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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Is The Latest Game To Attend The Hades School Of Making Everybody Hot
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is praised for its exceptional visual style, combat, and traversal, with a particular emphasis on its attractive character designs, drawing comparisons to Hades. The article highlights various characters, including Trevor Belmont, Rose, Isaac, and Dracula, noting their appealing aesthetics as a deliberate design choice that enhances the game's overall inviting feel.
WoW: Forever Players Love It When Things Look Old
Players in the World of Warcraft: Forever beta have expressed a strong preference for the game's original, older visual style over updated high-definition models. Despite Blizzard's inclusion of modern visuals, community feedback consistently pushes for the classic aesthetic, which the developers have largely heeded, reverting updated models and portraits to their original forms.
FISH is an insane internet fever dream that also kind of plays like Contra
FISH is an upcoming indie game that blends classic run-and-gun gameplay reminiscent of Contra with a unique, unsettling visual style inspired by early internet culture. Players control a crudely drawn fish with doodled limbs, navigating chaotic levels and battling bizarre enemies. The game is set for an Early Access release on PC on June 22, 2026, with a demo available as part of Steam Next Fest.
"I dunno if I'm cooking or becoming cooked": Iron Lung and Dusk dev David Szymanski is making a giant ant shooter set inside mountains of trash
Developer David Szymanski, known for Iron Lung and Dusk, is working on a new isometric shooter titled B.U.G.B.I.T.E. The game is set 400 years in the future and features giant ants within mountains of trash, with Szymanski focusing on lore and a distinct visual style inspired by early 2010s action games. He is also planning to include a level editor.
OG Star Fox designer may prefer the Mario Galaxy Movie design, but says the Switch 2 game designs are "exactly the visuals" he had in mind for the Nintendo 64 classic
Original Star Fox designer Takaya Imamura stated that the visual designs for the upcoming Nintendo Switch remake of Star Fox 64 are exactly what he envisioned for the Nintendo 64 classic. While acknowledging the visual style of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Imamura believes the new game's realistic character designs will give it a distinct identity.
