Clean and Colourful games?

Bside

Hey,

I'm looking for clean and colourful games to use as reference for some stuff I'm working on. I've looked at Mirrors Edge, TF2, Monday Night Combat, the new Zelda. It would be really interesting to see games that barely use any dirt/ware and tear for a really pristine look. Games that abstract out these kind of details into painterly marks or whatever interest me too.


Cheers!

Farfarer

Fairytale Fights is probably worth a look.

Tom Ellis

Settlers 7 has a wonderful art style,

Neox did some stuff for it too I think, he's got a few samples on his website:

www.polyphobia.de

Bside

Thanks guys. I forgot about Fairy Tale fights. And you're right, Settlers 7 looks lovely! Both are perhaps a touch too stylised for what I'm looking to do.

To add to my previous post, it's a texture/render style I need reference for. Stuff that is compatible with Junji Okobo designs but not necessarily as traditional.

ceebee

Spiral Knights is pretty neato

JR

I think Dragon Saga a beautiful game: http://playdragonsaga.com/

StefanH

trine maybe?

Entity

Just look at older games from previous generations like windwaker

adam

This thread sucks without pics >:(

r_fletch_r

Portal was quite clean and simple in its use of colour and detail. Lots of clean forms and complimentary colours.

PredatorGSR

Brink has a pretty colorful style, but is slightly more realistic.

Snader

Pretty much anything from Nintendo.


Brink is good with subtle dirt in the way Mirror's Edge does, but with more stylized characters.


Borderlands is similar, but more extreme in terms of shape, shadows and character stylization. It also uses some very strong linework, making the entire game feel like a comic book.


Prince of Persia, the 2008 game, is pretty stylized as well. Not so much in form, but in feel. The textures feel a bit like aquarel, especially the skintones.



Bionic Commando Rearmed. This promo for the also pretty colorful 2010 game Bionic commando feels a lot like the old (S)NES games both by being 2d and by using very saturated colors.


VVVVVV. Doesn't get much more abstract and colorful than this

glynnsmith

Mirror's Edge.

http://iamglynnsmith.com/archive/game%20screens/Mirror's%20Edge/

Vrav

Two Listen

Okami.

Jungsik

Torchlight?

Ferg

REZ yo