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Do you consider yourself a current gen/AAA gamer or a retro/pixel art gamer?
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Los dos. If I had to pick one then I'd go for AA-to-AAA simply because my absolute favorite games are generally of the kind. Games like The Last Guardian, Breath of the Wild, Yakuza, Bloodborne and Dark Souls mean more to me than my favorite indies. That doesn't mean I don't also love indies too.
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505 Games isn't an AAA publisher. I don't think they're throwing insane amounts of money in Control either.
I can't stand pixel art to be honest anymore. I like indies that look back to the old school genres,but not graphically.
I play all manner of games. If someone put a gun to my head and forced me to choose I would take the retro theme, I guess.
I like a bit of AAA and AA, mainly Japanese titles, and a bit of indie titles. I'm not really specifically geared towards one or the other, although the sort of AAA and AA I usually play tend to be more in line with what I'm looking for
I consider myself to have good taste, so definitely the retro shit, but not limited to just pixel art. Some of the triple A stuff this gen is dope particularly from Japan and stuff like Doom, Hitman, Dad of War. Other stuff this gen is straight basura.
Don't like how the options are formulated. That said, I went with the second option because I don't really identify with the majority of what's called AAA gaming nowadays.
Neither, since neither seems to be exactly what I want anymore, so I just tend to play whatever. AAA games used to not only look the best, they also used to be extremely innovative. Way back when, the now "pixel art" craze used to be what AAA games looked like, and then not long after the games in the early to mid 90s that were being released on PC. Now it's either high production values with way played out gameplay, or "we want to be an SNES game" with maybe some actual innovations.
Sometimes there are releases from certain developers though that aren't quite AAA, but aren't indies either that end up being some of my favorites from any particular year.
Sometimes there are releases from certain developers though that aren't quite AAA, but aren't indies either that end up being some of my favorites from any particular year.
I don't really play AAA games or retro/pixel art games, but I play tons of games.
Do I even exist?
Do I even exist?
Same. Why can't we just be gamers? Why are we always picking a side?
If you give people two options they're obviously going to choose the third one.
Problem is you left out all of the games which exist in the massive gulf between big budget AAA, and lo-fi indie pixel art.
both. i do find the older i get the more i tinker with retro though in many aspects, arcade1up, raspberry pi, mini consoles, even original hardware (although this tends to be too expensive)
That said more or less the only game I actually play the last 5 years is Destiny/2, though. That's why I wrote "tinker". I dont sit down and start to finish play any retro games...
That said more or less the only game I actually play the last 5 years is Destiny/2, though. That's why I wrote "tinker". I dont sit down and start to finish play any retro games...
Some retro style way fine for a while, but I know I skip games instantly if I see the pixel look in the screenshots.
The 100s Soso-vania or Jump&Run in pixel graphic is just a boring premise. Make HD assets, but preferably not in the overdone cute comic style. Be creative!
The 100s Soso-vania or Jump&Run in pixel graphic is just a boring premise. Make HD assets, but preferably not in the overdone cute comic style. Be creative!
I play more indie games than anything else, but not exclusively pixel art.
I play probably 2-3 AAA games a year, and I buy almost every fighting game that comes out. I'd say I'm more A-AA gamer over a particular art style.
I play probably 2-3 AAA games a year, and I buy almost every fighting game that comes out. I'd say I'm more A-AA gamer over a particular art style.
Without indies, I probably would not still be playing games. I enjoy the occasional AAA or AA game, but often times they feel too safe and boring. Also doesn't help that some of the latest releases have been disappointing (Fallout 76, Anthem, Battlefield 5, Mass Effect: Andromeda). Maybe I'm just bummed by how bad Bethesda, BioWare, and DICE are these days.
