Highlights
- A player created retro-styled pixel art of Hogwarts Legacy, re-imagining the game with an old-school art style that many fans love.
- The pixel art received positive feedback and comparisons to games like Stardew Valley, with many expressing interest in playing the game with this art direction.
- The artist, pixelpunkz, has created de-makes of other popular games and has a talent for capturing the nostalgic look of older video games.
A Hogwarts Legacy player created a piece of art that shows what the title would look like if it had a retro-style appearance. As video games progress in terms of graphical quality, many who enjoy the hobby like to see what their favorite titles would look like if they had an old-school art style. Players love seeing retro versions of series such as Pokemon pop up and let them relive an older age in gaming.
Hogwarts Legacy released earlier this year and allowed gamers to see what it would be like to attend the school featured in the world of the Harry Potter novels and films. Players take on the role of a young witch or wizard learning magic at Hogwarts, where they can learn spells and other wondrous skills such as potion making. Hogwarts Legacy features a dense open-world that gives players plenty to see and do on both foot and broom as they take in everything the school has to offer.
A Redditor named pixelpunkz posted a piece of artwork featuring Hogwarts Legacy. The work is a pixel art de-make of the game, showing players what the title would look like if it was made with a retro style. According to the artist, they wanted to re-imagine Hogwarts Legacy in pixel art, and dedicated it to everyone’s favorite Floo Powder creator.
Pixelpunkz’ retro-styled Hogwarts Legacy piece has earned a few fans who love seeing the game done with a pixel look. A number of Reddit users stated that the work reminds them of the Stardew Valley art style, which the artist took as a compliment. Numerous commenters said that they would play the game if it were available in this art direction, with one mentioning that they could see themselves sinking half of their life into the game. The piece that pixelpunkz came up with looks amazing and could easily satisfy all of those who love both the pixel art style and Harry Potter.
Pixelpunkz has done de-makes of numerous titles along Hogwarts Legacy, creating artwork for games such as Zelda: Breath of the Wild. They have also done a piece based off of Red Dead Redemption 2, as well as a work inspired by Gotham Knights. Pixelpunkz also did another piece that was inspired by Harry Potter, as they did a pixel version of the Gryffindor common room. Their artwork looks great and does a good job of capturing the old school look video games had for some time that many remember quite fondly. Hopefully pixelpunkz will continue to make awesome works of art for gamers to enjoy and help us see some of our favorite franchise with the pixel look.
Hogwarts Legacy is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and will release for the Switch in November.
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