Have graphics stopped impressing you? (Now with poll)

Like I remember when xbox 360 first came out and every game blew my mind. At this point though even though graphics are getting better, im used to them. Theres been no game in recent memory for me which I was really wow'd by seeing it. Last game I can think of is Gears of War when it first came out...and the Lost Planet demo before that.

hbu?

yes

when i was playing my 360 on an SD i was impressed

then i was impressed when i played games on an HDtv

now im not impressed anymore... you kinda get used to it

Crysis ruined graphics for me but I still do get impressed....the last 2 games to impress me were Uncharted 2 and DiRT2 on the PC

Nope, good graphics still impress the heck out of me. IIts just that its not really a necessity to me.

I know what you mean. Certain games are impressive looking, and I'll find myself saying "That's very pretty", but overall I'm used to it nowadays.

Besides, after Crysis, everything else looks bad. j/k

When you've seen crysis, all other games just look the same :P

No recently ive been playing Metal Gear Solid 4 which is the most stunning game ive ever played, Ratchet & Clank which is beatiful to look at and Soul Calibur which is also excellent! Im constantly impressed by graphics!

Graphics by themselves have stopped impressing me. However I think ART design and style are the new graphics

Take Shadow of the colossus for example. One of the best looking games ever, it could totally pass as a next gen game because the art design is really really well done.

Like crysis might have teh big phat graphics, and I played both of them at max and it looked amazing. But imo MGS4 looks better, because the art design and style imo is just way cooler.

Hell No!!

Yep, after playing Crysis all I really look for now is good story/gameplay.

HEAVY RAIN!

I was just blown away by Uncharted 2 a few months back.

Good graphics in general still impress me. Recently Ive fould myself wowwing at old games that pushed the SNES, GENESIS and PSX to their limit.

Graphics don't really impress me as much. I've seen Crysis and it's not going to get that much better...

I was hyping Uncharted 2, not because how it looked visually (it still looked great), but because of everything else. The superior layered animations, action, and everything going on on screen...

I cant wait to play Uncharted 2, heard so many good things about it!

But im gonna hold out on it for a bit, ive got a feeling they may release a GOTY edition so i dont wont to spend too much on it.

Graphics by themselves have stopped impressing me. However I think ART design and style are the new graphics

Take Shadow of the colossus for example. One of the best looking games ever, it could totally pass as a next gen game because the art design is really really well done.

Like crysis might have teh big phat graphics, and I played both of them at max and it looked amazing. But imo MGS4 looks better, because the art design and style imo is just way cooler.

SamGv

Good graphics in general still impress me. Recently Ive fould myself wowwing at old games that pushed the SNES, GENESIS and PSX to their limit.

Shirokishi_

I'm definitely past the "wow" factor this generation. But I certainly get distracted when there's something wrong with them.

As another poster already mentioned...I am still very impressed by some of the art styles that are showing up. Borderlands was very impressive, and almost as fun to look at as it was to play.

[QUOTE="SamGv"]

Graphics by themselves have stopped impressing me. However I think ART design and style are the new graphics

Take Shadow of the colossus for example. One of the best looking games ever, it could totally pass as a next gen game because the art design is really really well done.

Like crysis might have teh big phat graphics, and I played both of them at max and it looked amazing. But imo MGS4 looks better, because the art design and style imo is just way cooler.

Rougehunter

They never impressed me.

0Sometimes they do. I didn't vote.

Three years of classes in Maya kind of ruined me. I nitpick any CG in movies, and only Pixar can reliably impress me.

happened last gen to me... I never thought Crysis looked that good despite the level of graphics I play it on, and my PS3 never "wowed" me to begin with.

Luckily sometimes devs still make fun games ^^ the saving grace of the industry I think.

Somewhat not impressed anymore by graphics. Thats why games like The Last Guardian and Heavy Rain have really caught my attention.Both look to have great gameplay and stories. And they both seem poised to push their respective genres alot further then most games. Believe it or not I loved Uncharted 2 more for the cinematic feel,characters,and gameplay then the graphics which were/are pretty great to look at.

No. I'm still more impressed with some Wii games than I am with CrysisSilenthps

like what Wii game?

When you've seen crysis, all other games just look the same :P

DoomZaW

I'm still wow'd, most recently by Mass Effect 2. And before that by Shadow of the Collosus (just last month, got a ps2 for the first time recently)

[QUOTE="Silenthps"]No. I'm still more impressed with some Wii games than I am with Crysischikenfriedrice

like what Wii game?

Graphics have affect maybe my knee-jerk reaction to a game because, well, that's the easiest thing to notice right off the bat.

But once you get into a game, graphical fidelity falls to the wayside and things like game mechanics, story and sound design become more important to the experience.

Dragon Age is a great example. The graphics look almost last gen. But the voice work and gameplay really elevate the game above the barely passable visuals.

i was wowed by dx 10 for a few months then it just became meh .

I can be wowed but not in the way like it was 3 yrs ago...now you have GOW III,Heavy Rain,Alan Wake,Halo Reach,BF BC 2,GT 5,Crysis 2...and so on...its not like when killzone was shown 2005 when everybody were WOW:shock: you know...we wont feel like that ever in this gen...

The last game to really impress me was NG on the Xbox. Games now have impressed but not nearly as much as NG did back then.

Crysis did when I saw the modded pics tho.

Well it's hard to say considering graphics haven't really improved in the last few years, the whole industry is cost stunted.

High graphic games are expensive, expensive games go cross platform, cross platform games become console limited; and the whole purpose is defeated.

They have made games that bit more polished, that bit more utilization of fixed hardware, but we haven't had anything set a new technical complexity bar since Crysis in 07.

When you've seen crysis, all other games just look the same :P

DoomZaW

Graphics stopped "wowing" me when 3D reached a nice point around 2000 or so.