Comments on: Thoughts: Devil Daggers

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:12:30 +0000

I think part of it is that 3D graphics were so often sold as “realistic,” so people don’t really remember how stylized a lot of 3D games were. We remember the ugly world sprites of Final Fantasy VII and the ugly textures of Ocarina of Time, but forget the sketchy comic-book look of Vagrant Story and the vibrancy of Chrono Cross.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 21:43:46 +0000

It takes a lot of effort to do pixel art well, and I’m sure it takes just as much effort to do this sort of dated 3D style well. And Devil Daggers does. It’s exactly the right art style for the game, and I think it’d actually lose a lot of its charm if it had gone for higher graphical fidelity for the sake of it. Maybe it’s just me, but I do wish games with deliberately retro style went for periods other than the early 90s SNES RPG.

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:17:26 +0000

You know, PS1-era graphics deserve a little love. Like pixel art, when it’s well-done it can have a very nice look. I’ve got no interest in this game from a mechanical perspective, but every time I see a screenshot it looks lovely. In a hellish way.