POLL: New games reverting back to Retro Graphics?

[AppleQueso]

If you want modern great 2D gameplay you just gotta start digging around in the indie PC scene.

...even if like half of the games are shoddy cave story wannabes.

[GigaPepsiMan]

At the end of the day these graphics are a design choice, if it doesn't work out then the developer is to blame, I'll be fair the graphics work well with some games. I know a lot of XBLA indie games go with this old school look and some of them try and replicate the gameplay. I found platformance to be interesting, it mixes looks together you have bit sprites but drawn backgrounds, in a way it is a good design choice because with that graphical style it is easier to get the collision detection spot on and in turn it makes it easier to judge obsticles.
I also played lazer cat, it has that pixel look to it but it mixes it with the glowing colours, also I find the gameplay to be a lot like Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and Montezuma's Revenge.
It's a very interesting thing to see, some games try to be really old school but they normally get ignored probably because they are either not very good or because they are generic I dunno. Either way it is the games which try and to mix old school and new school that have the most interesting outcomes.

[Jrecee]

What I would love to see in new 2D releases is a progression of the 32-bit era hand-drawn graphics in games such as Rayman, Astal and Claw rather than 2.5D or completely 8-bit... that and pre-rendered graphics like Donkey Kong Country.

Rayman Origins seems to be going this route to a degree, and it simply looks amazing.

There's been a lot of games like that recently. Batman Brave and the Bold, Sonic 4, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Muramasa, Wario Land Shake. . .

[CRTGAMER]

Three to one in favor of Retro Graphics in BRAND NEW Games! Vote is now 24 to 7.

I voted NO, I want the best graphic capability my system can provide. Of course if a rerelease, keep the original look. Any modern game that jumps back to Retro Graphics of say a NES, just seems like I was cheated by the game company especially in light of how much more bang a new system can display. I think you can have a game with Retro style gameplay and utilize a systems capabilities.

[sheath]

I would be foolish enough to think that we could have a renaissance of 2D gameplay thanks to these digital downloads, but I already fell for that hope with the GBA.

what do you mean? There were tons of great 2D games on GBA.

I missed this one. I was hoping for a revival of 2D games on consoles as a result of the GBA.