• ThyTTY@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    It’s the same with lots of indie games now. Oh, and mobile ones too

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      23 hours ago

      Back in the day, deep down you knew what you were really getting. I’m a little annoyed these days when indie games use marketing visuals that look like they could be in-game for a modern title and then it’s all pixel art style. I get that you don’t make a pixel art poster, but in that case, go all-in on an art cover don’t let it be mistaken for game graphics.

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        34 minutes ago

        The first game that always comes to my mind in that regard is Super Time Force Ultra. It kept showing on my steam page for weeks on end years ago, with a cartoony-looking cover and “minimalistic pixel” style for actual gameplay

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      17 hours ago

      Back when XBLA got going there were so many games with anime character art that ended up being meh side-scrolling platformers with 8-bit pixel graphics. Looking at the Nintendo eShop… not much has changed. 😄

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        32 minutes ago

        I mean, from the ad it could be any of 4123984716239 shitty games on the play store. The last one ad I remember using that was Evony, which I’m surprised still fucking exists. That piece of shit has been a meme since 2010