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shane15 posted...

I'm not a fan of all these retro looking games. The devs are just pumping out these games to cash in on nostalgia. Why make a game like Octopath Traveller in full 3D with modern graphics when you can do it for a fraction of the price with a retro look but still charge full price. They've found a way to make 30+ year old games again and got people to buy them. They do the same with the anime style game. Only difference is they at least keep them a few generations behind at most graphics wise.

I'm not gonna defend SE's "HD pixels" style too much but in general I really like pixel art and think it's the best looking art style for video games. It also looks to me like a whole lot more care and effort goes into beautiful pixel art than most other games, even those with technically superior graphics, but admittedly I don't have the expertise to know if I'm right about that. Regardless it's pretty strange that you're acting like people get somehow tricked into buying these games rather than genuinely preferring them this way. There's a reason (well, multiple) I buy barely any AAA games but tons of indie ones!