Comments on: ‘Our Game is 480p. Yeah, It’s Low Resolution, And Very Intentionally So’

By: Zeag

Zeag — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:22:00 +0000

The real way this game would work when rendered at true 1080p would be a zoomed out camera, thus showing more stuff on screen at once, which is most likely not what the dev is going for. Imagine the player being a tiny tiny mass of pixels on sub-32 screens; not fun.

It would require a complete rethinking of the game’s mechanics (probably), more visual backgrounds and other technical considerations.

I appreciate his choice for the game but his statement is partially incorrect 😛

By: John Mumpitz

John Mumpitz — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:48:00 +0000

In reply to Brady the Defiled (sillibk). Not really. XBOX ONE Owners dont care about graphics. They care about GAMEPLAY. PS4 Owners Are The ones who keep shouting 1080p and all. No matter how stuttery The end result is. Just Look at CoD AW and UNITY BOTH run better on xbox one.

By: Brady the Defiled (sillibk)

Brady the Defiled (sillibk) — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:46:00 +0000

In reply to John Mumpitz. Fake gamers = Xbone Drones.

By: John Mumpitz

John Mumpitz — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:12:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. its not microsoft, though. its SONY who is pushing with that indie crap, because they can't afford AAA games.. its pathetic.

By: John Mumpitz

John Mumpitz — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:52:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. fake gamers = every Sony Pony/NeoGaf-Member ever.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:11:00 +0000

In reply to mrpete987. Not weird at all - think of the history of art before games.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:10:00 +0000

This is a strange thing to say. Any kind of art or text looks clearer when displayed at the native resolution of the screen. When I play older games on my PC that were 320×240 or so it looks better when blown up to 1920×1080 (my monitor’s native resolution), not upscaled afterwards by the video card.

By: Red Flame Fox

Red Flame Fox — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:33:00 +0000

In reply to mrpete987.

I play PS1 and Snes games in my modenr HDTV, I enjoy them even if the resolution is something like 320×240.
People barely notice the difference between 720p, 900p and 1080p and if a game is good in 1080p, it can be good in 900p and 720p… so yeah, I don’t really see why people is so obsessed in getting 1080p.

By: mrpete987

mrpete987 — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:43:00 +0000

In reply to Red Flame Fox. I don't care like it matters if the game is good or not, but you have to consider clarity of image on a large modern HDTV.

By: mrpete987

mrpete987 — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:41:00 +0000

Is it weird that I think 2D artwork in games, both hand drawn and pixel art sprites, look fantastic in high definition? I’m not saying games are all about resolution, but look at Dragon’s Crown and that recent game Dust: an elysian tale. Both beautiful 2D games in high def. I really want this but shudder to think of what 480p will look like on my 50 inch 1080 p plasma.