Was just playing through GTA IV on my PC testing out my new video card. I decided to turn the graphics on Very High to see how much my card could handle, and to my surprise the game didn't look that different. In fact, it still looked very much like a game.
Why do developers insist on in-game cutscenes? Why did GTA IV use game-renders of comedians for its TV channel, and not real footage?
It's true of all games this gen, you always know you're looking at a game. Faces never look realistic when they move, their mouths are awkward and the voice seems dubbed, the hair is helmet-stiff, and their skin always looks too shiny, or doesn't catch the light correctly. Their clothes don't actually move like clothes, they stretch or hang stiff.
The screenshots might look good, but as soon as they move, realism goes out the door. The absolute best game models this gen look like puppets.
I might as well be watching Team America: World Police.
