The Ghost of RubangB on 16 March 2008
| ItsaMii said: Graphic whores are the most foolish people in the world. The problem is not that they care about good looking things, but that they can not tell apart good looking games. Let`s take a historical approach. Let`s say graphic in games follow a linear evolution, that is, a game from a newer generation will always look better than the old ones (excluding discrepancies in hardware or low budget games). That means that a Playstation game (with a good budget) will look better than any Snes games. Let`s take a look back: Try comparing Legend of Legaia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuZxxeT1-w Resident Evil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVcFHZwOzR4 Fear Effect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ON92mSTB8&feature=related Tomb Raider 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96EiVoGXGGE&feature=related Metal Gear Solid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiOnV40gIV0 Final Fantasy 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qnyxd7Vq0Q Donkey Kong 64 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKuO-1GoNJk Goldeneye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB4DDtIKrAw to Wonder Project J http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxHILsMX2-M Donkey Kong Country http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdzAqO1NBik&feature=related Tales of Phantasia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50tC7DbkKk0 Final Fight 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMk1JJGEJSU Chrono Trigger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-E0nOfcZzk&feature=related Street Fighter Alpha 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhawXgfK--g Streets of Rage 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iffpBT8ZLUQ The thing is that most of the Psx games are 2 or more discs and you could fit all the Snes games ever made in 2 CDs. Look at these games today and tell me which one hurts your eyes the most? Snes/Mega Drive aged better IMO. From technical standpoint the Psx/N64 win, but the 16 bit games games look better overall. Hell, for me these games look better than some PS2 games (like Persona 3). For the last example Flashback (Snes-1993) looks way better than its sequel Fade to Black (PC-1995). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7kzKG4-kxI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FB9lddQ-fE |
3-D games age like shit. 2-D games age like wine.
I'll play Flashback again any day of the week. That game is absolutely gorgeous, and so's Out of This World. Two of my favorites of all time. Donkey Kong Country and Yoshi's Island had completely opposite art styles (and for good reason, teehee), but they're both still beautiful to this day, while a million shitty looking brown games come out with good eyebrows and wrinkles and grass effects.
Not only was this post full of the truth, great comparisons, and logic behind the argument... but it included a link to this video, at least tripling the amount of win involved, and possibly even making it "epic."
