Video game graphics are a ticking time bomb — the industry needs to focus on art over tech

TL;DR

It seems like people will completely disregard an experience if the game’s graphics don’t hold up, or just absolutely demolish a game if it looks like it could have come out 10 years ago.The more advanced a game tries to be, the more cognizant I am of how lacking it actually appears.The jarring contrast between an engine’s best looking moments and the parts that just don’t look right result in a rude awakening, making me realize how much progress the industry still needs to reach the goals it's striving for.For example, in Ghost of Tsushima, there are visual setbacks that make it harder for me to latch onto its world.It just ends up seeming wrong, and whenever I think back to the game, my brain is hyper fixated on that flaw."

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