So recently I was thinking how games with pixel art graphics are popular nowadays, and I was wondering if there are new games being made with other kinds of “retro” graphics, for example, games that look like the PS1 or PS2 eras.
Any recommendations?
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I’ve not played it, but Back in 1995 has always caught my eye.
Any “boomer shooter” is a callback to the 90 early 00s shooters. For example: Dusk, Postal: Braindead and Warhammer 40k: Boltgun
Lots of indie horror games have the early 3d era look to them.
Basically if you want visuals like this, the indie scene is where you should look
Maybe look at what’s on Itch.io , I know there are some people there releasing games made with some PSX engine. Someone remade Bloodborne
Also Bloodborne Kart releases at the end of the month.
Lunacid might be worth checking out. It’s an homage to the older Kings Field (Fromsofts flagship series before the Souls games) games from the PSX era and really well done. It had it’s full 1.0 release a few weeks back. I had a lot of fun playing through it
If you mean low poly & texture sized 3D games, then I would say BallisticNG, which is directly inspired by Wipeout from the original PSX. Also, while not quite the same, Valheim has a similar pixelated texture style with low poly models (for today’s standards at least).
- Dread Delusion
- Lunacid
Take a look at Haunted PS1, the games they published or that are in their compilations are usually close to that era of visuals.
For individual games you have stuff like, Anodyne 2, Cavern of Dreams, Zortch, Worlds, Lunistice, Hypnagogia, and many more. Like someone else said, there are plenty of indie games imitating or taking inspiration from the graphics of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Wrestling Empire is a good throwback wrestling game. It really reminds me of No Mercy on N64.
Someone remade parts of Bloodborne in a PS1 style. The controls are fairly clunky but it’s as legit as they come.
Lillith’s releasing Bloodborne Kart later this month, too!
Signalis, released in 2022 is a great survival horror with very similar gameplay to resident evil and I feel very successfully recreates the PS1 aesthetic.
I’ve already seen them suggested, but I want to throw out another recommendation for Signalis and Lunacid . Signalis is a sci-fi horror game that takes heavy inspiration from the old Resident Evil and Silent Hill games. Like Resident Evil you have limited ammo, inventory, and points where you can save. Like Silent Hill you have a story that starts out fairly straightforward and then gets weirder as things start to unravel around you. I’m not really a survival horror fan and it still managed to keep me hooked to the end.
Lunacid is a first-first person dungeon crawler that is heavily inspired by pre-Dark Souls Fromsoft series like King’s Field and Shadow Tower. That’s really all the game sets out to be and it absolutely nails it. The combat can be a bit repetitive, unless you invest in magic which I found to be incredibly fun and versatile, but I feel like the atmosphere more than makes up for it. It also has a ton of secrets and plenty of those ah-ha moments where you open up a shortcut or figure out how one area connects to the others.
Crow Country has the pre-rendered backgrounds & popeye arms aesthetics of ff7, but then you rotate the camera and its all 3d
Prodeus looks like an early 3D FPS like Doom but there are obviously modern day techniques such as lighting etc too give it a modern twist and make it now palatable.
Are you implying doom is not palatable? It’s a matter of taste, but of all the old FPS games, Doom is one of the most replayable in my opinion. Even without nostalgia goggles. The gameplay is tight, the weapons are timeless. The only thing that dates it other than the obvious graphics, is the level design can be a little tedious.
No, no, no, I wasn’t trying to give that impression at all. I’m saying that Prodeus is an old style game like Doom but with a modern twist in graphics. it’s trying to give the impression of an old school game.
Doom is awesome and I even remember being blown away the first time I saw Wolfenstein 3D. Back in those days, it was gameplay over graphics and it was a great time.
Alright. I misunderstood. Might have to give prodeus a whirl then. Thanks!
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