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Article #694603Re: Retro graphics aren't all bad
From: JAB
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:46
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:46
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On 19/10/2015 21:51, Ross Ridge wrote: > JAB <nowa...@feckoff.com> wrote: >> The game that made me think about this was Prison Architecture where >> they could have gone down the route of say a more modern looking Theme >> Hospital but instead have chosen a highly stylised but somehow modern >> look. It's was only when I noticed who made it (Introversion) that I >> realised they are the same company that also made Darwinia and Defcon. >> Two games also with very 'basic' but interesting graphics. Defcon must >> be that perfect combination of took a couple of days for the graphics >> but they work perfectly for the game. > > I wouldn't call those graphics in those games retro. They don't look > like old games, especially Prison Architect. The graphics while basic are > high resolution, nothing like what old "retro" hardware was capable of. > > Retro graphics is like what you see in games like Shovel Knight, Broforce, > and Terraria. Games that while they may actually be technically beyond > the capabilities of old hardware, have an art style very similar to what > old games were limited to. > > Ross Ridge > I think using the term retro was a bit wrong when I really meant simple or cheap compared to what can be achieved.
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