In my mid-30s but didn’t grow up with video games.

When I started playing them on my own PC, it was NFS, Half Life, Rise of Nations, and Call of Duty that got me hooked.

Now that I’m looking for games to play on my Deck, most of the games perfect for portable gaming appear to be with pixel art aesthetic.

Just why? Is this nostalgia? In the 90s, deveopers were using every trick possible to squeeze performance out of hardware (been watching videos about old games like Rollercoaster Tycoon, Prince of Persia, Doom etc) and I can’t even get indie games with some eye candy?

Never have I been so disappointed to find out that Balatro and Vampire Survivors are pixel art games. My interest disappeared faster than a Lamborghini.

Whatever happened to other art styles? Why don’t we see games with vector or pseudo-3D (or 2.5D) art?

Anyway, that’s my unpopular opinion I guess.

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    4 days ago

    OK but would it have killed Balatro devs use vector graphics like many modern card games on Linux?

    Why should they change their art style just for you? This is nothing more than a you problem.