Demo’s out now too
“Modern retro” games are such a vibe. All the charm of retro games but without the clunk. I played Skald: Against the Black Priory earlier this year and loved it and this looks amazing too.
I’m tired of the pixel art aesthetic.
You can pick any artistic style you want. There literally aren’t any real hardware imitations to graphics anymore. And yet it’s always realistic graphics for AAA games, and pixel graphics for indie games (with a few rare ones in between that do it different).
Sigh…
Then it’s not for you. I find pixelart very charming, it’s not just about hardware limitations.
I know it’s not. It’s about a sizable portion of indie developers and gamers being stuck in past nostalgia.
There are a lot of types of games that are inherently not broken in their designs, and there are advantages to portraying the aesthetic in the same style, like quickly conveying to your audience where your inspirations came from so that they know what type of game it is. In a similar way, lots of games have moved on to a PS1 aesthetic these days.
Finally, I can’t wait for this, top 5 most anticipated games of the year for me
Same looks really fun.
This looks sweet. Vibes of Startropics and something else I can’t quite put my finger on.
Edit: I didn’t even need 15 minutes with the demo. Outstanding stuff again from Yacht Club. Day 1 purchase for me.
I think you’re seeing classic Gameboy Zelda. Awakening and the Oracle games.
That is EXACTLY what I saw
