ITT: Soulful vidya art
ITT: Soulful vidya art
Dominic Smith
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Jace Richardson
Hudson Moore
I miss soul
Nolan Nelson
Leo Nelson
Elijah Phillips
Robert Jenkins
Does newshit count?
Brandon Anderson
The map that came with Bubsy 3D
Liam Turner
>those shitty off model characters
Soulless as fuck
John Torres
Jackson Rogers
No if it's westshit with a plagiarized art style
Camden Ward
Landon Ramirez
Nathan Russell
David Hernandez
So does soul mean "poorly made"?
Daniel Scott
>we will never get a 2d game with this art style
Dominic Rivera
Mario has 5 fingers
Luigi has 5 fingers
Toad has 5 fingers
Peach has 4 fingers
what the fuck
Tyler Reed
Christian Johnson
Jaxson Gray
are you retarded
Kevin Myers
Think about where her thumbs are.
Because they aren't in the picture doesn't mean she doesn't have them
Jayden Campbell
based dumbass
Luke Hernandez
Dylan Anderson
They're going to need something to sell people on a 2d-mario game, post mario maker.
Blake Hill
>475746480
>rosalina has no fingers
Leo Gomez
P U R G E
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Dylan Lopez
Jeremiah Collins
Wyatt Robinson
Josiah Morris
god sonic is such cringey shit. embarassing
Ayden Rivera
the pure definition of soulless
Brody Evans
The guy on the ground looks abysmal
Justin Sanders
>NEW BAD
Fuck off, old school Mario art always has soul
Blake Foster
they look on model to m e
Jaxon Powell
>3D world
>soulful
yikes!
Leo Nelson
I tried this thread the other day & it died lonely in a cold ,empty street.
I won't let this one die!
Adam Jackson
is literally posted right under and they all have 4 fingers. so does the cat suit remove a finger upon wearing it or is each glove just sharing a finger hole?
Owen Green
Your mom looks abysmal lol
Vileblood faggot don't ever reply to my posts ever again
Josiah Cox
No, it means "made with something more than just money in mind (passion)".
Austin Allen
>wario with legitimate legs
it's cursed
Leo Diaz
>inkerton-kun
Gavin Taylor
It means it's slightly bad, but it looks like the artists cared about what they were making and wasn't afraid of something looked a little off putting or ugly. Not too polished, not too garbage. It's also just fucking nostalgia by a different name.
Gabriel Taylor
>NEW BAD
>yikes
go back
Noah Myers
Samuel Nguyen
Guy on the ground looks like he was drawn in MS paint
Nolan Turner
Looks like somebody just discovered Photoshop brushes
Levi Edwards
Jose James
Yes, Catsuit has 4 fingers gloves. Good guess Dingo.
Kayden Baker
Chase Brown
cringe, 3D world and land are infinitely better than odyssey only beta cuck manchildren disagree
Brody King
Brandon Anderson
It's really been nearly two years?!
Xavier Perez
Luke Collins
No, that's actually quite beautiful. Doesn't belong in this thread.
Ayden Clark
Errr thanks but I am not Him.
(We can ask Him if He can make soulful games come back though)
Evan Clark
Cameron Foster
why were the strikers cast so fucking pissed
Kayden Kelly
Michael Butler
Cooper Powell
Adrian Taylor
Jackson Stewart
Caleb Williams
no one ever had a wii u so they never gave 3D World a chance
I'm seriously wondering why they don't release it for Switch
Nolan Scott
Leo Howard
Brody Ramirez
Blocked and reported
David Thomas
Off model makes something MORE soulful, not less
Lucas Myers
Pretty much all of the Breath of Fire games had great art.
All of Capcom itself had such great artists in the 90s.
Jaxon Robinson
this
Chase Barnes
Christian Mitchell
Benjamin Rivera
Jace Perez
Can someone explain to me, in poem form, what constitutes soul?
Luke Smith
Jaxon Watson
It's old, it looks dated, but it has so much more atmosphere than the current stuff we have?!
HOW?!
Noah Thomas
Oliver Russell
Dominic Reed
Joseph Morales
not a fanart thread
Lincoln Butler
In a world of consumerism,
When more than merchandise creates a schism,
You fondly remember of your old days,joyful,
Where characters felt alive and soulful...
Robert Walker
Literally the epitome of soul
Carter Murphy
I remember the first time I saw that. Took me a while to notice the girl.
