What are your favorite games purely from an aesthetic standpoint?

Atmospheric games like Demon's Crest.

Street Fighter Alpha 2. Most Capcom CPS-2 and CPS-3 games look and sound great.

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>>3822441
>mfw first seeing the amusement park and the beach in SOR2

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Donkey Kong Country 2.

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The Metal Slug series, DKC trilogy, Pac-Mania.

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>>3822441
Phantasy Star Online had great atmosphere everywhere in the game, but the Central Control Area in episode 2 was just phenomenal.

>>3822474
This and Dreamland 3

I don't even like dreamland 3 but the style is perfect.

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I love the gameplay too, but the Butoden games have a very comfy art style and nice, big stages with foreground layers, it just feels good looking at it (not to mention the music is also great).

>>3822459
this

that Q-sound logo always brings a smile to my face.

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Not my favorite fighting game, but its aesthetics are fucking amazing and wondered why no other game tried something similar

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is there even a question?

wipeout series
einhander
sanvein (most ps1 games that had that minimalist futurist design in them really)
alien soldier
radian silvergun
ikaruga
psyvariar 1/2

>>3823507
also REZ and cosmic smash

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KI2

There's something about mid 90's CGI that I love but can't really explain.

>>3822441
Classicvania

>>3822441
Jap shooters

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I really like '90s 3D fighter backgrounds. The more vibrant and national stereotypical, the better.

>>3823583
I liked it when backgrounds were 2D. You were able to see the whole thing regardless where the 3D camera was pointing at. Now they feel claustrophobic when you get cornered and you can see nothing but the blurry texture of the wall your head is being smashed on.

>>3823245
>Q-Sound logo
My nigga

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street fighter 3

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>>3822441
Musha Aleste. Its perfection from the very first design concepts to the polished, finished product. Given that its only 500kb in size its probably the most efficient game ever.

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>>3822441

>>3822465

I always wondered, where the hell is this bright and colorful and clean city with palm trees and beaches and katanas lying on the ground where every alley has 5 guys in denim jackets and you need to uppercut your way to the local bar?

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>>3822441
Chrono Trigger!

>>3824687
Miami?

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>>3822441
Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting series, the ones with South Town (and the sister-city, 2nd South) as the setting.

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Chrono Cross because I'm a sucker for summery water-themed games. Also has the best soundtrack I've ever heard in a game.

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The Street Fighter Alpha series. I love that 32-bit pixel art.

>>3824687
Why is there Alien eggs in the theme park?

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>>3822474
Forgot to add:
Sonic CD
Agony
Kolibri
Knuckles Chaotix
Actraiser 2
Darkstalkers and Vampire Savior
Secret of Evermore
Red Earth/Warzard

Jet Set Radio

Rival School games

Outrun

Mirror's Edge 1 has its moments

>>3824726
These games have awesome atmosphere, shame about the shitty gameplay.

Mega Man 8 and Oddworld.

>>3822441
contra hard corps is nice to look at

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>>3823824
this game is fucking gorgeous.

>>3825475
MM8 is my favourite in the series. So damn beautiful.

Great Circus (mickey series) are some of my favourite platformers ever and they are also pleasing to look at.

Super Metroid is eye candy

>>3825281
>That bird animation
Hnnng

>>3822441
>Outrun

This.
The 2006 is still the only car game where I have a comfy feeling while driving fast.

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Many games.
Art of Fighting 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsiSi8FlhCI

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Hyper Dimension. I need to turn this stage into a wallpaper.

>>3825461
>shitty
>Garou

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The first Virtua Fighter, as I love this blocky look. Virtua Racing and Wing War too.

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Digimon World looks even though the models are blocky.
I love Tyrannomon colors agains the comfy usually green backgrounds. The game has a nice color palette.

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The Medarot series

>>3823319
>is there even a question?

Yes, what the hell am I looking at on this cover?!

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music is sweet too

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kek

>>3825461
>shitty gameplay

Maybe for Art of Fighting, but Fatal Fury is top tier.

>>3828108
Magneto had one of the best walk animations ever. He just looked so imposing.

>>3828108
Something about that 2 not being on an angle like the X-Men text it's clearly emulating always triggered my autism.

That said, fantastic choice in aesthetics.

>>3824761
Fuck me that game was stunning. Shame about everything else.

>>3823520
Same here. My friends and would spend a lot of time just looking at the stages and listening to the music

>>3822441
Most sega cd games. Many games still play great and aesthetically are amazing. Terminator still gets me fucking pumped up.

>>3828626
Snatcher still looks great to this day, at least to me.

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Probably Breath of Fire IV. I loved the hell out of the Chinese/Korean mythological setting in general and that's on top of what have to be some of the most amazing dragon designs I think Ive seen in, well, in anything really.

>>3822441
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen

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There is no better aesthetic experience in games than Shadow of the Beast.

>>3828835
The sound is even better. Pity the gameplay was always rubbish.

Shadow tactics

>>3823319
>>3828095
Yeah I never understood why people like the cover art. I like what it's going for, but you can't tell what you're looking at. Anyway, on the left is a girl in a mech looking down at a city on the right.

>>3828835
Is the new game any good? Screenshots just make it look like a typical brown game where you fight monsters. Instead of the surreal shit in the originals.

Intelligent Qube
Cosmic Smash
Rez
7th Saga

>>3828881
Your assessment is correct. But it plays every bit as well as the Amiga original.
By which I mean it's shit.

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>>3822441
"Purely from an aesthetic standpoint" meaning the gameplay and story are shit while the music and art are great?
Then, this.

>>3828521 his theme song was the shit too.

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SNK games are pretty great

>>3828114
nicely played