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« on: November 22, 2005, 11:19:35 AM »
The only thing that ever excited me was Xbox Live. I thought they would have pushed that harder than graphics. Since it will be a long time until we have a transition ala the SNES ->n64. Graphics are in fact getting far more detailed, but it comes out in things like lighting and texturing, nice smooth surfaces, AA, etc. They are cool things to see, and can be brought into gameplay, but the designers need to take that into account. If there are just extra realistic shadows just thrown in that don't help you at all, such as maybe spotting an enemy before he comes around the corner, it's a waste. It doesn't provide more immersion.
So I guess I am not really dissapointed in the Xbox, hell, it's been out on freakin day. I will wait for the games to come out to really form an oppinion on it.