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Water Effects: A comparison
eski \| 1:31 AM on 12.01.2007	8 comments

Everyone knows that for a game to look good, the water/ocean/sea/river/body of water has to look realistic. The better it looks, the more recent the game is. I came across a bunch of screenshots of water, back in the day, and now. Its really amazing how we've progressed so much over the years. Take a look for yourself.

1987: California Games

2007: Flight Sim X

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Thanks to: emobrat

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8 comments | showing # 1 to 8

bottled dark

look how real that wave is in california games!

taumpytears

Those Casio guys are the best in the gaming industry.

007

check out the pecs on that surfer. damn, that man works out.

Fleet3000

hot. or rather wet.

Rockvillian

I'm so playing California Games right now. Surfing, then FOOTBAG.

Mxyzptlk

Wait, that's not an actual photo of a surfer?

Samit Sarkar

The water effects in Uncharted: Drake�s Fortune are the best I�ve ever seen. Nate Drake gets wet...and eventually dries off. I was blown away.

Dead riffs

uncharted has the best water effects i've seen this generation.

agreed bronxbombr21.

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