The neighborhood is filled with gifted artists, and this Genshin Impression demake is among the most spectacular works of fan artwork you’ll see this 12 months. Freelance pixel artist OhoDavi manages to create a brief fight scene that appears prefer it got here straight out of a Sport Boy Advance period turn-based RPG.
OhoDavi uploaded the short animation to Twitter earlier this week and was met with excessive reward from loads of followers. On the time of writing, the put up has over 44,000 retweets and 178,000 likes, and rightfully so. The clip options a complete HUD that features character icons for the occasion, standing numbers, a turn-based motion menu, and different eye-catching parts. It’s additionally extremely artistic and life like when it comes to the structure — a lot in order that this seems to be prefer it may very well be an actual spinoff sport.
The 20-second video exhibits Ningguang, Keqing, Aether, and Zhongli (sporting his McDonald’s meme outfit, in fact) in battle with a Smash Hunter in Liyue. We will even see Wangshu Inn off within the distance due to the extent of element within the background artwork. The occasion additionally has Xiao, Azhdaha, and OhoDavi themself as assist characters off to the facet, reverse a tracker that signifies whose flip is subsequent.
The setup scene is ideal, and it will get even higher when Aether launches an assault that leads right into a Zhongli combo and ends with Keqing performing a extra fashionable model of her Elemental Burst to complete off the Smash Hunter. OhoDavi mentions within the Twitter thread that the start of Keqing’s part alone took them two months to finish, so we are able to solely think about how a lot time was put into the remainder.
These trying to see extra protection on the present, non-pixel artwork model of Genshin Impression can take a look at our guides for model 3.0, which embody Archon Quest suggestions, pointers for brand spanking new gameplay mechanics, Withering Zone recommendation, and extra.
