Board 8 > Post an animated series, comic, or video game, and I'll tier its visual design.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Drawn Together

What is with these TMNT nominations?

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

did someone say more tmnt

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Kevin Eastman)

....honestly surprised i didnt just immediately think eastman's style to nominate for this and did rise, which only really looks amazing animated, instead lmao

Darksiders

S Tier

A Tier
Chrono Trigger
X-Men (Jim Lee)
Dragon Quest
Persona 5
Ace Attorney
Bioshock
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman Beyond
Paper Mario
Cuphead
Team Fortress 2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

B Tier
Ghost Trick
The Elder Scrolls III
Hotline Miami
Warhammer 40K
Skies of Arcadia
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Return of the Obra Dinn
Superman (Max Fleischer)
Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Pokemon RBY
Columbia (Bioshock)
Pokemon Adventures
Danganronpa
Wario Land: Shake It
Stein's Gate (VN)
It Takes Two
Final Fantasy (Series)
Viewtiful Joe
Bleach
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Observer
Yoshi's Crafted World
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dead Space
Bayonetta
Junji Ito
Undertale/Deltarune
Kingdom Hearts
Superman Smashes the Klan
Kubo and the Two Strings
Tales from the Crypt
Comix Zone
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Punisher (Greg Rucka)
Halo Legends - The Package
Samurai Jack
Hollow Knight
Mario Strikers
Journey (Game)
Bloodborne
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Futurama
Devilman Crybaby
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Last of Us Part II
Okami
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Library of Ruina
Yazuka
Sonic Mania
Garfield Minus Garfield
Valkyrie Profile
Going to the Store

C Tier
Calvin and Hobbes
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Kholat
Mirror's Edge
Stray
MORE
Flip Flappers
The Dark Spire
Jet Set Radio
Live A Live
New Pokemon Snap
Arcane
FLCL
Dreaming Mary
Hawkeye (David Aja)
Red Dead Redemption
Kingdom (Manga)
Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Super Mario Galaxy
The World Ends With You
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Zenless Zone Zero
One Piece
Yu-Gi-Oh!
World of Horror
From Hell
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dual Links
Street Fighter VI
South Park
Bad Apple
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Kevin Eastman): I like the dark, stylized everything about this. It's not very good-looking, but I sort of like it. I like this one image of Leonardo on a white horse. I had to look up his name, I only remember Donatello because he does machines.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Yoshi's Island
Mad God (2022)
Courage the Cowardly Dog
The Sims 4
Little Nightmares II
Transformers
Bakemonogatari
Code Name STEAM
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Jujutsu Kaisen
Blacksad
Monster Sanctuary
King of the Hill: A cousin of the 1990s gross cartoons, KotH isn't gross enough to lose many points, so it's just sort of... bland-looking? I like KotH a lot more for its atmosphere than any sort of visual aesthetic. Like, yes, this captures the look of rural Texan towns pretty well, I assume. Not like I've ever been to rural Texas before. Is Khan the most well-known Southeast Asian character in fiction? I legitimately can't think of anyone bigger.
Ikaruga
The Books of Magic Vol 1
Warioware
Odin Sphere
Over the Garden Wall
Shadow of the Colossus
Vib-Ribbon
Adventure Time
Ib
Darksiders: See below in Battle Chasers: Nightjar, my response is basically the same. More unremarkable fantasy art. I don't want to be one of those guys who say that WoW ruined fantasy, but it certainly didn't help.
Alice's Wonderland Bakery
Zero Time Dilemma

