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129d0e No.15901234
A lot of new games are coming out with 8/16-bit aesthetics and I'd like to know which are the best ones to play.
I'm currently looking at:
>The Messenger
>Battle Princess Madelyn
>Cursed Castilla EX
>Sonic Mania Plus
But I'd like to know of some other decent ones. Fuck Shovel Knight
b755a5 No.15901245
>>15901234
Almost none of them. They are overwhelmingly hipster-sjw trash.
129d0e No.15901254
>>15901245
Nice bait nigger.
faba70 No.15901260
>>15901254
>Neo-Retro is hipster-sjw trash
>bait
factually wrong.
d3fe16 No.15901267
Blaster Master on 3DS tbh fam
223b82 No.15901297
>>15901262
But Cursed Castilla is pretty much dumbed down Ghost and Goblins, and even then not by that much. Is pretty great still.
223b82 No.15901317
>>15901305
Dumbed down Ghost and Goblins is still pretty hard, faggot. I played a lot of Ghost n Goblins already and the whole "spanish folklore" stuff is pretty neat.
ca7db0 No.15901339
16a1e6 No.15901355
I liked Momodora:RutM. It's simple, but pretty fun with some solid mechanics. The game sold me when I saw there was a boss fight where you slap a giant witch in the titties with a maple leaf.
91d1d6 No.15901392
>>15901348
>middle ages spain
>spic
Anon what the fuck.
edf764 No.15901399
>256k ROM
>1.2GB hipster trash written in chodejs
378eb3 No.15901408
The Messenger (don't buy, they cucked to sjws)
Odallus: The Dark Call
Oniken (same dev as Odallus)
Das Geisterschiff
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
29f487 No.15901411
>>15901234
>8/16-bit aesthetics
bit can mean a lot of things in games/systems and can define graphical restrictions (which none of these pozzed indie devs adhere to anyway) but it isn't an "aesthetic". If you want retro bandwagoning and ""aesthitics"" go to nugrounds.
223b82 No.15901419
>>15901348
Are you being retarded on purpose?
edf764 No.15901434
These nu retro developers would get more praise if they actually made new games for old systems.
91d1d6 No.15901466
>>15901453
Even then it wouldnt be correct you dumb fuck, castille were but one of the kindgoms of iberia and there wasnt such a thing as spain.
91d1d6 No.15901503
>>15901499
Spanish as a lenguage didnt even exist back then you stupid cunt.
16a1e6 No.15901507
>>15901434
Old systems, despite being well documented in some cases, are hard to develop for because they are running on novel unique archtectures and they have an upper-limit on hardware capabilities. They can't just be lazy and raise the minimum operation specs. They actually have to learn to optimize and trouble-shoot novel workarounds for getting more performance out of the hardware.
You're never going to see that happen outside of a few rare autist devs.
887651 No.15901522
>>15901503
I hope you felt good after that intellectual exchange.
91d1d6 No.15901524
>>15901510
>if you know anything about history of the iberian peninsula youre a spic
Being retarded doesnt make you funny anon, just a retard people laughs at.
27421e No.15901525
>>15901262
Specter of Torment had some delicious gameplay, it was fast and fun as fuck. King of Cards is also giving King Knight a shoulder-bash attack ala Wario Land, and I know how you fucks are gay for Wario.
27421e No.15901545
>>15901536
>wario ware shove it up your own ass game
Did you have a stroke?
887651 No.15901549
>>15901545
The report option is there for a reason. Use it.
880806 No.15901563
>>15901536
>your
>retarded for not knowing irrelevant information on an irrelevant country
Burger "education".
952d35 No.15901581
>>15901545
>being this fucking new
Well that's your fucking problem, isn't it
378eb3 No.15902538
Pig Eat Ball by Mommy's Best Games
839ffb No.15902540
>>15901434
But ASM is hard
b06859 No.15902543
Why doesn't anyone make PS1/N64 or PS2 graphics? I'm sure with tech advancement it can easily be done. Lazy devs.
841258 No.15902562
>>15901234
What did they add to Sonic Mania Plus in the Plus edition over regular Sonic Mania?
