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[Victor Omega]

I love 2D Sprites, but i feel like they are in a niche, mostly indie, group of gaming.

Is a graphical style that's timeless yet always deemed as "so retro" or "sooo nostalgic!!


Can 2D sprite be just as successful 3D without being.....old fashion?

give me some examples or just some really good 2D sprites over the years!

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Best 2D sprites of last gen:

 

[Jethalal]

From Blasphemous:

From Dead Cells:

Each and every sprite from the game for a 3 year old build.
Dead Cells image dump - Imgur

Katana Zero:

Personally I love 2D pixel art games, specially action platformers.They look so pleasing and in recent years, they have grown a lot and we have had some absolutely amazing indies.

 

[CRAIG667]

Ori?

 

[Valonquar]

Hollow Knight yo

 

[Danjin44]

 

[namekuseijin]

I find it as refreshing as looking at cave paintings. They show our origins.

 

[nkarafo]

I don't think many modern 2D games would count as "sprites". Some use 3D with flat planes and textures on them that are animated in a similar fashion as sprites.

Blasphemous looks like it's using sprites. But other games like Ori seem to use a different approach. You can tell by how the animation looks most of the time.

 

[Fart Knight]

I want a new 2D Mario and Metroid with sprites

 

[Fbh]

I think sprites or 2D look in general can have a place in modern games, specially when studios finally move past trying to make everything look like a NES or SNES game.

The last night was supposed to use sprites right?

Sadly it completely disappeared

Eiyuden Chronicle Looks awesome too:

 

[DGrayson]

Should make a Street Fighter Alpha 4 or Street Fighter III-2

 

[KyoZz]

 

[intbal]

Best 2D sprites of last gen:

Disagree.

 

[dottme]

Octopath traveler was using 2D sprite, right?

 

[Soodanim]

I prefer Shovel Knight to Hyper Light Drifter.
The latter uses oversized blocks as its style, and it doesn’t really do it for it.
The former is a bright and colourful game that is a love letter to the past.

 

[nkarafo]

Octopath traveler was using 2D sprite, right?

Looks like a 3D engine with flat textures that are made to look like low-res sprites.

I think it's the same technique used by Paper Mario.

 

[Captain Toad]

Octopath traveler was using 2D sprite, right?

I want more Octopath Traveler games, or spiritual successors.

 

[Diddy X]

Actually there is a lot of amazing stuff that could be done with sprites that for some reason nobody is doing, I see a great opportunity.

 

[Shadowplay1979]

https://thepixelarium.tumblr.com/

Pixel Joint - The Internet Pixel Art Gallery

pixeljoint.com

 

[Kataploom]

I'd go as far as saying that 2D sprites are more prominent in most popular games today, remember that mobile is king on quantity

 

[Shadowplay1979]

Imagine getting an interesting mario design instead of the same boring design nintendo has used for 20 years

Spoiler

 

[Holammer]

2D that looks like it could have been done on 16/32bit hardware can still be good, Record of Lodoss War for example looks great (and might become one the best metroidvanias since SotN).

But in the spirit of OPs question I would suggest Yoku's Island Express. It's not Ori, but damn close and the pinball metroidvania fusion is certainly unique.

 

[Self]

2D still rules when used appropriately!

 

[telechy]

I still love to render my games in 2D but with with lots of effects and particles to give it a modern feel, such as I did in Throwdown Boxing 2 (an updated original punch out, love that game )

However, I took a different approach in Zonot's Challenge by rendering the sprites in 3D to give a modern feel, then animating them in 2D. Hope this helps you out.

 

[nkarafo]

2D still rules when used appropriately!

Those thick outlines look ugly though

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Soltype]

My problem with modern 2D is the animation quality.They spend so much time making beautiful art, and then they animate it like qwop.Recently the only 2 games to really stand out are King of Fighter XII/XIII and cuphead.

 

[Manus]

For some reason I just adore Stardew Valley's sprites. Their's just something about them that makes me so nostalgic, it's just so cozy. Also super impressive that it was all done by one person.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Porcile]

There's nothing that makes me less excited these days than a 2D indie platformer.

 

[Virt McPolygon]

I really like Brigador and Jets n Guns 2 art style. It's like if big PC games from the 90s never switched to 3D. Nice, high quality sprites.

 

[TLZ]

I think sprites or 2D look in general can have a place in modern games, specially when studios finally move past trying to make everything look like a NES or SNES game.

The last night was supposed to use sprites right?

Sadly it completely disappeared

Eiyuden Chronicle Looks awesome too:

These look beautiful

 

[TLZ]

That is one thicc Peach.

*Lick*

 

[PSwitchBox44]

Best 2D sprites of last gen:

Looks pretty real for a 2020 sporting event.

 

[UnNamed]

Indivisible

Monster Boy

 

[Lionel Richie]

Huntdown

Cyber Shadow

Bushiden

Lords of Exile

Blazing Chrome

And all of these games are heavily focused on gameplay. Indie games just keep getting better and better.

The Messenger!

 

[Sophist]

Can 2D sprite be just as successful 3D without being.....old fashion?

This is back from 2015

A Pixel Artist Renounces Pixel Art

I’ve wanted to write this article for some time now, and this seems like the perfect opportunity to do so. For those of you who are aware of Dinofarm Games and our recent release, Auro for iO…

www.dinofarmgames.com

Recently the only 2 games to really stand out are King of Fighter XII/XIII and cuphead.

King Of Fighter 2d sprites are based on 3d animated models; They animated 3d models then drew 2d versions of the best frames.

more at https://kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp/english/info/15th_anniv/2d_dot/creation/index.php

 

[BusierDonkey]

I find pixel art, when done right, more impressive than the latest AAA game trying to look real. In a few years even the best looking AAA game will show it's age, meanwhile Symphony of the Night will always look as good as it did the first day.

 

[Soltype]

This is back from 2015

A Pixel Artist Renounces Pixel Art

I’ve wanted to write this article for some time now, and this seems like the perfect opportunity to do so. For those of you who are aware of Dinofarm Games and our recent release, Auro for iO…

www.dinofarmgames.com

King Of Fighter 2d sprites are based on 3d animated models; They animated 3d models then drew 2d versions of the best frames.

more at https://kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp/english/info/15th_anniv/2d_dot/creation/index.php

wonder why more people don't do this, it animates leaps and bounds better than most 2d games out there.I know capcom rotoscoped some for SF3.

 

[Self]

Those thick outlines look ugly though

It's an art style, so fair enough. I didn't like the aesthetics at first glance myself, but after playing it for a while it has grown in me. I haven't seen such huge sprites in motion since.... well, since KOF 12. Love it!

 

[bad guy]

I love me some chunky pixel sprites `a la Nuclear Throne.

 

[mortal]

Came across these and was reminded of this thread.

Seize the Day was a calendar program made by in 1994 by Buena Vista software. It features graphics that at the time, were revolutionary because of the way they handled color cycling. These images were static bitmaps, but by changing color values, they appear animated. What is also impressive about these images is that they had full day night cycles built in, rendered also through color cycling.
A few years ago, a html5 version was made. A copy was uncovered online and there is a way to use the program through DOSbox. As well, one of the original programmers for the project, Iam Gilman, has thought of the idea of remaking it, open sourced, for modern machines.

 

[D.Final]

I love 2D Sprites, but i feel like they are in a niche, mostly indie, group of gaming.

Is a graphical style that's timeless yet always deemed as "so retro" or "sooo nostalgic!!


Can 2D sprite be just as successful 3D without being.....old fashion?

give me some examples or just some really good 2D sprites over the years!

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