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Video Game Art

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Video games are not mere time killers. They are albums of sound, aesthetics, animation and narrative.

This community is in appreciation of that. Screenshots, fanart, animations, gameplay clips. It is all welcome here.

The one common thread should be an eye for the aesthetic. This is not a place to discuss mechanics or stats, but to show off simply the artistic, expressed through the video game medium.

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  2. Include the name of the game your post is associated with in the post title.
  3. If your post is fanart, include a link to the artist in post body, if you can. You may also ping @[email protected] to have it attempt to find the source for you, and provide it in a comment.
  4. MARK ANY TEXT SPOILERS, as for art, do not post content that outright spoils key moments of a games narrative. Content that can only be understood with the context of having played the game, is ok.
  5. No generative AI art.

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What's the most beatiful game you've played? (sopuli.xyz)
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What's a game that made a visual or musical impression on you? Or maybe it had a story that has stayed with you for years.

Share your favourites, maybe post a screenshot to the community? Generate some engagement :D

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[–] pomodoro_longbreak 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's hard to separate purely audiovisual appreciation from the overall aesthetic, including the emotional impact. Overall, I would have to say Disco Elysium: the themes paired with the art style, 10/10 VO work (esp. in The Final Cut version), and 100/10 OST by Sea Power. They all come together to create so many human moments, across the spectra of possible life experiences.

If I don't have to discount nostalgia factor, it's got to be Doom (1993). Every line and stroke of that game is etched into my mental happy place.

If I do have to discount nostalgia, and focus in on audiovisuals alone (impossible imho, but we try), then it's Journey.