>>7929853It only has as much "soul" as the original photograph (which I don't take credit for, as it's not my photo).
All I did with it was recreate the image for some quick practice. And did the pixel-ly look for fun, and to get an idea of the workflow to see if I could use it in other projects.
Anything soulful about the image was already there. There's not really any critique to be made about video games with the image, and I think you're really just projecting your views of the current state of the industry onto it. Which is fine, but it's just something to be aware of.
As the other anon said, the image was done with modern tech (Blender), and was stylized to get that look. If I had made it with the specs of a console at the time, it would look drastically different and noticeably limited. But like I said, it was just some practice and a bit of fun.
Here's another one of mine.
