#good thing gameplay > graphics!

[beardedhandstoadshark]

I heard legends arceus is good but absolutely terrifying cause the pokemon won't hesitate to maul you. Which is fair and honestly that caught my interest the most. Oh! I recommend playing the game whenever you get the chance. It's pretty, you will cry, and mild satisfaction of beating up high society.

Oh hey, same! Still remember how people used to joke "why don’t the Pokémon just attack the trainers“ (especially those of Team members), and now they do! Dodging, catching and the different fighting styles also look pretty cool, and (while I did get totally spoilered and consecutively caught up in Gen 5, not 4 nostalgia of all things) the plot sure seems interesting! First Pokémon game to get me hyped since GO

Tbh the only things stopping me from buying this game are its‘ full pricing since it’s‘ apparently a rather short game even for Pokémon, and what seems to be quite a lot of repetitive grinding to actually *complete* the dex entry for a Pokémon. Aaaaand all the other amazing games that came out/are coming out. It’s truly unfair

(Oh, btw! Did you hear! A leak says we might actually get to ride and/or race the legendaries! Called it with their tires 🛞. …also the grass cat might evolve into a bipedal. *sigh*.)

#another anon ask #…it could use some prettier textures tho ngl #kinda gives off mobile game vibes with how different the player/Pokémon look from the environment #good thing gameplay > graphics! #(…unless you have a game that heavily relies on atmosphere. Then the game being pretty is indeed very important) #also it was kinda like a first attempt for whatever they’re planning for the Gen 9 gameplay #so waiting how Gen 9‘s gonna turn out

[arcadechan]

a collection of recent wips: vis dev and character design for the interactive vn I'm starting up, and a halloween pic :- )

oc stuff under the cut (*｀・ω-)ノ

so if you've been following me for a bit, you've maybe seen me talk about it before, or noticed my tags, or w/e, but I've been in the process of developing a story for the last few years.

I've been calling it hell&highwater.

it's about a witch turned saintkiller turned bartender turned bodyguard, and the saint-to-be who falls in love with her. it has a tarot-based world and magic system, a culture centered around witchcraft and magic, people who can turn into dragons, Arcane Saints, lots of action, and i've made over 300 characters for it so far. most of the characters have three different names (magic !!). and just this last week, I started writing up the script and drawing out thumbnails as I...get ready to actually make the thing.

the wips above are some of designs I've been developing !!

The Magician Supreme, the Mindpalace Witch, Brandy Alexander

The High Priestess Supreme, Riddlewitch, Pantherpulse

The Empress Supreme, the Witched Twilight, Titan Fuego

The Emperor Supreme, Burn the Witch, Kiliman Torre

(and...a Halloween drawing of the protagonists as frankenstein and frankenstein's monster hohho)

i'm definitely going to be posting stuff about it here still, but if you want to see more or ALL i share about it; i'll be doing lots of h&h updates on my patreon (which IS 18+, h&h is going to be for mature audiences. also i'm trying to draw more smut). I've already posted lots of worldbuilding stuff there, and will be doing more as I go !! I rarely show wips but i'm pretty excited about...where all this is going, tbh.

wahoo :- )

#chan says #wip #art wip #artists on tumblr #oc stuff #hell&highwater #i've been working on this non-stop for the last like. two years. #writing and planning for a good 4+ before that #and it's just exciting to have the little monster where i want it. i want to make this thing #and i think i finally know how so i'm gonna TRY #it'll be an interactive VN...a point n click with more story... #a graphic novel with gameplay

[mwolf0epsilon]

Considering how many horror games have had a remake/remaster recently, someone really should put on their big boy pants and remaster The Thing video game.

#Eps Talks About: #Like... John Carpenter loved that game enough to say it was a good sequel to his film #And it was a PS2 game #Imagine how elevated it could be with current graphics? #plus some of the little gameplay flaws could be properly ironed out for a better playing experience #john carpenter's the thing #the thing video game

[slymanner]

hot take!! WARNING!!!

my favorite video game genre is actually when a game is given all the time in the world to be finished and be as high quality as possible and it isn't announced TIL it's ready so there's no pressure on the developers to rush things and probably less crunch culture because of that, delays being allowed anytime possible cause no one online even knows about the ding dang game yet.

and the game is filled with so much love and care, you can deadass tell the company and everyone involved in the project had a fucking blast making it.

and everyone is happy with the final result.

and the people getting the SUPRISE announcement get a new high quality and amazing experience on the same day it was announced because everything is already done to perfection already and no more work is need to be done.

have fun, enjoy our game.

