About Fez (Gaming)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, June 19, 2015, 18:53 (3444 days ago) @ Ragashingo

I largely agree. I generally dislike the pixel art trend no matter the reasons it is trending. To often I think it is done because more advanced graphics are not doable or to be trendy. Like, I'd love to see FTL: Faster Than Light done with detailed ship renderings instead of it's Sega genesis look. But sometimes pixel art can be amazing. Take Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery or Alto's Adventure, for example.

I totally believe some Pixel art is wonderfully well done, but I just can't stand the sight of it. It's strange; I grew up playing those games, but they have no nostalgic pull for me. I was always a fan of watching games grow and get better. I've always felt that games have gotten measurably better over time. I think there is a reason most of us don't go back and play "classic" games very often; they aren't as good in hindsight as they were at the time. Newer games have come along and blown them out of the water.

Games in the 80s didn't look like that by choice, it was the only way games could look. For me, there is just no appeal in going back to such a limiting art style. I guess the best comparison I can make is this: I tried to get my mom to watch Mad Men, because I think it is a generally well written show and I thought she's enjoy it. After she watched a couple episodes, she said to me "you know, I can tell its a great show, but I don't want to watch it". When I asked her why, she said "well, I grew up around people like that in the 50s and 60s. Revisiting those people and that time is not something I want to do... I'm glad I'm not around people like that anymore".

Does that make sense?