Lincoln Nelson
Jackson Lopez
The Majora's Mask art is official,man. (made by the GOAT himself, Nakano)
Brandon Peterson
Isaiah James
William Murphy
What game?
Brody Sanchez
Owen Ward
Fuck off
Camden Lewis
Xavier Wright
Have you never seen anyone wear Mickey Mouse gloves?
Parker Hughes
Yeah,that's pretty close.
Reminds you of the hours spent with playing with your buddies on the couch,after school.
Brody Mitchell
Dominic Howard
mvc2 has my favourite art style of all time
Luis Hall
Why are soul threads always just Nintendo nostalgia and never have anything from the game that started the meme
THAT FUCKING TUMMY, GOT DAMN!
Noah Wilson
Liam Cooper
Angel Moore
Isaac Gray
Gavin Hughes
>mfw gamecube
Carson Martinez
Gavin Brooks
early 200s sonic design is ffucking disgusting
Ryan Ross
David Cook
My nigga
Parker Richardson
I dunno why Ueda never painted one of these for SotC.
Julian Smith
>children’s game is goofy
>wtf cringe
Juan Wood
Jose Richardson
Levels of souls beyond comprehension
Oliver Lewis
Cameron Powell
Shadow isn't really all that evil. He sort of works with Dr Eggman for a bit, but does that make him "evil"? Eggman blew IP the moon which is pretty inconsiderate but is it really evil?
Jack Perez
Because they,with Sega & Sonic,SNK & KOF,Capcom & Street Fighter, often tried to make their characters interact with each other in "slices of life stuff", making them appear like more than Player 1 protagonist vs Villain.
You know that DK likes to chill with his soundstation & trains his one arm pushups, Peach enjoys tea & eating cake, Banjo & Kazooie mess around with each other, that sort of thing
Xavier Nguyen
Tyler White
Sonic Adventure's CD case art was really mesmerizing to me
Samuel Rivera
Not enough Toriyama
David Kelly
spring has come and gone
video games once had soul
now they are soulless
Aaron Scott
James Allen
How come nobody ever tried to the locate the 90's renders?
A Hat in Time would have been good using some weird 90's render CGI for marketing for example
Ryder Roberts
True.
Could rhyme a bit more...
Nicholas Jones
>what is stroke economy
Christian Hall
*Replicate
David Watson
Anthony Gomez
looks like the cover art for a YES album
Ryder Lopez
Statues technically count as art, right?
Josiah Fisher
Good question : the only guy having that kind of old render aesthetic today is the guy who did FNAF models. (maybe that's part of its success & Youtube craze?)
Colton Gonzalez
Aaron Reed
I know what you mean but it's not that, user.
Jonathan Rivera
Yup.
Cameron Ortiz
I was so happy when 3D Land started using these 2D artworks again.
Elijah Brown
god klonoa was such a good game
Brandon Hill
Pretty sure that's the Eyeshield 21/One Punch Man artist
Austin Taylor
Ryder Robinson
Jacob Long
Matthew Powell
Bentley Jackson
Gabriel Cox
Gavin White
Noah Gray
(Murata)
Michael Rodriguez
Jaxson Sanchez
Xavier Perry
It's a haiku dude.
Luke Baker
Ian Morris
That's a radio controlled Wario animatronic on the left by the way
Levi Wright
What where you focusing on?
Wyatt Murphy
Literally souless
Jose Campbell
>itt we pretend jarring as fuck early 90s CG renders are good
Dylan Harris
fucking based artist tbdesu
Jace Ortiz
Landon Phillips
Ryder Morgan
Oh right, I didn't notice. My bad.
Brody Richardson
Ryan Walker
nuclear spiders
Austin Peterson
Aaron Williams
Luis Evans
Leo Sanchez
arcade flyers had a lot of soul
Angel Collins
Jason Gutierrez
Daniel Gutierrez
Hunter Allen
>official porn
Acceptable.
Adrian Lee
>this is what toriyama's art look like now
When did the passion leave
Christopher Myers
WOAH, these ones are rare!
David Reed
Cameron Nguyen
Every time I see Lara, I always wanna drink a Lucozade.
Aiden Carter
More Toriyama
Jacob Jackson
Because early 3D had it's own unique style and invokes a feeling solely belonging to it. (Mostly) everything starting from the HD era just wants to mimic real life and such, which is what we see every day. There is no identity. No lasting impression.
