Elitist1945
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Wow I really want a PS1 Last of Us now. Damnit GAF.
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NeoGAF turns modern games into PSOne-era classics!
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Flyinmunky
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Apologies for the poor effort and not the most modern of games 
I would play the absolute shit out of this, love me some 2D sprite work!
SatelliteOfLove
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Are you thinking of Bust a Groove?
That's it!
I never played the dlc ufo one, but I really wish Ubisoft would make full-featured 15 dollar versions of the four trips in the main game since they were really fun
Rats Off To Ya
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Wow, I would have thought this was Soul Reaver. Looks like the Pillars of Nosgoth area.
Thanks to all for the answers.
Never had a PSP so I never knew
But I have corrected that with a Vita so
ichtyander
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Thanks! Yeah, it's Soul Reaver, although I had to cover up some bits where Raziel's visible and the health spiral HUD. It's actually somewhat messy but the low res covers it up.
Damn, mine are ugly as fuck
I'm really digging this stuff. It looks like you're doing a trick with layers and uniformed unfiltered resizing and it turns out very sharp and really nails the look. Actually, all of this really reminds me of Wings of Saint Nazire, an upcoming indie space shooter that's almost completely done in 2D.
It's like implementing all of the advanced tech of today but still forcing yourself to work inside the boundaries of old hardware. I feel it can give incredible results. Like actually creating that one awesome game everybody wished for in the 90s.
I wouldn't be surprised if stuff like that starts to pop up. In the recent year or two I've seen an amazing amount of 3D indie games that all use a clean, polygonal look which reminds me of the old glory days of DOS, only it's now embraced as a style and augmented by new rendering techniques.
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Futuridium
MirrorMoon EP
It feels like it's becoming the new "pixel look" for indie devs that want to venture into 3D territory (and I absolutely love it). Maybe in a few years, when everyone gets tired of the look, devs will start to use low res textures, repeating the technological development cycle almost on purpose.
Yep....really would love to see a MML-like designs with no computational constraints...you could fill cities with low poly characters
sixteen-bit
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I wouldn't be surprised if stuff like that starts to pop up. In the recent year or two I've seen an amazing amount of 3D indie games that all use a clean, polygonal look which reminds me of the old glory days of DOS, only it's now embraced as a style and augmented by new rendering techniques.
It feels like it's becoming the new "pixel look" for indie devs that want to venture into 3D territory (and I absolutely love it). Maybe in a few years, when everyone gets tired of the look, devs will start to use low res textures, repeating the technological development cycle almost on purpose.
IMO, Drift Stage is one of the best looking low-poly aesthetic games
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
It is. It's the Raziel clan area.
You can tell because of the Raziel sigil on that red banner. That, and I played that game way too many times and would recognize it anywhere. >_>I think Soul Reaver might have been one of the most technically advanced games for the PS1. I'm amazed at how well it holds up. The models are obviously primitive but the environments are still very good looking (the superb art direction helps), and there is never any loading.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Same.
I love the unfiltered low poly look from the PSX era.
More devs should jump on that.
ichtyander
Member
IMO, Drift Stage is one of the best looking low-poly aesthetic games
Oh god yes, I've forgotten about these two. And that whole low poly thread on polycount is heaven for this kind of stuff. I want a whole procedural, deformable sandbox planet looking like Sky Rogue.
1996
haha awesome
Final Verdict
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Hahah, that is what that Crysis screen kept reminding me of. That version of Driver that came out for GBA. Do you remember how crude the 3D was in that game? That shit was hilarious trying to play it, all running at like negative 30 frames per second
Valkerionseven
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I know right haha I came in to post that.
Some of these are great, but I think some people assume the PS1 visuals were like a mid range between NES and Genesis.
This one is my favorite haha1996
I know. Control interfaces basically haven't changed at all since the Dual Shock 1, and most of what we see today on the PS3 or PS4 could probably have been done back then, just with significantly fewer polygons and pixels on screen. The only reason so many games from the PS1 and N64 don't hold up today mechanically is because designers were still figuring out how to design 3D games. The PC side is even more damning. Classics from that same era like Thief, System Shock 2, and Deus Ex are mechanically superior to their PS3/PS4 successors. The only exception I would point out is open-world games.
I think the only significant obstacle to accomplishing most 2014 gameplay on 1995 hardware would be maintaining the framerate.
I wouldn't be surprised if stuff like that starts to pop up. In the recent year or two I've seen an amazing amount of 3D indie games that all use a clean, polygonal look which reminds me of the old glory days of DOS, only it's now embraced as a style and augmented by new rendering techniques.
It feels like it's becoming the new "pixel look" for indie devs that want to venture into 3D territory (and I absolutely love it). Maybe in a few years, when everyone gets tired of the look, devs will start to use low res textures, repeating the technological development cycle almost on purpose.
This is happening, but the problem is a lot of these games are just directly ripping off the look of Minecraft, oftentimes coming off as little more than Minecraft mods.
The repeating of technological development is happening mostly because of the increase in the strength of tools available to indies, and the cost of having good graphics in your game.
TheKastorian
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TetraGenesis
Member
A thread this amazing could have only been birthed from the TLOU:R thread.
And WitchheavenVery Hexen
.Some great stuff on this thread, it's inspired me to take a shot at it. Here's Dark Souls for PS1. First image is CRT interlaced, for a more "authentic" look, second is the cleaner version and there's also a cover case (from King's Field II
Nosgoth architecture seems like a perfect fit for Dark Souls. Great work!
brandonh83
Banned
Just discovered this thread.
Whoa. You guys are great.
Whoa. You guys are great.
funkystudent
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Not enough pics in this thread have PS1's trademark shitty warping textures.
IronicSonic
Member
IMO, Drift Stage is one of the best looking low-poly aesthetic games
I need to play this game as soon as posible. Indie devs must embrace low-poly/model 2 graphics in the near future.
GrantDaNasty
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This thread is on another level, great work to everyone who helped demake these games.
There's something about the PS1-era hardware limitations that makes me appreciate low-poly demakes of more modern 3D models.
There's something about the PS1-era hardware limitations that makes me appreciate low-poly demakes of more modern 3D models.
Bitch. Prepare your keyhole, bitch.
TheDarkKnight774
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I do too. One day it will come and I can't wait
I love this
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Wow some awesome work here you guys. Legendary thread. Subbed.
Well, I tried
Why is it rated E?
qualitydisc
Member
I don't know if these count, but for a while I was working on 'demaking' the cast of FFXV for avatars.
I did a couple MGSV avatars too
Whoa. I was impressed with the Noctis one when you were using it as your avatar, but this is the first time I've seen the whole set. Well done.
It's like no one actually played on the console.
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