Post beautiful, interesting or gorgeous graphics. Modded or not, doesn't matter.
I know this may seem quaint, but Golden Sun has some breathtaking spritework...These sunbeams in particular are pretty gorgeous
>>382725726
Golden Sun games will to this day be my two favorite GBA games along side Boktai.
>>382729884
>>382730051
HOLY FUCK WHY ARE THEY SO ADORABLE
>>382729748
game?
>>382730113
Legend of Mana for Ps1. Beautiful graphics, it's like playing inside a paiting.
>>382729748
Only the tail is really animated.
>>382725726
>>382727994
Always makes me happy that the Composer for Golden Sun also composed the soundtrack for Dark Souls.
>>382730423
there's only so much shit you can fit into a ps1 game, and only so much time you can spend spriting shit
>>382730846
>>382731145
Looks so familiar
Is this Megaman X4?
>>382730598
Sakuraba is all washed up now though.
>>382731356
yes X4 playing it right now
The GBA Fire Emblem games have nice spritework.
>>382730423
>>382730621
It's a really high res complicated (fur, lighting, anatomy) sprite that I don't blame them for being restrained with the animation. It's not like it seems beyond 10fps anyway.
this is a pixel art gif thread now
>>382725726
>that shitty lightning on those three guys near the house
>>382732020
Why is pixel art so uniquely beautiful?
Why does it have to be so goddamn expensive to make?
>>382732020
yes
>>382729748
>>382730254
Such a good fucking game. Although the battle system is pretty barebones, the soundtrack, visuals, and nonlinear approach are amazing. I know its become a buzzword now, but LoM is one of the comfiest games Ive ever played.
Its not even all nostalgia either, as I only recently played it for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBKqX3txZt4
>>382732328
>ghost trick
hello my patrician friend
are there any games with this type of style
>nobody posted metal slug
pathetic
>>382732970
Hopefully not
>>382732328
>so uniquely beautiful
pixel art is similar to painting. every little detail is planned and meticulously placed with the final product usually being a work of art.
>so expensive
because great pixel art requires an artfag that knows his shit
t.former pixel art fag
>>382733575
at least it's not the fucking giant enemy crab for the nth time. it's not impressive once you see how there are chunks of it just shifted around from photoshop
>>382733971
What game?
>>382734068
muramasa the demon blade, really fucking good game
>>382734068
>>382733971
I believe that was captured through a cell phone or camera, and while it looks good it doesn't do the game justice
Gonna dump an art form I really miss. Pre rendered backgrounds died too young.
>>382734563
this boss was mario galaxy before mario galaxy
>>382734668
>>382734563
>>382734668
Uncompressed FF7 looks fucking glorious
>>382734773
>>382734807
>tfw uncompressed DKC3 remaster never ever
>>382734883
>>382734762
>>382734563
>>382734668
I was just thinking about those "how do I get that 90s CG look" threads a few days ago.
>>382733971
Muramasa was visually breathtaking.
I remember how fucking hype I was that my shitty computer at the time could run it so smoothly. Had to stop and take screenshots every 5 seconds.
Based Vanillaware.
>>382734910
HD sprite replacement is possible in some emulators for NES/Master System, someone just need to implement the support
>>382735080
>>382730217
Golden age SNK was GOAT.
>>382734978
I think it would be fun to draw something like this, anyone know what I would need or tips on how to get started?I figure it's 2d planes on a 3d scape with pixel art textures so blender maybe?
>>382735260
IIRC the SNES was just rotating sprites on planes there.
>>382735154
we'll never get the uncompressed content to use with it though
it pains me to even imagine all the work on each level lost with compression, looking at the 2 samples I have and just posted (it still looks good mind you, but damn)
>>382734883
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvHTlWyxH0
executing dump.exe....
initializing...///
>>382725726
i've got the itch to replay the games, but can't find the rom for any of the golden suns anywhere
>>382733971
Muramasa really is just a beautiful game all around.
Plays well, looks great. Vanillaware is too good for this sinful world.
>>382732328
In reality it's not expensive, it just requires skill. While company's generally invested in perfecting 3D graphics, machines to run them, and making some genuinely amazing looking games, Nintendo (under Iwata's direction) perfected the art of being cheap assholes inducing eye cancer for the better part of 15 years now.
