You got it.wackelpudding said:One thing we all agree on, though, is that photo-realistic graphics wouldn't benefit Infinite. That's something.
I get fistfuls, buckets, megatons of reality when I go outside, and I like reality as represented in movies sometimes. If people think they need to wrap up reality once more in video games, they're wrong.
I'm an Escapist. Capital E. I want my games to be... different. Palatable. Pleasing. Disturbing. Satisfying. Frustrating, if need be, but well put together. Like a cake. If I were to stuff raw eggs, a stick of butter, a bag of sugar and a bag of flour in my face, I wouldn't have cake.
I don't want photo-realism in games, for art needs to be man-made, it needs to be artificial, yet artisanal, not industrial. Yes, I am impressed by people who build photo-realistic pictures up from minute sputterings of an airbrush paintgun, I admire the patience of folks building photo-realistic images up pixel by pixel... that's art alright, but it's art mimicking reality, art enslaved by reality. I don't want that.
I have no issues with Elizabeth looking like a demented Barbie doll, as long as she's part of the vistas, the view, the experience that is, or might be Bioshock 3. I'm happy to get more Bioshock, but, alas, as with that Dark Knight supposedly rising, I fear we might be in for some severe letdowns and disappointments. I think art may very well repeat itself over and over again, especially these days, when we're all easily diagnosed with some form of ADD and in severe need of Adderall or Ritalin. As long as you don't get instructions from dogs or Satan himself, however, I think reality is harsh enough so I'd like art to be pure, unfiltered, real; a proper vent, freedom of the insanity of normalcy, a window, an escape route with a wunderloop - and not a melonfarming pressure cooker. I like LA Noire, but the game bit is sort of a nice-to-have, a value-added-content to the facial capturing/replay routines. I was stunned when I recognized folks in movies and on TV, folks whom I did not recognize by their facial features and their voice alone before LA Noire.
I still can't remember their names, though.
The first time I played Demon's Souls I thought they were crazy, insane, evil. Then I noticed the genius bit. It suddenly popped up, made a little dance on my hippocampus, and it really made my gaming life that much richer and more significant. It inspired me, it hooked me and I am still not done with Dark Souls. It's pretty much the perfect drug, but there just cannot be any perfection when humans are involved. We are imperfection at its peak, and we always need to struggle to get better... and skip Windows 8.