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I'm caught between Cuphead and Muramasa, myself.



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Of the games I played:

Monkey Island

Heroes of Might and Magic 3

Rayman Legends

Beneath a steel sky

Micro machines

Muramasa

And a bit of cheating, because these are actually 3D-engines rendering, although it is 2D-gameplay (this means lighting effects):

Trine

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The crown goes to Hyper Light Drifter. Its top-down style and the atmosphere and the art make it something else.

Runners up go to Axiom Verge for its retro look (and cool-as-hell box art), and Rayman Legends for its whimsy and animations.



I think GRIS was one of the most beautiful 2D games I played.
But I never played Ori so I may change my mind if it comes to switch and I can try it one day!
Rayman was quite good looking too but in a less poetic way than GRIS.



Now that MS and Ninty are buddies, here's hoping Ori follows in the footsteps of Cuphead and makes its way over to the Switch.



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curl-6 said:
tripenfall said:

Fingers crossed - Trine 4 is a day 1 purchase for me....

I'm still trying to get the Trine 1-3 physical version for Switch which comes out at the end of this month in the US but it's proving difficult to pre order. Even though I have Trine 1&2 on Wii U I'd be happy to double dip for that physical Switch release..... 

Yeah I'm grabbing Trine 4 day 1 also.

The difficulties you're having with the Trilogy pack are probably cos the team isn't quite finished porting Trine 3 yet; it's proving more difficult than the first two as it was made for 2015 PCs and PS4 while the first two were made for PS3/360 and PCs of 2010-2012. As of two days ago Frozenbyte tweeted that they don't have a solid release date yet as a result, but are "working hard to make it happen as soon as possible. Stay tuned".

Makes sense, cheers for the update. Gamestop in the US still has a release date of the end of July for the game but time will tell whether they hit that target..



Oh, I remember anothe rone that had great looking graphic for the time on DOS. One Must Fall 2097:



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Many mentioned sidescrolling games aren't 2d games.

Ori and the Blind Forest looks stunning in stereoscopic 3d.


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100% monster boy and the cursed kingdom.



 

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Though I often see them criticized as having "aged badly" I feel the SNES Donkey Kong Country games deserve a mention. Their worlds have such a great feeling of moody atmosphere.

It's really hard to find screens that aren't tiny or of very poor quality though.