How did games look so great at such a low resolution?

>>376708351
Same way magicians fool your eyes and brain with magic tricks

>>376708351
None of these look great, even now when viewed at their proper resolution on a monitor. They looked even worse when stretched out on some shitty SD television. Stop letting nostalgia get in the way of actually using your brain.

Some modern games look like fucking shit. You're endless screenshot barrage isn't doing anything maybe try to start a discussion?

>>376708351
Fantastic art direction

good thread, post more

>>376708351
Art direction, care, developers actually giving a shit and good textures.

Back then ps1 & ps2 games were mostly played on CRT's which scaled a lot better than LCD's and helped cover up any graphical anomalies etc

i hope we have another graphics leap

>>376708351
You sort of answered your own question, the low resolution IS what helps most old games look good because it helps hide low texture quality and low poly details.

>>376708468
damn this game looks pretty good, been years since I played it

>>376709017
however this is a bullshot, the game does look good but it has this blurry as fuck look to it

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>>376710610
get fukd you shithead. At least this guy is posting images what the fuck are you doing to contribute

>>376709273
THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE ME
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME

>>376708351

Aesthetics and CRT TV's.

>>376708351
if you have good artists the polycount doesnt matter.

Any resolution looks good on a crt tv

Art style > graphics

>>376708351
It was actually because of the resolution that they looked good. If you emulate PS2 / Gamecube era games at 1080p, they actually end up looking worse as the increase resolution makes the polygons and low-res textures easier to see.

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>>376708351
Good artstyle and clever devs. Tell me what character model looks as good as Heather Mason did on inferior hardware like PS2?

Im serious pound for pound. Take the weakest platform of any given gen and show me a character thst pushes all expectations of that gen quite like she did/does. Also we were less obsessed with things running at 4K 140fps and calling anything less "unplayable hot garbage" we didn't sit inches from a 4K PC monitor back then. And the jump from gen to gen was far greater.

>>376708351
That's like asking how pixel art can look good.

Can I play MGS2 without playing MGS1? I want to understand the story btw.

>>376708351
the colors in a lot of these look really nice

>>376708351
Because they wrap skin pngs around Ulta low poly models. This is like character design 101, m8

>>376715208
Did SH2, 3 and 4 run well? They don't have any twitch movement or anything but those models must've made the game chug. Time for a replay soon.

Because people were less obsessed with "muh 1080p" and shit back then.

You'd never hear people complaining about 240p and 540i and all that back then.

Ocarina of Time was 240p and ~20 FPS. Nobody gave a shit.

People care about graphics too much these days. Gameplay is king. If you were old enough to start with 8-bit you'd understand.

>>376715452
You won't understand the story even if you play MGS1

>>376715452
kek, God no

>>376715616
There were always graphics wars.
Genesis does what Nintendon't.
People also loved OG Xbox for PC graphics and running games at 480p. Same with Dreamcast.

>>376715452
just play the game skipping every cutscene/codec call and read a synopsis later.

>>376715484
SH environments are tiny

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>>376715484
Nope. Run perfectly fine on my PS2 fat and slim! Fantastic with a component cable. Bare in mind as well, Heather didn't just look like that in cutscenes, but also during real time gameplay. Her running animation is a bit goofy but other than that Heather is a work of fucking art. By far tge most beautiful vidya girl ever.

>>376715853
>People also loved OG Xbox for PC graphics and running games at 480p.

People loved Xbox because of Halo and Gears of War.

>>376715887
Still. Those models are pretty high poly for time and the texture res was good too.
>>376715912
Nah, that's Chun Li. She runs at 60fps.

>>376715853
Yeah but they had no idea what the fuck they even meant.

>its 64 bit yo. The most powerful console in the whole wide world.

Hes right, we didnt fucking go on and on about resolution and compute units. Thats a new e-peen shit.

>>376716049
>she runs at 60fps

So did SH3. Also see >>376715616
you are exactly what hes talking about.

