Older games that aged well. (strictly talking about graphics)
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The game of the year edition looks better, because they addedsome new effects. I agree.Jacco said:
OT: Timesplitters 3. Good animations, the textures still look good, very nice environments...
Half Life 2... still is my favourite game... some time has passed, but the graphics, controls, story and sound is still considered better then the constant crap that gets released every year....
Populous the begining, The characters are 2d sprites but the world is 3D.
Or maybe its because I loved the game so much when I was 3?
Or maybe its because I loved the game so much when I was 3?
It depends what you mean by aged well I suppose because I'd say Homeworld/HW2 and a lot of SNES/Megadrive games but only if you are able to jack up the resolution for modern monitors .
Also games like Planescape/Baldurs gate, but they have the same resolution problems.
Seriously try playing a game on a 28 inch monitor at a res of 800*600 or less....it burnssssss
Also games like Planescape/Baldurs gate, but they have the same resolution problems.
Seriously try playing a game on a 28 inch monitor at a res of 800*600 or less....it burnssssss
Baldur's Gate, definitely and its one of those games you actually have to SPEND TIME ON rather than modern "done in a weekend" games.
Graphically, Chrono Trigger (though it also has fantastic music and gameplay) holds up in my opinion. Better than other JRPGs that were being released at that time anyway (though they also play and sound great).
PC games cheat in a way, because they get free graphics upgrades as the newer cards come out; but still, devs have to plan ahead in order for this to have an effect.Ando85 said:
Homeworld 2 is a wonderful example of graphics aging perfectly. The game is around 8 years old and still looks like it was released yesterday. . .
this video (in engine footage starting at 4:00)
Castlevania: SOTN was pretty good looking, in my oppinion. Of course, I was having way too much fun to notice, and that's how it should be.
While someone can easily disagree with me, I really liked the look of all the old sprite FPS games. Sure, some objects faced you no matter what direction you looked at them, and everything was all pixelated and what not, but they had what most modern FPS games lack: style. Since they couldn't render enemies in 3D, they had to draw the enemies or make a model and then make them into sprites. Due to this, a lot of the games had very distinct styles. Doom was bright, sharp and colorful. Duke 3D was dark, beaten up, and trashy. Blood was macabre, grotesque, and almost Lovecraftian.
I'm not saying all 3D FPS games have no style, I'm just saying that since things have gone into 3D, a lot of games look almost identical.
While someone can easily disagree with me, I really liked the look of all the old sprite FPS games. Sure, some objects faced you no matter what direction you looked at them, and everything was all pixelated and what not, but they had what most modern FPS games lack: style. Since they couldn't render enemies in 3D, they had to draw the enemies or make a model and then make them into sprites. Due to this, a lot of the games had very distinct styles. Doom was bright, sharp and colorful. Duke 3D was dark, beaten up, and trashy. Blood was macabre, grotesque, and almost Lovecraftian.
I'm not saying all 3D FPS games have no style, I'm just saying that since things have gone into 3D, a lot of games look almost identical.