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Man, it was really cool growing up with the evolution of graphics. Went from N64 to PS1, Xbox, and all the way through today. Every step of the way was awesome
I completely agree. I think the 360 era was the last time it felt like there was a huge jump in graphics. Everything since then seems to just be a slow drip of improvements.
I’m not saying thing aren’t amazing these days, but ps4 vs ps5 isn’t as different as ps1 to ps2 was.
I play games since the 8-bit era.
The last time I was amazed by graphics was when playing GTA V on my PS3 around 10 years ago.
It felt like a next gen game on a last gen console (because it was).
Everything since then has only seen gradual change it seems.
Strange how perception works. The last time I was really amazed by graphics was with Unreal. I could admire the castle in the intro for hours.
The Doom 3 alpha was astonishing as well. But by the time it was released it felt like just another gradual advancement among all the other games.
Maybe it's a console vs PC thing where console players would get and incredible leap with each generation whereas PC players saw all the steps to reach the next generation.
Man, Unreal was one of the leaps for sure! Loved that game.
Yeah, consoles tended to be bigger steps, but the steps get extremely small. PS4 to PS5 did not feel like a real graphical step at all to me
I remember the jump from Wolfenstein to Doom then Doom to Quake yeah good times.
I played ever since the Atari days. The biggest jumps were Atari to super Nintendo, SNES to ps1, ps1 to 1080p, 1080 p to 4k, all very noticeable and next-gen graphics jumps from one to the next
Looking back, there were definite jumps between generations, but at the time it definitely felt gradual after xbox->360/PS2->PS3. The jump to Xbox/PS2 was incredible at the time
For reference, my first console was an nes. But I think the PS2 era was the last great era of games.
Once we had online connectivity, everything kind of got worse. Broken games to be patched later, micro transactions, the loss of local multiplayer.
I almost only play indie games these days or I emulate titles from the ps2 and earlier. It’s a shame that the magic gaming had before the internet has been lost.
I went from PS3 to late-stage PS4 (think TLOU2). You can't convince me that wasn't a pretty big jump between one generation.
Other way round, non?
PS1 definitely had the better graphics
No way. Janky textures that moved around more than the character onscreen is not better.
A lot of PS1 games had really neat pre-rendered sets, but it didn’t really come close to N64 in terms of clarity.
I grew up with both of them. My best friend had the PS1 and I had the N64.
The PS1 had more great games though.
Yes way. My ps1 looked much better than my buddies n64
I’m telling you, watch a comparison video on YouTube.
Maybe the only n64 game you ever seen was Superman 64 haha.
Pretty sure that the N64 with proper floating point calc had a more advanced GPU but with the TV at the times the PS1 took advantage of the small resolution. Added higher storage for textures it did look better than the N64. If you compare them now, the N64 doesn't have that "jittery jumpy" feel of PS1 3D graphics, especially visible on emulators
I think the next ten or so years will be about graphics and the scale of maps.. I imagine a pirate game where we can sail around the the whole damn world..
Oh and the waves look really frothy and cool