No wonder this thread took so goddam long to load!
Anyway, I was playing Vanquish last night. Awesome game and a lot of fun. There was a part where this ship crashed and I thought to myself, "Man, this looks sweet...." I'm gonna jump on the game again in a few minutes. Now, I am in no way saying that it looks as good as Uncharted on a technical level. Uncharted 1, 2, and 3 are beautiful games.
I know it's tougher to make a realistic world look realistic because we know what to look for. We can spot flaws almost instantly because a realistic world is so familiar. With that said, let's not forget how awesome it is to see a world that is totally unfamiliar, too. Something like Alice: The Madness Returns, Dead Space 2, and Vanquish (the last three retail games I purchased) as well as something surreal like God of War (best example) or Kirby's Epic yarn.
It's easy to get caught up on physical clarity and realism but we live in a real world. Let's also show some appreciation for a video game's ability to take us to an unfamiliar world and make it look believable and amazing.
