Retro-Style Throwbacks

[diet_orange]

How do you guys feel about these? Been playing a ton of BallisticNG lately and it feels like a very faithful successor to the Wipeout games

While I do like them (particularly Spelunky and UFO50), I do feel like a good chunk just try and ape classic games without 1) really considering why they were good in the first place or 2) bringing anything new to the table

 

[Psychonara]

When it comes to Retro throwbacks or what I sometimes might call "Fake-bit" games, I look for one of two qualities, either A.) A game that looks & plays like an older game so authentically (minus the bugs & old video quality) that it would take very little work to actually port it to the specific system or generation of systems it was inspired by, or B.) A game that leans into its own anachronistic character by going for a more experimental mixed media approach rather than a strictly "retro" aesthetic.

 

[middler]

Maybe I am the odd one but, to me, a good game is a good game. I am no gatekeeper or purist. I like Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls because its a fun game. I don't give a shit if it's "retro", or if it would play correctly on a real SNES. I found it, I played it, I enjoyed it. I don't need (or want) to pontificate.

Sometimes a developer of a game makes games with the tools they know how to use. If it ends up looking like a SMS game, who cares.

 

[JPchicre]

New games should be able to take inspiration from older games without being limited to them. Even in art styles. Like middler said "A good game is a good game". As long as the marketing is honest i see no problem with "So retro" or retro throwback games. Odallus: The Dark Call Certainly couldn't be played on an actual NES bit it looks and plays really great.

 

[MajesticSiN]

I enjoy them.