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8203671 No.8203671 [Reply] [Original]

Even modern games should embrace the low poly policy. Prove me wrong.

>> No.8203674
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Soul

>> No.8203683
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Modern soul.

>> No.8203693

I don't feel the need to pick a side, actually. Multiple types of art can exist side-by-side and be appreciated without an issue.

>> No.8203696

Sorry I mean "soulless". Looked to me as if it were a French word, but that is the correct spelling.

>> No.8203706

>>8203671
>gen 1 graphics = soul. gen 3 or higher = souless

>> No.8203709

Visuals are at their best when they can find that sweet spot that gives you just enough, while encouraging your imagination to fill the blanks.

>> No.8203931

Low poly at low resolution is the best aesthetic, low poly in high res is shit.

>> No.8203967

>>8203671
low poly that is necessitated by size limitation is soul, low poly for the sake of low poly can be soulless

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Let`s post nice low poly examples then.

>> No.8204770

/vr/ logic
>90s prerender high poly is soul
>low poly is soul, therefore high poly is soulless
Man every thread that says this buzzword only goes to show its meaningless /v/ rhetoric

>> No.8205004

>>8203693
God I wish this was fucking stickied

>> No.8205116

>>8203671
All of that is low poly you retard

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>>8203671

Pic related is a big example. The low poly in the original game look more unique and appealing than the remake on PS1 which added more textures to make it look real and it already dated itself with that.

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>>8205125
>Namcot

>> No.8205191

>>8203671
They aren't soul because they're low poly, they're soul because the dev team gave a fuck and put effort into what they did. They're soul because the limitations of whatever hardware stopped wasn't going to stop them from making quality. They're soul because they found the boundaries and pushed past them. They aren't soul because "high poly is soulless, low poly is soul." They're soul because they're made with an ingredient not oft found in many modern games; that is to say, love. They're soul because of the love for the process, the love for the job, the love for the sake of it. There is no soul without love, no matter how quirky or deformed your art style, how few or how many polygons you have in a game. You can't buy it, it can only be made by those willing to do so. Love is soul, and low poly doesn't necessitate love. This is probably a shitpost, but I'm still replying seriously because I feel like it's necessary to address it.

>> No.8205201

Why can't we have low poly+ high detail textures?
The soulless low poly unity style that indie games take nowdays is just as bad if not worse than retro2dindiepixel

>> No.8205206

"soul" is context and nothing else. If you grabbed a random indie game off Steam and posted it here claiming it's an obscure Japan-exclusive PS1 game, people would praise its "soulful animations".

>> No.8205223

>>8205164
Used in Japan (and nowhere else) as a brand for their home console games. They eventually stopped because it was retarded as fuck

>> No.8205351

>>8204770
go back to /v/

>> No.8205354
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8205354

Here's some late 80's arcade 3D SOVL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6CPtjyr19M

>> No.8205408

>>8205351
How about you keep /v/ bullshit out of /vr/. That post is 100% true
>>8205206
also true

>> No.8205418
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If this pic was posted in a different thread you would all be saying "90s PRERENDERS SO SOULFULL!!"

>> No.8205532

Back in the late 16 bit/32 bit era, low poly graphic was the result of an ingenious use of limited hardware resources, today is just soulless stylistic choice.

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>>8205532
So for anyone in the thread trying to keep up, low poly retro was soul and high poly retro was also soul, except its also soulless. Modern low poly is soul but also soulless and high poly also is.

>> No.8205549

>>8205164
look at this zoomer
>>8203671
it depends, I definitely think the last gen and half of the previous was soulless
but I think we are coming back around in some areas

>> No.8205567

>>8203671
Is there any game that has as many lowpoly characters/monsters as Yu Gi Oh Forbidden Memories?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaadcpVLv1Q

>> No.8205572

>>8205546

A modern game with these visuals would be accused of trying too hard to be a quirky meme game.

>> No.8205609

>>8205546
Consider another thing, a soulfull visual doesn't mean a soulfull gameplay.

>> No.8205631

>>8205609
Consider that you're a fuckin' retard and these terms are beyond meaningless at this point.