I enjoy Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup played in the terminal with ASCII graphics. I wonder whether there are other hidden gems out there which don’t get attention because they are “ugly”?

        • sLLiK@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          I LIKE ASCII graphics done well. It tried playing the version of Stone Soup that uses tiles and couldn’t do it.

        • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          23·
          2 years ago

          It does have a certain charm. I never really played that much tbh, my favorite part was reading the sagas of fortresses on the forums. Those were always so unpredictable and hilarious.

  • Walop@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    I have had some people refuse to even try Baba Is You, because it looks ugly.

    I had The Hex a few years even installed, so I have tried it, but only after getting familiar with the style of Daniel Mullins’ games with Inscryption I pushed far enough to get interested. Still very clunky, but worth it.

    • TheHalc@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      Baba is… Fuck you, you’re stupid, this game is stupid. Fuck you.

      I’m stupid 😔

    • simple@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I have had some people refuse to even try Baba Is You, because it looks ugly.

      Oh come on, the art style is charming!

    • Contramuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Who is saying that Baba is You is ugly? I don’t think I’ve ever heard that opinion. It’s always just been “charming Flash game aesthetic” for me

    • clearleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I love both the style and soundtrack of that game. Maybe it’s a little too “lowfi” for some people. That’s the only way I can imagine someone not liking it.

  • Hextic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    Kenshi came to mind as that’s a butt ugly game but probably not as “hidden”. Graphics look on par with Empire Earth 1 zoomed in but it’s really unique and original and the low poly look helps it run on my aging PC so no complaints.

    • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Do you know if there is a good lemmy community for discussing Kenshi? I was about to go on a huge tangent about my experience with the game and stopped myself because this comment section probably isn’t the right place. ^^;;

      • Hextic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I don’t know I’m new and still finding stuff. Also I’ve only scratched the surface of Kenshi ATM but if you do find one post it and I’ll join too.

  • elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    I would say Kenshi with assests that show it was done by one person and a rough UI, also maybe pathologic 2, although for that game I wouldn’t say it’s the graphics that put people off it’s mostly the gameplay, but the geaphics are weird and really grey/depressive

  • simple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    West of Loathing and its sequel Shadows of Loathing have a bland grayscale artstyle on the outside but they’re absolutely hilarious RPGs that have a lot of heart to them.

  • Seytoux@lemmy.oneEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Had a lot of fun with Elona (rougelike) a short time ago, didn’t know a game like that existed

  • ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Although you are asking for lowkey ugly graphic gems, I’m gonna go for Vampire Survivors.

    There’s that addictive gameplay loop that just keeps me going back

  • croobat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Some people find Slay the Spire’s art ugly. Personally I find it creative and original, definitely more personality than if it was just another pixel art game. 😁

    • dumpsterlid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I don’t find Slay The Spire that ugly artwise, I don’t find it beautiful… but what I do find ugly is how terribly Slay The Spire uses screen space. It has an AWFUL UI in terms of using space intelligently for important bits of gameplay information and I would love to play it on mobile (I play other deckbuilders on mobile a lot) but I will never touch it on mobile for that reason.

      • croobat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Really? Why do you say so? I always found it pretty usable, in mobile some buttons being so near the edges can be pretty uncomfortable tho.

  • ChaosCharlie@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Bannerlord! Although maybe it could be argued that it’s not “ugly” per se… curious what others think

  • teolan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Mindustry. It’s a mix between an RTS and Factorio. It’s pretty nice and Open Source

  • CatBusBand@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Unpopular opinion but I thought Return of the Obra Dinn was ugly. However, I really like it and it’s one of those games you can only experience ones.