Pixel art animatics

[Anonymous No.2362556]

...as opposed to grainy low color fmv. Far superior imo.

Only really found use on the systems too weak for fmv but which had enough storage space for all the huge animated art pieces

PC Engine CD had loads of these. So did some later DOS games like Dune II.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqwRU-fLPIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpdv6oBA7U0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t74o_XJ2Ds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tC32ZIYXlE

I <3 16 bit CD based titles with no fmv in them. They fix the biggest problem with 16 bit machines (the music quality and low storage space for sprites/backgrounds) but lack the worst aspect of that era (shitty postage stamp fmv with the mspaint color palette)

Post your favorite pixel art animatics from any platform.

[Anonymous No.2362568]

Guilty Gear had the most badass boss introduction of any game and was a pure slideshow display.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvGq-Tv9ReU

[Anonymous No.2362573]

I really like this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3gw4DI_X9s

[Anonymous No.2362580]

>>2362556
You mean animations. Animatics are rough draft sort of black and white low frame rate animations used for planning purposes before something is actually animated in its final form.

[Anonymous No.2362583]

>>2362580
Th-thanks

[Anonymous No.2362585]

>>2362583
How is that autism? "Animatic" means something very specific and most people don't even know what they are unless they are interested in the animation process. This is honestly the only time I've ever seen someone misuse the term.

[Anonymous No.2362587]

>>2362573

Yyyassssss

[Anonymous No.2362590]

>>2362585

These are not fully animated. They are big static sprites being moved around, with occasional smaller animated pieces.

This closely resembles an animatic for a (never made) proper frame by frame animation. Hence why I think the word fits.

[Anonymous No.2362595]

Yes

[Anonymous No.2362634]

>>2362590
A lot of anime has very few frames per second but you don't call that an animatic. Animatics are really part of the storyboarding process, sometimes nothing more than rough pencil drawings from the storyboard itself scanned in. It's like calling any old drawing a blueprint because it's on blue paper.

[Anonymous No.2362653]

The glory that is the Moonstone intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0rrm5RXHyI

[Anonymous No.2362687]

>>2362634

We disagree on this, full stop. I have what I feel are good reasons for applying that term to these things. You disagree, but I don't care.

[Anonymous No.2362690]

Lunar 2. So much cooler than the budget anime with a terrible art style that they put in the Playstation version.

I love these sort of animated cutscenes. Too bad they are pretty much only on the PC-Engine and Sega CD.

[Anonymous No.2362704]

Behold the power of Billy Lee running on Double Dragon II for PC Engine.

[Anonymous No.2362707]

>>2362687
Fair enough.

[Anonymous No.2362719]

>>2362704
Can't have Billy without Jimmy.

[Anonymous No.2362830]

>>2362690

Same, I prefer SCD version of Lunar 1 too

[Anonymous No.2363291]

>>2362568
I consider this to be the most metal sequence in a game to date. It's Lords of Thunder cranked to 11.

[Anonymous No.2363306]

Am I the only one who never liked FMVs? The transition to from game engine to FMV is jarring, and honestly they never looked all that good to begin with. I much prefer pixel art animations or using the game engine.

[Anonymous No.2363313]

>>2363306

I am the OP, and said this in the OP. But yes, when an FMV starts I cringe and wait it out. When pixel art cutscenes start, my eyes are glued to the screen. Since it takes so much more effort to make, I know it's gonna be good.

[Anonymous No.2363327]

>>2363313
On the one hand the animated cutscenes of the first Wing Commander probably hold up better.
But I'm a huge sucker for cheesy sci-fi B movies, so the FMVs of the later game are awesome to me.
I guess I like FMVs not because they're awesome, but because I like cheesy shit.

[Anonymous No.2363346]

>>2363327
Wing Commander III through V wouldn't had been the same without the on-camera pairing of Luke Skywalker and Biff Tannen.

[Anonymous No.2363495]

Wonder Project J2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtKZXIC0MYA

[Don Rumata !!rYqzYYFAejo No.2366320]

Emerald Dragon and Sol Moonarge are great at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2keSXtL0jXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tck2XioFoMU

[Anonymous No.2366352]

>>2362687
Not him, but he's right and you're deadly wrong.
But you'll never accept it.

[Anonymous No.2366358]

This thread makes me sad.

[Anonymous No.2366364]

>>2366358

kek

[Anonymous No.2367638]

>>2366364
That game is six years old.

[Anonymous No.2367706]

>>2367638

then?