Duchess O'Death
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Unaesthetically pleasing games?
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Thank you for proving my point.
Nekketsu Kõha
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Yep. It's that and the sloppy title of this thread to a T. Ugly as sin and perfect for being so.
Melon Husk
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I repulsed at Yoshi's Island GBA.
Nekketsu Kõha
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That's a good one. Great games but still.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
I always thought Dragon Age (Inquisition, esp) would be much, much bigger and successful if it didn't look like a generic Tolkien world. Great game, gameplay. Couldn't tell it apart from anything, though.
shawnoftheshred
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Super Mega Baseball. It's a great game, but the aesthetic turned off so many friends from giving it a chance. It's not that it's cartoony, it's just a type of cartoony that...doesn't work? Except that, when you name all the players after friends, then suddenly the deformed head, ugly characters suddenly become...charming?
DiipuSurotu
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I repulsed at Yoshi's Island GBA.
??? Looks fine to me.
I think people misunderstood the topic
it says "Unaesthetically pleasing" games, no "Aesthetically unpleasant" games, it's not about what games you hate how they look, it's about games that use an intentionally ugly aesthetic as part of the style.
My choice would be Psychonauts, they really got the "stylishly ugly" thing just right.
it says "Unaesthetically pleasing" games, no "Aesthetically unpleasant" games, it's not about what games you hate how they look, it's about games that use an intentionally ugly aesthetic as part of the style.
My choice would be Psychonauts, they really got the "stylishly ugly" thing just right.
The Dark Elf by Pablo Picasso circa 2006
Fair, but I gotta nitpick and point out that Xrd's accomplishments are largely thanks to a ton of manual artist work and not fancy engine tech.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
I understood the thread to be about games with a poor aesthetic, or tdlr; bad/uninspired art.
Shifty
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I'm fairly sure FFVIII doesn't have JPEG artifacting when played on real hardware.
Or fake hardware, for that matter.
Nekketsu Kõha
Banned
Nidhogg 2 looks like steaming faeces.
Yeah, I'm disappointed with this direction.
You could argue that this is the kind of thing they were going for all along, just lacking the detail, but in my view the original had somewhat serious looking fencers that got into ridiculous situations and do crazy moves like flying kick moves sometimes. The humor came partly from the fact that they looked and acted adept but the moves were bananas. This new style is just goofballs all the way down.
Shifty
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The shaky dude-following-you-with-a-camcorder-or-some-shit setup seems believable until the player looks down and leaves the cameraman floating in midair.
I think that's partially correct. That's probably the OP's intention, going by the short, elaborative question in his post. But it is unaesthetically (ugly) pleasing games. I take that to mean ugly, but still pleasing for some reason.
TurnipFritters
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Just think of it as Lakitu.
With zero context given, I made an assumption based on the most widespread criticism of the game at the time of release. It appears I was wrong.
Whether a link between morality and aesthetics exists has a long history. I fall into moderate moralism, but it isn't a settled question. I don't see the art style as terrible. I see it as a visually pleasing and occasionally immoral rendition of comically exaggerated people.
Net_Wrecker
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Yeah the term "tech" was too limiting. The presentation overall is insane and it's always good artists who pull that off (pure engine muscle alone never works), but the type of busy anime designs they've gone for are unappealing to me.
NESpowerhouse
Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
If we were talking about the DX port, I would agree, but I personally (along with a great deal of other Sonic fans) love the look and atmosphere of the dreamcast original.Xenoblade 2
I enjoy some portions of adventure but the games are so hard to look at.
Bad Mojo
The only game to ever make me gag
Amazing
Evil within still looked like it was trying to run on RE4's engine
Actually, SH1 assets don't hold up well. You can notice there are funky perspective errors in some backgrounds that make environments look comically big.
I agree with you on SH2 though. Game is still beautiful for the most part.
Actually, SH1 assets don't hold up well. You can notice there are funky perspective errors in some backgrounds that make environments look comically big.
I agree with you on SH2 though. Game is still beautiful for the most part.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Wow I never noticed how not completely terrible and vomit inducing Dragons Crown could be. The whole game should be like that. But unfortunately those character designs ruin everything.No. I mean you can find the aesthetics offensive to your morality and then debate whether the two are necessarily linked, but if you don't include the characters that offend you, it is a damn good looking game. Look at this spread...
The à¹ÛBronx
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Donkey Kong Country
That looks rough. First one had a certain style to it.Nidhogg 2 looks like steaming faeces.
Cjdamon042
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I liked the idea of what they were going for, but it's probably the only game (barring some VR games) that made me feel sick. I couldn't cope with the amount of camera shake and artifacts when I played the demo. Thankfully you could turn it off but then I felt like I was missing out. Never played it outside of the demo though.
Virtually everyone in Battleborn's cast is either hideously designed or completely forgettable. Or both.
I dunno, there's a handful of good designs in Battleborn.
Marquis and Oscar Mike are both interestingly designed but for different reasons. Marquis for his character design. Oscar Mike for his personality.
Marquis is something I could legitimately see in Overwatch. Hell, he's basically an omnic already but with a lot more personality. The combination of black and gold along with his fancy getup and cane rifle gives him a pretty clear design and I think it works pretty well. The holographic mustache is icing on the cake.
Oscar Mike is designed to be the ultimate generic dude-bro soldier, and that's what his design reflects. He looks like a bizarre cross between Master Chief and the typical modern military FPS grunt. It's intentional. Oscar Mike is also...well...funny. Some of his one liners are brilliant...I actually find myself repeating them from time to time.
The majority of the Battleborn cast is forgettable though, granted.
Suburban Thug
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Thanks for the clarification, you really made a compelling caseNekketsu Kõha;245779462 said:
New Super Mario Bros series. Everything from the sound effects/music/animations/graphics is awful.
It all looks and moves like bad CG from the early 90's or something.
BAH BAAAAH
God that music actually makes my brain numb
Oof, yeah. I also hate the makeover Runner 2 got over Bit.Trip Runner.
I find most of Twisted Pixel's catalog falls under this category for me. The lighting, textures, color palate and character designs always pushed me away, even if the games had neat concepts.
The Maw:
Splosion Man:
Lococycle:
Even Comic Jumper, which is probably their most inspired look, can be a bit rough:
The Maw:
Splosion Man:
Lococycle:
Even Comic Jumper, which is probably their most inspired look, can be a bit rough:
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Nekketsu Kõha
Banned
Not sure what you want from me. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. I didn't like the look of the game or art of an otherwise quality production. It felt too generic, lazy and I neither felt it was dark enough for what they were going for or light enough for being pleasant to look at.
The à¹ÛBronx
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Clay Fighter 64
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Spine_Ripper
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Nidhogg 2 for me. Every time I see it, I'm just reminded how much I can't wait for Nidhogg 3.
I gotta let you know something buddy, I really don't like what you've said here
thechristoph
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minecraft low settings
This screenshot makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable. Like I'm going to be sucked into my monitor or something. Very unpleasant.
midasmulligan
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Lawbreakers?......too soon?