We hit the visual realism and that scale is leveling out. Now the challenge is making the worlds we play in feel lived in and not empty. No one cares if the Greek city looks cool if there are only like 15 people on the streets just walking in circles.
There was some gaming magazine cover years ago that had a screenshot from an old quake game with the title "This is an actual screenshot!!!" or something like. The character model they showed of course looked like it had 10 polygons total, with like, just 1 solid block for the arm and hand.
Wish I could find it, its pretty funny to look back on now.
Edit: It was Unreal, not quake.
Y'all I'm not saying people thought these graphics looked photo-realistic. I'm saying its funny to see how our standards have changed over time. I was just as blown away back then lol.
scottish_jack18 on March 15th, 2020 at 20:15 UTC »
I still love the 2D graphics (i. E super mario world) aged really well
captaincous on March 15th, 2020 at 21:18 UTC »
We hit the visual realism and that scale is leveling out. Now the challenge is making the worlds we play in feel lived in and not empty. No one cares if the Greek city looks cool if there are only like 15 people on the streets just walking in circles.
Just my take.
EDIT: Y’all are making me want to play Odyssey.
BlueGumShoe on March 15th, 2020 at 21:27 UTC »
There was some gaming magazine cover years ago that had a screenshot from an old quake game with the title "This is an actual screenshot!!!" or something like. The character model they showed of course looked like it had 10 polygons total, with like, just 1 solid block for the arm and hand.
Wish I could find it, its pretty funny to look back on now.
Edit: It was Unreal, not quake.
Y'all I'm not saying people thought these graphics looked photo-realistic. I'm saying its funny to see how our standards have changed over time. I was just as blown away back then lol.