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[More_Badass]

Yes, inspired by that stylized vs realistic thread.

Mirrormoon EP

Somerville

Fract OSC & Fulcrum

House of the Dying Sun

The Long Dark

SUPERHOT

FAR

This War of Mine

Cloudbuilt

Deios

The Swapper

Lumino City

Devil Daggers

A Place For The Unwilling

Way To The Woods

 

[EhoaVash]

the king of abstract/ minimalistic games :3

 

[ekgrey]

Lovely. Thanks for the thread. A few here I hadn't heard of. I think Lovely Planet and Firewatch would fit here, too. Maybe Paper Sorcerer?

edit: Monument Valley, of course. <3

 

[Anno]

These kind of visuals are totally my jam these days. They're just so much more interesting than all but handful of games with "realistic" style visuals. I still can't believe how amazing games like Ori and the Blind Forest and Firewatch are.

 

[V AA D E R]

How did we forget?

 

[More_Badass]

How did we forget?

Had to leave some stuff for people to post

 

[Michael Armbrust]

I loved the first levels in Unfinished Swan.

Worked great as a game mechanic too.

 

[EVO]

Absolute Drift

Eufloria

Hitman GO

Mini Metro

Splice

 

[disappeared]

I think Killer 7 fits the bill nicely.

 

[Samemind]

How did we forget?

Personally, nothing I've played has yet to top this bit in terms of eye candy
https://youtu.be/mJVs4Y71Dsc?t=35m45s

Like concept art in motion

 

[More_Badass]

Personally, nothing I've played has yet to top this bit in terms of eye candy
https://youtu.be/mJVs4Y71Dsc?t=35m45s

Like concept art in motion

The dev of Transmission is going for a "concept art in motion" for his game; I think he's done a good job in translating from art to gameplay

And uh....

Spoiler

I still haven't played Journey

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

In terms of abstract/stylized, I really like

Wildstar

Flat Kingdom

off the top of my head

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Devil Daggers is awesome. In every way.

 

[Wozman23]

140

Soft Body

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Shape of the World

 

[epmode]

Needs more Kentucky Route Zero. Aside from the nice art style, those guys know a lot about visual composition.

 

[The Shadow]

I loved Guacamelee's art style.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

140


Soft Body


Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime


Shape of the World

Shape of the World looks amazing.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Does dreams count?

 

[Theosmeo]

Flower's pretty


I think This War of Mine is a bit detailed for a list like this, still looks good though

 

[More_Badass]

Needs more Kentucky Route Zero. Aside from the nice art style, those guys know a lot about visual composition.

Honestly, Somerville is kind of becoming my favorite low-poly sidescrolling art style. The dev was an animator/pre-vis artist on movies like Age of Ultron, and is just nailing his look

 

[TheGreatDirector]

Would Firewatch fall under this?

 

[Icyflamez96]

I know you wanted to post NaissanceE.

 

[More_Badass]

I know you wanted to post NaissanceE.

I actually had posted it over in that Distinct Visual Identity thread, slipped my mind somehow

 

[23qwerty]

Antichamber:

The Unfinished Swan and SuperHOT are definitely the first two that come to mind though. Would No Man's Sky count as well? Because definitely that as well.

No Man's Sky:

 

[lt519]

Throw in my vote for Unfinished Swan. Some PS4 freebies that I enjoyed:

Race the Sun

Grow Home

Let's also not forget about the mother of all bizarrely abstract/minimalist. Hohokum:

Eh, last one, some Counterspy love:

Ooh, Antichamber is a good one too.

 

[Shmuppers]

oh lawd

brb gawking

 

[collige]

Quake 3:

El Shaddai:

 

[More_Badass]

Throw in my vote for Unfinished Swan. Some PS4 freebies that I enjoyed:

Race the Sun


Grow Home


Ooh, Antichamber is a good one too.

A few games, you need to see in motion to appreciate the aesthetic IMO. Race The Sun is like that

 

[More_Badass]

I think This War of Mine is a bit detailed for a list like this, still looks good though

It has a rough pencil-sketched look, and uses a bleak muted color palette to atmospheric effect. It's detailed, but it's certainly very stylized

 

[vetrox]

Orchids To Dust

Sky Rogue

Curtain

Return of the Obra Dinn

 

[Chronospherics]

Some of those in the OP don't feel minimalist or abstract at all, like Swapper and this War of Mine. They're stylize of course, but few games aren't.

