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Anyone else love good, low poly art?
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Teknopathetic
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Absolutely love both flat shaded 3d and low poly/unfiltered textures. Especially in older arcade games like Wing War, Solvalou, Cybersled, etc.
I think I made a similar thread a while back
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=80552049&highlight=low+poly#post80552049
Really love the low poly community stuff....I think you could make some incredibly busy looking colorful cities or armies of enemies using this style.....would be great to see what a low poly game could look like without real hardware constraints
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=80552049&highlight=low+poly#post80552049
Really love the low poly community stuff....I think you could make some incredibly busy looking colorful cities or armies of enemies using this style.....would be great to see what a low poly game could look like without real hardware constraints
SirMossyBloke
Member
Looks cool, but then I immediately thought of this guy:
Thanks Internet, I guess.
freethoughtbubble
Member
Glad I peered into this thread. I never even considered that "low-poly" could be a deliberate artistic choice in the same way as pixel-art. Very, very cool.
Would Tearaway be considered the first retail game made in this style?
Would Tearaway be considered the first retail game made in this style?
Wolf Akela
Member
I liked this Minecraft map I saw on TF2 a few nights ago. I just had to explore the place. It also has an underground.
ShroudOfFate
Member
I love it. PS1 era aesthetics are some of my favorite.
UncleSporky
Member
love low-poly to death, especially when combined with pre-rendered backgrounds. Just has a certain juice to it.
(Little Big Adventure)
This...I don't know. This just seems like bad art direction.
At first I thought this was some forgotten old arcade game, but as soon as I discovered it's a recent indie game, my jaw was wide open for the rest of the video. This is EXACTLY the graphic style I've been waiting for in an indie game. Not that Minecraft style that just about everyone seems to do.
Man. There was this arcade game I saw once at a Dave & Busters that had this graphical style. The only thing I remember definitively about it is that it was a 3D space shooter and it was played in its own massive room with a screen that covered the whole wall. 12 people could play it at once.
Judging from videos it might have been StarBlade but I can't be sure. I think it was by Namco and had callbacks to Galaxian, or some other 80's shmup.
This right here, along with Virtual On. Something about that style made the graphics look futuristic, like you were stepping into virtual reality. Maybe it's because of how VR was portrayed back in the early 90's.
Judging from videos it might have been StarBlade but I can't be sure. I think it was by Namco and had callbacks to Galaxian, or some other 80's shmup.
This right here, along with Virtual On. Something about that style made the graphics look futuristic, like you were stepping into virtual reality. Maybe it's because of how VR was portrayed back in the early 90's.
SpecialAgentZ
Member
007 Golden Eye (N64)
I think it's funny the way they put realistic faces on those low poly heads.
And there's a cheat in the game to make all the characters big headed. Man, that thing was insane haha.
Body Harvest (N64)
Even at the time, I thought this game was too blocky. But all this blockiness scared the hell of me hehe
Stunt Race FX (SNES)
This is a cute 3D racer for the SNES. I think they used the same technology from Star Fox. They look alike.
I think it's funny the way they put realistic faces on those low poly heads.
And there's a cheat in the game to make all the characters big headed. Man, that thing was insane haha.
Body Harvest (N64)
Even at the time, I thought this game was too blocky. But all this blockiness scared the hell of me hehe
Stunt Race FX (SNES)
This is a cute 3D racer for the SNES. I think they used the same technology from Star Fox. They look alike.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Ew. Star Wars Arcade was cool looking. The 32x port looked like shit.
Virtua Fighter in the arcades was sharp. Home versions weren't.
I get where OP is coming from, but those old low poly games didn't look as nice as that art. Of course we now have the power to do that style justice.
Buttonbasher
Member
I feel like this could be a potential new trend in indie games.
I feel like you see a lot of that in iOS games. I personally love low-poly models, especially when the poly-count is accompanied by the proper resolution from the era.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
The low polygon animals were what I made when I first started out. I miss making low poly stuff.
Gives me a reason to post Bobo's stuff
Gives me a reason to post Bobo's stuff
Teknopathetic
Member
"Man. There was this arcade game I saw once at a Dave & Busters that had this graphical style. The only thing I remember definitively about it is that it was a 3D space shooter and it was played in its own massive room with a screen that covered the whole wall. 12 people could play it at once."
Galaxian 3?
Galaxian 3?
OH MAH GAWD...jesus that looks amazing. now imagine a free roaming open space shooter with those graphics and occulus rift support.
It already is. The problem is that most of these games seem to be variations of Minecraft rip-offs. I don't mind a game igniting a genre, I just hate how all these games seem to have the EXACT, SAME, ART STYLE.