Andrew Morales
Robert Hill
>Luigi, don't be a dinophobe!
Connor Bennett
No clue, I used to love his art but it looks kinda off now. I don't know if it's cause digital or just him getting older
Cameron Campbell
Alexander Kelly
Julian Cook
yeah i also think it comes down to digital coloring not having that same spark or "soul"
Charles Cruz
Kevin Brown
What is this?
Ryder Mitchell
After Z imo.
Ian Anderson
There is absolutely nothing like old Konami.
youtube.com
Luke Reed
Thomas Green
Brody Ramirez
Mario has some big, brown balls
Eli Perez
Tyler Ross
Soulful stuff like this makes me even more depressed about the current state of Pokemon
Lincoln Robinson
As soon as he discovered digital coloring.
I... I really didn't want to show you this. Brace yourself.
Mason Rodriguez
Alexander Wood
I must screencap you. You just summed it up.
Camden Price
ooof
Adrian Edwards
It's likely not Toriyama at all. Just some schmuck at Bird Studio.
Kevin Diaz
How do we defeat the digital menace?
Cameron Martin
Jeremiah Wood
Why was the dreamcast so soulful, bros?
Joshua Mitchell
Mason Phillips
Luis Brooks
Yeah he gives them character drawings and they can fuck it up how they like. Like the new dragon ball stuff.
Jose Walker
Carter Harris
Blake Cox
How was art like this made? Did they have 3D models they could drag and drop into different scenes or were they sculpted specifically for this scene? I have no knowledge of 3D modelling programs of the 90s and early 2000s.
Camden Roberts
Castlevania 64 man.
Here, take another one.
Carson Foster
>this bulge
Grayson Gutierrez
Joshua Walker
Lucas Rogers
Xavier Nguyen
Parker Cox
Mario doesn't do dumb shit like that, Mega Man doesn't either, Bass is the closest they got and they don't make him say minor swear words, only Sonic has this autism
Adam Davis
Connor Robinson
Never use airbrushing to color things, it always looks so dull.
But yeah, digital work allows for shortcuts and many artists are tempted to use them.
Adrian Lopez
Chase Wilson
The lack of good games
Jack Green
Christopher Evans
ALL of his digital stuff is fucked like this. Always the same overly airbrushy bullshit every time. That's gotta be him, unless we're talking about a single, exceptionally consistent mystery schmuck.
Owen Watson
Owen Flores
He old nibba.
Jason Torres
Jaxson Russell
By learning to make digital soulful again? (a less mechanical choice of color, or something.Not sure)
Less streamlined? More artistic freedom? I don't know but nice pic.
I can't recall all their process but the promo Silicon graphics stuff was rendered for days, like the scenes in Pixar movies now.(Some in Zootopia took weeks)
Adrian Peterson
Thomas Ramirez
Zachary Bell
Chase Lopez
Kevin Taylor
Luke Morris
Jordan Butler
Can't not post it.
Ryan Murphy
This guy knows what he's talking about.
Nice TR pics, especially this one.
Jonathan Jenkins
BIGGEST FACE REVEAL
Landon Phillips
Damn that bitch has some big milkers
Charles Robinson
Evan Bell
You have to be really inexperienced to fall for that. This is 13-year-old on DeviantArt tier, nobody in their right minds would ever let this shit slide if it wasn't made by the man himself. I still don't understand what everyone's fucking problem is with simply using a hard brush and just blending the edges later.
Levi Johnson
Not one Zelda game ever made me feel like these arts. Souls games on the other hand...
Carson Collins
Ethan Brown
Ryan Cook
Josiah Russell
real world textures mixed with old models creates a juxtaposition that makes the background look even more realistic.
is my guess.
James Gutierrez
the works of Yoichi Kotabe was beautiful.
Robert Price
he looks like hes grabbing his kids and ripping them apart so they play nice.
Parker Bennett
I love when Toad is used in SMW themed art but isn't actually in the game.
Jackson Jenkins
Even souls games don't do this for me. I've only had this feeling from a few WRPG
Jonathan Reed
John Myers
>WRPG
topjej
Josiah Foster
Grayson Roberts
Adam Foster
Luke Mitchell
Kevin Ross
Ryder Stewart
Word up.
David Robinson
I can't get enough of that game's aesthetic, to the music, the concept art, even the stupid water thing the title screen had going on. It's perfect
James Ross
It's because its digital.
