Games as a medium – issue of stylization? 2D RPGs and Visual Novels

The past week I’ve been playing with RPG Maker VX Ace, a game developer software that allows you to create your own rpg (role playing) games.

As you can see from the above, the graphics are 2D and look very old school. The objects and sprites in the game are actually separated as square “tiles” , which may act as collision, activate a script, etc.
You can actually get away from the default tiles if that’s not the appeal you’re going for, but all in all it will still be a 2D top down game.