What games could not have been done last gen?

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JustThatGamer said:

bananaking21 said:
uncharted 2/3 would have been impossible on last gen consoles

No, they could have easily been made on last gen consoles they just wouldn't have looked as good obviously. 

Most of the big moments in God of War 3 would have been impossible last gen due to being completely incapable of rendering a 2000 foot tall interactive enemy (no, nothing in GoW2 or SotC comes close).

 

And I'd assume only big and/or complex games like Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV or the Mass Effect series wouldn't have been possible last gen without major sacrifices. I believe the majority of games this gen could be completely achievable on last gen hardware with very minimal sacrifices. 

I agree that some of the titans scene in GOW 3 was impressive especially when the camera zoomed out then in again. But was there not a similar thing in GOW1 when kratos was on the back of a titan in the desert?

And I thought GTA IV actually suffered with the transition to HD because most of the elements from San Andreas were removed.