Dominic Murphy
i have never seen something so full of soul yet so terrible and hastily put together
this isn't a cursed image but it holds some kind of untapped emotion
Asher Smith
Jeremiah Taylor
god damn I miss that hand drawn and airbrushed look. those light gradiants look so good.
Jordan Gray
Castlevania 64 really isn't that bad. AVGN gave it an awful rep it didn't deserve.
Brandon Wright
I think it was when nintendo was doing clay sculpts for all the magazine covers. you're probably right, and nintendo had to make a sculpt really quickly before the magazine came out.
Austin Kelly
Dominic Sanchez
there's a lot of N64 games that are great despite their issues
i mean, if you try to 100% DK64 you're just going to have a shitty time but it's a nice adventure to just play through normally and ignore the bananas that are pure garbage
Chase Gray
Still tasteful.
Wyatt Bailey
ace attorney 1 and 3 are peak soul
Jeremiah Robinson
all those other nice looking clay scenes were so great, this one just.. doesn't gel.. even though it SHOULD
Christian Brooks
Tyler Jones
Henry Bennett
Might be the weird mish mash of cloth and the general bad layout. Also those sculpt faces look really amateur, check the fingers on the right and the ear. its kind of unsettling the more you look at it.
Front lad is perfect.
Landon Hernandez
Ryan Hall
Kinda weird to think persona 3 was so tame, just like persona 4 was to 3.
Chase Jenkins
Owen Rogers
This whole game looked like soul.
Nathaniel Davis
Yeah I didn't even know DK64 & Banjo were so hated on these parts until I really started browsing Youtube. (the Kong switching & use of special tools was a bit annoying,but I still enjoyed these collectathons,like they call it)
Ryan Diaz
Christian Myers
Caleb Rodriguez
Christian Ramirez
Lincoln Wood
Henry Fisher
I didn't know there were that much renders of her (half) naked. (doesn't really surprise me tho)
Lincoln Ortiz
Levi Rivera
Tyler Thomas
Katsuya Terada's art for Virtua Fighter 2 is exploding with soul
Isaiah White
Anyone else think luigi was pulling off a dab in this image?
Luke Sanders
Josiah Cruz
James Russell
>Banjo hated
That's just Steve discord zoomers whining that their Minecraft character didn't get in, and also bitter Mario 64 fans. A lot of people here love Banjo
In fact here is some Banjo soul right now
Charles Rogers
Soulful pokemon.
Josiah Bennett
Sebastian Miller
What is her look conveying here?
Angel Hill
Gabriel Butler
Mason Rivera
Nathan Wright
Thomas Campbell
REEEEE DIGITAL COLORING SUCKS ASS
Chase Clark
I personally like the original Undertale coverart a lot, it's not how people typically portray these characters. I'm not sure why Frisk isn't drawn with pants more often.
Nathan Martin
man do I miss Kaneko
Leo Lee
The art for the various panzer dragoon games is great.
Jack Rivera
Wyatt Perez
Tell me about her. Why is she so smug?
Austin Hughes
it's nice, relax once in a while.
Isaiah Gutierrez
How did I never see these pics before?!
Thanks, not sure if I can handle that much soul at once.
Joseph Thomas
One of my favorite pieces of OOT art. I used to have a poster of this from a strategy guide.
Xavier Parker
Yeah, it's very pleasing to look at. I wish the game had more official art other than just concept art and the in-game sprites.
Jayden Morris
William Young
scott cawthon is really the only person that comes to my mind who can emulate that kind of 90's render look. He's got a good understanding of that kind of lighting, I think
guy's pretty talented
Easton Green
just learned about this game a few weeks ago, seems pretty cool all around.
Lucas White
Asher Price
>Concept art for a game has the characters just hanging out, even the bad guys.
It was in that sweet spot of the 3D era.
Parker Jenkins
Good taste : my favourite is this one.
Jason Baker
Grayson Richardson
Landon Sanchez
Grayson Collins
that bitch is fucking stacked
Owen Hernandez
its because we've developed techniques for ages and digital tries to emulate the tools but can't match the physics and texture.
its like real orchestra vs midi-recordings.
Theres so much control and finesse you get when you actually hold the tool in your hand.