D Tier
Halo Legends: The Duel
Drawn Together: The idea of mixing different animation styles to imply different things about the characters is really good. It generally works pretty well. The problem is that this is just the 2000s gross cartoon, descendant of the 90s. At least its animation isn't so hideous. God, I forgot about this what-if-Link-was-gay character, what a dated joke even in 2004. The Betty Boop girl, though. Talk about dated jokes. It's like if I made a Howdy Doody Show reference today, and Howdy Doody Show references were already dated when they made Back to the Future.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants: What the hell is with these masks? This is clearly made in Japan instead of the United States, what an odd change to make.
Gorillaz
Goodnight Punpun
Splatoon
Turtles Forever: Bad animation, unimpressive style... It still has the charm of the basic turtles design, but for a franchise with so many iterations, this sure isn't very impressive. I'd say that more than half of TMNT cartoons just don't look good.
Waking Life
Pizza Tower
Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls
Battle Chasers: Nightwar: This is the ost generic-looking phone game I've ever seen. Is it even a phone game? I have no idea. Completely generic-looking fantasy characters, completely generic-looking battle system. Boring.
The New Adventures of He-Man
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Peanuts
Friday Night Funkin'
Mob Psycho 101
Guitar Hero
Monokune (2007)
Mega Man (Ruby Spears)
Speed Racer (Anime)
Clone High
Va11 Hall-A
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Bob's Burgers
Bucky O'Hare
Date A Live
Parappa the Rapper
Lalaloopsy
World of Final Fantasy: If they used the art style for the main characters on the box, which looks cheap but still okay, it would be fine. Instead, it's all a bunch of Funko pop chibis. It's shocking how much potential Final Fantasy has for crossovers that it just can't seem to realize. I'm sure making a game with like 200 playable characters must be too much, but still. Weird that Firion is on the cover. Firion, of all characters.
Donha Donha
The Simpsons (Tracey Ullman)
Hylics
Hulaing Babies
Idolm@aster: I put this here without realizing I was putting it substantially below Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls, but I think that's appropriate anyway. Just a sea of generically pretty anime chicks.
Kaiba
Code Lyoko
Umineko (Original)
Castlevania: Judgment
Generic Moe Anime
Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction
An Untitled Story
The Midnight Gospel
Gnosia
Katamari Damacy
Dusk
Home Movies
xkcd
Heathcliff
Teacher's Pet (Disney)
Homestar Runner
Ren & Stimpy
Tornadolayzers
Mad Rat Dead
Minecraft
Garfield (1970s)
Homestuck
Gumby
Metalocalypse
The Big Lez Show
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Space Funeral
Treasure Planet (1982)
Tearaway: Uglier than Minecraft, and Minecraft is already ugly.
Reboot
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou
Duckman

F Tier
The Legend of Zelda (CD-I)
The Nutshack
Monster by Mistake
The Problem Solverz
The Prince (TV)
Joshua and the Promised Land
Angela Anaconda

Hells (actually the title is Hells Angels - they just had to change the name to avoid pissing off the Hell's Angels >_>)

Watchmen

Darksiders and Battle Chasers share an artist, and his art looked like that long before WoW! Battle Chasers started as a comic in 1997.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the clash of artstyles in TMNT Legend of the Supermutants. Some characters look straight out of the 1987 cartoon while some got anime'd up (both in the 4 turtles' case.)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/7/3/AADoKzAADj5h.jpg

Also Shredder has the abilty to turn into a giant dragon for some reason.

Nominate Disney's the Black Cauldron.

geez wasn't expecting Tearaway anywhere near that low

Overwatch

Mr_Crispy posted...

Hells (actually the title is Hells Angels - they just had to change the name to avoid pissing off the Hell's Angels >_>)

Is this a TV show, a comic, or what?

it was a manga, and it got a movie that covered the entire series a while back (and then only recently released in the us)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKsknG9Iovk

caves of qud

bowling alley strike displays

Kill Six Billion Demons

Fall Guys

A Scanner Darkly

Just for anyone who didn't already realize this, I'm fine with non-animated stuff, too, as long as it has some kind of distinct visual flair. Warhammer 40K was an example.

Real life (actual literal IRL)

Henry Stickmin

Murphiroth posted...

Darksiders and Battle Chasers share an artist, and his art looked like that long before WoW! Battle Chasers started as a comic in 1997.

Missed this earlier, I didn't know any of this.

S Tier

A Tier
Chrono Trigger
X-Men (Jim Lee)
Dragon Quest
Persona 5
Ace Attorney
Bioshock
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman Beyond
Paper Mario
Cuphead
Team Fortress 2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

