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Compare jump in video games 1980 to 2000, versus 2000 to 2020

1980: Pac Man, Donkey Kong. 2000: Half Life, Quake III, Tr...
Lemon New Version
  09/20/21
S-curves are common in nature
Thirsty disturbing hall
  09/20/21
Seriously
Razzle-dazzle arrogant jew
  09/20/21
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Lemon New Version
  09/20/21
The leap to 3D was a one-and-done deal. There isn't another ...
Red soul-stirring foreskin
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Excitant Chest-beating Library
  09/20/21
indie games have gotten better, both in production values an...
Judgmental Multi-colored Crotch
  09/20/21
Lol I hate these. Hades is way too badass
Red soul-stirring foreskin
  09/20/21
and yet it actually has slick controls and a week's worth of...
Judgmental Multi-colored Crotch
  09/20/21
The leap to the Dreamcast was the biggest graphical leap I&r...
Galvanic Box Office Potus
  09/20/21
Are you just not SNES to N64/PS1? Or are you going to be lik...
Red soul-stirring foreskin
  09/20/21
The biggest PC game of the year will be a remaster of Diablo...
Internet-worthy Beady-eyed Voyeur
  09/20/21
Nah Bezos will pump tons of money into new world but it won&...
Razzle-dazzle arrogant jew
  09/20/21
FFXIV has already topped WoW
Cracking up-to-no-good base
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Date: September 20th, 2021 12:33 AM
Author: Lemon New Version

1980: Pac Man, Donkey Kong.

2000: Half Life, Quake III, Tribes 2 (technically 1998, 1999, and 2001).

2020: Call Of Duty XYZ, Doom Eternal, Half Life Alyx

The jump from 1980 to 2000 is a quantum leap. 2000 to 2020 is incremental. If you did 2004 (Half Life 2, Battlefield) to 2020, then the improvement is barely noticeable. Ok so textured and shadows have gotten better. Gameplay is no more large scale or large number (look at Tribes 2).

And some new games are obviously WORSE than their predecessors. Look at the new Halo game, etc. It reminds me of how in the Roman Empire they eventually forgot how to do free standing sculptures and has to just make reliefs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43144207)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 12:41 AM
Author: Thirsty disturbing hall

S-curves are common in nature

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Date: September 20th, 2021 9:09 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle arrogant jew

Seriously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145260)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:40 AM
Author: Lemon New Version



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:46 AM
Author: Red soul-stirring foreskin

The leap to 3D was a one-and-done deal. There isn't another dimension to make use of.

It's only recently that computing power itself has started to stagnate.

At the same time, there's stuff like the water in Half-Life 2 in 2004, like shouldn't it be easier to do something like that now than it was then? But you encounter tons of high-end games with shitty looking water. And then there's gameplay/game design. I pick games up now and I'm like "wow this sucks," or those they just feel like they haven't thought of anything new since the PS1 era.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145189)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:46 AM
Author: Excitant Chest-beating Library



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:47 AM
Author: Judgmental Multi-colored Crotch

indie games have gotten better, both in production values and in game design, even since like 2013

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145194)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:47 AM
Author: Red soul-stirring foreskin

Lol I hate these. Hades is way too badass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145195)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:51 AM
Author: Judgmental Multi-colored Crotch

and yet it actually has slick controls and a week's worth of depth in it unlike the fucking garbage pile "binding of isaac" which was the hottest indie game of a more benighted age

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145203)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:49 AM
Author: Galvanic Box Office Potus

The leap to the Dreamcast was the biggest graphical leap I’ve ever seen. Since then it’s only been incremental stuff, “ray tracing,” etc

The degree of Graphical improvements basically peaked with the Dreamcast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145197)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 8:53 AM
Author: Red soul-stirring foreskin

Are you just not SNES to N64/PS1? Or are you going to be like, "early 3d didn't age well haha"

Dreamcast made N64 look like shit basically, but I think most people didn't know what to make of Shenmue or Seaman or whatever. They had forged their brand loyalties with Nintendo or Sony, and the latter had full saturation of the airwaves. And then Fight Club and later its vaunted DVD came out, guaranteeing a win in the console war for Sony.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145206)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 9:00 AM
Author: Internet-worthy Beady-eyed Voyeur

The biggest PC game of the year will be a remaster of Diablo 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145233)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 9:10 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle arrogant jew

Nah Bezos will pump tons of money into new world but it won’t ever top WOW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145264)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 9:11 AM
Author: Cracking up-to-no-good base

FFXIV has already topped WoW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145270)



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Date: September 20th, 2021 9:11 AM
Author: Cracking up-to-no-good base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4925539&forum_id=2#43145267)