Isometric 2D Art Appreciation Thread

[GueulEclator]

Also, can I post a few strategy game screen?

 

[Marsal]

Also, can I post a few strategy game screen?

Bro, this is the Codex. You can post whatever you want. Just be ready for rape dissenting opinions if what you post is deemed not adequate for the prestigious magazine.

 

[GueulEclator]

Bro, this is the Codex. You can post whatever you want. Just be ready for rape dissenting opinions if what you post is deemed not adequate for the prestigious magazine.

I'm going to enjoy my stay here.

There you go, the inevitable : Age of Empire 2

 

[Minttunator]

Great thread! This is probably going to make me reinstall quite a few old gems over the next few days.

 

[scrambles]

 

[Kem0sabe]

This guy is my hero of graphic design.

What game is this? i don´t recognize it.

 

[General Maxson]

This guy is my hero of graphic design.

What game is this? i don´t recognize it.

http://www.stasisgame.com/

It's not out yet though.

 

[suejak]

I feel like that game's been in development at least as long as AoD.

 

[Kem0sabe]

http://www.stasisgame.com/

It's not out yet though.

Looks absolutely amazing. Poster boy for why 2D level art is still a incredibly valid path for developers.

 

[GueulEclator]

HAHAHAHA. As soon as I posted the Age Of Empire 2 pics, this thread got quarantined from the prestigious RPG discussion.
Who knew I had so much Power Already.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

http://www.stasisgame.com/

It's not out yet though.

Looks absolutely amazing. Poster boy for why 2D level art is still a incredibly valid path for developers.

That pic is not from stasis. It's just some stuff the guy did in his spare time, you know, just being lazy and not working on his game.

 

[Kem0sabe]

That pic is not from stasis. It's just some stuff the guy did in his spare time, you know, just being lazy and not working on his game.

I looked a bit through his site but didn´t get a clear idea if the game is even close to release

 

[DraQ]

Fallout looks much better in low res.
As resolution goes up, the tiling becomes more and more apparent and the game gets a bad case of Arcanum syndrome.

 

[Surf Solar]

Fully agree with DraQ here. Not that the screenshot looks ugly, but it's so much better in smaller resolutions. :/

 

[MasPingon]

Gorky 17

Chicago 1930

Can't believe no one mentioned Sanitarium yet

 

[Kirtai]

I like to set fixed resolution games to something that gives about the right physical size on my monitor. Assuming 640x480 was meant for 14" crts, that means my lcd is 1.7 times taller so 1280x800 gives graphics about the right size. Yes, I overthink this

 

[Cowboy Moment]

As expected, more than half of the screenshots in a "2D art" appreciation thread, are in fact pre-rendered 3D.

 

[FeelTheRads]

They all are, except for that vomitous cartoon shit on page 2.

 

[Blaine]

As expected, more than half of the screenshots in a "2D art" appreciation thread, are in fact pre-rendered 3D.

Your point? Regardless of the technique used to generate the art assets, they were created by artists, and the final result ends up being as two-dimensional as any painting painted to convey the illusion of three-dimensionality. I suspect artists find it difficult to paint from an isometric perspective, but that's just a supposition.

Also, many of the IE games feature hand-painted touch-ups and highlights on top of the pre-rendered backgrounds.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Fallout 2, Redding community.

Those posters don't look Vanilla; which mod you used aside from High Res? Fallout looks still fabulous for 16 years old game.

 

[Surf Solar]

Fallout 2, Redding community.

Those posters don't look Vanilla; which mod you used aside from High Res? Fallout looks still fabulous for 16 old game.

Good eye. It's the Falllout 2 restoration pack with added map enhancments.

 

[Wulfstand]

Holy SHIT does the Banner Saga look amazing!



Also, this is probably my favorite thread around here, keep them breath taking pics coming!

 

[Cowboy Moment]

They all are, except for that vomitous cartoon shit on page 2.

Well, I'm pretty sure Albion's genuine 2D, so there. Don't really know how Fallout's tiles were made.

As expected, more than half of the screenshots in a "2D art" appreciation thread, are in fact pre-rendered 3D.

Your point? Regardless of the technique used to generate the art assets, they were created by artists, and the final result ends up being as two-dimensional as any painting painted to convey the illusion of three-dimensionality. I suspect artists find it difficult to paint from an isometric perspective, but that's just a supposition.

Also, many of the IE games feature hand-painted touch-ups and highlights on top of the pre-rendered backgrounds.

No point, really, just posting for informative purposes. A lot of the posters in this thread seem to think the quality of these backgrounds is a consequence of the technique used. I find arguments in favor of 2D vs 3D with IE games being used as an example very funny for this reason.

 

[Silva]

Fuck static isometric backgrounds like those in the IE games, they may look great but they fuck with my world interactivity, an essential feature of the genre. A proper RPG should allow the player to walk over roofs, swim or destroy obstacles in a non-scripted way first, then be pretty. Fuck the Infinity Engine games btw, I killed the shopkeeper of Easthaven to take all his shit and I got nothing, fuck that shit.

This.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Well, I'm pretty sure Albion's genuine 2D, so there.

Ah, I missed that one. Yeah.

Don't really know how Fallout's tiles were made.

3D renders.

I find arguments in favor of 2D vs 3D with IE games being used as an example very funny for this reason.

There's nothing "funny" about it. 3D used to make 2d renders is not the same as having your game 3D. So arguing 2D vs 3D is really about whether the game is 2D or 3D not the way the graphics are made.
Of course, there are those mentally deranged who think there's some ninja artists somewhere who paint all those huge detailed backgrounds from scratch. Those ARE pretty funny.