Well yet another interesting article on what people are planning for new graphics cards, an interesting link to a demo on NVidia's site here. To see what I'm talking about, note the demo sadly requires a fast internet connection.
The article mentions that MicroSoft made a Bunny (hmmm) fuzzy that was a little less complex. In any case, it looks like artists are going to be needed more to use this ability on newer cards. I suppose the classic game programer is becoming less and less mainstream these days and the people who create "content" are becoming more important. My real question is, fine they can make better looking graphics, but will the game be as fun to play? NWN is pretty fun, so in that case yes. But a lot of the new games for the PS2 (and the PS1 like FF9) to be blunt, stink, sure they have wonderful graphics, but they seem to lack something, like thoughtful and truely funny things in it (like FF8's and Rinoa's train model). I've only bought 2 games for the PS2 compared to the 20 I have for the PSX (and I bought those fairly quickly after getting it). What gives? Sure great looking graphics is nice, but does it make the game enjoyable? I'm wondering if the industry is sacrificing creativity for glitz (See Holly wood's use of CGI).
What do you think?
Cyb
PS
Please don't call this spam that anoys me, since I actually THINK about what I post before I do (IE does it interest anyone more than just me).
The article mentions that MicroSoft made a Bunny (hmmm) fuzzy that was a little less complex. In any case, it looks like artists are going to be needed more to use this ability on newer cards. I suppose the classic game programer is becoming less and less mainstream these days and the people who create "content" are becoming more important. My real question is, fine they can make better looking graphics, but will the game be as fun to play? NWN is pretty fun, so in that case yes. But a lot of the new games for the PS2 (and the PS1 like FF9) to be blunt, stink, sure they have wonderful graphics, but they seem to lack something, like thoughtful and truely funny things in it (like FF8's and Rinoa's train model). I've only bought 2 games for the PS2 compared to the 20 I have for the PSX (and I bought those fairly quickly after getting it). What gives? Sure great looking graphics is nice, but does it make the game enjoyable? I'm wondering if the industry is sacrificing creativity for glitz (See Holly wood's use of CGI).
What do you think?
Cyb
PS
Please don't call this spam that anoys me, since I actually THINK about what I post before I do (IE does it interest anyone more than just me).