{"id":76862,"date":"2015-06-07T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=76862"},"modified":"2015-06-07T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T08:31:43","slug":"looking-good-old-timer-games-that-have-aged-well-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/76862-looking-good-old-timer-games-that-have-aged-well-part-2","title":{"rendered":"Looking good old-timer: games that have aged well Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some games age like fine wine, while others age like Haddaway songs. In Part 1<\/a>, we showcased a few games that look as good today as they did when they were first released.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at some more examples of smart graphics that have weathered the march of time and resolution.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>

Another World<\/p><\/div>\n

There is no game out there that looks like Another World<\/em>, which used polygonal graphics and great direction to create something gorgeous.<\/p>\n

The stylised graphics, visual storytelling and beautiful alien landscape were unique in 1991 and remain so today.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all thanks to creator Eric Chahi, who used his experience as a graphic designer to deliver an underappreciated gem.<\/p>\n

\"Jet<\/a>

Jet Set Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

Photorealism? Who needs photorealism? Not when you have the awesomeness of cel-shading to cover up dodgy polygons and even dodgier models.<\/p>\n

Need a demonstration of the superiority of cel-shading? Just compare Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 4<\/em> to the cel-shaded Jet Set Radio<\/em>, both from 2002, and tell us which looks cooler.<\/p>\n

\"Broken<\/a>

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars<\/p><\/div>\n

In the first part of this list, we mentioned LucasArts as a developer that consistently brought awesome graphics.<\/p>\n

LucasArts wasn\u2019t alone, however. The look of 90s adventure games evoke a similar nostalgia factor for modern gamers as 16-bit platformers do, and for good reason.<\/p>\n

With a focus on puzzle-solving, the graphical demands of these games were never particularly strenuous.<\/p>\n

This meant developers could focus on creating rich backgrounds, such as those of Broken Sword<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Planescape:<\/a>

Planescape: Torment<\/p><\/div>\n

Few genres are more immersive than RPGs, so it\u2019s natural that these types of games have benefited the most from the advances in graphical capabilities.<\/p>\n

At the turn of the century, graphics weren\u2019t even close to being there.<\/p>\n

This means that third-person viewpoint RPGs of the day such as Morrowind<\/em> and Deus Ex<\/em> look much poorer in comparison to top-down RPGs like Baldur\u2019s Gate<\/em> and Planescape: Torment<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker<\/p><\/div>\n

The Zelda series\u2019 willingness to try out different visual styles while still remaining uniquely Hyrulean have meant the games have generally stood the test of time.<\/p>\n

Some titles do, however, look better today than others. A Link to the Past<\/em> remains one of the best-looking (and just plain best) games for SNES, but our vote for the most stunning is Wind Waker<\/em>, which still looks spectacular 13 years after it first came out.<\/p>\n

The reason? Yes, it\u2019s cel-shading again.<\/p>\n

\"Marvel<\/a>

Marvel vs. Capcom<\/p><\/div>\n

Whether Street Fighter<\/em> or Mortal Kombat<\/em> is your classic fighting game of choice, there\u2019s no denying that Capcom wins out in the battle of the graphics.<\/p>\n

Early Mortal Kombat\u2019s<\/em> choice of more realistic graphics and muted colours has aged worse than Street Fighter\u2019s<\/em> colourful anime style and dynamic backgrounds. What else can we say except \u201cHadouken\u201d?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible to list every game that still looks good in a couple of posts, so we had to leave out many beautiful titles.<\/p>\n

What games do you think we should have included? Let us know in the comments or forum what your picks for best-looking old school games are.<\/p>\n

More thoughts worth looking into<\/h3>\n

Looking good old-timer: games that have aged well Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

A dicey proposition: why video gamers should also get into board games<\/a><\/p>\n

GPUs killed the videogame star: has 3D graphics eliminated originality in gaming<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some even get better with age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":76876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2230,14286,3180,14290,14254,1551,14156,2985,14288],"class_list":["post-76862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-another-world","tag-broken-sword","tag-feature","tag-games-that-age-well","tag-jet-set-radio","tag-marvel-vs-capcom","tag-opinion-piece","tag-planescape-torment","tag-the-legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}