That parappa the rapper game looked like crap compared to the game he compared it with, yet he said it looks better and the other one looks bad...

I guess I can go on ahead and say that Pong is the best looking game in the world and will never be topped, asthetics are subjective anyways, so any game in the world can be the best looking game for each different person.

I find it funny how he says that X game has good aesthetics and Y game has bad aesthetics as if it was a fact when it's just his personal opinion... anyone can come and say that it's actually Y that has good asthetics and X has shitty asthetics.

Fools! You don't understand! Fools I say!

probably same reason that some people also say that Crysis 2 was graphically the best.

people dont know what they are talking about, and base graphics on what console its on, and not the technicall aspects.

most sites like DF and LoT quickly debunk, silly things like that or which version of a game is best

I totally concur with you.  How the hell are we even supposed to have aesthetics if nothing is being displayed to the screen. The graphics are the aesthetic.  They can design those graphics to be more or less aesthetically pleasing but it's still just graphics.  

your reaction to aesthetics is an opinion. some people claim that killzon 2 and 3 are all graphics and no aesthetics, but i disagree with this notion. when i play killzone 2 or 3, the dilapidated environments around me, and the shaeds of colors used feel oppressive. and this is done intentionally. when i am on helghan, i feel like i cant breathe, like i want to get the hell out of there and back to earth, or vekta or whatever its called in the game. so in that sense, i think GG have succeeded in their aesthetic choice. 

people immediately see the shades of grey and brown and dismiss it as lack of art, but these colors are purposefully chosen to create an emotion within you while you play. but don't get me wrong, some game dont get it right at all. i havent played, but ive seen, quantum theory. and they too employ all sorts of browns and greys and what not, but god their game just looks horrible and tacky.

you know what im sizzlin?

I always use that game as an example when it comes up. Looks better than any game made before or since, to me, because of the effort put into art design.

I would replace "life-like" with movie-like. A lot of people don't even know what some things look or sound like in real life. For example I heard a lot of people complain about Brink's weapon sounds saying they weren't realistic. The thing is Splash Damage used a lot of real guns and recorded their sounds and incorporated them into the game. What those people actually wanted is hollywood-like fake sounds.

Yeah that's very true, Hollywood understood that though.

I bet they think putting a silencer on a gun would make a pew sound.

I'm playing Muramasa right now, and it is gorgeous.  Just beautiful.  I will just watch the background a lot of the time I am playing.