Games like Dwarf Fortress and Ultima Ratio Regum made me realise how much graphics are a bottleneck in game design, and how much stuff a game can do if we ditch them. IMHO I wouldn't mind if every game looked like shit if that meant having more interesting experiences, but i can see why some would disagree.
The best game of the past 5 years has been an isometric point and click rpg about being a communist cop with memory loss. Graphics are cool, but really only matter for shit like film and archviz.
A consistent look is really all that matters for games.
I believe that the reason why Total War went to shit is because of their focus on giving their game AAA quality graphics, despite the fact that their game is firmly in the niche genre that cannot financially support a AAA game. As the result in each every game they continuously simplifies the game in an effort to make their game more accessible to a wider market.
Games like Dwarf Fortress and Ultima Ratio Regum made me realise how much graphics are a bottleneck in game design, and how much stuff a game can do if we ditch them. IMHO I wouldn't mind if every game looked like shit if that meant having more interesting experiences, but i can see why some would disagree.
The best game of the past 5 years has been an isometric point and click rpg about being a communist cop with memory loss. Graphics are cool, but really only matter for shit like film and archviz.
A consistent look is really all that matters for games.
I believe that the reason why Total War went to shit is because of their focus on giving their game AAA quality graphics, despite the fact that their game is firmly in the niche genre that cannot financially support a AAA game. As the result in each every game they continuously simplifies the game in an effort to make their game more accessible to a wider market.
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