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Post by Terrifying on Aug 14, 2014 11:34:55 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 11:40:47 GMT -5
Looks like a doujin OutRun 2 with a thick coat of hipster paint. Meh.
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Post by Feynman on Aug 14, 2014 12:05:44 GMT -5
I dunno whether or not the game is going to be any good based on that wildly uninformative teaser, but the art is nice.
Seriously at this point what the hell does "hipster" even mean. Pixel art? HIPSTER. Low-fi 3D? HIPSTER. I hear that claim made about damn near every single game that doesn't have the budget for really high-quality HD graphics. Hell, even those get the hipster label half the time if they dare to have a sufficiently unusual art style.
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Post by Bobinator on Aug 14, 2014 12:16:50 GMT -5
Looks like a doujin OutRun 2 with a thick coat of hipster paint. Meh. One, what does that even mean, two, do you even actually have any positive feelings about anything at all. I dunno, I think this has the potential to be good! I can't really say what it's like without any actual gameplay footage, but I definately like the look. You never really see anybody going for the early 3D look of the PS1 compared to how many 8-bit games there are. Actually, thinking about it, it looks like what you'd get if you took a Super Scaler game and made it 3D, pixels and all. It's a very unique look, and it looks great in the screenshots! Amazing music, too. I could listen to that on loop for ten or so hours, yeah.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 12:17:35 GMT -5
I wouldn't have stamped it with that label if it wasn't trying way, way too hard to evoke the "1980s cheesy VHS flick" aesthetic that Drive and Far Cry: Blood Dragon made trendy. Everything about this game looks like something off a retro hipster's tumblr feed, someone endlessly waxing nostalgic for a decade they're too young to have experienced.
Either that, or one of those guys who took UK Resistance's "Sega Blue Skies" parody article seriously.
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Post by nightdreamer on Aug 14, 2014 12:46:04 GMT -5
It's entirely possible that you have a very limited appreciation/understanding of art styles. And that's kinda presumptuous of you to think that gamers are pretending to have experienced the 80s, man.
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Post by Feynman on Aug 14, 2014 12:47:00 GMT -5
Looks like a doujin OutRun 2 with a thick coat of hipster paint. Meh. One, what does that even mean, two, do you even actually have any positive feelings about anything at all. I dunno, I think this has the potential to be good! I can't really say what it's like without any actual gameplay footage, but I definately like the look. You never really see anybody going for the early 3D look of the PS1 compared to how many 8-bit games there are. Actually, thinking about it, it looks like what you'd get if you took a Super Scaler game and made it 3D, pixels and all. It's a very unique look, and it looks great in the screenshots! Amazing music, too. I could listen to that on loop for ten or so hours, yeah. The graphics really remind me of the colorful-pixels-on-3D-models art style that the Mega Man Legends games used. It looks great! felixm: 1. What the hell do you define as "trying too hard?" The game has a cool look, and just because other games have used a similar style in recent years doesn't invalidate it as a choice. In fact, using highly stylized art is critical for small developers who may not have large art budgets or extremely skilled artists. They can't catch your eye with technical displays of visual wizardry, so they have to catch your eye with distinct art. If the game used a more typical art style for racing games, I can guarantee you'd be sitting here bitching about how "generic" it was. 2. Who cares how old the artist is? Art is not created in a vacuum. It is created based on inspiration that occurs from the things you see over your lifetime... including other art, which includes both contemporary art and art from previous generations. Are you going to complain that Castlevania shouldn't use gothic art because none of the developers lived in medieval France? If some 20-year-old dude saw some 80's style art and thought "that looks cool, I want to give that a shot," then that does not somehow make their take on the art somehow lesser than the art of those who experienced the 80's themselves. That is not how art works. Your implication that younger generations are somehow not worthy of discovering an appreciation and enjoyment for that neon 80's style is absurd.
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Post by Allie on Aug 14, 2014 13:50:19 GMT -5
Not too fond of the Hotline Miami-style color aesthetic, honestly.
Looks kind of like it wanted to be "Initial D without being Initial D", with, strangely enough, I'm getting a mild San Francisco Rush vibe from it too, in a way that I can't quite articulate...
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Post by TheGunheart on Aug 14, 2014 15:43:39 GMT -5
The graphics really remind me of the colorful-pixels-on-3D-models art style that the Mega Man Legends games used. It looks great! Yes! I love how the shading and highlights are drawn onto the textures like in Mega Man Legends. Hell, I really like the pixel art look for the textures in general. Kinda have a soft spot for that era of 3D graphics.
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Post by ZenithianHero on Aug 14, 2014 17:44:41 GMT -5
Between 90s Arcade Racer and Drift Stage, looks like I have to turn to indie for my racing game fix.
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Post by retr0gamer on Aug 14, 2014 17:51:04 GMT -5
I think it looks really god awful. It's so gaudy and not in a good hotline Miami way. I don't mind lo-fi graphics but this just looks absolute pish. There's just something really ugly about it, probably the lack of detail and awful choice of colour. I hope those are just placeholder textures.
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Post by muteKi on Aug 14, 2014 18:22:54 GMT -5
If it actually plays like OutRun 2 in any way I could be racing anthropomorphic pieces of poo on wheels for all I care.
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Post by elektrolurch on Aug 15, 2014 9:30:13 GMT -5
the car models and the general graphic style look AWESOME my problem is...... where is the spectacle? think of the more recent outrun titles, heck even think of the original outrun and outrunners- what made them so entertaining was the show you got besides the road. the scenery, birds flying, stuff flying, and here?nothing-maybe its because its in an early stage of development and they will add it later. I hope so.
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Post by Exhuminator on Aug 15, 2014 13:22:04 GMT -5
As a beta this game has potential, I enjoy the bright colors and 80's kitsch aesthetic.
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Post by Sac (a.k.a Icaras) on Aug 15, 2014 19:01:01 GMT -5
I wouldn't have stamped it with that label if it wasn't trying way, way too hard to evoke the "1980s cheesy VHS flick" aesthetic that Drive and Far Cry: Blood Dragon made trendy. Everything about this game looks like something off a retro hipster's tumblr feed, someone endlessly waxing nostalgic for a decade they're too young to have experienced. Either that, or one of those guys who took UK Resistance's "Sega Blue Skies" parody article seriously. You know, besides Blood Dragon and Doubl;e Dragon: Neon...I can't really think of any other games recently that have been all about "THE EIGHTIES!!!!!!" in that sense. Not nearly enough to call other games that try it "Hipster", IMHO.
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