ULTIMATE BATTLE: Which gen has had the biggest graphical jump? (56k)

Before i begin, i want to clear up2 things. As much as im against it in other situations, im going to have to exclude the PC. Mainly due to the PC doesnt really have gens and i dont want this thread to turn into a debate whether certain PC games count for which gens.

And with regards to the pictures, i didnt personally set out to find them. All i did was a quick search, nothing more so i dont want to hear how im being biased towards a certain period etc. If you want, just post your own pictures. Anyway, now onto the real topic.

I've heard many people say in SW (and all around) that this gen from the last has been the smallest graphical jump. I personally dont agree with but i decided to look at the best each had to offer and just compare. So here it is, which do you think has been the biggest? Ive included different pictures for single gens just to keept the thread more bright.

(i may have gotten some of the earlier gens muddled up since im not too knowledgable there, if you would just kindly point it out :) )

1st gen - 2nd gen

2nd gen - 3rd gen

3rd gen - 4th gen

4th gen - 5th gen

5th gen - 6th gen

6th gen - 7th gen

7th gen - 8th gen

jking of course :P

These pictures/games are not the ones up for debate, i just put them there as an indication and we can dicuss it from what we know.

For me 3rd - 4th. I didnt really use good pictures there but damn, the 16 bit era looked good compare to the 8.

Last gen to current gen.

No question 2d to 3d.

Seems kinda obvious to me.

Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

4th - 5th took it 3D :D

Unless you count Sonic 3D

Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

Tht1Guy7780

Oh how the years have changed.

4th - 5th

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Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

Mongo-Boss

Real Life :P

FML!!!

Hahahaha

1st to 2nd took a pretty big jump from to colors to hundreds of colors, but last to this gen, we went from millions of colors to just one: Brown. Now that's a jump!8)

Seriously though, 4th to 5th. The jump from 2D to 3D was mind blowing for me. Then again, as a kid back then, anything could be mind blowing. :P

the 4th-5th gen is the biggest the jump to 3d was the largest jump.

though i still think 2d games made well look vastly better then 3d games.

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Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

Mongo-Boss

Real Life :P

You mean Real-life 3.

Anyway i expected alot of people to say 4th to 5th. Although it took gaming to 3d, i dont think it necessarily looks better. We lost clean crisp vibrant colours for jaggied filled blurry/smugded world etc.

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[QUOTE="Tht1Guy7780"]

Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

shutdown_202

Real Life :P

You mean Real-life 3.

Anyway i expected alot of people to say 4th to 5th. Although it took gaming to 3d, i dont think it necessarily looks better. We lost clean crisp vibrant colours for jaggied filled blurry/smugded world etc.

You say that now but when it came out it was pretty spectacular.

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Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

shutdown_202

Real Life :P

You mean Real-life 3.

Anyway i expected alot of people to say 4th to 5th. Although it took gaming to 3d, i dont think it necessarily looks better. We lost clean crisp vibrant colours for jaggied filled blurry/smugded world etc.

snes-n64 i would say

Conker and Zelda were apart of the same generation. They both debuted on the N64.

n64 and PS1 to PS2, Xbox GCN

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[QUOTE="Tht1Guy7780"]

Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

shutdown_202

Real Life :P

You mean Real-life 3.

Anyway i expected alot of people to say 4th to 5th. Although it took gaming to 3d, i dont think it necessarily looks better. We lost clean crisp vibrant colours for jaggied filled blurry/smugded world etc.

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[QUOTE="Tht1Guy7780"]

Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

shutdown_202

Real Life :P

You mean Real-life 3.

Anyway i expected alot of people to say 4th to 5th. Although it took gaming to 3d, i dont think it necessarily looks better. We lost clean crisp vibrant colours for jaggied filled blurry/smugded world etc.

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[QUOTE="Mongo-Boss"] :lol:

Real Life :PCherokee_Jack

You mean Real-life 3.

