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Graphics for the most part have plateaued. How much farther can we go into photorealism to the point video games don't look like video games anymore?
Like Next Gen Gamer above mentioned, Astro Bot is a great example of a modern day game that's not chasing photorealism, yet still looks incredible so the greater focus could be on the game itself. I would also like to devs focusing on optimization more. I don't wanna use the word lazy, but it's insane to think that unless an AI tech is used in most AAA games, then the game is going to run like crap. It's almost like devs are getting too comfortable with AI being a bandaid fix for better performance.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a great example of the game looking great, but you don't even need any sort of AI tech to make the game run good. Even on lower end hardware.
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