#yes this is about hi-fi rush #i haven't even played the game but the amount of quality love care and effort everyone is putting into thr project makes me happy #the gameplay looks fun the graphics and animations are FUCKING HIGH-QUALITY #the fact i cant point out a single flaw and see like a glitch in the distance or maybe a cutscene getting some texture pop in? #this game was done well. #but yeah lets do this more with video games!!! #i dont know 100% about game development so maybe i was wrong on some points!! #but yeah. #more time for developers to make something ABSOLUTELY stunning should be a good thing for more higher ups to follow #and suprise announcements witj no build ip is also AMAZING #hi-fi rush is a amazing game to follow in its foot steps actual game wise and how it was handled by everyone involved!

[echidnana]

I REMEMBER. What I was gonna ask. What is the least scary silent hill game. I want to get into it but I keep hearing it's so uniquely scary that I'm like. Nervous? To just start in blind. And I trust yalls judgement

HIIII YAY OK so preface that we have to actually played any silent hill but we've seen full playthroughs of all the main numbered ones (1-4)

in our personal opinion, the least scary would be the first one. partially because of the graphics and I think partly because it feels more... puzzle based maybe? we sort of felt like there was slightly less dread in it I guess compared to the others. and also the graphics.

silent hill is definitely uniquely scary, there's this sort of dread as you uncover what's going on and realizing the context for events and stuff like that. each silent hill game is definitely scary in its own way, but to us the first one felt the most like survival horror maybe? probably because the protagonist (Harry) is going in blind and doesn't really understand any of what's going on, his goal is just to find his daughter.

also in our opinion 4 is the most scary LMAO it's very creepy and certain scenes and monsters are just so genuinely disturbing, as well as the whole premise being. scary.

silent hill's horror is pretty scary to us mostly because we don't usually like more supernatural type horror? but the way silent hill does it is really really good, like the plot and characters and the subtle stuff, as well as the overarching narrative. like there are video essays about how silent hill 3 is about being a teenage girl and the transition to womanhood and stuff and it's SO GOOD because it's told through this really horrific journey and environment. that's one of the things we like about silent hill more than resident evil, there are bigger themes and are more well done in our opinion. like resident evil is a bit more light and the themes tend to be more about material things like human greed and capitalism while silent hill is more things like trauma and abuse and growing up.

that was kind of long ANYWAYS every silent hill game has a slightly different type of horror from the others, we would say starting with sh1 is good. it's a bit more straightforward and is slightly more focused on the protagonists physical quest to find his daughter compared to other games where the motives of the characters and environment feel a bit more convoluted and stressful.

#sh1 is of course still scary #but honestly the graphics help a lot LMAO #and the protagonist... wed say hes kind of like ethan? #like hes there he has a goal hes just dealing with the shit thats happening #while the other games are more wrapped up in the lore of the town #like harry is just A Guy trying to take care of his daughter and has to deal with this weird supernatural shit and a cult in order to do so #anyways! ty for asking us lol! #you might also want to look into gameplay bc we dont know if sh1 is tank controls or not? we do not remember #but in our opinion its agood starting place to both the lore and just the environment #so the other games feel a bit more familiar bc they definitely up the ante #ALSO ALSO this is just based on 1-4 there are some others i think? #so we dont know about those #at least one of them is canon but idk how good it would be to start on it bc its sort of like a prequel thing #confluence.ask #cherrycreamsicle

[pepprs]

i am now a cookie run kingdom girl. 🙈😭

#purrs #i prefer ovenbreak in terms of the gameplay bc i LOVE play formers and hate strategy games and the resource grinding where u basically just #have to sit there and wait for a ticking clock instead of doing things urself. but im gonna be honest i took one look at milky way cookie #and i KNEW it was over and i would have to play this game. and it’s not as bad as i thought like the graphics are so much better and i love #the designs and the auto mode takes me away from having to deal w strategy stuff bc i literally don’t care and hate the battles etc etc #but im having a good time i think. im at like lvl 15 with a lvl 4 kingdom and i have milky way and some other rly good characters and im #doing well for now. it’s just intimidating looking up tutorials and stuff bc ppl in the discord are all so advanced and talk in shorthand i #don’t understand and i feel like shit for being a noob but that’s also the case for ovenbreak and idc abt competing w ppl anyways. so w/e #one very annoying aspect is like.. how EVRRYTHING requires stuff at the smithy even when you’re trying to access new levels but it takes so #lo ng to make the damn pickaxes 😭 so im just spending all my crystals on those + expanding territory quickly bc all the buildings are #stressing me out. im probably gonna regret it but again im not competing w anyone and if this is what i need to do to enjoy the experience #then so be it. also the moments in levels where it makes u jump and stuff to replicate ovenbreak are so funny to me 💀 #like it’s so lame compared to what ovenbreak actually is it makes me giggle every time. i wish these games were combined and i wish milky #way was in ovenbreak she’s genuinely my new favorite cookie of all time i think. i love her SO much #well but i feel bad putting her above pistachio cookie 😭 so they’re tied i guess #also *platformers in my first tag #cr