B Tier
Ghost Trick
The Elder Scrolls III
Hotline Miami
Warhammer 40K
Skies of Arcadia
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Return of the Obra Dinn
Superman (Max Fleischer)
Real Life: A lot of Real Life's strengths are in the weirder things you don't get to see often. Like, most of the time you're in a boring city or whatever, and then very rarely you see some kind of horrifying deep sea fish or a bizarre tree that only grows in one region of the world, or something like that. Sunsets are really beautiful and add great atmosphere, but most of the time, it's wasted because the main character is indoors or the current theme of the story has nothing to do with "things ending" or whatever. And don't talk about the backstory. The entire WWII arc is completely counter to everything else, where everything is about moral ambiguity and there not being any real bad guys, and then the Nazis are just outrageously evil, and the arc ends with giant explosions and the American flag being raised. Very poor storytelling.
Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Pokemon RBY
Columbia (Bioshock)
Pokemon Adventures
Danganronpa
Wario Land: Shake It
Stein's Gate (VN)
It Takes Two
Final Fantasy (Series)
Viewtiful Joe
Bleach
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Observer
Yoshi's Crafted World
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dead Space
Bayonetta
Junji Ito
Undertale/Deltarune
Kingdom Hearts
Superman Smashes the Klan
Kubo and the Two Strings
Tales from the Crypt
Comix Zone
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Punisher (Greg Rucka)
Halo Legends - The Package
Samurai Jack
Hollow Knight
Mario Strikers
Journey (Game)
Bloodborne
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Futurama
Devilman Crybaby
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Last of Us Part II
Okami
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Library of Ruina
Yazuka
Sonic Mania
Garfield Minus Garfield
Valkyrie Profile
Watchmen: Perfect encapsulation of that gritty 'what if superheroes were real' tone with the disgusting 1980s. I know that the characters were originally going to be Charleston Comics characters that DC had purchased, and they forced Moore to make his own stand-ins, but I think the designs for the stand-ins are much better than the originals.
Going to the Store

C Tier
Calvin and Hobbes
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Kholat
Mirror's Edge
Stray
MORE
Flip Flappers
The Dark Spire
Jet Set Radio
Live A Live
New Pokemon Snap
The Black Cauldron: Perfectly nails Disney's Renaissance aesthetic while predating it. Some of the characters just look like prototypes for The Little Mermaid. You just can't make anything like this anymore, anything this earnest. The main villain in particular is just a D&D lich. You can't have just a big bad skeleton man anymore. I mean, yeah, Disney has moved away from having traditional villains in general, but back in the day, they were all drag queens or used car salesmen or something. Having a weird, interesting villain is important... I think a lot of the failure of this movie is down to the fact that culture had shifted from the 30s and 50s where just a straight, subversionless story like that can work, and it had nothing else particularly interesting besides some weird dark moments.
Arcane
FLCL
Dreaming Mary
Hawkeye (David Aja)
Kill Six Billion Demons: Slightly gross humans, ridiculously complex demons, I like it. It's weird, but sometimes weird is good.
Red Dead Redemption
Kingdom (Manga)
Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Super Mario Galaxy
The World Ends With You
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Zenless Zone Zero
One Piece
Overwatch: I like Overwatch just fine, but it's no TF2 in terms of visual design. Everything is so clean and futuristic, even the "crappy" backstreets look nothing like a real dark alley that you avoid. The characters are distinct in a visual silhouette sense, which is good, but they all have that kind of Pixar saminess to them. In general, I don't really like superheroes, and Overwatch draws a lot from that genre. Add to that a few characters I think really don't work in terms of visual design (Orisa, Junker Queen), and I'd say this is an uneven design system at best.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
World of Horror
From Hell
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dual Links
Street Fighter VI
South Park
Bad Apple
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Kevin Eastman)
Hells: I watched the trailer and a clip. I don't know how to describe this kind of animation. Minimal-movement? It's not even thet super detailed kind of minimal animation. I like how even in Hell, the main character still goes to school. The movie's score actually dropped a little when the teacher showed up in the clip; the designs of the demons are pretty good, but a lot of the movements are really ugly. I appreciate Headmaster Hellvis, but his (Japanese) voice sounded nothing like Elvis.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Yoshi's Island
Mad God (2022)
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Bowling Alley Strike Display: Existential dread.
The Sims 4
Little Nightmares II
Transformers
Bakemonogatari
Code Name STEAM
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
A Scanner Darkly: I saw this in theaters with my dad. I remember basically the entire plot, even though I've only seen it once. I think this was the first time I'd ever seen a movie that was fully rotoscoped like this? It lends the entire story a crazy unreal aspect, like you're seeing everything from the perspective of a crazy person. It only cost 8.7 million dollars to make, too. I'm impressed by the technical achievement, but I don't really need more of this in my life. It's like if you asked if I liked Hardcore Henry. I guess I did, but I don't really need more first-person films in my life.
Jujutsu Kaisen
Blacksad
Monster Sanctuary
King of the Hill
Ikaruga
The Books of Magic Vol 1
Warioware
Odin Sphere
Over the Garden Wall
Shadow of the Colossus
Vib-Ribbon
Adventure Time
Ib
Darksiders
Alice's Wonderland Bakery
Zero Time Dilemma
Fall Guys: Perfect for what it is... a pastel nightmare.

