GT5 vs real life, help me I don't know what is real!

[Aldro]

crissindahouse said:

Aldro said:

crissindahouse said:

 

gifs are often nice to look at but they are really not representing the games. that's why nsanity (and sometimes aldro) should post less gifs in threads which are about graphics because they tell us nothing about how the game looks when you play it.

I disagree, they are small sized representations of the actual game in 'motion'. Not less worthy than bullshots which are far more common.

they are small parts of a game which let every game look like the best or worst games ever made (graphically). i mean, those guys who make the gifs always do it to praise a game or to talk crap about it.

you use only gifs of a console game which looks awesome in reality so that's not so bad but sometimes when i see those gifs i still think they don't really represent the real game. they often have a higher or slower speed which gives that special feeling (don't know how it's called but it's the same when you use a slow motion cam for a crazy stunt in a half pipe or something) and don't show the flaws the game has (because the gifs have such a bad quality that you can't see it)

even if youtube is also bad but i still think people should post more gameplay as video and less as gif.

There is a difference though. Just like screenshots: A gif can be made to over-represent the game as well as under-represent it. Hence why Gifs I take with an own capture card is actually legitimate ;).