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.
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 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
My mind has been boggled. Doot doot.
I remember playing Twisted Metal on the PS1 and thinking that those graphics would just never be beat. They were so realistic!
I remember being a square with an arrow sticking out of it trying to kill dragons.
Hell, I remember being lost in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Have you seen the live-action tv show?
There’s a live-action TV show?!
That show was way better than it had any business being.
At that time simply seeing skeletons made out of polygons was mind-boggling enough.
I, for one, am absolutely boggled right now
I distinctly remember doing a double take at the intense graphics of the SNES demonstrating Super Mario World at a display in a grocery store.
It’s hard to imagine things like that not existing yet.