D Tier
Halo Legends: The Duel
Drawn Together
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants
Gorillaz
Caves of Qud: Looks like one of those games I saw installed on a school computer that I'd see older kids playing, but have zero ability to understand.
Goodnight Punpun
Splatoon
Turtles Forever
Waking Life
Pizza Tower
Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
The New Adventures of He-Man
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Peanuts
Friday Night Funkin'
Mob Psycho 101
Guitar Hero
Monokune (2007)
Mega Man (Ruby Spears)
Speed Racer (Anime)
Clone High
Va11 Hall-A
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Bob's Burgers
Bucky O'Hare
Hendry Stickmin: I have never touched this in my entire life, but Henry Stickmin has come up three times in the last month for me in unrelated contexts. Very odd.
Date A Live
Parappa the Rapper
Lalaloopsy
World of Final Fantasy
Donha Donha
The Simpsons (Tracey Ullman)
Hylics
Hulaing Babies
Idolm@aster
Kaiba
Code Lyoko
Umineko (Original)
Castlevania: Judgment
Generic Moe Anime
Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction
An Untitled Story
The Midnight Gospel
Gnosia
Katamari Damacy
Dusk
Home Movies
xkcd
Heathcliff
Teacher's Pet (Disney)
Homestar Runner
Ren & Stimpy
Tornadolayzers
Mad Rat Dead
Minecraft
Garfield (1970s)
Homestuck
Gumby
Metalocalypse
The Big Lez Show
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Space Funeral
Treasure Planet (1982)
Tearaway
Reboot
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou
Duckman

F Tier
The Legend of Zelda (CD-I)
The Nutshack
Monster by Mistake
The Problem Solverz
The Prince (TV)
Joshua and the Promised Land
Angela Anaconda

Metal Gear Solid (series)

Dungeons and Dragons, 5th Edition

Warhammer fantasy

Xenoblade

Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings's 2D art

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XII:_Revenant_Wings_concept_art

God of War 2018

Klaus

Plok

Fire Emblem Echoes

S Tier
Metal Gear Solid: Maybe this will be a controversial choice, but it's my list. I remember someone once describing this series as "military surrealism," and that's probably the best way anyone possibly could. I don't really know if Kojima is some kind of crazy genius or actually kind of dumb, there's evidence both ways, but the series is basically one-of-a-kind. Characters react in the most serious and dramatic ways to things that are inherently silly, people talk at length about barely-related tangents, and there're a ton of obvious themes and messages about violence and war even as they're glorified. The series is sort of at its best when it's being down-to-earth with minimal supernatural elements (MGS1 and 3, really), but it's always at least interesting to look at. Like, the overall atmosphere of the world is always really good, whether it be a snowy military base, an oil rig, a jungle, an Eastern European ciactually no forget that. Anyway, Snake's so at home as a normal guy reacting to weird stuff that his Codec calls in Smash are a million times better than Palutena's guidances. It's true that a lot of the metal gears are actually kind of ugly and bad, and I sort of hate Paz, so this is really a low S/high A, but I'll let it slide into S rank. I actually think Kojima doesn't really understand the appeal of Snake as a character? Because he says things like Snake isn't a real person or something, and clearly thinks Big Boss is the more interesting character, which is just... not correct? I don't see how anyone can take that position? Like, to be clear, this is a flawed series, but the juxtaposition of the normal main characters' grit and willpower versus the increasingly wacky technology is so strong that I think it almost doesn't matter.

