In the new world of Unreal Engine, massive open-world gaming, and GPUs so powerful they could probably send us all to Mars, sometimes it's nice to remember where it all came from. Twitter account @lowpolyanimals is the perfect nostalgia trap for gamers who still love a good low-poly video game. There's something hilarious about taking a perfect little hexagonal video game animal totally out of context for the world to admire, and we're all for it. We've collected a handful of our favorite low-poly animals for anyone who misses the good ol' days of gaming. Who needs cutting-edge graphics when you can have these weird little guys?
A pic from Gothic.
A Bird from Jet Set Radio Future.
A Rat from Katamari Damacy.
A Floppa from Coffin Mall.
Tony from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
A boar from Spyro the Dragon.
Cats from Bayonetta.
A rat from World of Warcraft.
A chicken from World of Warcraft.
A Scuba Cat from We Love Katamari.
A rat from The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey.
A coyote from SurvivalCraft.
A Pigeon from Shenmue 2.
Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing.
A T-Rex from Tomb Raider.
A Horteka Water Beast from Skies of Arcadia.
Mrs. Norris the cat from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Froglok from Everquest.
A Baboon from Tomb Raider 3.
Tooty the Feeble from Croc: Legend of the Gobbos.
A Pigeon from Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.