20XX was gorgeous. Why doesn't 30XX look as good as 20XX?

[Grumpy]

I don't like it. I think it was a bad decision. Too many games are slaves to pixelated aesthetics. You are confusing art with design constraints from 1985. Might as well call it 10XX if ur just gonna go in reverse. What a shame. 20XX really did look good. I'm not really interested in having a discussion. The game looks bad to me and as much as I loved 20XX I don't know if I can pull the trigger on this one. I am not going to encourage creating more pixelated messes. I have a super nintendo already. Put this game on a cart and I'd be impressed, as it stands it is regressive design and it is getting pretty stale. Oh just pixel graphics ppl will eat it up. That's what everyone does. Well the best sprites were still hand drawn, they strived to be more than they could represent in just pixels. I sincerely doubt the creators of mega man wouldn't have embraced greater graphical fidelity. Whereas 20XX felt like an evolution of hand drawn sprites, this just looks contrived. Another pixelly mess I don't want to look at.

[Sairek Ceareste]

If you're not interested in discussion, then maybe posting this on an open forum isn't the best of choices.


A lot of people don't like 20XX's graphics, specifically the animations for feeling "too flash like", which is a fair criticism, imo.

I like both art styles, though am biased towards the animations moving to traditional sprites (way easier for fans to mod and change) as someone who likes doing sprite art as a hobby myself.


Either way, art is art. And art is subjective.

[Sinistar]

New Sprite Work > Newgrounds flash game.

[Hex: Maidenless]

Mate, you already posted this in the other thread about the aesthetic and the vast majority of people clearly disagree with you. Making a new thread isn't going to make the developers decide you're right and completely redo all of their hard work up to this point.

Like it or not, the aesthetic of the 32-bit era is a huge part of the appeal to the Megaman fandom; the in-between where 2D sprites were still largely utilized but were extremely high quality before the swap to 3D happened and everything went to ♥♥♥♥. When many people think of MegaMan X, they think of X4 and X5 (and X6, but then they also usually cringe). That's what 30XX is emulating.

Same reason that Gunvolt replicates the style of the GBA era. It's trying to be a homage to MegaMan Zero and that aesthetic is a huge part of it.

If you don't like it, fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion, but you're in the minority and spamming the devs about your dislike of something that most people will prefer isn't going to make them capitulate, it's just going to make you look like a ♥♥♥♥.

[^7ppp^5a^6u^5l^5i^6e]

I can't explain it yet (thinking about it tough), but pixelart feels way more natural for these kind of games. Everything looks so harmonic together. There is probably a bit of nostalgia involved as well, but that's not ultimately it.

Absolutely not diggin that strange cartoony flashgame-aetheti, that's for sure.

[Bigboss PC Faster]

What are you talking about? the new pixel art style is 5 times awesome than 20xx flash game art and awkward animation from the Newgrounds site. Capcom should hire Batterystaple for making the new Megaman Zero game.

[Xjph]

https://i.imgur.com/q3DrnJ8.png

I think you're in the wrong place.

[Xaks32]

because pixelart actually feels like a game, as opposed to Macromedia Flash Animation style feels like you're playing a parody movie.

[ZeonBreaker]

not sure why People Keep Dunking on the Game Pixel art, as a Megaman, Mmx player,
i find the Retro 32-bit pixel art Really Fateful to the mmx 4-6 Time line , and as there are some Bloody Epic Pixel artist's ,i really hope 30xx will be as moddable as it look's, Imagine People Get to add there custom useable character's and custom Boss's, that be epic if that can be done, but if they can Make Custom assist's for the game, then it will Only add to the Life Span of 30xx by a Really Large level, tbh, kinda Hope 30xx will get the chance to be the Skyrim in term's of modability, o welp, can only wait for tonight/tomorrow to see How the EA has Progressed, but in the End i can Understand if People are unhappy with the Sprite's art is subjective after all, to me i think BOTH 20xx and 30xx style's are art,

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If you truly want to you will be able to mod the visuals to replace them with fake vector graphics. As it is they are just sprite sheets now.

[CHOOD]

The Flash-style art and animations were my only negative from 20XX. I couldn't be happier with the style of 30XX.

[Tokoroto]

Imagine saying "I'm not interested in having a discussion" in the discussion space...

[IBJamon]

OP, you're not the only person who feels that way, but it's clear the majority disagrees with us. And I will say that the pixel art in 30XX is way more 'active' than the relatively simple 20XX backgrounds. Also, the gameplay is rock solid and there are a ton more set pieces, powerups, and well, pretty much everything than before. Both are great games, but 30XX is even better!

[almozayaf]

From what I understand there so many people share your opinion and I think it fair one.

Here the thing there people who really like the New art and don't like the old one
and there people like you who hate the new one and Love the old style

I think it age thing, I grow up with pixel art games so I LOVE the new style
but I can see what 2000's kids will hate it !

And there people who hate both and people who like both, I didn;t like the art in 20XX but loved the gamestyle so I think you shuld do the same with this one and ignor the artsyle if you can.

[midori]

Originally posted by Sinistar:

New Sprite Work > Newgrounds flash game.

+1
Personally the old artwork turned me down, I prefer 30XX's sprites over 20XX's adobe flash style.

[s2banks]

The sprite artwork is leagues above 20XX. An excellent decision. But that's just me, if you liked the artwork of 20XX beter then more power to you, even if you're wrong. ;)