mileage out of it. also uh, put on a lot of really heavy visual effects to try and cover it up lol
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Sep 12, 2023 19:28
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To a certain extent that's just a PS1 vs. PS2 discussion, though. It's like comparing FF7 to FF10 or 12 instead of FF8. Yeah, of course there's a big difference between WA1+2 and 3, in what they can do with their models and in effects they can add to make it look better.
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Sep 12, 2023 19:45
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The Colonel posted:wild arms 1 and 2 much more starkly suffer from the 3d looking kind of bad because they really just weren't able to do better than what they came out with. but at the same time they make it impressive when you get to 3 and while the model quality is still pretty blobby, they learned how to lean into that for how everyone animates and got a lot more mileage out of it. also uh, put on a lot of really heavy visual effects to try and cover it up lol I have to admit it is no way objectively good or something other games should mimic but a part of me loves WA1 going from kinda nice sprites to bloby barely textured 3D models.
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Sep 12, 2023 19:48
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Lunatic Sledge posted:I miss seeing villains that are itty bitty chunky chibis, who then suddenly are towering handsome art kaijus because it is fight time triangle strategy only does this once, for the true final boss, but i marked out hard when it happened
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Sep 12, 2023 19:52
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Srice posted:The Octopath games carry on that proud tradition. ImpAtom posted:Play Octopath. It loving loves that. The boss sprites in octopath 2 are so fuckin good
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Sep 12, 2023 19:56
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The best part about OP is that anything that is a boss gets a giant-rear end kaiju sprite. So it can be like a regular dude, a butler, a dog, it doesn't matter what they look like the hand of god.
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Despite being an overstuffed year, I do hope Mina the Hollower keeps its December release month. I don't know who else is doing a retro GBC-inspired game that harken back to the Zelda Oracle series, but the makers of Shovel Knight haven't missed yet./f/93161/768x432/e4f337e7d7/gif_bayougameplay1.gif) :quality(80)/f/93161/1920x1080/778994b67b/screenshot6.png) :quality(80)/f/93161/1920x1080/3f1fc5c0e2/screenshot2.png) :quality(80)/f/93161/1920x1080/d4d15bef73/screenshot4.png) :quality(80)/f/93161/768x432/0e4e9ed28b/gif_hub.gif) :quality(80)/f/93161/768x432/f127a33aea/gif_panoramabayou.gif) I'm probably the one person who doesn't yearn for a Hollow Knight sequel, because the patched-in content all but soured my opinion of the game.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Despite being an overstuffed year, I do hope Mina the Hollower keeps its December release month. I don't know who else is doing a retro GBC-inspired game that harken back to the Zelda Oracle series, but the makers of Shovel Knight haven't missed yet. I cannot put into words how much I love those visuals, Link's Awakening by way of Castlevania is an inspired choice
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Sep 12, 2023 21:01
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Kanos posted:Not liking a game's aesthetics is a perfectly valid reason to not really enjoy a game, even if other people do enjoy said game. Actually I think you'll find that the best reason not to play a video game is because a woman might materialize in your house and make fun of you at some point.
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RareAcumen posted:Actually I think you'll find that the best reason not to play a video game is because a woman might materialize in your house and make fun of you at some point. this constantly happens to me and im sick of it
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Sep 12, 2023 21:11
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Despite being an overstuffed year, I do hope Mina the Hollower keeps its December release month. I don't know who else is doing a retro GBC-inspired game that harken back to the Zelda Oracle series, but the makers of Shovel Knight haven't missed yet. I hadn't heard of this until now, but I am now also hoping that comes out in December. I finally got around the Link's Awakening remake this year and I have a real hankering for some 2D Zelda again.
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Mina the Hollower was something I slam-backed and it makes me really happy that they are going for something completely different instead of Shovel Knight again. Yacht Club has absolutely earned my faith in a way few developers have.
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Soundtrack is also by Virt.
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Eternights also has a horny best bro dude who, yeah, makes some questionable comments here and there but get this: he hits on a girl. the girl says she's asexual. IMMEDIATELY AND RESPECTFULLY SLAMS ON THE BRAKES AND APOLOGIZES. never flirts with her again.
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RareAcumen posted:Actually I think you'll find that the best reason not to play a video game is because a woman might materialize in your house and make fun of you at some point. What if that woman has already materialised in my house and made fun of me for playing a video game?
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