That Guy said: Art style has a big effect on it. Its not about processor power necessarily, but a game that doesn't have good art ages quite horribly. This is why a game like Starcraft still looks good-- its not necessarily graphical horsepower, but rather the art style ages gracefully |
You make a good point about the aging of graphics I think. Tech demos may be amazing at the time they come out, then it loks new compared with everything already out (although I didn't liked the graphics of doom back then). But some games look great later too, and that happens with good art style.