>>382735260
the term you're looking for is billboard. it makes the textured plane always face the camera
>>382734314
Google tells me its on Vita and Wii, is one of them better than the other? Are there significant differences?
>>382735352
>That Blastoise sprite in RB
What in the actual fuck Gamefreak?
>>382735381
With some time and effort, people can remake HD assets using the original as reference (even I've made a bunch of this shit in the past). Not easy, but sure is worth the time
>>382735540
>billboard
Googled that and got a lot of tutorials, thanks anon had no idea
>>382732970
ROM
>>382734762
I would replay this level as a kid just to run around around the moon
Shit is so fucking cool
>>382735393
Fucking hell I love the mood Disc 1 FFVII sets.
>>382725726
>>382735581
the vita version adds some content and uses a more faithful translation. It also has dlc stories that aren't available for the wii version
>>382735683
sjw game. Pirate is you must play.
>>382735785
>sjw game
I don't recall anything SJW in my face when I played it.
I got it tacked on in some humble bundle at some point.
goat background
>Golden Sun 4 never ever
>Saturos prequel never ever
>You will never get to kill The Wise One dead in his stupid hypocritical eyeball
>Camelot doomed for eternity to make Mario sports games
>Deus Ex shelved
>Dragon's Dogma 2 is a pipe dream
VIDEO GAMES ARE DEAD
>>382732970
Manhunter
>>382735096
Thats beautiful
>>382735881
this game had good evolving backgrounds too
>>382735642
Nintendo most likely has all that shit fucking ready in a HDD somewhere RRRRRREEEEEEEEEE
this reminds me that Sonic Rush's CD quality soundtrack leaked a few years ago, only makes me wonder about all the shit we're missing because devs keep them tucked away in their basement
here's one for comparison sake
https://youtu.be/xC5MDYGl_m4?t=18
https://youtu.be/LAaAeI-2x_8?t=23
>mfw we'll never get our hands on Advance Wars DS and Days of Ruin CD quality soundtrack, NEVER EVER
>>382735915
Golden Sun 4? There is a Golden Sun 3?
>>382736093
It's the black sheep. We don't talk about it.
>>382735171
I can hear the music
>>382736093
Dark Dawn. Anons don't seem to like it, but I enjoyed it for what it was. The worst part of the game was the cliffhanger and ironically the artstyle.
>>382735881
I love it but I have always felt the shadows should be adjusted to be flat black across the board. No reason the sign, trash can, and car should be darker than everywhere else.
>>382735243
That looks better than 3.
>>382736091
Holy fuck, it's like night and day
>>382736062
How long do you think it took the artist to draw that?
>>382735898
>>382735806
Sauce?
>>382736287
I can only imagine it was a long time... but totally worth it.
>>382736321
Breath of Fire IV.
A phenomenal game with phenomenal art.
I wonder why devs don't do pre rendered backgrounds anymore. It is a cheap but still good way of making good looking sprites
>>382735806
I remember playing BoF IV when I was really young, then I was in a car accident that put me in hospital for 4 months. When I got back home my brother had lost the case with the disk.
13 years later I found the game in my parents attic, the case and my old memory card and planned to finish it off. I forgot where I was, what I had done and where to go but put so many hours into my play I was going to just restart the entire game.Never did, your post might make me start it up tomorrow. Thanks mang
>>382736387
>A phenomenal game with phenomenal art.
So close to perfect. I have no idea why they decided the dragons should be in shitty 3D.
>>382736498
do it anon.
i feel as though this game is nailing the aesthetic of SMW and adding a satisfying smoothness
>>382735986
game?
>When I'm on the road, I'm indestructible. No one can stop me...
>...but they try.
>>382725726
>>382736498
I only just played it this year and honestly it may be one of my top ten games ever made, I absolutely loved it. Not flawless, but truly great.
>>382736562
I agree, they look out of place. Still the enemies look fantastic.
>>382735781
Fuck, I was hoping you would say that about the Wii version.
Dolphin runs flawless on my rig, and I'm not going to splurge for a Vita. Ever.
Anyoen heard of a game called babe's odyssey?
>>382736704
See>>382736387
>>382736091
Anon, can you link me the CD quality full soundtrack? I'm pretty sure that I know a guy that can replace files on NDS ROMs
>>382735453
i know your pain friend BUT there is a pretty sweet mega rom pack on pirate bay that has it
'retro legends' tons of sweet roms.
