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« on: July 05, 2004, 08:23:37 AM »
Right, having a discussion on something means that we obviously think we are in complete knowledge of the truth, because obviously here at planetgamecube, everyone is blessed with an apocolyptic power that allows us to say the truth, as we see fit.
If your going to have a discussion on this, try not to progressively get more mad over nothing.
Will graphics eventually look like real life? I'm sure, but there is a very fine line when you do that. When you watch movies, how often do you actually think that the movie is happening? You may get into a movie, but it is obsurdly rare that you actually believe it to be real.
Video games looking like real life is going to require a very long time for not only the hardware to get there, but for software to be able to do that efficiently. It's nice to say well we cay do xxxx polygons per model, but if one were to realistically do every polygon in a model, especially for say a human or a tree, it would take years just to finish that.
The whole, well it will be perfectly realistic arguement is stupid. Just because something can be realistic doesn't mean it always should. Do you get mad at cartoons because they don't draw everything in proportion? Do you get mad at a game because it's premise is absurd, but the game is still fun? Will there be a place for realistic games farther down the road? Yes, there always have been, but then again, the next generation isn't going to do all that much for graphics. It will be a big jump, but the difference is exponentially smaller than the last generation.
I guess rockstar in the future will be able to make Manhunt seem less stupid if it looks more real.
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