Modern games that feel like they belong in a earlier era

[Leynos]

Mar1217 said:

Obligatory Shovel Knight post here !

I realize this is not a popular opinion but I don't agree. It looks nothing like an NES or SNES game. It has a sprite art style but doesn't look like a game running on those systems. It's also way too fast and floaty to me for that era. It just feels like a more modern indie game being a love letter to Mega Man but not actually being a game from the era.  Where Sonic Mania. Freedom Planet. Feels like legit Saturn games. Bloodstained Curse of the Moon looks and feels much more NES-era. Not saying it has to be able to run on that hardware to sell it. Curse can't run on NES. It sells the idea that it could. Maybe this is fine with most people but Shovel Knight plays and looks how people want to remember NES. With that said.

Sol Cresta. It feels and looks like a Japan-only Saturn shmup. Who knows maybe a universe EA publishes only in Japan like Sōkyūgurentai.