8b2a54 No.15902736
>>15902562
Encore Mode which features the following:
>Mighty and Ray are finally playable after almost 25 years with a couple unique moves and Super forms
>New pinball bonus stage and special stage layouts
>Character switching mechanic similar to Sonic 2's MP mode
>Multiplayer has 4 player support
>Pallette and level layout changes (Green Hill at dawn/sunset, Stardust Speedway has Bad Future colors, etc
>Angel Island Zone Act 1 playable as a tutorial level
>Some bosses have been retooled a bit, especially Metal Sonic getting a whole new phase
>Physical release comes with an artbook
<PC version still has Denuvo, cracked, but still shitty of them
6d2169 No.15903610
>>15901234
Freedom Planet 1 (don't play as anyone else but Lilac, the purple hedgehog or else you'll have a bad time.
Lilac was the most enjoyable character to play with in vidya because of her i-frames and aerial control. She could float over large areas, had a boost attack like Rocket Knight and had a plethora of melee moves which others did not.
She was bliss to play with unlike the other 2-4.
Dust Elysian Tail, but only if you refuse to use Fidget's OP abilities and the gay dust wind attack and if you don't buy all the OP gear. These 3 things really break the game.
So it's up to you if you want a good experience, a shit experience or a shallow experience.
da6188 No.15903653
>>15901234
>A lot of new games are coming out with 8/16-bit aesthetics
Because pixelshit devs are hacks
e1053e No.15903662
>>15903610
>furshit
Go yiff Mark, you faggot. Dust looks more like your fap folder than anything released before Shockwave Flash became commonplace. Plus, it has an assload of atrocious, unskippable, unmutable voice acting–probably done by a bunch of disgusting fetishists who wish they could be in Disney's Robin Hood.
>>15901434
NG:DEV.TEAM is still releasing Neo Geo AES/MVS games. I might try emulating some now, I don't know if they're actually any good. They're german so the autism definitely applies.
6b3343 No.15903666
>>15901355
It was very boring if you ask me. A lackluster world design and out of place mechanics combined with some terribly easy and even tedious boss fights. Doesn't help I played Kero Blaster just before it which was a world apart in quality.
1f894c No.15903728
>>15901525
King Knight's mode STILL hasn't been released? It's been what, four years and Shovel Knight is effectively an incomplete game since release?
Fuck everyone who bought and indirectly sanctions this type of fucking shit. If you promised something in your kickstarter you'd better fucking deliver on release or otherwise you're still selling an incomplete game.
6d3a54 No.15903747
>>15903653
Because they're easy to make and appealing to the eye. And when you're making a game on your own or with a couple of friends, it's smart to spend more time and resources on gameplay and levels rather than graphics.
daa4cc No.15903849
>>15903662
I thought Spark was better than Freedom Planet though. Oh and I'm not a furry.
>>15901234
Does Touhouvania count?
faba70 No.15903926
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Ok, 90% of this retro crap is just hypster shit. But I sorta respect what Morphcat Games are trying to do. That said, its still a Kikestarter project so it will more or less be garbage. But they are actually making a legitimate "Retro" game that looks fun.
6d2169 No.15904083
>>15903926
They should have taught this to the faggots who made Game Maker and Unity and by proxy the faggots making video games in those awful engines.
1f894c No.15904224
>>15904083
I think the one thing inherently awful about Unity is that fucking bloom.
1f894c No.15904285
>>15903926
That was insanely clever, I'd never thought of that sprite optimization at all.
080b49 No.15904352
>>15903666
My complaints on the game was how the areas felt poorly connected and how unbalanced the weapons were. The bow was leagues better than the maple leaf since the maple leaf only deals killing blows in the last combo hit.
8cc97e No.15904648
>>15904599
>Celeste is amazing
I'm sure it is, "fellow anon" :^)
a50314 No.15904680
>>15904224
Look up how to set the color space to linear. It fixes the graphics quite a bit
29457c No.15904685
>>15901234
Cursed Castilla nails down a lot of Spanish folklore, it feels good to finally have a game representative of all that stuff. t. Spaniard of Castillian ancestry.
839ffb No.15904688
>>15904648
Honestly he reached the 90%/decent ending in Transition Done Quick
c754ab No.15904690
>>15901234
>"Neo-Retro"
>>15904670
>this whole post
3a5926 No.15904721
>>15901525
Specter of Torment was fucking garbage
bc51a6 No.15904724
>>15904707
Because you're an obvious shill. Fuck off.
