However, recently pixel art has begun to resurface within popular media, making its comeback since the 70s. The greatest decline in pixels could be seen predominantly in the gaming and console sphere. With the further developments in technology that followed, pixel art began to lose its popularity as 3D graphics stepped up on the scene.
It is the most basic structural unit of digitized media, named by its components: picture and element. Castle sky pixel art by frosty_rabbid / Wildan R²įor those unfamiliar with what a pixel actually is, a pixel can be compared to the most basic cell in a living thing. The phenomenon was born in the 1970s during the boom of computers and digital art in which it gained its popularity. Pixel art is essentially an art form in which small details make up a bigger picture. Owlboy is an absolutely must play game, especially for those who have grown up playing Nintendo platformers.The world of pixel art is not often considered that of the mainstream art world, but has a complex, interesting history behind it. It’s a beautiful coming together of a great story filled with memorable characters, innovative gameplay and audio-visuals that wrap up the whole experience in it’s splendour. You can see that it takes influence from those amazing games while also strongly creating it’s own identity. Games that were the start of a vast majority of people’s journey into video games. Owlboy is a phenomenal game that is a love letter to the games of yesteryear. Not to mention the interesting boss battles and the fun but rare action sequences that the game has, it never got repetitive. The game never bored me with it’s combat since it does a good job of combining exploration, puzzle solving and combat and varied enemies to provide a very organic and fluid experience. I really loved the audio-visual presentation of the game, especially since it has so many unique and beautiful stages and levels to explore since it has a lot of loot and collectibles to offer thanks to its Metroidvania style world.
It goes hand in hand with the pixel art style to give you the “retro” feel but the heroic musical soundtrack that the game has adds an extra layer of emotion to the story telling and gameplay. With so much detail to each stage and every part of the environment, the art style is truly marvelous and had me take screenshots quite frequently. The game has an amazing pixel art that was a joy to look at.
While the the whole game isn’t too long and only lasts for about 10 hours, the characters really grew on me and I was so engrossed in their stories that by the end I was really happy to be a part of the journey while also sad since it ended and there wasn’t more of it. The whole story is very bittersweet with a lot of underlying themes due to all the well written characters that we meet along the way. The game is very story driven and starts off when Sky Pirates attack Otus’ village and follows his journey as he tries to save his village. This unique take of not using actual weapons but different characters to aid you on your journey is quite refreshing and helps flesh out these characters and Otus’ relationship with them. This allows Otus to overcome his inability of being unable to shoot guns or have any sort of ranged combat. For example, Otus can carry his friend Getty who has a gun and can shoot enemies and certain objects to open pathways. The unique take of this game is that you use the help of your friends to overcome your weakness. You play as Otus a mute young human-owl hybrid who can fly, roll and spin but can’t do much besides that. Owlboy is a dungeon exploration type platformer game that really deviates a lot from the norms of the genre.
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