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submitted 11 months ago by bbpolterGAYst to c/196

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[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

photorealistic ... realistic ... real-time ... more realistic ...

We had a tool for that: it was called IMAGINATION

The graphical fidelity fetish has complete ruined gamers' ability to immerse themselves in make believe worlds without the game doing all the work for us

My tone is /s, but despite my hypocrisy I do believe this is half true

[-] overjustic@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

Its not like games that tried to be realistic before didn't exist and not like games that purposely go for a non realistic style now are not a thing. I'm pretty sure we have more pixel style graphics games coming out now yearly than when they were actually a thing.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

We have more indie pixel games coming out yearly than all of the original consoles put together during their lifetime I'm pretty sure.

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't be surprised. You probably have young people making games that have nostalgia for games made in the style of 8bit, more than the games that were made that way because of tech constraints.