I've been thinking... being born in 1996, I had to backtrack like 12-16 years to see what I missed in the world of games. And of course, I have continued to see what evolutions it cycles through. But, last night my parents were watching Godzilla and they told me that back then, that was scary to them and that they'd hide underneath their covers and stuff. How lame.
But then that got me thinking. Today we have movies that push realism to the edge. It's getting close to a point where either we think it's real and we're amazed by it or we aren't even amazed because it is so standard. The technology that was used in these movies has evolved very rapidly and I wonder if we'll ever see that kind of rapid technology jump again.
Similarly in video games, the field has grown very quickly. I used to say, "If only Final Fantasy VII's gameplay looked like the cutscenes all the time" and now, we're way past that in a couple decades time. I am simply wondering, will there ever be a gap in gaming graphical/ technological advancements? For example, if we have kids, assuming that most of us don't, but if we have kids...will we ever be able to school them in how graphics use to be in games(Bit wars) like our parents tell us about Pac Man or Godzilla? I know technology always advances, but with graphics nowadays, I can't see them going much further. And I understand that the same was said around the NES days as well. If we are to continue advancing, what's next? You tell me.
