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PullusPardus on 19 June 2013
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Carl2291 said:
PullusPardus said:

didn't say they're bad, just the 8-Bit art style for the sake of "Artistic" style is lazy.

why not we go back to the days of "Fixed camera" Horror games style for a change? 

or Fixed Camera RPGs ? or 3D platformers (like Mario 64 not Mario Galaxy)  , there is a lot of "Old School" styles that aren't used, yet developers love to use the 8bit


Because they are indie developers and they are working on a tight budget. Sometimes it can be teams of 3-4 people. Super Giant Games for example, the developers of Bastion and Transistor have 10 employees.

2D / 8-Bit games are cheap and easy to develop, while at the same time still being fun as hell and really appealing to the eye.

See? I am not talking about 2D , Bastion is a good example on how to do something that looks good while being on a tight budget, no way I can call Bastion or Braid "Lazy" , Transistor looks good as well. 

there is also Dust Elysian Tail, Dragon's Crown, Muramasa ....etc , all those games are indie games and look nothing alike.