I’m just kind of curious how people perceive various art styles for indie games.
Say you had three indie games which were otherwise identical in terms of gameplay but one was pixel art, one was hand drawn and one was 3D. Which would you be most inclined to buy? Also, suppose the price started going up for each. Would you feel like any of them would start to feel like a better or worse value at certain price points?
Let’s assume that the art styles are competently done for each and for the sake of simplicity, generally appealing to you. Any other thoughts you might have about this would be interesting to hear too.
For me it comes down to overall quality of the art rather than style. Also I care whether or not the art style serves the gameplay and mood of theme of the game.
Hand drawn with smooth nice looking animations if done well is hard to beat.
Pixel art is very common so you have to do it super well to stand out these days I find. But I still love a good pixel art game.
3D or 2D using 3D models is fine too but it can quickly look bad unless executed well. While this comes last for me I want to add that I would still prefer well made 3D over mediocre hand drawn every time.