Why is every 2nd game on steam a low-budget 2D pixelfest?

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It's insane. Who buys this kind of games? Stop producing 20 of those and develop one proper game instead.

[Famix]

♔M♔ Heck původně napsal:

Because Hotline Miami is one the best game ever made.

That made sense because it took place in the 80s. Then you look at We Are Chicago, and you want to vomit out your penis

[Goubli]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/257850/

[Tsar Butterfly]

Famix The Wizard původně napsal:

♔M♔ Heck původně napsal:

Because Hotline Miami is one the best game ever made.

That made sense because it took place in the 80s. Then you look at We Are Chicago, and you want to vomit out your penis

Hotline Miami was pixelated because it was made by two guys in their basement with a non-existent budget, not because it took place in the 80s.

[ei balls]

Personal taste and opinions are a thing

[Famix]

♔M♔ Heck původně napsal:

Famix The Wizard původně napsal:

That made sense because it took place in the 80s. Then you look at We Are Chicago, and you want to vomit out your penis

Hotline Miami was pixelated because it was made by two guys in their basement with a non-existent budget, not because it took place in the 80s.

But you gotta admit the VHS effect and pixellation added to the atmosphere. Only problem is that the cutscene faces were horrible in HM1

[Awaken]

I agree, sick of those 2D games. Cell phones has better games made for em.

[MollyMo]

4c 61 6e 64 6f původně napsal:

It's insane. Who buys this kind of games? Stop producing 20 of those and develop one proper game instead.

Sweet Jesus, someone finally asks the right question. If i had a hat, i'd take it off for you sir.

[The nameless Gamer]

Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert are quite proper games, regardless of having pixel graphics.

[Holding These Alligators Down]

It's kind of a tired cliche but gameplay is always more important than graphics and a lot of people actually find pixel graphics to be really appealing.
Try out some games like Terraria, Hotline Miami and Owl Boy, they're great games.
Anyway, just think about how many so called "triple A" games with photo realistic graphics have been mediocre pieces of ♥♥♥♥ - The Order 1866, Assassin's Creed Unity, Evolve, Mirrors Edge Catalyst....all crap games with nice graphics.
Anyway, what is a "proper game"? I would consider something like Insurgency to be a "proper" game because it requires a lot of skill to be good at yet the graphics are pretty dated and it looks like a game from 2005. Counter Strike Souce is another skill based game which looks dated.
GAMEPLAY IS KING!

[TwinEdgedBastard]

Kind of ignorant to suggest 2d games are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and lack quality. Yes there are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 2d games out there but there are just as many good ones as there are bad.

[MollyMo]

Kung Fu Treachery původně napsal:

Anyway, just think about how many so called "triple A" games with photo realistic graphics have been mediocre pieces of ♥♥♥♥ - The Order 1866, Assassin's Creed Unity, Evolve, Mirrors Edge Catalyst....all crap games with nice graphics.

You realize those were pretty decent games, right? The order was a new ip and never did less than it promised. I love cinematic games and the story was interesting. AC Unity was pretty good overall if you can excuse the technical issues at launch. Evolve idk i dont care much for multiplayer games, and catalyst was excellent but short.

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The nameless Commander původně napsal:

Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert are quite proper games, regardless of having pixel graphics.

but westwood would have used an up to date enginge, if they developed it today. can't remember c&c to be an text-based game, without gui

[s]

no

[Naedmi]

A more concerning question for myself is why every other game I look at has mostly negative reviews.

[The nameless Gamer]

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The nameless Commander původně napsal:

Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert are quite proper games, regardless of having pixel graphics.

but westwood would have used an up to date enginge, if they developed it today. can't remember c&c to be an text-based game, without gui

Westwood maybe, but even with a dated engine something can be done. The Dawn of Tiberium Age for example: It's a standalone mod built on the same engine as Tiberian Sun and it looks and works pretty well. And it's not even made by a development studio, but the C&C modding community. On the other hand we se huge budgets blown on games which are sub-par at best.

The video game market is now huge, but not every team (or even individual at occasions) has the access to a multi-million budget and so they have to settle for what they have. And as it's been said before, gameplay is top priority, as what is the point of playing a game if it's not working properly? There is a rising trend in releasing unfinished games. Some of them are tagged "early access" and may or may not deliver. Others are released as complete products but are bug- and glitch-ridden. Better a pixel-game which works perfectly fine than a photo-realistic one ridden with bugs and glitches and crashes left and right.