Original looking games

Gooner442

Hey all,

I am looking into games that look original, for example Samurai 2 vengeance with the handpainted punchy graphics http://www.madfingergames.com/g_samurai2.html or the silhouette look of Feist http://www.playfeist.net/

It doesn't whether the games are next-gen or games for handheld, any other good examples of handpainted graphics would be great too.

Thanks!

Gooner

glottis8

Okami goes along the lines of Samurai 2, and i think its prettier. Limbo goes a long the lines of Feist, and i also think it looks prettier.

I know that Afro samurai game had nice painted feel to it.

Valkyria Chronicles also has a nice effect.

Gooner442

thanks, great examples, Limbo and Okami looks great!..exactly what I'm looking for. I'm pretty out of the loop with games so appreciate any others anyone might have

easterislandnick

.... some of the Naruto games nailed the anime thing. Not my taste but very well done. Prince of Persia (the reboot one) was impressive too. Journey looked great as did Skyward sword.

glottis8

Great artbooks too! specially okami and Valkyria! worth looking at.

Swizzle

While they don't rely completely on the hand-painted nature of their textures, Team Fortress 2, Street Fighter IV, Zelda: Wind Waker, and many modern 2D fighting games such as Guilty Gear all have intersting art styles.

BlvdNights

I always felt that Chrono Cross had a original look with its wonderful use of color.

EmAr

Katamari Damacy!

bounchfx

Yoshi's Island!

Killer 7 also has a unique style.

Lamoot

Apotheon


Sword & Sorcery (for iPad)


Darwinia


Frozen Synapse


Revenge of the Titans

Fid

Glad you posted Limbo already dustin. Sat through that game with persistent admiration for what they did there.

Mrskullface

Sword & Sorcery (for iPad)

they used the style from the game out of this world.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O97AJN0BsHY"]Out of This World (SNES) Speed Run Part 1 of 2 by Lokarin - YouTube[/ame]

Vio

everyday the same dream by Molleindustria

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEQUY9IGtz8"]Every Day The Same Dream.mov - YouTube[/ame]

Seirei

Just found this:

Sumioni: Demon Arts

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjYB8wPY2MQ"]Sumioni: Demon Arts - Announcement Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

konstruct

Mrskullface wrote: »

they used the style from the game out of this world.

Sort of. Out of this world (and similarly [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJyP5efESaI"]flashback[/ame]) used some sort of bizarre polygonal rotoscoping. While sword and sorcery is more crispy/clean pixel art.

Gameplay is certainly similar though.

leilei

Voxatron.

Gooner442

Great stuff, thanks for all the links too!

Snader

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N1TJP1cxmo"]Mirror's Edge Trailer - YouTube[/ame]
The bright (almost blindingly so) coloring of Mirrors edge set it far apart from browngrey shooters of the time. Plus, they managed to put a lot of style in a very realistically looking game. Well, not super realistic, but definitely more realistic than Katamari.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2r4hi6jOZw"]Pineapple Smash Crew, 2nd Feb Release! - YouTube[/ame]
And let's not forget the locally grown Pineapple Smash Crew, which tries it's damndest to convince my CPU that sprites are cooler than triangles. It manages to look retro while not relying on using crappy sprites for everything.