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I never understand how people can play those pixel games. Don’t they hurt your eyes? And also what’s the point to create games with such poor graphic qualities?
by temp8964 5y ago
I never understand how people can play those pixel games. Don’t they hurt your eyes? And also what’s the point to create games with such poor graphic qualities? Is this kind of unique culture or something?
- micromacrofoot 5y agowhy would they hurt your eyes more than anything else on a screen? it's easier to build a game with simple graphics, and the mechanics of a game can still be fun regardless of graphical complexity
- MattRix 5y agoThe graphic quality isn’t “poor”, it’s just simple and minimal.
- temp8964 5y agoIt’s not just simple. The images have lower resolution than you can commonly find. They are purposefully downgraded from the worst images.
- stnmtn 5y agoYou can't deny that it's a style. Not all games are served by having photorealistic graphics, in fact many of the game that are most thought of as 'beautiful' don't have photorealism and instead choose to use style instead (Breath of the Wild for one) There is a element to `low-quality` style/resolution that makes your brain fill in the gaps, so to speak. When playing games that are not 100% photorealistic, your brain works to fill in the rough edges and textures with detail; which engages your imagination in a way that perfect graphics game never can.
- temp8964 5y agoThanks for your reasonable comment. The “ brain works to fill in the rough edges and textures with detail” is exactly what I feel and I definitely do NOT enjoy it. So maybe it does not hurt my eyes but hurts t my brains for the unnecessary cognitive load, or maybe both. I do agree it’s a unique “style”, but it doesn’t make sense to me.