In the past, did you think graphics for a game was good, but now bad compared to modern games?

[Aerosteam]

For me, yes, several games on PS1, Xbox and N64. On N64 they include games like LoZ: Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask. Another would be Pokemon Stadium. On PS1 it would be Crash and Spyro games. On Xbox most definitely Halo: CE. I use to say: "Woah! These graphics are awesome!" now, I'm not so impressed. I use to think graphics couldn't get any better than that, but years past and now all the games I played before have aged terribly. Now though, I REALLY can't imagine modern graphics can't be considered as bad years from now. Can graphics actually get better?

And you? Did you play a game years ago and think it had good graphics but not so much now? Can you imagine graphics today to be bad after years? Do you think graphics in the future will be so good it looks live-action?

EDIT:
For those of you who answered the sandwich question, I'm so deeply sorry, I post the thread in it before I found out it was under gaming discussion. F*CK. You guys might wanna change your post...

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Neither.

I eat the whole sandwich/slice of bread, I don't need to cut it in half.

That's how I fucking roll.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I prefer triangles. If its going to be a square then just cut the edges off, there you go square.

 

[DJDarque]

I don't cut my sandwiches. If I eat the whole thing, why should I?

 

[Phlakes]

I don't usually slice my sandwiches, but when I do, I slice them in triangles.

Anyway, triangles are much better looking and more practical. You get those thin corners to start on if the sandwich is relatively large. /double entendre

 

[Sassafrass]

I prefer it cut into four squares.

I tried 8 squares once. It was pretty dull to eat, truth be told.

 

[lonely tylenol]

Well, I really don't like eating my sandwiches or toasts sliced, it's not like a piece of bread can't fit on my mouth. As for taste, I imagine they taste the same, since consistency does not increase or decrease depending on the overall shape of the whole thing.

EDIT:Jesus OP, you don't just go around changing the tread like nobody's business!! But ok whatever.

Gran Turismo, great graphics back then.

 

[Kizi]

Square. Might try a triangle someday. Perchance tomorrow!

 

[lacktheknack]

Neither.

I eat the whole sandwich/slice of bread, I don't need to cut it in half.

That's how I fucking roll.

This. It just means that my dog is more likely to steal half my sandwich when I'm not looking.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Neither.

I eat the whole sandwich/slice of bread, I don't need to cut it in half.

That's how I fucking roll.

This. It just means that my dog is more likely to steal half my sandwich when I'm not looking.

You too have been a victim of sandwich theft?

To this day, I no longer leave my plate within reach of my dog.

She stole my sandwich once, and no amount of shouting "Stop right there criminal scum!", was going to stop her.

 

[lacktheknack]

Neither.

I eat the whole sandwich/slice of bread, I don't need to cut it in half.

That's how I fucking roll.

This. It just means that my dog is more likely to steal half my sandwich when I'm not looking.

You too have been a victim of sandwich theft?

To this day, I no longer leave my plate within reach of my dog.

She stole my sandwich once, and no amount of shouting "Stop right there criminal scum!", was going to stop her.

;_;

It's totally true! Thankfully, I have a smaller dog, so I was able to get most of the sandwich away from him, but it was covered in slobber. I had to give it back.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Neither.

I eat the whole sandwich/slice of bread, I don't need to cut it in half.

That's how I fucking roll.

This. It just means that my dog is more likely to steal half my sandwich when I'm not looking.

You too have been a victim of sandwich theft?

To this day, I no longer leave my plate within reach of my dog.

She stole my sandwich once, and no amount of shouting "Stop right there criminal scum!", was going to stop her.

;_;

It's totally true! Thankfully, I have a smaller dog, so I was able to get most of the sandwich away from him, but it was covered in slobber. I had to give it back.

That was your mistake.

Better to throw away the sandwich, then let the thieving bastard eat it.

I would have thrown the one away that my dog stole. Accept she ate it in about 2 seconds. I swear, that dog never chews anything.

 

[Smooth Operator]

For future refference, if you put the thread in the wrong spot the mods will move it for you so don't just flat out rewrite the topic.

OT(the graphics one): graphic fidelity hasnt got leaps to go if we take Crysis 1 as the top dog(which it still is).
Presentation however has a huge gap to overcome, animations, behavior, sounds, physics, story, plot, atmosphere, ... all these things are lagging behind terribly, meanwhile everyone is worried about building a new graphics engine.

Games now are like 1920s movies where they would put together barely believable scenes, have no continuity, everyone would be way overacting their scene, delivering corny lines that no actual person would ever use,... but they got their shit together and noticed that something close to out perception is the far better experience, now games need to do the same.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Dammit, he edited the thread before I could talk legitimately about sandwiches...As for the question, yes for the most part. When I played Halo 2 I always thought it seemed kind of messy, incomplete and, easy to break. Also, playing N64 and PS1 games was always like playing with an ugly but very-much loved pet. I play games now and see room for improvement graphically. Most notable being to turn up the brightness and add more color without relying on bloom.

 

[the spud]

Wait, how are sandwhiches related to video games?

*reads OP*

Hehe, Ok. Well, yes, that happens, but most of the best games (like the N64 zelda games you mentioned) don't rely on graphics. As in, if you really can't bring yourself to play it a few years from now because it looks like shit, it was probably overrated anyway.

 

[everythingbeeps]

Yes. No matter how good graphics are now, we're going to look back one day and say "wow, that's actually kind of ugly".

This is going to be less an issue with cartoony/artistically styled stuff. Psychonauts might look pretty crappy in certain ways, but its distinctive art style helps it overcome that to the point where I'm still willing to say it looks pretty good.

On the other hand, something like Oblivion looks laughably bad now.

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

I thought GTA IV (Topical!) looked good when it was released but now it looks like a hot mess.

 

[nukethetuna]

Personally I find the graphics on the Italian bread-slice with an additional cheese count of 64 polygons have really not held up when cut into quarters especially compared to modern innovations that reduce texture popping, increase flavor, and increase resolution... of deliciousness.

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