[sensitivedead]

project renee got me dead

#RIP EA SIMP BUT IT JUST LOOKS SO GOOD. NOT MAD AT ANYTHING THEY SHOWED? #the only thing i want for the sims 5 to be is like sims 4 graphics and build but better and new and sims 3 but better and new gameplay #and like ig lore too i want lots of hidden and weird and old and new lore #but like :DDD HELLO IT LOOKS SO AAAA IM NUTTIN OVER THE EXPRESSION SCENES AND THE FUCKIN MODELS

[solradguy]

Genshin Impact sucks for many reasons, but I still have not forgiven them for their annoying ad campaigns a few years ago. Nearly inescapable squeaky anime baby voice hell for like two entire months. 1000 years of torment.

#textpost #I do have to admit that I did play the game for like 3 hours total after my friends begged me to at least give it a try #Top contender for one of the most soulless video games I have ever played in my life #And the absolutely shameless Breath of the Wild graphics and gameplay ripoffs? Come on #All the money that game makes and that's the best they got? #Anyway I'm grumpy about GI because it seems to be friggin everywhere AGAIN no matter how much I blacklist it #The only good thing to ever come from that game is all the gay Itto art after they revealed him lol

[mbat]

having good graphics is literally the bare minimum btw. also the graphics look the same to me as the graphics in the polar express 2004 and i like those better than this actually

#hogwarts legacy #my post #im looking at someones gameplay on youtube cause im curious about what its like so i can shit on it more accurately #everyone keeps saying 'oh but the graphics are good!' thats LITERALLY THE BARE MINIMUM #not to mention i personally AM SO BORED OF GRAPHICS ALWAYS BEING 'REALISTIC'. GIVE ME CARTOONY GRAPHICS DAMNIT #this doesnt even just go for video games but theyre the biggest offender #animated movies also try so hard to do it with both the characters themselves or at the least the textured #textures. textures i fucking meant #but its like. oh my goshhhhh no one CARES ABOUT TINY FIBER HAIR THINGS ON A SHIRT!!!!!! #i wish i could make 3D models so i could show what i mean but i havent learned how to yet aaaaaaa #its not fucking hard to have good graphics when your game is made for one of the biggest franchises ever having a budget that costs more #costs more than my entire neighborhood makes in all our lives total

[dmumt]

god i wish ts4 let your sims run businesses from their home lots like in ts2 

#once again a game from 2004 reigns supreme #i know you can basically just get them to live at their shop address but it's annoying if you have multiple sims with some of them going #to school or work because they automatically go home to the home lot..... #god ts2 was just too good i used to make my sims a cute little apartment (remember getting to make your own apartments omg) above their shop #and the shop would be selling stuff from the h&m fashion stuff pack and their apartment would basically be all ikea stuff god thats how u do #collabs ea.... #i just want ts2 with ts4 graphics and build buy mode that would be the best game #oh but how can i exclude ts3 like that i probably put the most hours into it growing up #ts3 used to be so laggy it was a bit much but the family gameplay was so genuine and cute #.txt #sigh i just miss when the sims wasn't entirely a greedy money grab sort of thing

[lelianaslefthand]

cyberpunk looks so fucking good now oh wow....

#had some scary moments getting the graphics card installed but she's in!!!!! #ive just been opening my games and looking around and then closing it this is wild #im in the gauntlet of shar in bg3 so the lighting is ass so i dont have good pics yet #but cyberpunk looks crazy and it runs so much better im like so this is how the 1% live 😭 #so tempted to install mods again but i know that's gonna end up being a Whole Thing #cyberpunk 2077 #.gameplay #this v isnt an official oc we're just chillin

[wickedghxst]

mgs3 delta is cool & all but i'd rather get that mgs1 remake...

#but hey if we're lucky they can do the exact same thing they're doing with this. #literally the exact same game i've already played but it looks nicer. #except its still at 30 fps bc the graphic detail is too damn high -_- also it kinda looks like they reused animations but what do i know. #reusing the dialogue & story is fine but i'd at least like slightly smoother gameplay. ya know? like. #why would i buy this when i can already play it on my 3ds to similar affect. it & still looks good there.

