Recently I have finished the tech-hungry game known as Crysis. This game has stirred more then enough flame war's Halo would be proud. So whether you think it's a "Tech demo", or another mediocre FPS , no one can deny the fact that the graphics are almost to good.
So my question is this. Can a games graphics be to good? I'm sure that most of you if not all of you are familiar with "Uncanny Valley" where the more human something looks without being perfect humans tend to dislike it. But every day newer games are comming out with better and better graphics, so I wonder... will there ever be a time we have perfect graphics? And if so, what will we think of them? The folks at Bit-tech.net made a post recently comparing pictures of real life to Crysis, Here.
When we look at Crysis's graphics, sure it's not 100%. Nor will be it be in the near future. But I dare ask you when the day comes that we have perfect pixel graphics, will we still make games that have imperfect graphics because we find them most pleasing? In some ways it almost seems like graphics would be down grading themselves when they hit that mark. I know that while I drool every time I see a new Elder Scrolls out and oogle at how pretty it is I wonder if I would rather be looking at shiny Video game graphics or real life.
What do you guys think?
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(# 0) on 02/07/2008 16:33
That's why I was so happy when I saw the trailer for Zeno Clash.. Yeah it's the Source engine blah blah blah. It's the imagination that really propels my interest - not it's realism. And yes, you can use realistic imagery and do something with it, but it better play like real life does or boom - uncanny valley.
(# 1) on 02/07/2008 18:30