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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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submitted 4 months ago by Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz to c/gameart@sopuli.xyz

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Tim and Greg Hildebrandt's artwork for Ultima Online.

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[–] Tess@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I love how chill most of the towns people are in the middle of all this fighting :)

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[–] Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz [S] 4 points 4 months ago

Just a typical day…

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[–] tehBishop@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The music in this game was also pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8oJgt91M9g

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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I was straight up addicted to this game in the 90s/00s. If I hear the ost music, I fear I'll activate like some kind of sleeper agent.

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[–] tehBishop@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

It might and I think the game is still pretty good. It's just a little bit too grindy for the little time I have to get these days though.

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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago

Same bucket: not enough time to play, and not fond of paying a monthly charge to play a game.

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[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Loved finding art like this as a center spread in a gaming magazine as a kid. I'd keep opening it up and just stare at all the little details.

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[–] dingleberrylover@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I really like these oldschool aesthetics. It really makes me want to play Ultima Online, but I never played it and I have no clue were to start or what kind of server to play on.

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