Yggdrasil wrote:
 | Dodo wrote:Anyway, I'd like to see a Game, which does look like the real world... nothing so far yet (even if image mapping and todays 3D accelerators would allow it).  |
The problem with photo-realistic rendering is that isn't perfect yet, and I would rather play a game that goes more cartoony/drawn look, rather than failing with perfect realism.
I remember when 3d games first started and everyone was wowing over what they called "beautiful" graphics, while they were really ugly clunky polygons, and people were just responding to the gee whiz of being 3d
Some 3d games today are starting to look better, although a lot of them still fall short. Even still I think game designers choose 3d because its easier to develop in modern environments rather than creating thousands of frames of finely rendered graphics.
In some cases though 3d still gets more worship than in deserves, and some games whether or not 3d would look and work better in a top-down perspective, than in a first-person style; but to do something top-down is not even considered an option except for strategy games because everyone thinks first person 3d is the bees knees and penultimate in gaming, when its not.
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