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Microsoft says the 2-3 year development cycles of big-budget games are over (www.axios.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

this, i despise the focus on polygon and texture counts so goddamn much

games from a decade ago are still popular and still look good, can we please just focus on performance and actual mechanics

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And story/worldbuilding.

I don't want a game of a movie of a book, but I like when there are reasons behind the actions and choices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I want to upvote this twice

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, I think we're about to hit complete photorealism on those things without it mattering at all anyway

What we really need is easier access to assets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Photogrametry has pretty much secured photorealistic baked-in effects without any additional computational power. Just by using real photos (especially 3D scan photos) you cut out mapping, toning, and forming (all together a 1hr+ process) all in one step. That, coupled with modern engine lighting and an eye for what makes things "real" and you get that one bodycam footage game that everyone was jaw-dropped about.