Man, it was really cool growing up with the evolution of graphics. Went from N64 to PS1, Xbox, and all the way through today. Every step of the way was awesome
I completely agree. I think the 360 era was the last time it felt like there was a huge jump in graphics. Everything since then seems to just be a slow drip of improvements.
I’m not saying thing aren’t amazing these days, but ps4 vs ps5 isn’t as different as ps1 to ps2 was.
I play games since the 8-bit era.
The last time I was amazed by graphics was when playing GTA V on my PS3 around 10 years ago.
It felt like a next gen game on a last gen console (because it was).
Everything since then has only seen gradual change it seems.
I played ever since the Atari days. The biggest jumps were Atari to super Nintendo, SNES to ps1, ps1 to 1080p, 1080 p to 4k, all very noticeable and next-gen graphics jumps from one to the next
Looking back, there were definite jumps between generations, but at the time it definitely felt gradual after xbox->360/PS2->PS3. The jump to Xbox/PS2 was incredible at the time
For reference, my first console was an nes. But I think the PS2 era was the last great era of games.
Once we had online connectivity, everything kind of got worse. Broken games to be patched later, micro transactions, the loss of local multiplayer.
I almost only play indie games these days or I emulate titles from the ps2 and earlier. It’s a shame that the magic gaming had before the internet has been lost.
I went from PS3 to late-stage PS4 (think TLOU2). You can’t convince me that wasn’t a pretty big jump between one generation.
Went from N64 to PS1
Other way round, non?
PS1 definitely had the better graphics
Pretty sure that the N64 with proper floating point calc had a more advanced GPU but with the TV at the times the PS1 took advantage of the small resolution. Added higher storage for textures it did look better than the N64. If you compare them now, the N64 doesn’t have that “jittery jumpy” feel of PS1 3D graphics, especially visible on emulators
- EDIT: here is a good video about the PS1 hardware
No way. Janky textures that moved around more than the character onscreen is not better.
A lot of PS1 games had really neat pre-rendered sets, but it didn’t really come close to N64 in terms of clarity.
I grew up with both of them. My best friend had the PS1 and I had the N64.
The PS1 had more great games though.
Yes way. My ps1 looked much better than my buddies n64
I’m telling you, watch a comparison video on YouTube.
Maybe the only n64 game you ever seen was Superman 64 haha.
I think the next ten or so years will be about graphics and the scale of maps… I imagine a pirate game where we can sail around the the whole damn world…
Oh and the waves look really frothy and cool
I started playing video games on a Coleco/ADAM computer. You’re damned right the PS1 had mind-boggling graphics.
At that time simply seeing skeletons made out of polygons was mind-boggling enough.
Yeah, wait until you are 40 and kids are making this same statement about video games from today.
We already achieved photorealistic rendering a decade ago, and we can do it in real time now. Graphics aren’t going to get much better any more. This is why 1) a wider variety of art styles has become popular, and 2) people clamor about VR being the “next step”.
Difference is we can all tell there’s a difference in graphics and can laugh about it. In 40 years who knows. Graphics already look so good now there’s only so much further they can go
I distinctly remember doing a double take at the intense graphics of the SNES demonstrating Super Mario World at a display in a grocery store.
It’s hard to imagine things like that not existing yet.
Mind boggling doesn’t necessarily mean good. May be they meant like effects so shit it boggles the mind
Must be great to be a young gamer these days. They’ll never have to deal with the medium back when it had to make up for its lack of technical sophistication by hiring writers.
The Japan-only prequel to Earthbound was basically carried by its marketing. It wasn’t a great game by any stretch of the imagination.
Big (empty) world with innovative (terrible) graphics, a challenging (unbalanced) combat system, an interesting (impossible to follow) story and packed full of content (grinding) that will keep you playing for hours (because you keep game-overing)
Yeah well, they can’t all be Mother 3.
