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Just a short topic with a big point (I hope) for you people.
Last night my brother was looking in a magazine, wanting to buy a game for his new console, the Playstation 2 to be exact. Then he brought up GTA3, which is highly acclaimed and said to be one of the best thief games money can buy at the moment. But then my brother blurted out "No, I’m not gonna get that, the graphics are rubbish." That’s when it hit me, the nightmare of gaming I feared has become a reality.
I have brought this up in many a topic, but i hoped it wouldn't come true. Next Generation consoles aren't about reaching new gaming limitations, but graphical limitations. I think games developers are seeing this too, people want graphics, they get graphics. Take GT3 for instance. Personally i think it's a bad game. Why? Because it's too much like GT2. With GT2, you got something different to the first Gran Turismo. But with GT3, it's like a copy with of GT2, but with huge graphical enhancements and a couple of new cups. No new driving style. Just GT2 all over, which find very boring and disappointing.
I just hope to god, X-Box and GameCube don't go power crazy on the graphics and leave out what’s most important to a good, classic game, gameplay, originality, lastability and others. All we can do now is hope.
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RiCkOsS
Last night my brother was looking in a magazine, wanting to buy a game for his new console, the Playstation 2 to be exact. Then he brought up GTA3, which is highly acclaimed and said to be one of the best thief games money can buy at the moment. But then my brother blurted out "No, I’m not gonna get that, the graphics are rubbish." That’s when it hit me, the nightmare of gaming I feared has become a reality.
I have brought this up in many a topic, but i hoped it wouldn't come true. Next Generation consoles aren't about reaching new gaming limitations, but graphical limitations. I think games developers are seeing this too, people want graphics, they get graphics. Take GT3 for instance. Personally i think it's a bad game. Why? Because it's too much like GT2. With GT2, you got something different to the first Gran Turismo. But with GT3, it's like a copy with of GT2, but with huge graphical enhancements and a couple of new cups. No new driving style. Just GT2 all over, which find very boring and disappointing.
I just hope to god, X-Box and GameCube don't go power crazy on the graphics and leave out what’s most important to a good, classic game, gameplay, originality, lastability and others. All we can do now is hope.
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Thanks for reading
RiCkOsS
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I don't think the games coming from Nintendo and their second parties will ever concntrate on graphics more than gameplay, such is their philosophy.
Third Party developers aren't quite so fussed, unfortunately, and will market a game on good looks.
Third Party developers aren't quite so fussed, unfortunately, and will market a game on good looks.
Gameplay is made up of a few things, graphics being one and others such as sound and controls. All are important but if your brother is looking at nothing but graphics tell him to buy a DVD.
Just a short topic with a big point (I hope) for you people.
Last night my brother was looking in a magazine, wanting to buy a game for his new console, the Playstation 2 to be exact. Then he brought up GTA3, which is highly acclaimed and said to be one of the best thief games money can buy at the moment. But then my brother blurted out "No, I’m not gonna get that, the graphics are rubbish." That’s when it hit me, the nightmare of gaming I feared has become a reality.
I have brought this up in many a topic, but i hoped it wouldn't come true. Next Generation consoles aren't about reaching new gaming limitations, but graphical limitations. I think games developers are seeing this too, people want graphics, they get graphics. Take GT3 for instance. Personally i think it's a bad game. Why? Because it's too much like GT2. With GT2, you got something different to the first Gran Turismo. But with GT3, it's like a copy with of GT2, but with huge graphical enhancements and a couple of new cups. No new driving style. Just GT2 all over, which find very boring and disappointing.
I just hope to god, X-Box and GameCube don't go power crazy on the graphics and leave out what’s most important to a good, classic game, gameplay, originality, lastability and others. All we can do now is hope.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Thanks for reading
RiCkOsS
Last night my brother was looking in a magazine, wanting to buy a game for his new console, the Playstation 2 to be exact. Then he brought up GTA3, which is highly acclaimed and said to be one of the best thief games money can buy at the moment. But then my brother blurted out "No, I’m not gonna get that, the graphics are rubbish." That’s when it hit me, the nightmare of gaming I feared has become a reality.
I have brought this up in many a topic, but i hoped it wouldn't come true. Next Generation consoles aren't about reaching new gaming limitations, but graphical limitations. I think games developers are seeing this too, people want graphics, they get graphics. Take GT3 for instance. Personally i think it's a bad game. Why? Because it's too much like GT2. With GT2, you got something different to the first Gran Turismo. But with GT3, it's like a copy with of GT2, but with huge graphical enhancements and a couple of new cups. No new driving style. Just GT2 all over, which find very boring and disappointing.
I just hope to god, X-Box and GameCube don't go power crazy on the graphics and leave out what’s most important to a good, classic game, gameplay, originality, lastability and others. All we can do now is hope.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Thanks for reading
RiCkOsS
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