05-04-2006, 04:50 AM
Pete,May 3 2006, 11:05 PM Wrote:Much like audio a few years back, graphics may be approaching the point of diminishing returns. On paper, the newest may sport superior specs, but when translated to the screen, there may be little if any additional visual impact above that of the previous generation. Then it becomes a matter of specmanship and marketing. And talent. Crappy music reproduced perfectly is still crappy music. Lousy graphics ditto.
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I dunno. With audio, you can record a real source and play it back. The quality (depending on things like speakers/heaphones/soundcard) can be close enough to the original that it sounds real, which I guess is the whole point.
Graphics haven't even begun to approach the level of realism that audio has. Even with the fancy graphical effects like bloom and HDR, you can always tell that the game you are playing looks like a computer game. You'll never mistake it for anything real.
I do, however, have a real soft spot for games that have simple graphics and fun gameplay. Pseudo-realistic 3D is nice to look at, but I don't want to just look at a game. I want to play it and enjoy it.