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Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: Does The Tech Still Impress?
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 04:51:30 -0500
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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.