Have you outgrown graphics yet?

To me, arguing over what game "looks" better seems like what kids do on the playground. The average age for a gamer is like 30 something. Is system wars just skewed to a much younger fanbase then the average gamer? At what point did you just stop caring what a game looks like?

sounds like one of the kids on the payground just decided he was more mature than the other kids.

I believe I have. Although I'll admit, if I step back a few generations and play a game that I didn't play growing up, I have a hard time getting past the graphics. case in point, Sonic the Hedgehog. I grew up with a SNES. Now that I have a Wii I'm playing those Genesis games and I'm having a hard time getting used to the graphics. Super Mario World... no problem.

I'll never outgrow graphics. Visuals are 80% immersion to me, crap visuals unless I played the game before when it came out (older games), make games unplayable for me.

I'll never outgrow graphics. Visuals are 80% immersion to me, crap visuals unless I played the game before when it came out (older games), make games unplayable for me.

Espada12

sounds like one of the kids on the payground just decided he was more mature than the other kids.

Peiner09

By saying "outgrown" you seem to falsely imply that interest in graphical fidelity is somehow related to maturity.

As a matter of fact I think graphics are important for the quite legitimate reason that they can be used to increase draw distances, rendered objects, destructible environments, level of detail, number of AIs, number of player characters, possible simultaneous physics interactions, etc.

It's not just some nonsense where it comes down to how pretty it looks. But even in that case, why shouldn't you be able to enjoy the high-fidelity models and artwork that is created for every game?

Would you rather look at a professionally created painting in full size or at 124x326 resolution with spotty color reproduction?

My problem with graphics debates on System wars, is that none of them are actually about graphics. Many of the posters her have a warped misconception on how game visuals are actually produced and never consider the influence of an engine and the role it plays in game development. Everything is measured on the artstyIe of still images and never do they consider scale, AI, physics, and genre

Look at the term "Graphics king"

Anyone who knows anything about graphics, knows that you can't possibly have a "graphics king" the term itself is a joke.

My problem with graphics debates on System wars, is that none of them are actually about graphics. Many of the posters her have a warped misconception on how game visuals are actually produced and never consider the influence of an engine and the role it plays in game development. Everything is measured on the artstyIe of still images and never do they consider scale, AI, physics, and genre

Look at the term "Graphics king"

Anyone who knows anything about graphics, knows that you can't possibly have a "graphics king" the term itself is a joke.

Blue-Sky

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

I'll never outgrow graphics. Visuals are 80% immersion to me, crap visuals unless I played the game before when it came out (older games), make games unplayable for me.

VideoGameGuy

It's been a while for that but that doesn't mean i'll outgrow graphics, infact it reinforces my point about how much I care about visuals.