Can a game be too pretty?

[Dgc1808]

CGI-Quality said:

Dgc1808 said:

CGI-Quality said:

Dgc1808 said:
No. But they can look too realistic.

What games look too realistic so far?

I really don't like the "Realistic" look that street fighter game above is going for.

But in turn, it looks awful. Realistsic is like say: Gran Turismo 5 or Killzone 2. That Street Fighter game just scanned real actors, put them in pixelated backgrounds, and called it a day. Even Mortal Kombat looked better than that, and it basically did the same thing as that.

I don't mind for a racer like GT5. It's not completely realistic, but it's close. however it's alot nicer to look at than real life.

Killzone2 however doesn't really look realistic at all to me, looks more like a very well detailed video game, and I like it just the way it is. Same for U2 and Heavy Rain. The day games like that street fighter game actually achieve that art style at a level where it looks exactly like two guys fighting in my back yard is the day I'll probably give up gaming... One of the main reasons I love gaming is to get away from reality..