I miss the beautiful ugliness of Playstation 1 era games [Lots of screenshots]
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I still replay the original Tomb Raider games once in a while and think they look incredibly atmospheric. I like the "accidentally surreal" look and feel of the levels and everything.
Signalis is one of the coolest looking games I've played in ages. I think it's a good game overall, would probably rate it a 7/10, but I think the aesthetic is what really shines incredibly brightly.
I love the ps1 low poly style.
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totally agree with this. That coupled with the ambient soundtrack 👌🏻
Grew up with the n64, but oddly feel more nostalgic for the ps1. Something about the esthetic of the ps1 is just so eye catching for me. Specially squares output at the time. Their 3d games look so damn good still
Also love Crash 2 and 3. Both of those still look great in motion.
Also love Crash 2 and 3. Both of those still look great in motion.
100% this the games were made for crt tvs in mind and modern displays don't blend the colours the way crts did and just show them as raw, which isnt what the artists intent were as as they were designed for the tech at the time. CRTs due to their tech devs took advantage of it in many different ways. Take that out now and people see them as raw hi res and they look weird to me like that
In the 90s i had a pc shared with my brother, with a 3D accelerator like Riva tnt from nvidia. I thought 3D games on my friends PS1 looked like shit even in the 90s.
The generation after is when 3D games actually started to look decent or good on console. PS2 was a huge step up in graphics.
The generation after is when 3D games actually started to look decent or good on console. PS2 was a huge step up in graphics.
For me, I got a top spec pc in 1995 and the visuals were way behind ps1 which launched 1994/95..games like Wipeout, tomb raider etc looked way worse. It was only when 3dfx cards became mainstream around the time of quake 2, a few years later, that my pc got ahead.
Man, that leap from snes to 32 bit era and proper 3d games was magical at the time.
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I'm discovering that game and it's absolutely adorable
Name? Looks like a 3D Chrono Trigger lol
Megaman Legends 1 & 2 are so gooooooood ^_^MegaMan Legends might be one of the most beautiful games of all time honestly.
MegaMan Legends might be one of the most beautiful games of all time honestly.
This is true
It STILL looks good. Like, holy shit. If a sequel came out looking exactly like the PS1 titles I'd be 100% down for it.MegaMan Legends might be one of the most beautiful games of all time honestly.
Dr. Slump. Name of the manga franchise it's based on, also the name of the PS1 game.
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I honestly can't think of any other game that has as many death scenes as Heart of Darkness
Not only that but every single one is unique and every single one is as harrowing as the others. That game scarred me as a kid lmao
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God it's so weird. I still think the 32bit PS1 is the ugliest generation since the Atari (sorry, charming and cute but pretty hard to go back to) but there were SO MANY BANGER games that this thread makes me super emotional.
Of course, since it was my life from age 17-22, hugely formative years, it's hard NOT to get emotional. Being a gamer, you sometimes mark time by the games.
Of course, since it was my life from age 17-22, hugely formative years, it's hard NOT to get emotional. Being a gamer, you sometimes mark time by the games.
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Such excellent GIFs.
That Gundam game looks really good - nice paper doll animation work.
I had Bust-a-Groove as a kid, too - not enough music games have people interactively dancing in them, especially considering DDR Max was all about dancing and did so well monetarily at the time.
Excellent lighting on that Vagrant Story gif, of course, too - love how they faked the rim lighting.
That Gundam game looks really good - nice paper doll animation work.
I had Bust-a-Groove as a kid, too - not enough music games have people interactively dancing in them, especially considering DDR Max was all about dancing and did so well monetarily at the time.
Excellent lighting on that Vagrant Story gif, of course, too - love how they faked the rim lighting.
The ugliest generation. Generally avoided the more "advanced" graphical games because they looked so bad.
God the memories.Been a while.
Die Hard Trilogy, so much time on those 3 games.
Bushido Blade, still undefeated.
And that Looney Toons game was such an underrated gem.
I much prefer the look of raw upscaled 240p for both PS1 and N64, where it's a kind of 'pseudo pixel art' and 3D assets blend more seamlessly with 2D textures and pre-rendered assets.
