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The games industry’s obsession with visual fidelity is costing them money and talent (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Those attributes do not add to the fun of a game imo.

I'm going to mildly disagree. I like my games to be immersive, and I don't know if it's just me, but don't find myself immersed with pixel art.

All other things being equal (a phrase doing a lot of heavy lifting) I prefer photorealistic graphics. Obviously, if a game isn't fun then it doesn't matter how pretty it is, but if a game isn't fun, pixel graphics aren't going to change that.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I too like games being immersive, but its not photorealism or pixel art, there's a lot in between, I can still go and play ps1 games like mgs1 and get immersed in the story.

    Obviously, if a game isn't fun then it doesn't matter how pretty it is

    That was essentially what I was trying to say lol

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I can still go and play ps1 games like mgs1 and get immersed in the story.

    For me it's like watching SD Video on a CRT TV. Back then, it was the best we had and we didn't know better, but in a world with 4k video on a high end TV, I can't go back-- the poor visuals become distracting to me. That feels like a "me" problem, though.

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