 

[cropduster]

Limbo

 

[lt519]

A few games, you need to see in motion to appreciate the aesthetic IMO. Race The Sun is like that

For sure, that GIF blows away any image I could find in google quickly. Love the shadows in motion and the reflection off the ship.

 

[23qwerty]

Some of those in the OP don't feel minimalist or abstract at all, like Swapper and this War of Mine. They're stylize of course, but few games aren't.

It's about minimalist, abstract, or stylized, not all 3 at once. And sure there's tons of stylized games but not all of them are gorgeous.

 

[cropduster]

Superbrothers Sword and Sorcery

 

[Kyne]

Entwined.

 

[Chronospherics]

Here's a sceenshot from the MMO Wakfu

and here's a shot from Pankapu

They're kind of minimalist, quite abstract, and very stylised. I like them. I think one of the art leads is the same between the two games.

 

[Chronospherics]

It's about minimalist, abstract, or stylized, not all 3 at once. And sure there's tons of stylized games but not all of them are gorgeous.

That's fine, I mean the games look great, but if The Swapper fits the list then so does Uncharted 4, and therefore, so does just about everything on the market today.

I don't have a problem with that though, I'm just saying it's very open.

I know you wanted to post NaissanceE.

Is that game non-euclidean? I like the look of it and a buddy of mine has an obsession with games that feature non-euclidean geometry.

 

[Chronospherics]

Edit: Misspost.

Sorry for the repeated posts, thought the thread was moving faster than it was.

 

[More_Badass]

Superbrothers Sword and Sorcery

I could do a whole thread on gorgeous pixel art

 

[Icyflamez96]

Is that game non-euclidean? I like the look of it and a buddy of mine has an obsession with games that feature non-euclidean geometry.

I always recognized it as brutalist. Not familiar with the term you mentioned.

 

[More_Badass]

That's fine, I mean the games look great, but if The Swapper fits the list then so does Uncharted 4, and therefore, so does just about everything on the market today.

I don't have a problem with that though, I'm just saying it's very open.



Is that game non-euclidean? I like the look of it and a buddy of mine has an obsession with games that feature non-euclidean geometry.

Brutalist and otherworldly, not non-euclidean though

As for The Swapper, it's all clay and hand crafted, with a textured molded look. Nothing like Uncharted in any capacity

 

[Chronospherics]

I always recognized it as brutalist. Not familiar with the term you mentioned.

It can be explained as where the game features geometry that isn't possible in real life. Portal is the most basic example. As soon as a portal exists in the world the world becomes non-euclidean. Manifold Garden is another example, that game looks neat.

It's a description that's independent of the style of the architecture, which as you say, does appear brutalist.

Brutalist and otherworldly, not non-euclidean though

As for The Swapper, it's all clay and hand crafted, with a textured molded look. Nothing like Uncharted in any capacity

I always felt that Uncharted looked stylised though, is what I mean. It looks like a very fine oil painting, in the right light.

 

[Tar-Miriel]

aer

overland

secret legend

for the king

hob

Gnog

 

[Shin-Ra]

WipEout of course, especially 3 and HD. No pics to hand!

REZ (early &#8734; version)

Shadow of the Colossus (ubersampled emu shots by deadendthrills)

Wind Waker HD (second shot by javac)

Murasaki Baby

Tearaway Unfolded

Gravity Rush Remastered

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Dreams

Hunger

 

[More_Badass]

Very excited for GNOG. It reminds me of The Room but more vibrant and colorful. I believes it's also coming to iPad

 

[The Lamonster]

holy shit, sexy thread.

subscribed

 

[Chronospherics]

Surprsed Hohokum wasn't posted yet actually. My fiance and I met the guy who did the artwork for this game at our University, he gave us a code to download it too.

 

[cropduster]

I could do a whole thread on gorgeous pixel art

Great threads, man. I just realized you put together the monthly iOS thread which is great as well.

 

[lt519]

GNOG style reminds me of Hohokum.

Also reminded me I'm excited for Overland, that out yet?

Chrono, stealth edited you on Hohokum like 10 minutes ago That game was amazing, music, gameplay, everything.

Come to think of it I made a thread about how awesome that PLAY promotion on PS4 was a couple years ago. Hohokum, Rogue Legacy, CounterSpy, and The Swapper. Rogue Legacy is probably the only one that doesn't fit in this thread.