PCmark 10 is here, we are moving close to photorealism

[Makabb]

https://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmark10




So we know that Elder Scrolls 7 will look pretty realistic

 

[Matalarata]

And everything of value was lost.

 

[Black]

Photorealism is boring.

 

[taxalot]

Photorealism is boring.

Until you see some good uses for it. Whatever can increase immersion is welcome.

And come on guys, just because you can now do it doesn't mean it will be done all the time. We'll still have indie pixel stuff.

 

[buru5]

Until you see some good uses for it.

There are no good uses for it. The push for graphics has been a detriment to gameplay since the emergence of 3D gaming. With only a few notable exceptions.

 

[taxalot]

Until you see some good uses for it.

There are no good uses for it. The push for graphics has been a determent to gameplay since the emergence of 3D gaming. With only a few notable exceptions.

The only notable exception being fucking everything.

That you can have better graphics is a good thing. It's a not debatable issue. Whether the developers focus on said graphics instead of gameplay is another matter entirely irrelevant.

Also, what exactly has changed ? Are you whining that graphics are getting better? Wow. Here is another thing for you to whine about : you are getting older.

Cuck.

 

[buru5]

Are you whining that graphics are getting better?

Where did I say that you massively easy to trigger faggot?

I said I have a problem with developers focusing on graphics over gameplay, to the point where we get games like Final Fantasy XIII, Skyrim, Uncharted series, etc. It's one of the larger factors attributing to the decline of gaming. RPG series that matter have been the least effected by this so far, but it's happening whether you like it or not. If you want to keep giving money to shit AAA developers to wank over the pretty trees go ahead, but just know that the jews control your soul.

 

[abnaxus]

The new Euro Truck Simulator gonna look great.

 

[Joined on the 4th of July]

PCMark 10 is here!

Spoiler

Available June 22

 

[Black]

We'll still have indie pixel stuff.

Not like the good ol pixels

 

[taxalot]

We'll still have indie pixel stuff.

Not like the good ol pixels

There's actually more pixels in today's pseudo old pixels. It takes more pixels to have pixels than it used to do.

 

[Murk]

pixel inflation is real, and man made

 

[markec]

Oblivion would have been best game ever if only it had photorealistic graphics.

 

[Severian Silk]

Until you see some good uses for it.

There are no good uses for it. The push for graphics has been a determent to gameplay since the emergence of 3D gaming. With only a few notable exceptions.

The only notable exception being fucking everything.

That you can have better graphics is a good thing. It's a not debatable issue. Whether the developers focus on said graphics instead of gameplay is another matter entirely irrelevant.

Also, what exactly has changed ? Are you whining that graphics are getting better? Wow. Here is another thing for you to whine about : you are getting older.

Cuck.

Having a photorealistic engine does not automatically mean you have photorealistic graphics. You need a huge team of artists. And the more artists that get hired, the fewer people hired for gameplay and other things, since good gameplay in these types of environments is harder to accomplish.

 

[pippin]

So photorealism is just having a bunch of ugly instagram filters?

 

[Ezekiel]

Games have gone downhill a lot with the drive towards photorealism in the last two generations. The visuals take up too much time and money and the games become too risky, so they all end up playing kind of the same and have less content than previously. Many developers end up having to quit.

 

[Siobhan]

On the upside, if that level of graphics fidelity becomes the new normal in games, special effects in movies will end up looking really mundane and unexciting, so we might see a move away from bombastic roller coaster rides to flicks that set themselves apart from video games with thoughtful scripts, beautiful cinematography and flawless pacing.

Edit: or maybe games will end up looking even worse because the gap between photorealism and puppet-liked animations will be really jarring

 

[Mark.L.Joy]

2 years to make ground textures.

 

[ore clover]

Until you see some good uses for it.

There are no good uses for it. The push for graphics has been a determent to gameplay since the emergence of 3D gaming. With only a few notable exceptions.

The only notable exception being fucking everything.

That you can have better graphics is a good thing. It's a not debatable issue. Whether the developers focus on said graphics instead of gameplay is another matter entirely irrelevant.

Also, what exactly has changed ? Are you whining that graphics are getting better? Wow. Here is another thing for you to whine about : you are getting older.

Cuck.

In my opinion, while not necessarily an inherent detriment, better and better graphics are negatively impacting the games industry. The push for top of the line visuals, mostly in the AAA sphere, is probably a major contributor to the increasingly bloated budgets of games.

A game like the 2013 tomb raider sells several million, and Squeenix expresses disappointment in the sales figures. Once upon a time, that was an amazing number. Games journalists (*cough, bear with me pls*) praised Uncharted 4 as a near-perfect game, but that one designer was moaning about how awful the crunch conditions are.

Granted, developers and publishers are doing this to themselves by focusing less on mechanics and more on visual and audio presentation. So graphics aren't a suitable scapegoat. However, I also wouldn't say that the two topics are irrelevant to each other.

Somehow the industry needs to collectively understand that, because they're making games and not films, a different balance of resources must be met. Calling to attention the increasing budget that cutting edge visuals requires is relevant to that discussion. At least, that's how I see it.

 

[Makabb]

Photorealism is boring.

it will be great for games that are supposed to be realistic, like flight sims or car games

 

[Severian Silk]

Photorealism is boring.

it will be great for games that are supposed to be realistic, like flight sims or car games

The best flight sims were made in the late 1990s - early 2000s.