• @Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club
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    1124 days ago

    It was never about fun. It’s about experiencing the game.

    When I read a book, the goal is to have whatever experience the book is going to give me, and leave my own life behind for a while.

    Getting lost in a AAA fantasy world with super-high-fidelity graphics is an amazing experience.

    • @Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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      823 days ago

      Journey the game had extremely great graphics that are also good style and made you get lost in the fantasy and experience.

      The character still did not have things like visible strands of individual hair. Realistic does not automatically make it good. It just makes it expensive.

      • Are you referencing the one by Jenovah Chen, who made Fl0w and Flower? Those two games were so good but I never got to play Journey, is it still ps3 exclusive?

      • @ulterno@programming.dev
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        23 days ago

        Also, it is more expensive on the GPU than it is in terms of creator time.

        A creator with experience in making realistic hair using currently available tools, won’t take significantly more time as compared to one with experience in some other art style, making the thing in that art style.


        Unless, you manage to get that to run well on a lower powered GPU, in which case, 🚀

    • @xvapx@lemmy.world
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      123 days ago

      Absolutely not, of course it is about having fun.
      Are you going to just experience something that makes you feel miserable? Not an unfun moment for catharsis later, but an entire make-you-feel-awful experience?
      Getting lost in a fantasy world is about having fun.

      • @Aux@feddit.uk
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        -122 days ago

        Senua Hellblade is all about experience. A very depressing one as well. And it’s one of the greatest games of all time IMHO. Graphics, sound and story are more important than grinding XP points in ten different ways. People who say otherwise and praise pixelated mess are those who cannot afford to buy high end hardware to play modern games. I get it, RTX5080 is expensive, but no one is judging you for not being able to buy it, so get off your high horse.