5th gen to 6th gen.
Many might say PS1 to PS2 but to me it was Dreamcast. Shenmue blew anything out of the water in 1999 (. Not just console but even PC and arcades. Soul Calibur looked miles better on DC than arcade and much better than Soul Edge. Sonic Adventure whale chase was the Next Gen has arrived moment for the media. Of course a few years later people were taken back by MGS at E3 and by that point DC was looking a bit old already.But in 1999 my god. I followed Shenmue in Magazines since 1998 as Project Berkley. The idea for me of picking up random objects in a room. Messing with light switches. I needed it. That blew my mind. The world was so detailed and character models were so good EGM did a piece telling people no these are not pre-rendered but in game models. Same with Sonic Adventure. The weather effects and high rez textures. It looked as real as real gets to me back then. I have never been blown away like I have with Dreamcast ever since. PS2,Xbox,Gamecube would go on and have better looking games in the end of course as they has more capability and a longer lifespan.
360 Kiosks showed games that were not that amazing to look at. Kameo which looked like the Gamecube/Xbox build from Magazines. CoD II which was whatever. PD has a horribly ugly art style that again just looked like a reg Xbox game. Took until Gears and Dead Rising to finally show Next Gen is here.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