A Tier
Chrono Trigger
X-Men (Jim Lee)
Dragon Quest
Persona 5
Ace Attorney
Bioshock
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman Beyond
Paper Mario
Cuphead
Team Fortress 2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

B Tier
Ghost Trick
The Elder Scrolls III
Hotline Miami
Warhammer 40K
Skies of Arcadia
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Return of the Obra Dinn
Superman (Max Fleischer)
Real Life
Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Pokemon RBY
Columbia (Bioshock)
Pokemon Adventures
Danganronpa
Wario Land: Shake It
Stein's Gate (VN)
It Takes Two
Final Fantasy (Series)
Viewtiful Joe
Bleach
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Observer
Yoshi's Crafted World
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dead Space
Bayonetta
Junji Ito
Undertale/Deltarune
Kingdom Hearts
Superman Smashes the Klan
Kubo and the Two Strings
Tales from the Crypt
Comix Zone
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Punisher (Greg Rucka)
Halo Legends - The Package
Samurai Jack
Hollow Knight
Mario Strikers
Journey (Game)
Bloodborne
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Futurama
Devilman Crybaby
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Last of Us Part II
Okami
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Library of Ruina
Yazuka
Sonic Mania
Garfield Minus Garfield
Valkyrie Profile
Watchmen
Going to the Store
God of War (2018): Can I just say that the idea of a series running out of Greek gods, and having to have the main character move to a new location where he can encounter new gods, is ****ing hilarious? Anyway, nice viking setting.

C Tier
Calvin and Hobbes
Xenoblade: I'm torn how to count this. I'm one of the people who believe that the original Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii had more personality than the later release, but obviously the later release looks much nicer. The overall aesthetic of this world, as natural environments on giant robots that are frozen in an endless ocean, is weird and interesting, but I don't know that I'd say it's especially great. One thing I do like is the noppons; they're a solid cutesy race, maybe even better than moogles. Not a fan of high entia, though. I'm fine with bird people, but I need more bird attributes.
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Kholat
Mirror's Edge
Stray
MORE
Flip Flappers
The Dark Spire
Jet Set Radio
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia: I'm not sure how to describe this style... Anime, but trying to look more serious? It's very basic fantasy, but it's a remake of something from the 80s, so I guess that's how it goes. But does anyone mind if I switch the subject and ask why they added Faye, a character who was not in the original, and whose only purpose is to lust after the protagonist? Like, her ending is that she never got over his rejection, married another, and never loved him or their children, and just kept thinking about Alm. Like, what the hell is that, why would you add that?
Live A Live
New Pokemon Snap
The Black Cauldron
Arcane
FLCL
Dreaming Mary
Hawkeye (David Aja)
Kill Six Billion Demons
Klaus (2019): Watched the trailer on youtube. I appreciate that the mailman's voice changes to be more echoy when the scene transitions into an interior, that's impressive attention to detail. At 0:32, it plays that same song that's in every movie trailer of the last five years. The animation is okay, not sure what I think of Santa just being big instead of fat, but the idea of all the adults being so cynical that they want to ruin fun for children is hysterical.
Red Dead Redemption
Kingdom (Manga)
Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Super Mario Galaxy
The World Ends With You
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Zenless Zone Zero
One Piece
Overwatch
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (2D art): I like the art style itself, but the character designs aren't special on their own, which is what I'd say had FFXII been nominated. That applies to the base game, too -- amazing graphics for a PS2 game, but the world itself is so bleh. I like nu mou, but they aren't playable, it's just humans and bunny humans.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
World of Horror
From Hell
Warhammer Fantasy: Here me out on this one -- even though it has basically the same basic aesthetic as 40K, 40K's sci-finess completely alters everything. 40K gets away from the 'standard sci-fi setting' to become about weird horrible nonsense and giant gothic churches flying through space, whereas Fantasy is still just a normal fantasy, but darker.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dual Links
Street Fighter VI
South Park
Bad Apple
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Kevin Eastman)
Hells
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Yoshi's Island
Mad God (2022)
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Bowling Alley Strike Display
The Sims 4
Little Nightmares II
Transformers
Dungeons and Dragons 5e: I would say 2e > 5e > 3e > 4e, with 1e not even counting. 2e has that really classic 80s look to it, while 5e is a little more homogenized? I think it sort of lacks an identity of its own. I realize that D&D is largely responsible for our modern image of a generic fantasy setting, but 5e's art is just so much whateverness.
Bakemonogatari
Code Name STEAM
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
A Scanner Darkly
Jujutsu Kaisen
Blacksad
Monster Sanctuary
King of the Hill
Ikaruga
The Books of Magic Vol 1
Warioware
Odin Sphere
Over the Garden Wall
Shadow of the Colossus
Vib-Ribbon
Adventure Time
Ib
Darksiders
Alice's Wonderland Bakery
Zero Time Dilemma
Fall Guys

