If real life was next gen...

[The Pope]

 

[Lhorkan]

Sure does look like it.

 

[thesneakster]

Wow, when doesn't it start?

 

[Mage246]

If real life was like that I would claw my own eyes out because it would suck so much. At least now the way it looks is tolerable. Nothing to be excited about... but tolerable.

 

[Professor Jumbo]

Well, I'm not entirely certain what's going on here, but if real life were like that I would need glasses.

 

[quixotecoyote]

yup

 

[Archonsod]

Yeah, and the frame rate would be intolerable...

 

[Reinhart]

I know someone who constantly comments on how the nature in games looks better than real life. I am so struck by the stupidity of those statements that I can't even utter a response, I just shake my head.

 

[Archonsod]

What is this real life to which you refer?

 

[Grocat]

Would it have always been that way?  Or would it have been changed to that in our lifetime? 

If the former is true, then I don't think I'd really care...I'd probably be amazed at the video games ability to emulate real life.

If the latter is true, it'd probably be kind of wacky and fun...like some sort of hallucinogen...then we'd get used to it.

-Grocat the Rapacious Queen of Handlebar Mustachios

 

[Worbah]

I know someone who constantly comments on how the nature in games looks better than real life. I am so struck by the stupidity of those statements that I can't even utter a response, I just shake my head.

You can't believe how much I shook my head when my brother said that Unreal was as realistic looking as games could ever be.

 

[Stonewall382]

I know someone who constantly comments on how the nature in games looks better than real life. I am so struck by the stupidity of those statements that I can't even utter a response, I just shake my head.

Games may not be as realistic, but they certainly are more idealistic.

 

[thesneakster]

You can't believe how much I shook my head when my brother said that Unreal was as realistic looking as games could ever be.

Unreal 3, right? RIGHT??

 

[Archonsod]

You can't believe how much I shook my head when my brother said that Unreal was as realistic looking as games could ever be.

I still remember Barbarian II on the Amstrad CPC464. I remember thinking nothing would ever beat those graphics.

How wrong I was.

(In my defence it was the first time I'd seen a game use more than 4 colours, and the first time I seen a game on an actual monitor rather than a TV)

 

[thesneakster]

oh. my first time was Delta force! on a voodoo graphics card

 

[Reinhart]

It's interested how people always seem to believe graphics have gotten as good as they can get, just like how in various stages of history some people believed technology and general human advancement had reached it's peak. I wonder why we do that...

 

[Professor Jumbo]

Probably becuase we're stupid.

 

[Reinhart]

Well... obviously, 98% of humans (Including myself.) are stupid, I'm just wondering why we choose to say: "NOTHING MORE CAN BE DONE, WE'VE REACHED THE END." When we clearly haven't.

 

[Rabid Potatoe]

Because progress scares us.

About why people think the nature looks better, it's because of the bloom shaders etc make it all vibrant. I'd rather they put more effort into making dreary england-style weather, though.

 

[Laurence of Arabia]

You can't believe how much I shook my head when my brother said that Unreal was as realistic looking as games could ever be.

I still remember Barbarian II on the Amstrad CPC464. I remember thinking nothing would ever beat those graphics.

How wrong I was.

(In my defence it was the first time I'd seen a game use more than 4 colours, and the first time I seen a game on an actual monitor rather than a TV)

I just did an image search on barbarian 2. What was 1 like.....