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Forums - Gaming Discussion - What will be this gen's biggest graphical cliche?

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clothes and scale.....



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explosions. Bigger and bigger explosions with effects.



Polygons.



It's already waterdrops on the screen.



must-have-list for platforms i don't own yet:

WiiU: Donkey Kong

XBone: Dead Rising 3, Ryse

a lot of foliage



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I want to say scale, as the visual moments that have impressed me the most so far this gen have been vistas that stretch way into the distance, in games like Killzone Shadowfall and Xenoblade Chronicles X.

In terms of "cliche" though, I'm gonna with exaggerated HDR lighting.



Particles



The particles for me



This gen is all about physics based lighting. Probably means we'll get a lot of rain in open world games from now on. It's going to be the moody rainy gen.



Letterboxing and 30fps for cinematic feels.