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”?

  • Hextic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 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.

  • simple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 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.

    • sLLiK@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      3 years ago

      I didn’t expect to find a Stone Soup entry so early in the list. It’s perfect for me because I can just spawn a new window inside my tmux session, type soup, hit enter, and etch-a-sketch my brain for a few minutes.

  • teolan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 years ago

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

  • croobat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 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·
      3 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·
        3 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.

  • ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 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

  • CatBusBand@beehaw.orgdeleted by creatorEnglish
    2·
    3 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.

  • Pixel@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    I remembered thinking teleglitch was absolutely fascinating a while back. Not exactly a pretty game but it’s not ugly either, the chromatic aberration effects on collisions is real pretty imo, even if the underlying art is rather spartan

  • Io Sapsai 🌱@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Tales of Maj’eyal. A free to play open source roguelike that I hate. This game is amazing. Fuck this game. Also definitely recommend. But fuck this game. After numerous 10-12 hour long runs, I have yet to win.