Parker Watson
Dylan Smith
Jordan Smith
Solid contribution & thanks for the name. I want more games with that art direction.(I don't care if it's 4K 120 FPS neither)
Carter Reyes
This is the show for you m8
Christian Hall
He has the talent to back up any artstyle he chooses.
Mason Jackson
I miss the creepy dark aesthetic the n64 Zeldas had. There are other Zelda's that seem to try to replicate it but never get it 100% right.
Carter Garcia
Jacob Diaz
>Banjo & Kazooie mess around with each other
Oh I bet they do
Leo Ortiz
So canonically Luigi is the older brother?
Levi Nguyen
Grayson Moore
no u
Julian Hughes
I don't know but it makes me glad they toned down on showing her teeth like that, it always looked weird.
Henry Thompson
Bed time, little Zoomie!
Justin Myers
where
Kayden Long
T H I C C
Mason Wright
I fucking love Tomb Raider II. Why hasnt at least a spiritual succesor to classic TR come out yet?
Alexander Jackson
Youngest. Baby Mario & Luigi in the same pic is only for promo or there's some time shenanigans.
Mason Young
Modern graphics could never achieve this level of soul.
Nathaniel Sanders
Never seen this one. Where is this from? Wasn't in the manual
Austin Kelly
Spooky
Mason Wood
God do I miss Nintendo power
Jacob Morales
Art Direction is usually more important than raw graphics.
Zachary Gray
Presskit maybe?
Aaron King
I miss magazines in general.
Austin Ortiz
I've been tempted to make that myself but I have no real knowledge in game development
Aiden Mitchell
I fucking love tenapel's art and need more of it.
Ethan James
I wish more people understood this simple truth.
David Stewart
I've seen some Toriyama in this thread and in a kinda funny way he reminds me of Buckley of all people. Every time I see his stuff it's a recycled hairdo, or eyes, or those arm muscles. I've started to hate his style over the years.
Jordan Nguyen
Ask and you shall receive.
Nice thread, by the way : mostly vidya, next to no shitposting, worthy contributions,good memories. I give it a 9/10.
Jordan Jones
He's very iconic, but suffers from same face syndrome HARD. (a lot of anime artists do, but it's very visible with him & his not-Goku, not-Piccolo,etc)
Lincoln Davis
Is this for link’s awakening?
Chase Martin
looks like it.
Sebastian Young
Damn old Golem actually looks cool. Crazy what dynamic posing can do. Also looks like he lost a finger. There are some pokemon with designs I just can't imagine actually moving, but that watercolor Golem totally changes that. I really can't fathom Dialga or Palkia moving for instance. Or the new one that looks like a lighter.
Joseph Brooks
It's from Nintendo Power for Link's Awakening.
Gabriel Clark
he didn't lose the fingers, he just had them surgically transferred to his feet
Jonathan Butler
Well to be fair it's not like Gamefreak will ever give pokemon any battle animations, so the pokemon won't be moving regardless
Nolan Gray
Landon Roberts
Xavier Long
Maybe things look soulless now because thy're too static,too "clean", too robotic?
Anthony Gomez
Luke Powell
Landon Long
Jonathan Myers
Charles Adams
Moebius inspired?
I realize that everything looks too bright now. (except when it's supposed to be a creepy setting like Resident Evil)
Jaxson Peterson
>Mario, Conker, Banjo, Donkey Kong and Fulgore all together under Nintendo
It hurts.
Cameron Turner
>That cocky reaction
Fuck, I’m hard.
Kevin Garcia
Seems so. Katsuya Terada came into contact with Moebius work when he was younger.
Brody Johnson
Ethan Phillips
Leo Morgan
Nathan Baker
Cameron Reed
Mason Cox
James Ward
let's play a game called "where did he say that" where you point out where he said that
Aiden Davis
Mason Rogers
some western artists do to, even greats like Jack Kirby had a handful of male faces
Joshua Wilson
Robert Collins
DEFINE SOUL or GTFO retarded HURRR SOULLL posters
i want a concrete defintion
Ian Edwards
Dylan Cruz
I never played this game but always loved the cover art.
Brody Perez
t. retarded kids who cant define soul
id knock your teeth out if you ever said soul to my wife or kids faggot
Owen Lewis
Because that's generally how Soul/Souless works and he says it in response to modern 2D Mario art, which is a rarity in this day and age (in-game at least, Nintendo still does it for promos).