>>382732220
This looks like modded metroid fusion. What is it?
>>382737136
>Luka still picking on her
this character had better movement than most of the others imho
>>382735453
try nicoblog
>>382737429
>>382737292
it's zero mission, silly goose
>>382736278
and all I can do is cry tears of impotent rage while imitating a scared frog rrrrrrrrRRRRREEEEEEEEEE
I mean, I'm only assuming they start by making high quality stuff, then they make it shit to work on a DS
assuming you've played TWEWY on a DS (as you should) and never heard the OST album before, do check it out, it's fucking glorious, completely unhindered by the DS hardware
I was trying to find an upload with the DS version, but I can't find it at all, so here's some gameplay where Calling is playing in the background
https://youtu.be/TS9Ej6mdPBs?t=1169
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0569Wt-cZ0
and here's the CD version
>>382737124
I have no idea if it's easy to find it, I just googled it and only found it on youtube, and I myself have 7 songs downloaded (I'm sure there are more), I got them february 10th of 2015, no idea if I ripped them from the youtube uploads
>>382733626
>because great pixel art requires an artfag that knows his shit
>t.former pixel art fag
bullshit, pix or gtfo
>>382737287
I actually just found them on the iso zone, otherwise I would've checked your recommendation next. All my usual places (emuparadise) have golden sun as "unavailable" for some reason
Tumblr is great for game gifs, lots of good blogs I found that only do game gifs.
>>382737865
>>382737939
>>382725726
[spooky piano music intensives]
>>382737795
Nintendo did a clean up in some sites. Not all Nintendo handheld/console roms but most of it. Try searching pokemon/Mario/Metroid on emuparadise
>>382738049
>>382738148
>>382727238
im playinf this
>>382735915
>>Camelot doomed for eternity to make Mario sports games
The worst part is that they don't even have the the RPG elements the ones for GBC/GBC had
>>382734563
>>382734668
I agree with you.
The last game that I have seen using pre-rendered background wasFnaf, I think they are pretty ok.
>>382733234
here anon, remove that trash and have the original.
>>382738259
I also loved the animations in this
>>382733234
>>382738448
Why is he wearing a diaper
>>382738235
>>382738675
He's also got thighs bigger around than his arms, narrow shoulders and wide hips.
There's a lot of very reasonable questions to be asking here, the diaper is just the most obvious one.
>>382735898
>>382735806
I never played a BoF, but got IV for my vita when it was on sale for dirt cheap about a month ago.
Not too far, just recently got the robot, but this game is gorgeous. The sprites have a fantastic art style and are amazingly animated, and even the ui looks really good for a psx game. Music is good as well.
Really need to get around to playing this, Suikoden II and Xenogears.
>>382737617
Aren't those the tracks? https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Rush-Original-Groove/dp/B00AH9Q64S
>>382732020
Wait Venom was in the original Marvel VS Capcom?
>>382736091
Fuck I wish we could get a hold of Advance Wars CD soundtrack
>>382738947
It's a great game, highly suggest it anon. My only complaints is the difficulty is too easy overall and by the end there is a bit of annoying padding but don't let this discourage you, it is a phenomenal game and I honestly feel it may have the best combat system I have ever seen in a jrpg.
>>382736923
The art and music in chrono cross are so damn good.
Too bad the rest couldnt live up to trigger.The story wouldve been better if it wasnt so horribly paced and rushed at the end.
>>382737861
Thank god for emulation
Are there any games that perfectly capture a cold and industrial atmosphere like MGS1?
fuck pixel art was so cool
Best psone jrpg
>>382736771
Wii version is still good. I whole heartedly recommend it
>>382739635
>>382731356
Sakuraba is great on anything that isn't Tales
>>382739843
>>382739996
>>382739843
suikoden?
>>382739531
Maybe MGS2. MAYBE.
>>382739906
>Sakuraba on Tales
Just get anyone else, Bamco. Literally anyone. Stop bringing him back and telling him to make a "Tales" soundtrack.
>>382736505
I use this as my wallpaper in240 x 320resolution
>>382732970
Who's the artist
>>382737292
I mean, you are correct but the fact you are asking this means you've never played MZM. The fuck are you doing here.