Holy shit I think this was it. And now I remember it was six players, not 12.
Teknopathetic
Member
"OH MAH GAWD...jesus that looks amazing. now imagine a free roaming open space shooter with those graphics and occulus rift support."
Kind of like Enemy Starfighter?
Kind of like Enemy Starfighter?
Buttonbasher
Member
Yeah there are definitely some good ones on iOS.
The dudes at Impromptu Games that made Influx (a cool marble roller that just hit Steam) have been toying away at something in this style, in UE3. It doesn't match the resolution or anything, and uses a lot of current lighting models, but the result looks pretty intriguing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBp8BLU9Gk
There's some more bits on it on this blog: http://joewintergreen.com/
"OH MAH GAWD...jesus that looks amazing. now imagine a free roaming open space shooter with those graphics and occulus rift support."
Kind of like Enemy Starfighter?
My dick is diamonds
Demigod Mac
Member
I bought it because of its art style
Haven't tried it yet... but hopefully soon.
Same, nabbed it from a flash sale. Honestly haven't heard much about the game at all but it has a really fantastic art style, reminds me a lot of Tearaway.
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Deleted member 74300
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Star Fox for sure.
I think my favorite low-poly stuff lies with Tobal No. 1:
And then Tobal 2, which is just strikingly beautiful in it's own ways:
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And then with stuff like Megaman Legends, or Threads of Fate:
And Chrono Cross, which I really liked at the time:
I think you generally cover what I like in "Low Poly" style. Most of the PS1 and N64 stuff, with it's flashing polys, extra-blocky ugly textures, and odd use of triangles that just... don't look good (such as Goldeneye's weird models), as they don't hold up for me beyond their initial eras.
My favorite artifact from Low-Poly works occurs when artist have to spend a lot of time defining their own shadows, hand-drawn eyes and mouths, etc. It helps give the characters the same passion that overly-detailed spritework has.
I'd imagine updates to games like Chrono Cross and Megaman Legends, with modern resolution, would look something like Soul Saga's style, pre or post model change :
Seeing the pixel in spritework looks pretty nice. But seeing the seams, squares, and imperfections in 3D just looks like bad modeling and texture-work for me...
And then Tobal 2, which is just strikingly beautiful in it's own ways:
And then with stuff like Megaman Legends, or Threads of Fate:
And Chrono Cross, which I really liked at the time:
I think you generally cover what I like in "Low Poly" style. Most of the PS1 and N64 stuff, with it's flashing polys, extra-blocky ugly textures, and odd use of triangles that just... don't look good (such as Goldeneye's weird models), as they don't hold up for me beyond their initial eras.
My favorite artifact from Low-Poly works occurs when artist have to spend a lot of time defining their own shadows, hand-drawn eyes and mouths, etc. It helps give the characters the same passion that overly-detailed spritework has.
I'd imagine updates to games like Chrono Cross and Megaman Legends, with modern resolution, would look something like Soul Saga's style, pre or post model change :
Seeing the pixel in spritework looks pretty nice. But seeing the seams, squares, and imperfections in 3D just looks like bad modeling and texture-work for me...
Nothavingit
Neo Member
When I think beautifully stylistic low poly I think Interstate 76. I believe it was the first game to use in-game characters for its cinematics.
loved that game
WHOA I just had a massive flashback. Totally remember seeing this at a local arcade called Tilt (Galleria in Houston) back in the day! I remember some VR stations too, but forget the game displayed.
Very off-topic, but i'm surprised there hasnt been some new Galaxian universe shoot em up, especially with those soundtracks. And I dont mean something like Galaga Legions.
TF2 should have a graphical setting like this. This is what it should look like with all the graphic settings turned down.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Never forget.
I absolutely adore it, its so effective when its done well. My favorite is when the textures are chunky, poppy, and pixely like old toony capcom games (Megaman Legends, Battle N Chase, and Rival Schools)
Heres a few of my favorite modern lowpoly stuff (aside from the obvious like kenneth fejer):
i actually dabble in it myself but i dont model as often as id like, heres a few model turnarounds ive done:
fake edit- i spent so long trying to find that last gif of the two people walking in unison i got beaten on the SotC ones. The artist made a third one at some point too but i cant remember where it is
Heres a few of my favorite modern lowpoly stuff (aside from the obvious like kenneth fejer):
i actually dabble in it myself but i dont model as often as id like, heres a few model turnarounds ive done:
fake edit- i spent so long trying to find that last gif of the two people walking in unison i got beaten on the SotC ones. The artist made a third one at some point too but i cant remember where it is
gutter_trash
Banned
I respect any art that makes things beautiful out of less.