D Tier
Halo Legends: The Duel
Drawn Together
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants
Gorillaz
Caves of Qud
Goodnight Punpun
Splatoon
Turtles Forever
Waking Life
Pizza Tower
Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
The New Adventures of He-Man
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Peanuts
Friday Night Funkin'
Mob Psycho 101
Guitar Hero
Monokune (2007)
Mega Man (Ruby Spears)
Speed Racer (Anime)
Clone High
Va11 Hall-A
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Bob's Burgers
Bucky O'Hare
Hendry Stickmin
Date A Live
Parappa the Rapper
Lalaloopsy
World of Final Fantasy
Donha Donha
The Simpsons (Tracey Ullman)
Hylics
Hulaing Babies
Idolm@aster
Kaiba
Code Lyoko
Umineko (Original)
Castlevania: Judgment
Generic Moe Anime
Plok: This is one of those classic 90s trippy platformers that no one actually played. I mean, I played a ton of video games in the 90s, and I don't remember anyone playing Plok. And I knew a kid who owned Mystical Ninja Goemon!
Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction
An Untitled Story
The Midnight Gospel
Gnosia
Katamari Damacy
Dusk
Home Movies
xkcd
Heathcliff
Teacher's Pet (Disney)
Homestar Runner
Ren & Stimpy
Tornadolayzers
Mad Rat Dead
Minecraft
Garfield (1970s)
Homestuck
Gumby
Metalocalypse
The Big Lez Show
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Space Funeral
Treasure Planet (1982)
Tearaway
Reboot
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou
Duckman

F Tier
The Legend of Zelda (CD-I)
The Nutshack
Monster by Mistake
The Problem Solverz
The Prince (TV)
Joshua and the Promised Land
Angela Anaconda

I actually bought/played Plok as a kid. >_>

Cromartie High School

Tetris Effect

God of War (original series)

Yo Yogi!

The Last Unicorn

Xavier: Renegade Angel

No More Heroes

Visual design of the concept/cover art in MGS is great, but the game itself? Idk, its pretty typical stuff

Cruelty Squad has some of the visual design ever

S Tier
Metal Gear Solid

A Tier
Chrono Trigger
X-Men (Jim Lee)
Dragon Quest
Persona 5
Ace Attorney
Bioshock
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman Beyond
Paper Mario
Cuphead
Team Fortress 2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Last Unicorn: The animation isn't great, but it's got style for days. It's also the bluest movie I've ever seen? The extreme use of blue constantly pushed into your face really sells the sorrowful tone of the movie, there's really no other kid movie quite like it. The idea of a character who can only feel positive emotions achieving her goals only by feeling sorrow and tragedy is complete genius.

B Tier
Ghost Trick
The Elder Scrolls III
Hotline Miami
Warhammer 40K
Tetris Effect: It's amazing what neon colors and a trippy song can do. The entire feeling of this game is completely altered despite it being barely any different from the real game.
Skies of Arcadia
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Return of the Obra Dinn
Superman (Max Fleischer)
Real Life
Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Pokemon RBY
Columbia (Bioshock)
Pokemon Adventures
Danganronpa
Wario Land: Shake It
Stein's Gate (VN)
It Takes Two
Final Fantasy (Series)
Viewtiful Joe
Bleach
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Observer
Yoshi's Crafted World
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dead Space
Bayonetta
Junji Ito
Undertale/Deltarune
Kingdom Hearts
Superman Smashes the Klan
Kubo and the Two Strings
Tales from the Crypt
Comix Zone
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Punisher (Greg Rucka)
Halo Legends - The Package
Samurai Jack
Hollow Knight
God of War (Original Series): I mean, it's incredibly stupid, of course. But a dark take on Greek mythology is welcome, so I'll go with it. Why is it every game in this genre is at least a little embarrassing?
Mario Strikers
Journey (Game)
Bloodborne
Punch-Out!! (Wii)
Futurama
Devilman Crybaby
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Last of Us Part II
Okami
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Library of Ruina
Yazuka
No More Heroes: It oozes style, but I briefly want to ask why video games that are trying to be "video gamey" always use 8-bit stuff? You never see a video game that emphasizes its video gaminess with N64 graphics or whatever, the only one I can think of is MGS, and even then only in that one section in MGS4.
Sonic Mania
Garfield Minus Garfield
Valkyrie Profile
Watchmen
Going to the Store
God of War (2018)