>>382740564
Suikoden II
>>382735096
If I were to choose one place to live in forever it would be this. It's so beautiful.
>>382736091
The reality is likely far more upsetting: most of those things have likely been lost forever. Even StarCraft's Source Code was lost, a game that was huge and whose developer is still alive today.
Publishers don't archive shit: take for example the prerendered backgrounds for resident evil or final fantasy. Much of the assets attached to classic games simply no longer exist.
My favorite 2D Zelda.
Wtf? All the graphics you guys are posting is outdated shit.
>>382742417
mine too senpai
Do
Not
Die
Anyone else have any great sprite/game gifs?
>>382734563
>>382734668
>>382734773
>>382734883
>>382734972
>>382735080
You're really making me want to play FFVII again. I've been wondering how much differently I'd play it now that I understand RPG mechanics a lot better (it was my first RPG ever, so I didn't have much concept of some characters being better magic users, for example).
>>382745856
Honestly VII is one of those games made less fun by comprehensive mechanical understanding imo. It's not an overly demanding or complex game in that respect. It's just a great game for the world it shows you around for a while.
>>382736271
>Ursula and Scias
best team right there
>>382737006
what the fuck is this madou monogatari
>>382725726
I love GS, but I can't tell if you're making fun or not, because there is nothing breath taking about the "spritework"
>>382746059
You might be right, but it could be interesting to actually try to build the characters a certain way now - maybe make Cloud a hybrid fighter/mage, Barret a pure fighter, Aeris a pure mage, for example - instead of basically making everyone a hybrid character like I did back in the day when I didn't even fully grasp that giving people magic Materia had penalties. And even if that doesn't turn out to be all that interesting, the game is still a great experience anyway.
>>382732873
ghost trick isnt pixel art though. it's something called "robo scope"
>>382733609
thank you for the /thread
>>382737164
what's the best ps1 emulator nowadays?
>>382747090
ePSXe has worked well for me so far.
>>382736165
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bNUnGITpcU
>>382742417
>>382743098
get the fuck out of the thread neo nintendoers
>>382736489
Because in the current gaming industry, everything has to be either super-HD photo-realistic or retro 8-bit pixel art.
>>382731569
>>382736834
Are you sure you don't mean Abe's Oddysee?
>>382747367
sorry i like a good game grumpy gills
>>382736165
>>382736076
>>382735986
>>382735898
>>382735806
>>382736271
I love lowpoly 2.5d so much
>>382732970
Yes, every PC-98 game. Where do you think those images came from?
>>>/vr/
>>382732970
>scaling dithered art at non-integer scales
>tfw not even an artist but looking at good pixel art REALLY makes me want to try picking it up
>>382749164
then do it. It's not impossible to learn
>>382748328
that game is shit
>>382725726
>i feel as though this game is nailing the aesthetic of shitty indie game knock offs
>>382729884
Which one is this?
>>382749707
nah man you are
bump!!!!
>>382735514
Skill = money
>>382739052
Yes, it had a really fast secret variation that was OP as fuck.
>>382746663
>robo scope
>>382737069
One of the reasons I never played BOF4 is that it looks so ugly compared to BOF3.
>>382755741
My nigga.
>create probably the most beautiful adventure game ever
>make it a four hour long railroad experience with braindead puzzles that is only slightly above Telltale games in terms of complexity
The foliage might be ass but the environments are easy 10/10 material for me
>tfw building a PC and can finally start playing games like Talos on max settings after playing only on minimum at 720p forever
>>382732328
>pixel art is expensive
thats bullshit. 3d modellers costs way way more
Why does /v/ hate Golden Sun so much? They're better games than the RPGs /v/ actually likes.
>>382756947
Is that rock of ages?
>>382735806
I fucking hate this game. the princess with the fucked up lower body scared the fuck outta me i had a phobia whenever i see anything related to BOF
>>382757009
Golden Sun is shit
>>382735915
>you will never fight Alex and finally put that water faggot in his place
Dark Dawn made me angry for way too many reasons
>>382757261
And yet it's better than your favorite RPG. So why the hate?
>>382730846
>>382756660
Foliage and animations are definitely the two things that Croteam needs to improve in their upcoming games.
Otherwise their shit is god-tier, especially the textures and parallax mapping.