Josiah Parker
Kevin Jones
This is great. I fucking hate the zoomers that occupy this hellzone now
Justin Turner
Jayden Davis
>soul noun (SPIRIT)
the spiritual part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died, or the part of a person that is not physical and experiences deep feelings and emotions
>soul noun (DEEP FEELINGS)
the quality of a person or work of art that shows or produces deep good feelings:
Connor Ward
>dude if i like it, it had soul
retard id beat u the fuck up
Jaxon Martin
Robert Morris
Based.
Aaron Scott
Owen Richardson
Juan Rivera
>bad art good
>good art bad
William Rogers
Juan Reyes
Hey, don't argue with me, argue with the dictionary. That is literally the given definition.
Luke Stewart
*rols up sleeve* fucking fight me faggot
Jaxson Evans
Kayden Cooper
Thomas Bell
Gavin Garcia
This art () is from the early 90's bro. Why don't you just calm your tits?
Jace Bailey
Adrian Roberts
Chase Harris
>I am assuming what he said because I am biased to expect it
one wonders why these discussions always go to shit
Jose Flores
ID BEAT YOUR ASS MEET ME FUCKIJG FAGHOT.(BEATS YOUR ASS WHILE YOU SCREAM AND CRY* WHAPWHAPHWPAH
Ryan Fisher
Is this soulful? Why not?
Carson Jenkins
Nolan Roberts
Hudson Rodriguez
Christopher Harris
Lincoln Morris
I knew it : it screamed Giraud to my eyes.
If I saw this & I had money back then, I wouldn't hesitate.
For a modern game, this is excellent. Soul still exist but is harder to find.
Hudson Long
In fairness, someone replied to the first post with >3D World >Soulful = Yikes.
If it was him, then it he essentially said New = bad.
Hudson Cox
SOUL is a deeply personal attribute of something produced by people moreso than an algorithm or focus testing, often expressed through imperfections and stylistic decisions.
Through the sharing and observing of these imperfections, consumers gain an emotional connection to the creator of a work- a feeling that someone with a kindred soul was behind the creation of what you're watching, reading, playing, or what have you.
This becomes harder, to the point of impossibility, to replicate in works with higher budgets, more publicity, and larger development teams, as no one person's, or small team's, artistic vision is truly represented in the final product, choosing to be disagreeable to the least number of people rather than highly agreeable to the right audience.
Sebastian Miller
Levi Thompson
Noah Peterson
WHAPWHAPWHSOSHAHWP NONONO AUGHHBIT HURTS NOO STOP
HEHE SSIDSY BOY ILL BRST YOU UP KID
Carson Allen
Andrew White
>Mario saying Damn
DON'T LET MOM SEE D:
Jose Peterson
Robert Gutierrez
champion iris is CUTE
Oliver Green
kys
Hudson Bell
Grayson Rodriguez
Jason Rivera
Camden Howard
David Powell
what he implied is that 3D World is not soulful, not that anything new is bad
how in the hell do you make a stretch that massive
Jaxon Hill
Dude, calm the fuck down.
the TL;DR of what I said is basically that SOUL is a game's "character", coming more from its superficial shortcomings than anything. It's not that it's rare now because SOUL is exclusively a product of old games, it's rare now because games have those superficial flaws polished to shit by bloated art teams. Everything looks generic and standardized now.
John Robinson
Jack Fisher
Yes, Shinkawa is soul.
Adam Williams
...
Benjamin Fisher
saythat to my fucking face retsrd
*rolls sleevs up*
see what the fuck happens
legit if you ever said that to my family the only jumber id pull from there would be .44 for my gun going and entering from that 44 spot at my belt into your moutu
Hudson Walker
Bruh he was just using Eggman to get the emeralds so that they would crash the ARK into the Earth instead of powering the cannon. "It's all according to plan" he said as it was descending.
Levi Wood
Levi Edwards
Bentley Cook
>bruh
fat nigger spotted
John Cooper
Shadow only worked with Eggman during Adventure 2 because he was being lied to and manipulated. Even in Shadow the Hedgehog, Eggman admits to Shadow that everything he told Shadow was a lie and that he in fact saved Shadow at the end of Adventure 2.
Jace Brooks
Terada's work for Zelda 2 is baffling.
It's wonderful how many of these still images manage to capture so well the feeling people have been searching for in Zelda games.
I know we're not going back to something as serious as this but I hope BotW2 can grasp some of this as well.
