Game art styles or level design you enjoy

**retrofiber** · 23rd-March-2011, 17:11

Originally Posted by sockesocke

to retrofiber: you never heard of metal slug before?

its one of the most popular arcade game ever, but if you were talking about the first line from my quote then im not surprised, those are relatively unknown games.
since you asked for level design as well i will mention mirrors edge and the castlevania games, those games have some of the best level desing ive ever seen.
what i liked most about mushihime sama were the enemies, most shmups feature mechanic looking enemies, thats why all the insects in mushihime made a lasting impression on me, especially the boss from the 4th level is one of the best bosses ive ever seen in a video game.

Yes...Yes I have. I meant to exclude that from the quote. Oh well.

Yes , most NEO GEO games had a great style. Magician Lord, NAM1975, View Point (still one of the hardest games I've played even with save states), etc.
I dont think I was more excited than when I got the NEO GEO games working on the MAME as these games went for big bucks back in the day. I think the cheapest one I owned ran me $185

**Miss Piggy** · 23rd-March-2011, 21:25

Take a look at madworld. Amazing art style, just too bad it wasn`t commercially succsesful.

**MondayHopscotch** · 23rd-March-2011, 21:45

shadow of the colossus had some really cool style to it. Gameplay was fun excellent as well

I need more of that.

**retrofiber** · 23rd-March-2011, 21:59

Originally Posted by mega-death1

Take a look at madworld. Amazing art style, just too bad it wasn`t commercially succsesful.

Just checked out a video. Like the use of so many background elements to assist the kills.

MondayHopscotch

shadow of the colossus had some really cool style to it. Gameplay was fun excellent as well I need more of that.

Agreed. I think I made it about halfway through and had to stop due to time constraints.

**Shareware** · 23rd-March-2011, 22:02

Madworld's art style looks amazing, but the gameplay kind of looks clunky.

**Miss Piggy** · 23rd-March-2011, 22:09

Originally Posted by Shareware

Madworld's art style looks amazing, but the gameplay kind of looks clunky.

Not really. I did sell it though because I suck at arcade style games, but I`m probably gonna repurchase it.

***Gare*** · 27th-March-2011, 00:24

A bit late to the party, but I was recently reminded of this thread. It comes as no surprise that I greatly enjoyed the art direction of Xenoblade. The fact that the land of humans is on the surface of a dead god is pretty amazing in itself, and the game really shows what the Wii's hardware is capable of.

Pics:

Spoiler warning:

Another game that I want to mention is The Last Story. It gets enough flak from people who don't like its grey/brown visuals, but I'm a sucker for medieval settings, and it reminded me of Vagrant Story and FFXII to a certain extent.

Pics:

Spoiler warning:

There's also Thief: Deadly Shadows, with its excellent mixture of dark fantasy/magic/steampunk. I've already did a rather lengthy playthrough demonstrating how awesome it is, so I won't bother to post pictures. Just go to the EP LP section, randomly select one of my Thief videos, and enjoy the atmosphere.

I'll second Odin Sphere and Muramasa, even if the games themselves are pretty shallow, with the visuals being the best part.

As far as creative level design goes, I think Psychonauts is amazing. There's no single level in that game that's not unique/memorable in some way.

And I've already mentioned Vagrant Story - I love its visuals, pretty much for the same reasons as The Last Story.

**retrofiber** · 27th-March-2011, 00:51

Originally Posted by Gare

... Xenoblade. The fact that the land of humans is on the surface of a dead god is pretty amazing in itself, and the game really shows what the Wii's hardware is capable of.
Another game that I want to mention is The Last Story. It gets enough flak from people who don't like its grey/brown visuals, but I'm a sucker for medieval settings, and it reminded me of Vagrant Story and FFXII to a certain extent.

There's also Thief: Deadly Shadows, with its excellent mixture of dark fantasy/magic/steampunk. I've already did a rather lengthy playthrough demonstrating how awesome it is, so I won't bother to post pictures. Just go to the EP LP section, randomly select one of my Thief videos, and enjoy the atmosphere.

As far as creative level design goes, I think Psychonauts is amazing. There's no single level in that game that's not unique/memorable in some way.

And I've already mentioned Vagrant Story - I love its visuals, pretty much for the same reasons as The Last Story.

Thanks I'll be checking these out. I'm sort of familiar w/ Vagrant Story but not the others.

Edit: Yes...Psychonauts. I just scoped a vid of the milkman conspiracy level. This game drips personality. I had my eye on this game but never got to experience it and thus forgot all about it. I'm so out of touch which is rather pathetic for someone trying to get into the game dev business.

The characters sort of reminded me of those from Death Jr. (PSP) although I'll not attest for that games quality, the characters were great.

**Miss Piggy** · 27th-March-2011, 01:58

Originally Posted by Gare

A bit late to the party, but I was recently reminded of this thread. It comes as no surprise that I greatly enjoyed the art direction of Xenoblade. The fact that the land of humans is on the surface of a dead god is pretty amazing in itself, and the game really shows what the Wii's hardware is capable of.

Pics:

Spoiler warning:

Another game that I want to mention is The Last Story. It gets enough flak from people who don't like its grey/brown visuals, but I'm a sucker for medieval settings, and it reminded me of Vagrant Story and FFXII to a certain extent.

Pics:

Spoiler warning:

There's also Thief: Deadly Shadows, with its excellent mixture of dark fantasy/magic/steampunk. I've already did a rather lengthy playthrough demonstrating how awesome it is, so I won't bother to post pictures. Just go to the EP LP section, randomly select one of my Thief videos, and enjoy the atmosphere.

I'll second Odin Sphere and Muramasa, even if the games themselves are pretty shallow, with the visuals being the best part.

As far as creative level design goes, I think Psychonauts is amazing. There's no single level in that game that's not unique/memorable in some way.

And I've already mentioned Vagrant Story - I love its visuals, pretty much for the same reasons as The Last Story.

Why is Xenoblade not out for the Wii in NA yet

They better be doing something fucking fabulous if I have to wait for a year!

**shinomori_kyo** · 27th-March-2011, 02:21

I can't see why nobody mentioned Disgaea or any of nippon ichi's other games. the art is in everything.

***Gare*** · 27th-March-2011, 02:40

Originally Posted by Miss Piggy

Why is Xenoblade not out for the Wii in NA yet

A valid question.

They might be holding off with it until the 3DS craze dies down, who knows. I personally expect it to be offiicially announced during E3. If that doesn't happen, then you can start worrying.

**rakenrol** · 28th-March-2011, 03:31

Okami - I love that Sumi-e style
Street Fighter IV - Only in certain parts where the classic painting style occurs(intro, focus attacks)
Rub Rabbits/Feel the Magic xx.xy - The art is just unique, nice one sega

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