Looks even better with a good CRT filter but even just the raw digital image is preferable to whatever they're doing in the NSO N64 library where everything 3D is rendered in 720p and it just looks blocky and visually dissonant with the 2D elements. I get some people want 'higher-res' 3D for these games but I just don't think it works.
Looks even better with a good CRT filter but even just the raw digital image is preferable to whatever they're doing in the NSO N64 library where everything 3D is rendered in 720p and it just looks blocky and visually dissonant with the 2D elements. I get some people want 'higher-res' 3D for these games but I just don't think it works.
Only if you're looking for horror. In my experience / observation, PS1-inspired horror games are the overwhelming majority use-case for this aesthetic.
Lunistice on Steam
Lunistice is a 3D Platformer created with simple & fun gameplay and a cute PS1/SEGA Saturn inspired artstyle in mind. Take the role of Hana the Tanuki and jump and fight through her dreams!
UNDETECTED on Steam
Stealth your way through the shadows and uncover a corporate conspiracy. Become a cyber-augmented agent in this gameplay-focused stealth game that brings classic sneaking to the modern era.
PsiloSybil on Steam
An old-school, tough-as nails classic linear 3D platformer with a faithful PS1 cartoony aesthetic.
BallisticNG on Steam
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
Dread Delusion on Steam
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Frogun on Steam
Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!
Compound Fracture on Steam
It’s not our world yet. Investigate the facility, and keep your weapon ready.
DoubleShake on Steam
Grab, shake, throw, and kick to save your islands from total chaos in this action-packed blast-to-the-past 2.5D Platformer inspired by some of our favorite 5th generation games!
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Save 40% on Ex-Zodiac on Steam
A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.
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There are a bunch of platformers and action games too, and a few JRPG's I believe. Also, Samurai Bringer reminds me of Brave Fencer. You just have to look for em.
Lunistice on Steam
Lunistice is a 3D Platformer created with simple & fun gameplay and a cute PS1/SEGA Saturn inspired artstyle in mind. Take the role of Hana the Tanuki and jump and fight through her dreams!store.steampowered.com
UNDETECTED on Steam
Stealth your way through the shadows and uncover a corporate conspiracy. Become a cyber-augmented agent in this gameplay-focused stealth game that brings classic sneaking to the modern era.PsiloSybil on Steam
An old-school, tough-as nails classic linear 3D platformer with a faithful PS1 cartoony aesthetic.BallisticNG on Steam
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.Dread Delusion on Steam
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.Frogun on Steam
Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!Compound Fracture on Steam
It’s not our world yet. Investigate the facility, and keep your weapon ready.DoubleShake on Steam
Grab, shake, throw, and kick to save your islands from total chaos in this action-packed blast-to-the-past 2.5D Platformer inspired by some of our favorite 5th generation games!Save 65% on Anodyne 2: Return to Dust on Steam
A 2D-3D Action-Adventure game! Run, jump, and drive across vast, dreamy 3D landscapes. Shrink into surreal, 2D dungeons inside of characters' bodies. Travel the world, meet strange people, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust. Don't miss the follow-up to the classic game 'Anodyne'!Save 40% on Ex-Zodiac on Steam
A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.
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I own like half of these (Frogun, Ex-Zodiac, Lunistice) and a good amount aren't even out yet. So a handful of them compared to even just Puppet Combo and Chilla's art, Alisa and the recently highlighted Crow Country (which also isn't out, tbf) still doesn't really disprove my point. Ballistic looks dope though and I guess undetected is neat if you like MGS (which I place in the same bracket as RE mentally since the gameplay is so similar, haha).
Do you know of any of the JRPGs? That's the PS1 aesthetic I'm most interested in, as platformers don't do much for me. I also already own Samurai Bringer and am hoping Mecha Bringer fixes some of the issue I had with the first one.
Those are sprite based jrpgs, which is not the aesthetic this invokes. Like, Terra Memoria looks like Breath of fire 3/4, but sprite based RPGs are not what I think of for PS1 RPGs, we're talking Chrono Cross / FF789 / Threads of fate / Legend of Legaia
Add to that Suikoden (combined 3D worlds with sprites, as we all know), Jade Cocoon, Grandia, Front Mission 3, Xenogears etc.