C Tier
Calvin and Hobbes
Xenoblade
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Kholat
Mirror's Edge
Stray
MORE
Flip Flappers
The Dark Spire
Jet Set Radio
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Live A Live
New Pokemon Snap
The Black Cauldron
Arcane
FLCL
Dreaming Mary
Hawkeye (David Aja)
Kill Six Billion Demons
Klaus (2019)
Red Dead Redemption
Kingdom (Manga)
Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Super Mario Galaxy
The World Ends With You
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Zenless Zone Zero
One Piece
Overwatch
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (2D art)
Yu-Gi-Oh!
World of Horror
From Hell
Warhammer Fantasy
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dual Links
Street Fighter VI
South Park
Bad Apple
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Kevin Eastman)
Hells
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Yoshi's Island
Mad God (2022)
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Bowling Alley Strike Display
The Sims 4
Little Nightmares II
Transformers
Dungeons and Dragons 5e
Bakemonogatari
Code Name STEAM
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
A Scanner Darkly
Jujutsu Kaisen
Blacksad
Monster Sanctuary
King of the Hill
Ikaruga
The Books of Magic Vol 1
Warioware
Odin Sphere
Over the Garden Wall
Shadow of the Colossus
Vib-Ribbon
Cruelty Squad: I can see the artistry in the extreme oversaturation of visual elements, like it's trying to be that one meme of an FPS with way too much stuff on screen so it just looks like visual overload, I see what this is going for.
Adventure Time
Ib
Darksiders
Alice's Wonderland Bakery
Yo Yogi!: I wrote that this was the most 90s thing I'd ever seen, but then I remembered the Burger King Kid's Club. But man, just looking at the google images, I see Snagglepuss holding a bust of Bach, as if any small child would possibly get that reference.
Zero Time Dilemma
Fall Guys

D Tier
Halo Legends: The Duel
Cromartie High School: The faces are so ugly. A high school of tough guys who don't do anything dangerous is a funny concept, though.
Drawn Together
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants
Gorillaz
Caves of Qud
Goodnight Punpun
Splatoon
Turtles Forever
Waking Life
Pizza Tower
Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
The New Adventures of He-Man
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Peanuts
Friday Night Funkin'
Mob Psycho 101
Guitar Hero
Monokune (2007)
Mega Man (Ruby Spears)
Speed Racer (Anime)
Clone High
Va11 Hall-A
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Bob's Burgers
Bucky O'Hare
Hendry Stickmin
Date A Live
Parappa the Rapper
Lalaloopsy
World of Final Fantasy
Donha Donha
The Simpsons (Tracey Ullman)
Hylics
Hulaing Babies
Idolm@aster
Kaiba
Code Lyoko
Umineko (Original)
Castlevania: Judgment
Generic Moe Anime
Xavier: Renegade Angel: I spent my entire life thinking this was a meme from some youtube poop, you're telling me this was a real show on TV? Goddamn. It's so ugly.
Plok
Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction
An Untitled Story
The Midnight Gospel
Gnosia
Katamari Damacy
Dusk
Home Movies
xkcd
Heathcliff
Teacher's Pet (Disney)
Homestar Runner
Ren & Stimpy
Tornadolayzers
Mad Rat Dead
Minecraft
Garfield (1970s)
Homestuck
Gumby
Metalocalypse
The Big Lez Show
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Space Funeral
Treasure Planet (1982)
Tearaway
Reboot
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou
Duckman

F Tier
The Legend of Zelda (CD-I)
The Nutshack
Monster by Mistake
The Problem Solverz
The Prince (TV)
Joshua and the Promised Land
Angela Anaconda

Devil May Cry 3

Mushihimesama

Uncle Grandpa

Dang did not expect Last Unicorn to get an A, I thought the awkward stuff would bring it down.

Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings

The cartoon from the Star Wars Holiday Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2Q6ANLXQ0

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Visual design of the concept/cover art in MGS is great, but the game itself? Idk, its pretty typical stuff

I would actually have ranked the cover art much lower lol