i am very partial to the super robot wars series, though i don't know if they really 'hold up':
super robot wars alpha/alpha gaiden are the key ones here: the entries by winkysoft have no animation at all
seriously though this is from a dang psx game!
I love SRW and I think I have to play this. Any translation done on this game?
Guardian heroes
Legend of Mana is the best looking PS1 game in my opinion.
Holy shit that looks good, stuff like that almost wishes me to think that the 2D gaming continued through a 32-bit generation before going 3D. Almost.
Holy shit that looks good, stuff like that almost wishes me to think that the 2D gaming continued through a 32-bit generation before going 3D. Almost.
Why leave out the N64? Sure it didn't have very much selection, but Mischief Makers might be the best sprite based game of that entire era.
Hard to imagine someone who didnt know this game.A name would be nice.
Edit: Saw the image url. So Guardian Heroes?
Hard to imagine someone who didnt know this game.
I have no idea what this game is but it looks lovely.Mischief Makers was great, but i guess the the most beautiful sprite-based game on N64 was Wonder Project J2. It was sadly not released here but at least it was covered by Nintendo Power and a lot of american and european magazines because of his charm. It is now available in english thanks to a buggy-as-hell but playable fantranslation.
i am very partial to the super robot wars series, though i don't know if they really 'hold up':
super robot wars alpha/alpha gaiden are the key ones here: the entries by winkysoft have no animation at all
seriously though this is from a dang psx game!
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Speaking of Gaiden, Darius Gaiden by Taito is also a very good looking 2D game.Elavtor Action Returns is a sprite based masterpiece on the Saturn.
Gradius Gaiden has already been mentioned and is one of my favorites 2d shooters on PSX.
I also think Yoshi Story has nice 2D graphics despite the game being a letdown.Not a saturn/psx game, but Mischief Makers on the 64 was nice. Wish I could find some nice gifs.
Valkyrie Profile for PSX and PSP. Awesome 2D visuals and one of the finest RPG ever made.
Hooray for Harmful Park and Chippoke Ralph on PS. Expensive games as fuck sadly.
I really like how Keio Flying Squadron 2 and Hyper Duel look on the Saturn.
They still look lovely while all the early 3D games look like shit.
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Absolutely.Not a saturn/psx game, but Mischief Makers on the 64 was nice. Wish I could find some nice gifs.
Hooray for Harmful Park and Chippoke Ralph on PS. Expensive games as fuck sadly.
You sure about that? I admittedly did not play BoF IV very long (lost a save to YLOD on my PSN version, grr), but I recall some of the bosses being ugly polygon models, and normal enemies being sprites, for some reason. All BoF III including bosses were sprites, many of which were absolutely gorgeous, so this was really disappointing.Yeah, BoFIV has some of the most beautiful spritework I've ever seen (outside of SNK, lol). BoFIII is a superior game in many respects, but definitely not in the visual department.
Came here to post this. One of the most jaw-dropping games at the time. The music was fantastic too.Can't believe Astal hasn't been mentioned yet.
So much detail and lovely art style, imo the best looking sprite based game.