John Thomas
amazing games, im not even a fan of 2D platformer types but I felt the need to keep playing knytt and knytt stories.
Lucas Gray
I'm glad the spammer ran out of basic bitch Lara renders holy fuck. Way to shit up a thread.
Dominic Carter
>what he implied is that 3D World is not soulful
In that case, he's wrong.
And, in fairness, look at the rest of the Mario images in the thread and you'll notice that the majority are 2D art from the World era (barring the Strikers face charts). Then somebody posts a more modern image and it gets called out.
That's all.
Or it's just a defense mechanism. This isn't the first time an exaggerated "NEW = BAD" has been used to mock someone who doesn't like a recent thing.
Joshua Perez
Jayden Gonzalez
Ethan Fisher
Adam Taylor
THE definition we needed.
Andrew Richardson
Is this why concept art tends to look so intriguing?
Elijah Rogers
Nolan Gonzalez
Elron... God of the forest, source of all life.
youtube.com
Grayson Cruz
Gamers
Oliver Bailey
Top left reminds me of Warzard. Very soulful game too.
Wyatt Wright
there's this, but I think it was made for the Nico prototype specifically
Chase Jackson
h-hard man?
Justin Morris
Blake Carter
chibi is ironically soulless
Jaxon Evans
Jose Russell
Now that's soulful.
Nathaniel Anderson
I see somebody else also posted this.
Love this image. The red coloring and Ganon's eyes really give a sense of danger.
Julian Garcia
Exactly. Concept art is a sketch by maybe a small room of people at most. Unless they're fed a shitload of data from a PR team or something, most of what you'll be seeing is more or less their vision. A single man's work has more SOUL than a 500 man production could ever hope for.
Jaxson Ortiz
Thomas Clark
Logan Ortiz
Michael Martin
I've spent a lot of time collecting these wherever I can find them
Nathaniel Nguyen
Aiden Watson
Dominic Gonzalez
Adrian Rivera
This is my first time seeing this one.
Isaac Gutierrez
Blake Phillips
Kys
Ayden Sanders
no u
Julian Long
This is sick why are people shitting on this
James Howard
I have more obscure ones but image limit has been reached
Cameron Fisher
new thread when?
Dylan Bennett
Carson Collins
Mario looks like a angry toddler in this
Angel Flores
The posing on Gyarados, Golem, and Dragonair is so good in the old artwork
Cameron Bennett
...
Carson Powell
Pretty sure Bass says Damn in MM7
Andrew Green
He did in the original version, but most rereleases censor it to "Darn".
I'm pretty sure the X series has swearing, but that's meant to be more mature than Classic.
Zachary Perry
Oh god that fucking smug face my fucking sides
Leo Martin
my terranigga
Carter Phillips
In all seriousness, I know that SOUL vs. SOULLESS is a meme but I do think there is something legitimate going on that is worth discussing.
Obviously it goes deeper than 'old is good new is bad,' but I do think there is a something quantifiable about 'SOUL,' though its hard to put into words.
Asher Bailey
Moderns consoles can reach HUGE amounts of soul if they want too but games are so corporate now its so rare
I hope we get a game that actually looks like one of those 90s renders
Michael Williams
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Landon Thompson
Game? You can't leave me like this
Landon Morris
Reverse search it.
Samuel Thompson
485 pounds of ass
Adrian Butler
We are talking about the game retard we're talking about the art
Josiah Gray
While this does perfectly define what "Soul" actually means, my biggest gripe with using it as a serious criticizing measurement is that unless you are aware of how the development underwent, it's hard to gauge what actually has soul and what doesn't.
Like your post said, it's harder to gauge sole when the work is divided by a larger company with more employees. Is it really fair to say game designers and artists put less "heart" into their work because more people are required for assistance. Vidya is already a mainly collaborative medium, the artistic vision being controlled by a group rather then a sole person is inherit.
And would it be fair to really go as far to say that indie games with less people and by your logic a more controlled vision inherently have more "heart"? How many shitty low effort indie games are thrown in at Steam every single day made specifically to make quick cash?
For me soul is just something that's hard to seriously use because even the most focused tested game aimed at lowest common denominator probably had a handful of employee's who did genuinely attempt to put "soul" into their work.
David Morris
So do they all just run a train on Splash Woman or what?
Gavin Jones
Reminds me of brules limericks good job
Adrian Hernandez
Just mangled by waifu2x