61976c No.15904754
>>15904747
Celeste is dumpster shit, fuck off you tranny. You'll never pass, no matter how hard you try.
129d0e No.15904790
>>15903653
>>15901260
If you're not able to appreciate beautiful pixel art and call it all "pixelshit" you're a retarded normalfag.
16a1e6 No.15904816
>>15904790
Pixelshit and Pixel Art are not the same thing. Pixel Art is exactly what it sounds like - art assets created using pixels. Pixelshit is "ironically" bad/primitive and lazy - created by amatuers and talentless hacks who have no drive to improve themselves or hone their craft. They don't want to make a fun game. They don't want to work hard. They just want to sell a product or push an agenda, and they think that doing it in a cheeky (it's not) faux-bad game will cover-up their own deficiencies while still giving them the praise, attention, and money they crave.
20f5e3 No.15904821
>>15904790
pixelart = old
pixelshit = new
that's it
bdc2b6 No.15904899
>>15904821
That's wrong you fucking dumbshit newfaggot. Pixelart is aesthetic, clean and stays within any restrictions set for it. Pixelshit is ugly, messy and uses a mishmash of differently scaled "pixels". A prime example of pixelshit is your standard indieshit platformer that has smooth gradients and filters littering every aspect of the game.
551183 No.15904923
>>15901234
That fucking video tho.
>reaches chest
>jump
>jump
>attack over the chest
>attack over the chest
>decide to ignore
a6cdbc No.15904987
>>15904648
I saw a little bit of photographs under all that Photoshop.
28316a No.15905602
>>15904648
He kinda looks like an ugly hipster girl, though.
e1053e No.15906019
>>15904648
I thank god every day for this tranny because it taught me to look for the 14 inch bangs hiding the receding hairline
727a43 No.15906094
>>15904790
Now show me at least one game made after 2005 that looks anything like that.
I'll wait.
129d0e No.15906628
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>>15906094
Here you go dumbass.
129d0e No.15906629
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>>15906094
Here's another.
1f894c No.15906641
>>15906628
>More strider clones
>no NG clones
For fucks sake. Great art though.
5e4a6a No.15906711
>>15906641
>Strider
that's clearly Shinobi inspired
dd459c No.15907421
>>15901234
None of them, go play all of the classics first.
f21597 No.15907431
>>15906711
With a bit of Hagane in the mix.
129d0e No.15908223
>>15907421
I have, and Cursed Castilla is every bit as good if not better than the original arcade GNG.
0afa36 No.15908270
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How about platformers which don't necessarily have the aesthetics but do have the gameplay? Gigantic Army is a doujin clone of the Assault Suit Valken games, and it is really good when you decide to get intimate with it, especially on Insane difficulty. The time limit and scoring system encourage brutal speedkilling using your limited superweapons and auto-melee pile bunker amongst other things. The stage design and bosses are really good. You get a shield to block attacks, hover boots for limited hovering and dashing around quickly.
378eb3 No.15908343
>Cursed Castilla
Everything by Locomalito is great
The Curse of Issyos is my 2nd favorite by him
dd459c No.15908885
>>15908223
Low effort CRT overlay instead of a proper shader and a really mediocre aesthetic that's vastly inferior to the original. It was somewhat worth a single playthrough since it was free, but I'll never play it again.
805da2 No.15909342
>>15907414
>named after a William Gibson story
I approve.
dd459c No.15909965
>>15909283
>competently done
Not even close.
>makes zero comment about the gameplay
See:
>It was somewhat worth a single playthrough since it was free, but I'll never play it again
Want more? Fine. The gameplay was thoroughly mediocre, the level design was shit, the bosses were shit. All in all it was a low effort Ghouls n Ghosts clone with a shit soundtrack, shit visuals (the easiest two things to copy), and mediocre as fuck gameplay.
Happy now you pissy little nigger?
27421e No.15914999
>>15904721
Do you want to elaborate? I thought the dash slash mechanic was cool because it kept the pacing fast and it was fun to fly around with. It is otherwise a pretty solid platformer. Plus what other game has fucking
SCYTHE boarding
28316a No.15915113
>>15909965
>"the level design was shit"
It was pretty good and varied through levels. Simple but effective
>"the bosses were shit"
The bosses were miles better than the ones on Ghouls n Ghosts.
