Older games that aged well. (strictly talking about graphics)
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I think most 2D and pixel based graphics still hold up today. It is the early 3D era that really don't age well. Those ugly polygon graphics make my eyes hurt.
Spritework ages well in my book. I mean, once we hit SNES we started having better, more long-lasting sprites. And then games like Symphony of the Night hit and blew the games out of the water with drawn graphics.
If you want your graphics to hold up, the most surefire way seems to be to pick a style and stick to it. If your engine can only handle cartoony graphics, then don't try to make it look real... OWN your limitations. Use the higher end of your processor's capacity and do what it can do, yes, but use it like the rules of a haiku... create perfection of a different sort, not something that's "state of the art" right now.
Okami is a good modern-day example... the stylistic brush strokes are going to hold up for a long while, I reckon, despite the fact that even starting out the Wii is behind the times graphically.
Okami is a good modern-day example... the stylistic brush strokes are going to hold up for a long while, I reckon, despite the fact that even starting out the Wii is behind the times graphically.
Anything with anime style drawings as graphics, eg. the original Adventures of Alundra, or FFVI/Chrono Trigger!! They seem endless!
Singleplayer wise, CoD4. Playing on slow mo makes it an entirely new game.
If you manage to find a decent server, the multiplayer is pretty good too.
If you manage to find a decent server, the multiplayer is pretty good too.
anything with a cell-shaded art style will still look good 10 years from now.
Also i still think Super Mario 64 still looks ok
Also i still think Super Mario 64 still looks ok
I think Zork aged very, very well since its release... No one has problems with its graphics at all, in fact its graphics are at par with today's if not better.
World of Warcraft is still going strong. Doesn't look amazing, but still good enough.
Not sure how new counts as old, but Time Splitters: Future Perfect still looks relatively decent. And the graphics of GBA pokemon games are still ok.
Not sure how new counts as old, but Time Splitters: Future Perfect still looks relatively decent. And the graphics of GBA pokemon games are still ok.
The Donkey Kong Country Games still look amazing. I also think most sprite based RTS's from the mid to late 90's like Starcraft, Warcraft II and Age of Empires still look ok. Same with the early 3D ones come to think of it (like Total Annihilation, Empire Earth and especially Warcraft III).
I really think it's only the 90's/early 2000's 3D FPS's and RPG's that look bad. Even then I think the Zelda games on the '64 for example, still look decent.
I really think it's only the 90's/early 2000's 3D FPS's and RPG's that look bad. Even then I think the Zelda games on the '64 for example, still look decent.
For me:
Golden Sun
Final Fantasy 3-5
Baldur's Gate series
Icewind Dale series
Most strategy games, like Age of Empires
Super Mario
Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2 in the US I think)
Golden Sun
Final Fantasy 3-5
Baldur's Gate series
Icewind Dale series
Most strategy games, like Age of Empires
Super Mario
Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2 in the US I think)
graphics, only 2d can really be considered to still be strong years later.
including aesthetics changes it up though, the biggest contrast ive heard of is ookami, the graphics are horrible but the aesthetics are excellent.
i guess some of the sega megadrive games are still good (sonic 2) and the 64 games arent too bad.
including aesthetics changes it up though, the biggest contrast ive heard of is ookami, the graphics are horrible but the aesthetics are excellent.
i guess some of the sega megadrive games are still good (sonic 2) and the 64 games arent too bad.
Quake III Arena's graphics are pretty ageless compared to similar-era FPS games. It's a pity nobody plays it anymore.