>>382757097
the sequel
>>382729878
>>382757326
I don't hate it. I just say it's shit.
It doesn't take any risks. It's bland. The characters are uninteresting. I wouldn't watch a random Shonen anime for little boys, why would I play the game equivalent?
>>382735972
Sauce?
>>382735260
If you're just using unity, it's really simple. Just write a little script that locks the graphics to always face the camera.
It might be more fun to use something like love2d and do some simple 3d coding with matrices.
>>382757490
They nail everythig else, it's damn impressive. Gameplay, sound design (both music and sound effects), textures, you name it. Fucking slavs running on potatos and love, man
>>382757852
Because unlike your favorite RPG it has a lively and highly interactive world.
>>382758290
I really, really doubt it.
>>382725726
Fun fact, the "sprites" weren't done in the traditional pixel art way, they were from 3d models. Look at Shining the Holy Ark(battle sprites) and Shining Force 3(overworld sprites) for some of the other times they did it.
>>382735915
>you will never get to touch Menardi's fire hot crotch
>>382732970
hotline miami?
>>382735243
I still prefer this over 3, the atmosphere is just so damn good.
>>382735243
>tfw you spend hours just in the map editor to make ridiculously cluttered yet atmospheric as fuck environments
>>382733971
The most beautiful game ever.
>>382737976
>Dark Dawn was so efficient at killing the fanbase that everyone ignored that "leak"
Last time I say wow
>Vanillaware titles
>KOFXIII
>Dishonored 2 cuz 3D can be beautiful when not used for lamo hyper-realism
>>382732970
In some cases less artstyle and more aesthetic, but still:
Snatcher
Policenauts
GTA VC and VCS
Hotline Miami
VA-11 Hall-A
2064: Read Only Memories
Concrete Jungle
The Long Way
Crossing Souls
Drift Stage
Sky Rogue
no game series has a right to be this atmospheric
dumping
>>382762226
>>382762385
>>382762501
>>382762647
>>382762886
>>382735514
How so?
>>382736754
The noodle crab returns!!
Anyone knows how 2.5d sprites are made? I loved the the golden sun battle sprites on gba and I want to reproduce this aesthetic in the game I'm working on
>>382762226
Good dump my man.
>>382764350
They made 3D models and then made sprites out of renders at various angles. Same method DKC and some other choice titles around that era used.
>tumblr art gallery thread
This is $2 on Steam right now by the way, in case you want to check out the best turn-based strategy game of all time
>>382765346
>>382750509
Castlevania: DISCIPLE of STUPID.
>>382765346
>>382765784
looks old skool (in a good way), what does it play like?
>>382767286
Overworld exploration is like Heroes of Might & Magic, you spend movement points to move around the map and build cities/collect resources
Gameplay consists of both castle sieges and smaller skirmishes. You're limited to 8 units per group, there's no unit stacking like in HOMM. You also start the game with a wizard hero who is capable of assisting any battle provided the battle takes place in a domain he controls. There's something like 15 playable races, 100 spells, and 200 units, so the battles get pretty crazy with how much diversity there is.
>>382730846
Balance wise the game sucks, but Third Strike really is one of the better feeling Street Fighter games. Plus it looks fantastic!
>>382732020
>Venom wasn't in MvC3
>because of Marvel's incompetence and legal bullshit we'll probably never see Venom in another MvC title ever again
The worst part is that I can't let it go. It pisses me off too much because I've always loved Venom.
>>382738390
Play Pillars of Eternity if you haven't. It (and it's unreleased sequel) uses pre-rendered backgrounds and it's gorgeous.
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>>382771541
MOOT?
1
I think someone asked for this in the 90s CG thread a while back
>>382736647
fuck off, nigress baby, thats not aesthetic
>>382737316
What fucking game is this!?
>>382737976
WHAT THE FUCK!!!! IS IT HAPPENING!!!
>>382773049
Is this tho?
Probably the best sprite animation
>>382736771
The Vita dlc adds 4 characters that plays differently from Kisuke and Momohime.
They are all awesome to play as btw.
>>382736647
Game?
>>382732970
Le late 80s/early 90s commercialism lmao amirite gusy?
>>382727994
>liking good games
fag
>>382730113
boko no pico
>>382737292
metroid zero mission
it came out two years after fusion