The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (PS4, Vita, Steam) - Nov 4th Release

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Cool, I really enjoy twinstick shooters and The Binding Of Isaac is no exception. Even though it is, kind of, disturbing..

 

I'd like to try the game, but I hope you can switch between 16 bit graphics and the original style.

 

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That trailer. Nightmare material if you haven't even played the original.

 

So wait, he's ditching the old art, complete art style for sprite work? Lame/10

 

Yeah, basically. It kinda sucks in my opinion, but the original was a flash game, so when they were making the new version, they wanted to go away from flash and how unstable it can be.

 

My response: Castle Crashers

 

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He has like, four different styles he's looking into.

 

Which is funny because he apparently said he was tired of looking at the old one.

Personally I vastly prefer 8x16bit sprites to lowres art renders, especially when they both behave the same. Can't explain why but the latter always looks less polished to me. Maybe it's because of its roots in Flash, which has been wholly populated by sloppy, barely-functional games for the longest time.

I like the last one the best. It combines intricate detail with strictness of form, while the others feel too much like sprites trying not to be sprites. Plus the proportions on the last one are closest to the original, if not necessarily the overall appearance.

 

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