The creativity x techniques achievement discussion.

[DonFerrari]

Veknoid_Outcast said:
I appreciate that you put a lot of thought and energy into your OP, but it reads a lot like a polemic against Nintendo and its fans. That fact, and the inappropriate analogy to J.K Rowling and James Joyce, make this argument difficult to take seriously.

If it's any consolation, I agree with you that superior art direction and production design does not equal technically superior graphics. There's no denying that games like Crysis, Uncharted, and Grand Theft Auto are greater graphical achievements than something like Wii Sports or Castle Crashers, and no amount of artistic ingenuity can change that.

That being said, some people, myself included, are more impressed by a coherent artistic vision than state-of-the-art dynamic lighting, textures, and resolution. Moreover, high-powered graphics, lighting, physics, and sound mean very little without a solid mechanical foundation underneath that provides an engaging game experience.

In the end, I'm glad that there are people on both sides of the spectrum. It makes the community here much more lively and diverse. I only wish we could refrain from attacking each other so aggressively.

Glad we can agree. And I'm not taking any credit from Nintendo graphics, I aknowledge they are pleasing and "cutting edge" when analysed in their category. And as I said I don't want to define the most gorgeous or pleasing because that is purely subjective and defined by taste. But on graphics "impresiveness" side nintendo is a gen behind. And I like the fact that we have the diversity and nintendo would probably benefit from modern techiniques even when keeping their art direction.