>"Shit soundtrack"
It was a pretty good soundtrack made with the same software made for Cave Story and Ikachan's soundtrack, and inspired by old FM soundtracks, instead of the typical NES inspired Famitracker stuff from a lot of indie games.
>"shit visuals"
Ths Spanish folklore inspired enemies and bosses were pretty good. Boss sprites weren't as good as the ones from Capcom, though. I'll give you that.
>"(the easiest two things to copy)"
Perhaps it wasn't trying to copy the visuals or the soundtrack, anon
Next you're going to accuse me of samefagging
eafbda No.15915122
>>15909283
>zoomer
Back to cuckchan, nigger.
129d0e No.15915373
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>>15908270
Looks pretty good. I liked Cybernator so this one looks great too.
c12fef No.15915382
>>15901234
>I am a true gamer and I am honored to create content to help game developers and publishers. Gaming is my passion and I love to share it with others. If you have any questions or just want feedback from me, be sure to contact me!
>202 views
where did you pull this shit, fed-san?
5e62a5 No.15915389
Uh oh, looks like a mod had a tantrum again, what harmful opinions did we miss?
b8d9e8 No.15915737
>>15908885
>It looks bad
It plays as good.
faba70 No.15915746
>>15904790
Nigger I literally coined the phrase pixelshit here on /v/ and most anything with suffix "Neo" or "Retro" let alone both at once is always pretentious shit. No pixels necessary.
>Pixelshit and Pixel Art are not the same thing.
Read this anon's post you fucking larping faggot >>15904816
e1053e No.15915990
>>15915746
Stop being a neo-nigger.
129d0e No.15916088
>>15915746
Did you get the post tags mixed up or was this meant for me? "Neo retro" is actually a pretty useful way of describing this style of game. It can't simply be called retro as the games are not being made during a time in which the game consoles they're mimicking are prevalent.
Pixelshit is LOW EFFORT pixel art done by pretentious hacks that tend to be SJWs. Pixel art is the good stuff. It's a helpful dichotomy.
6ebb50 No.15916222
>>15916088
Pics related, pixel shit vs pixel art.
839ffb No.15916269
>>15916264
Don't disrespect tripsman like that with facebook-tier memes
71c473 No.15918287
>>15901234
>The Messenger
oh boy
>linear part
pretty sweet, if not that hard
>metroid part
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
Then you reach last couple of areas that are linear again and the game is good again. Coincidence?
I like N++, but it has its own aesthetic and it's minimalist gameplay wise.
b8d9e8 No.15919046
>>15916264
>
>>15918287
Go cry in the corner because Metroidvania is better than classicvania.
ee7647 No.15919055
>>15919046
That's some stale, lukewarm banter, anon.
Calling people cuckchanners isn't a good insult anymore because cuckchan is become increasingly irrelevant. It's like calling people MySpacers.
faba70 No.15919103
>>15916088
>"Neo retro" is actually a pretty useful way of describing this style
and that "style" is called hipster trash
>Pixelshit is LOW EFFORT pixel art done by pretentious hacks that tend to be SJWs.
I know this, I literally defined the term. and with that cleared up "Neo retro" is by definition low effort trash done by pretentious hack that tend to be SJW's.
>>15916264
>facebookjak
>>>/cuckchan/
16a1e6 No.15920218
>>15919055
>Calling people cuckchanners isn't a good insult anymore because cuckchan is become increasingly irrelevant. It's like calling people MySpacers.
Burn, hell yeah. That's getting reposted on my LiveJournal.
c71ecb No.15920442
>>15919103
>I know this, I literally defined the term
No one gives a shit, if you want recognition for your epic meme names go to reddit or something.
841258 No.15920845
>>15908223
Cursed Castilla is like a shitty Chinese knock off of G&G. A souless pile of crap. It feels like it was designed by an insectoid instead of a Moorish rape baby.
223b82 No.15920953
>>15920845
Under what grounds do you say such statements? Cursed Castilla plays every bit as good as Ghost n' Goblins, plus the iberic lore.
daa4cc No.15933750