shit aesthetics in good games

i swear it's good bro

whether they come across as soulless, uninspired, or totally fucking grating - these games need to justify themselves with something other than style

Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
pretty much 100% comprised of reused assets
Contra
Contra
Dead or Alive 6
Dead or Alive 6
give me back doa4 dammit
Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess
Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess
Dohna Dohna: Let's Do Bad Things Together!
Dohna Dohna: Let's Do Bad Things Together!
art style itself is fine but the designs deserve to be tossed in a meat grinder - especially porno which is the worst fucking abomination i've ever looked at
Golf With Your Friends
Golf With Your Friends
IA/VT Colorful
IA/VT Colorful
Mahjong Soul
Mahjong Soul
Mega Man X8
Mega Man X8
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata
you're so pissed right now
Path of Exile
Path of Exile
Phantasy Star Online 2
Phantasy Star Online 2
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Sayonara Umihara Kawase
Sayonara Umihara Kawase
Spelunky
Spelunky
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
just the character models, but still
Toki Tori
Toki Tori
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
Triggerheart Exelica
Triggerheart Exelica
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Worms Clan Wars
Worms Clan Wars
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles
you're SO pissed right now
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

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2 years ago

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2 years ago

Days Gone is really fun but I've seen tons of people write it off because of how it looks. Murder Miners is a decent Halo knockoff and Condemned 2 probably has better gameplay than the first but is all over the place aesthetically. Fun list

2 years ago

hard for me to weigh in on these cause i haven't played any of them, but days gone repelled me for seeming generic in more ways than just aesthetics. what's so special about it?

2 years ago

It's not really special but I found it solid at what it does. The sandbox feels alive, there's cool systemic stuff in how the zombies work, the combat feels very flexible. It does feel kind of held back in how it is working with really generic ideas but those ideas are used nicely enough that I found genuinelly enjoyable. Not perfect or even great or anything but does what it sets out to do pretty well.

5 months ago

You're so right about Nier Automata. I like how character models (they designs themselves are kinda meh compared to Replicant/Gastalt) but like the world is so boring looking

5 months ago

@mrhoodie faxxing. i think the character art is okay but the game itself looks so much more dull than gestalt. i'd extend my complaints to the replicant remake though
@mrhoodie funny I'm the complete opposite, I think the designs are just okay but absolutely love the look of the world

5 months ago

wish i could disagree about VLR but yeah the models are kind of ugly looking lmfao

5 months ago

um um um um um um um um um xenoblade Wii’s environments look good it’s just the character models that suck um um um um
@jackbros of course

5 months ago

Nier Automata on here is so based


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