>>376716141
>SH3 was 60fps
Dick status: MUH

Only really mentioned fps because fighting games are mechanically built around 60fps.

>>376715912
Heather pleases old men for money

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>>376716272
Back then it was a menu on start up
>50hz
>60hz
>Test

A lot of games for PS2 you had to hold up + Triangle at the start up screen to get the option to activate.

>>376716681
I never knew that, I always figured you either had the option or you were stuck at 50hz.

working with limitations to ensure that games look good anyways

nowadays developers seem to think there arent any limitations so theyre trying to push for lifelike visuals even though none of the systems can handle it

>>376708410
pic unrelated?

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>>376716610
Fucking good. I LIKE the idea that at some point before SH3 she probably went off the rails with drugs and dicks as a teen before Harry had to reign her the fuck in. There is always an undercurrent of recovering teen with mental health issues coming off Heather.

Im tired of mary sue "she is a pure virgin" waifu bullshit. I want Heather to be a bit dark and a bit of a mess once, but in control now as a youn adult. Its dirty and sexy as fuck on her.

>>376708351
Because we didn't give a fuck back then.

>>376716838
There is a list on wikipee somewhere saying which games could do it. You had to hold it when the screen brought up the "PlayStation 2" logo

>>376715208
Conker on the n64 version looked very good, and he had a fuckton of personality and idle animations

>>376716973
>Im tired of mary sue "she is a pure virgin" waifu bullshit. I want Heather to be a bit dark and a bit of a mess once, but in control now as a youn adult. Its dirty and sexy as fuck on her.
Holy shit, btfo

>>376717120
I wouldnt say it looked better than say, Banjo though

>>376717186
How do you mean anon?

>>376716973
Didn't that happen in Shattered Dimensions?

>>376717283
people who love and only love pue mary sue waifu bullshit

>>376716845
>none of the systems can handle it
Uncharted 4

>>376715456
These were also games designed to be played on CRTs.

>>376717221
I think Conker is a pretty protagonist than Banjo
As a game overall, I'd maybe lean towards Banjo but Conker has way more detail and charm added to it on a technical standpoint

>>376716973
We were discussing graphics and art design in games. Can you take your waifu faggotry somewhere else?

>>376709210
to this day one of the best looking games ive ever played.

>>376716973
She's like 17 in 3. You make it sound like she's a character from KIDS or something.

>>376717408
exactly.
not 60 fps. Not even unstable like Politically Correct of Us.
Instead went with unstable 30 fps. Joke game. Joke SJW company.

>>376717569
Mid 90s - early 2000s Capcom had some great art.

>>376717615
>politically correct of us

You mean thst game where a literal patriarch male father figure shoots a wounded BLACK WOMAN at the end because "fuck you muh daughter fu ahe is mine?"

Interesting assesment anon.

>>376717736
No I understand
You want a bitch who's more down to earth

>>376717872
>Defending SJW garbage
get out moviedrone sonybro

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>>376717898
While she is young yeah. Its more interesting to make her a bit more dark. And it's believable that she is the moody girl that all the Chads bully at high schools, but then a week later they are all confused and exploding ropes of jizz down her neck as she gets them to cheat on thier cheerleader britney girlsfriends. Then they fall in love and she fucks them off like a cold bitch, but really underneath all that she is affectionate but hates them all at the same time... GOD yes.

>>376717947
>defending meme, meme, not muh own opinion

Think for yourself you asshole. Say something critical about it on your ow, say something of merit anytime.

>>376709661
i always though the spyro sequels looked worse than the first one, even though the graphics were technically better. i think i just prefer the art direction of 1.

why is everyone who uses "sjw" as a pejorative such an emotionally stunted & aggressive weirdo

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>>376717947
>>376717615
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>>376716973
Pls stop

>>376718740
Okay okay, anon. But you got me all started on fucking Silent Hill you know? FUCK. Ima go play some right now. Sexy beam time.

>>376708351
We were smarter back then. And more capable of visual abstraction.

We've since lost our ability to see through the pixels in the matrix. We're fully enslaved now.