purely aesthetics and art direction. i absolutely adore the motif of "rot" and mould that's pretty much omnipresent here.
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
NieR
Final Fantasy X
Rez
Etcetera
Phantasy Star Online
Space Funeral
the whole thesis of the game relies on its incredibly weird and surreal visuals, but instead of super famicom or psx pixel art, space funeral's visuals are inspired by the original famicom.
Shining Flower: HikaruHana
Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Alice: Madness Returns
Sonic Adventure
an aesthetic heavily used in post-vaporwave (that probably started in shopping world jp's 2013 album focus life) and probably my favorite thing about the game.
Sacrifice
When We First Met
Tron 2.0
Off-Peak
Snail Mail
Afrika
Echoes+
Blue Ice
Bullet Witch
Crazy Frog Racer
i'm not joking. love the colours, the sky and the whole vibe. also helps that i have a crazy-frog-phobia so this is almost like an atmospheric horror game to me.