Why PS2 era graphics are my favorite

[AlfredoTurkey]

Wright said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

The reason why PS2 graphics were better, imo, is due to the way our brains fill in the missing data. Back in those days or even the PS1 days, nothing looked real enough. We had to use our imaginations which, in some weird way, helped them seem more realistic. When you watch a cut scene in MGS1, you're forced to picture what it would look like in real life. When you watch a cutscene in MGS5, you can actually SEE how fake it really is.

So what about when you hit middle ground? Like MGS2 / MGS3?

I think immersion in games is variable. The more realistic the grapics, the less believable they become. Of course, I think some things are outside of that paradox like water or the side of a building etc. Those things follow different rules but when we're talking about animation and life like animation of living things, we're quite a ways off from getting to the point of photo realism which is what's needed if we're to truly believe what we're seeing in a game.