The art is a definite improvement over the first title. I've only seen Let's Plays of the first game and the theme and art direction made me feel a little icky - which I don't have a problem with, mind you. I imagine the new one will double down.
Personally I prefer the flash based stuff even it it's lower quality. I played Edmund McMillen flash games back in the day and loved his style combined with the vector art format. I'm not a fan of pixel art, it been done so many times I just get tired of it, it's not unique, it's not interesting it's not even that good looking most of the time. The filter is nice but it's just a hasty approximation using pixel art.
I'm torn about this rework. On the one hand, it looks like it will be better in almost every way. On the other hand, that flash-based lag was all that kept me alive in some runs!
[–] schizoidvoid 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The art is a definite improvement over the first title. I've only seen Let's Plays of the first game and the theme and art direction made me feel a little icky - which I don't have a problem with, mind you. I imagine the new one will double down.
[–] binary_semaphore [S] ago
Personally I prefer the flash based stuff even it it's lower quality. I played Edmund McMillen flash games back in the day and loved his style combined with the vector art format. I'm not a fan of pixel art, it been done so many times I just get tired of it, it's not unique, it's not interesting it's not even that good looking most of the time. The filter is nice but it's just a hasty approximation using pixel art.