Anyway i expected alot of people to say 4th to 5th. Although it took gaming to 3d, i dont think it necessarily looks better. We lost clean crisp vibrant colours for jaggied filled blurry/smugded world etc.

Ya, but for that post, i was just talking about which looked more eye pleasing, nothing to do with the thread topic.

4th - 5th. Easily.

The jump from 2D to 3D is one that has never been matched since.

4th to 5th. and that uncharted pic isn't good. there are wayy better looking ones

4th - 5th. Easily.

The jump from 2D to 3D is one that has never been matched since.

The_Game21x

Current Gen - Gran Turismo 5

:P

Current Gen - Gran Turismo 5

:P

Rikusaki

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Current Gen - Gran Turismo 5

:P

shahchip

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Current Gen - Gran Turismo 5

:P

Rikusaki

last gen to current gen

Before i begin, i want to clear up2 things. As much as im against it in other situations, im going to have to exclude the PC. Mainly due to the PC doesnt really have gens and i dont want this thread to turn into a debate whether certain PC games count for which gens.

And with regards to the pictures, i didnt personally set out to find them. All i did was a quick search, nothing more so i dont want to hear how im being biased towards a certain period etc. If you want, just post your own pictures. Anyway, now onto the real topic.

I've heard many people say in SW (and all around) that this gen from the last has been the smallest graphical jump. I personally dont agree with but i decided to look at the best each had to offer and just compare. So here it is, which do you think has been the biggest? Ive included different pictures for single gens just to keept the thread more bright.

(i may have gotten some of the earlier gens muddled up since im not too knowledgable there, if you would just kindly point it out :) )

1st gen - 2nd gen

2nd gen - 3rd gen

3rd gen - 4th gen

4th gen - 5th gen

5th gen - 6th gen

6th gen - 7th gen

7th gen - 8th gen

jking of course :P

These pictures/games are not the ones up for debate, i just put them there as an indication and we can dicuss it from what we know.

For me 3rd - 4th. I didnt really use good pictures there but damn, the 16 bit era looked good compare to the 8.

shutdown_202

pong is an acarde game that came out in 1972. the first home console with the Magnavox Odyssey. i think the biggest jump was from 2D to 3D

it's a tie between 4th-5th gen and 5th - 6th gen. the jump from 2d to 3d was huge but the jump in graphics fidelity from the 5th - 6th was just as huge a jump. the only thing that can be bigger is by going from simulated 3d (current 3d games) to actual autostereoscopic 3d games.

Great topic. I think 4th to 5th is the winner here. The jump from 2-D to 3-D is just too big to be ignored.

I still remember playing Mario 64 in a kiosk at a toy store and actually having goosebumps. LOL. I remember thinking now I don't have to buy so many games because now I'd have Virtual Worlds to explore and it would take forever to see everything. Now we have huge open-world games like Oblivion, Fallout 3, GTA 4, etc. and it's not even that big of a deal anymore.

Anyways the 2d to 3d jump like everyone says was the hugest. Those early 3d games are rough now and have not aged well but it's similar to pre-NES (i.e. Atari, Colecovision, Odyssey) games in that most of them have aged poorly as well.

Last Gen games (PS2, Xbox, GC) are to 3D what the NES was to 2D; games got a little more refined and worlds and characters started to seem more organic. This gen (PS3 & 360) is like the SNES/Genesis gen in that 3d games are getting ultra-detailed and even more epic just like all the refined and epic 2d Masterpieces of the 16-bit gen. Next up we are due for a new revolution, however this time it won't be graphics but rather controls. The Wii was the first step and I believe the Wii is to motion-sensing what Atari is to 2D gaming or what N64/PS1 is to 3D gaming. It is the first step and will not age well when played years from now.

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Whats the game with the crowbar. Its pretty looking?

Mongo-Boss

Real Life :P

Is that a sequel to Half Life?

Definitely 4th to 5th. From 2D to 3D is a HUGE jump.