[bobzora]

i dont think i ever shared pic...? old from a month(+?) ago and well its unlikely that i will ever get far with this but despite (or maybe because of) that...i thought id share lol

#bobtalk #ignore the demo text. i needed it to say something #streamlined commonevents for the messages done (i still need to do a ton of portrait art >.<) #also got a core gameplay feature added properly (need to do snappy graphic for it but the system is there #might need to work it some more for at-scale use but its good to know i can do what i wanted in rm2k3) #biggest barriers rn (besides my depression and the fact im working on a different game at the same time) are the tons of assets igotta make #tilesets mostly. portraits too but i know how to draw people atleast. ive always been bad at tilesets lol. doesnt help this is my first 2k3 #when i get past that im gonna have to deal with the part where i cant write for shit but we'll get there when we get there! #also. um. puzzles. this game is supposed to have puzzles. in theory. #this is the kind of thing where ideally i wouldnt be doing it solo.and technically im not bc my brother did the charsets.but. shrug #at least my other vnproject has like 2 charactergraphics per character! meanwhile for this id actually need expressions -_- #idk if ive mentioned it here b4 but this is my walmart thing. um. yeah. this always happens to me. #>_< yeah........... #also rm2k3 is so dated and it shows LOL...i like a lot about it better than the newer makers so far but also the engine's ui bugs out alot #OKBYE.at least i go on break soon...

[rivaiin]

played like 2 hours of ishin which essentially were just the first chapter and while i do have some things to Say about certain technical aspects (mostly texture popping and terrible lip syncing in the non cinematic conversations) of the remake it honestly looks really good and is a lot of fun. im really excited to see where the story goes

#miik plays yakuza #im not gonna complain much about the tech issues cause im pretty sure those are unreal engine things #ive never seen them happen in the other games so yeah i dont think theyll be a problem in future games #and i dont really mind the gameplay itself runs really good on xbox #it is kind weird seeing the animations and like #general feel of y5 in like such modern graphics #also i um. im not really into kiryu as he appears in the mainline game but i cannot resist a man with long hair so. yeah #im looking respectfully #i know who the final boss and shit but i have no idea what actually happens in the story so its been #interesting to say the least #im still not too happy about the face change for hanpeita cause like #sure i get it he was an actor and all that they cant have him again or whatever #but i liked him being like a new face #also shibusawas actor is like way older than kiryu appears and its so weird when theyre like yeah we grew up together #and theyre like clearly 20 years apart #WELL i shant complain more #honestly im just happy we got a localization thenks sega for my life

[blacktabbygames]

hey did you know that slay the princess is out now? did you know it's on sale with a 10% launch discount until november 2nd? do you want to spend several hours getting sternly lectured by and annoying jonathan sims?? well this is your game i think it's good and you should buy it but don't listen to me look at that 91 metascore—and for us, just a couple of lil guys make a game with no gameplay other than click dialogue options! idk must be fun

“An existentially horrific visual novel, with an incredibly well-written plot, a beautiful score and graphics that will enrapture all senses. One of the best narrative games of 2023.” 10/10 – Voxel Smash

“There isn’t a single thing I don’t like about Slay the Princess. The presentation is beautiful, the story is fantastic and moving, the voice acting of amazing characters is done phenomenally well, and the branching paths of the story give you what feels like unlimited possibilities.” 10/10 – Try Hard Guides

“Slay the Princess will stay with you for a long time, I think. It’s absurdist and dark and haunting in a way that not a lot of games are. If you have an itch for something that’s spooky but also morally confronting and you will be thinking about it for days to come, it’s impossible not to recommend this.” A- – Player 2

Anyways more seriously truly from the bottom of our hearts thank you all so much for making this launch a world-shifting experience for us! We can't wait to share more games with you, starting with Episode 5 of Scarlet Hollow 👀

#slay the princess #scarlet hollow #jonathan sims #nichole goodnight #indie games #visual novel #interactive fiction #narrative design #gamedev #horror game #horror games

[corntort]

would you recommend playing ultrakill on a dell laptop

uhhhh i dont rlly know what that entails but it's pretty light weight game just in general

#mostly in part due to graphics being Boomer Shooter-y #obvs it gets a little crazy in the cybergrind because theres blood spilling everywhere but other than that its pretty ok #rambles #ask #fabthememesatan #in terms of Gameplay though. absolutely fucking stellar going crazy And stupid for no fucking reason #its so incredibly stimmy and the story os so good and i Love that a lot of things are shrouded in mystery #like Fuck. storytelling so so precise with what little morsels of info you get leading you to ask 'WHAT THE HELL????? whats going ONNN'