Since when has low effort into artstyle and graphical design become a trend?

Since when has low effort into artstyle and graphical design become a trend?

It's like every indie game shitted out these days has the same artstyle and cryptic storyline with souls like combat

Pic rel is Tunic

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Can't remember the last time I saw a game that looked like that

name 10

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Isn't this a mobile game from like 2014

>literally every minecraft clone + many more
>literally any RPGmaker turd

If you want to see an indie game with some actual effort put into its art direction, take a look at Stories: The Path of Destinies or snake pass.

Everyone was under the impression games need to uphold a certain standard in every category up until pic related exposed the fact people are ready to pay for unfinished trash including eyesore programmer art, almost everything bad about indie games these days can be traced back to Minecraft

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looks like for the king

>starts listing obscure games nobody gives a fuck about.

I wonder why.

really cant, they're forgettable shovelware like that mountain of garbage you see every gameawards or e3 like presentation

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>isometric view
>minecraft or RPG maker
What.

how is it like zelda or darksouls though
what the fuck are people talking about

In a world were brands built a following so big they don't need gaudy symbols, devs think they can do the same. I don't mind, I prefer a enjoyable simple graphics game than a stunning game devoid of substance like Hellblade.

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I don't know what is it about MC's characters models' extremely autistic aesthetic that makes me feel inexplicable rage and discomfort. It's like the moment I set my eyes upon one of the them the only thought that goes goes through my head is "I NEED to destroy that.".
Why is it that out of a million mods there isn't a single one that actually makes them not look shit?

Tunic's kind of a bait-and-switch, it's really only the first area that looks that basic, the later areas have a lot more going on in them

Programmers are bad at art and indie gamedevs can’t afford good artists

Seethe

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Reminds me of Wetrix

What the fuck does the popularity of the games have anything to do with what I said, you mouth-breathing retard?

This game is fucking beautiful.

I might like this, if it wasn't for the fact it looks exactly like one of those generic "informative" animations you find on Youtube.

what am i supposed to be seeing here shill?

Snake Pass barely counts depending on who you ask, it was made by a mid-size studio.

Oh hey, it looks like shit

Minecraft tapped into an untapped market of people who basically just want to play lego in a video game. The graphics never really mattered.