Isometric 2D Art Appreciation Thread

[Berekän]

Those Robin Hood screenies look good, is the game itself any good? Looks like a Commandos clone

 

[Cowboy Moment]

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.

But what about RTS games like Stacraft 2 then, whose game logic is firmly 2D (same as the first Starcraft), but the graphics are clearly 3D rendered in real-time? The real difference is that having an immutable perspective with static lighting allows the artist to properly work on the final image without worrying about some retard putting the camera in a weird place and complaining about terrible graphics.

 

[DraQ]

Fallout 2, New Reno, a den of villainy

Cum and villainy.

 

[potatojohn]

But what about RTS games like Stacraft 2 then, whose game logic is firmly 2D (same as the first Starcraft), but the graphics are clearly 3D rendered in real-time? The real difference is that having an immutable perspective with static lighting allows the artist to properly work on the final image without worrying about some retard putting the camera in a weird place and complaining about terrible graphics.

You can zoom in and rotate in SC2. Also, SC2 has terrible graphics/engine.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

But what about RTS games like Stacraft 2 then, whose game logic is firmly 2D (same as the first Starcraft), but the graphics are clearly 3D rendered in real-time? The real difference is that having an immutable perspective with static lighting allows the artist to properly work on the final image without worrying about some retard putting the camera in a weird place and complaining about terrible graphics.

You can zoom in and rotate in SC2. Also, SC2 has terrible graphics/engine.

So, would SC2 be a 2D game if you couldn't zoom/rotate and if the graphics weren't terrible?

 

[Jaesun]

I WISH Leonard Boyarsky would go back to a dev house that makes cRPG's. His artwork was so fucking fantastic.

 

[Modron]

Was golden land ever discussed here?

Yeah golden land was discussed here, the site had an interview with one of developers/pr person back when the game was still slated to come out in English. I for one was looking forward to the game then news about it dropped off the face of the Earth and a translated version never materialized. Heath got translated but that was more of a training bra for the better sequel.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Those Robin Hood screenies look good, is the game itself any good? Looks like a Commandos clone

Same developers eh, plays a bit like Commandos as well from what I've seen.

 

[Modron]

Those Robin Hood screenies look good, is the game itself any good? Looks like a Commandos clone

Same developers eh, plays a bit like Commandos as well from what I've seen.

Was there some trick to making Robin Hood run faster than a slow crawl or am I just screwed because I made the mistake of buying an older game off of steam?

 

[DwarvenFood]

Haven't tried the Steam version, sorry..

 

[Jashiin]

 

[Kem0sabe]

For those wanting to replay the fallout games, i recommend checking this guide http://vault42.org/fallout-1-2-enhancement-guide/ . Has a pretty straight forward install order for patches and mods. Keep in mind that for Fallout 2 you only need the restoration mod, as it includes the others (including the high resolution one)

 

[General Maxson]

For those wanting to replay the fallout games, i recommend checking this guide http://vault42.org/fallout-1-2-enhancement-guide/ . Has a pretty straight forward install order for patches and mods. Keep in mind that for Fallout 2 you only need the restoration mod, as it includes the others (including the high resolution one)

How about something similar, but for Baldur's Gate 1&2? :D

 

[Comte]

Tiernons Forge

 

[catfood]

Lode Runner 2

 

[DraQ]

Fallout 2, Arcanum Syndrome. Picture B.

Fixed.

Though in this case it could be called Oblivion syndrome - many identical tree sprites on the screen at once.

 

[crojipjip]

This guy is my hero of graphic design.

How would you like things like that added to FOT? Maybe just as cooperative play?

 

[Dexter]

This looks kinda cool, but it seems to be some sort of shitty Browser game xD http://www.gamersglobal.de/screens/57288

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

"2D art appreciation" with jpgs?

 

[DraQ]

Here are few screenies in original Fallout 2 resolution ( 640x480 ). The art as it was meant to be seen.

And that's much better - limited FoV may suck, but at least you don't have endlessly repeating art assets all over the screen.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Commandos 2 still has some of the most detailed and realistic isometric 2D art around. That reminds me i need to play Commandos 3, anyone recommend it?

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Here are few screenies in original Fallout 2 resolution ( 640x480 ). The art as it was meant to be seen.

It wasn't meant to be seen in a lossy compression format.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Jpeg distortion isn't that bad and is most compatible. The quality can be better, if I use different format ( without compression ), but in this case gain would be minimal and it won't show here. So yeah.

EDIT: here is one made in tiff. Image hosting company converts it to png.

.png is also loseless. IIRC the level of compression in .png changes only the time of compression. By the way, going the how it was intended to be seen route, all the Fallout screenshots should be scaled 2x without filters, because on a 22" screen, the image is 8,8".

Oh and in case of Fallout screenshots save it in indexed mode because they are 256 colours any way and there's no point in saving it in full colour.

Like this:

That's how Fallout 2 would look on a 17" screen.

 

[DraQ]

Here are few screenies in original Fallout 2 resolution ( 640x480 ). The art as it was meant to be seen.

It wasn't meant to be seen in a lossy compression format.

 

[roshan]

Which game is this?