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Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: Does The Tech Still Impress?
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:20:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Mandrake <prmandrake0@gmail.com> wrote at 09:51 this Monday (GMT):
> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> 
>> So this CRAP* poll is ever-so-slightly less random and pointless this
>> time. I mean, not /much/ less; it's just enough less CRAP that I'm not
>> going to be giving you the usual silly options. Yup, this time you
>> can't just pick from A, B or C; you gotta WRITE out your response. You
>> might even have to think about it first!
>> 
>> 
>> (Obviously, I expect many fewer responses this time** ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> Anyway, here's the question for this month's poll. It's about tech in
>> video games. Specifically:
>> 
>> Does the technology in games impress you anymore?
>> 
>> And by 'tech', I mean anything from graphics, physics, world-size, AI;
>> stuff like that. The underlying software and hardware that powers our
>> games. When you load up a new game, is any of that still making you
>> go, 'Wow! I didn't know PCs could do that" or "Hey, that's really
>> neat"? If so, which games? If not, can you remember the last time that
>> happened?
>
> I've been asking myself the same thing quite a bit lately.  However, I 
> do have an example that impressed me.  Recently Ubisoft remastered and 
> re-released Heroes of Might and Magic III.  It's one of my favorite 
> games and only recently did developers begin taking remastering 
> seriously.  That's not what impressed me.  I switched over from that to 
> Heroes of Might and Magic V and took a good look at the game.  The 
> graphics are beautiful.  The music is high quality too.  No longer 
> taking Heroes V for granted.  Set the camera to classic view and 
> pincushion the enemy as Marksmen...
>
> What I think is missing from games today is the cartoon feel.  All those 
> high resolution monsters with fuzzy and often erroneous graphics. 
> They're rough like a hooker without makeup.  Not my cup of tea.  They 
> seem cultish and anathemic.


So like indie games?
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