Re: RES: [Algorithms] What is next-gen
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From: Zulfiqar M. <zul...@gm...> - 2005-12-27 12:42:55
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I think that graphics have become more important recently to the general public for many reasons: 1. Review sites are not good/impartial. Graphics play a very important part in the game getting a good review. 2. Good game play has different meaning to different people whereas aesthetics generally apply the same to most (if not all). 3. Good graphics generally mean that the developer has put great effort into development, thus giving the impression that a good enough effort would have been put in other parts of the game as well. However, I think that it will change in the coming year, thanks to the plethora of crappy games with good graphics throughout the current year and the year before. Since most games come out with decent enough graphics these days (and well taken screen-shots) therefore i see people taking more notice of gameplay and features other than graphics. Recent examples of this include, Doom3, FEAR, Quake4 etc. I think review sites have a role to play over here as well. They can start off by being more impartial. I won't mention any names here, but a lot of popular review sites have given ridiculously good reviews to very crappy/average games from big publishers. On the developer side, i think tight deadlines play a major role in them focusing their attention on the graphics side alone i.e. taking the easy way out. I don't blame them for that, because they are following a schedule given to them by the publisher and they have to follow it for their survival. On a lighter note, delays are getting very common these days, even the new year is getting delayed (if God is lagging behind, we can't blame game developers) :). On 12/27/05, Rodrigo <pha...@ya...> wrote: > > Just to clarify: I DO believe graphics are very important for games, and = I > also look for good graphics when buying games - and you bet, it's one of = the > first things I look into - it's just not the only one, nor the one who > decides which game to buy ;) > > HOWEVER, since I don't have the time to play games as I used to have when= I > was a kid, I sincerely search for my games that are "worth of my time" - > that means I won't spend some bucks on a game that looks good but in the = end > proves itself boring by a bad storyline and poor gameplay. Got my point? > > So I would *really* love to see other priorities - like AI, physics and > sound - go up on the developers' lists. I know the publishers drive the > market, and that's why I wrote all that: I'm sure there are more people l= ike > me, who does not have much time to play or whatever, which focus on other > content instead of graphics when deciding which game to buy. > > Rodrigo > > -----Mensagem original----- > De: gda...@li... > [mailto:gda...@li...] Em nome de Aras > Pranckevicius > Enviada em: ter=E7a-feira, 27 de dezembro de 2005 07:46 > Para: gda...@li... > Assunto: Re: RES: [Algorithms] What is next-gen > > Mat: > > Please define considerable. > > #define considerable > :) > > Guido: > > As long as people buy these moronic games that are out there, > > publishers will keep producing them and flooding us with games the > > world doesn't need. > > The public gets what the public wants. I guess we should stop whining abo= ut > how poor the situation is and make something for a change. Sure, the > industry has lots (LOTS) of problems, but then - every industry has them. > > -- > Aras 'NeARAZ' Pranckevicius > http://nesnausk.org/nearaz | http://nearaz.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log fi= les > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id=16865&op=3Dick > _______________________________________________ > GDAlgorithms-list mailing list > GDA...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gdalgorithms-list > Archives: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_ida88 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Yahoo! doce lar. Fa=E7a do Yahoo! sua homepage. > http://br.yahoo.com/homepageset.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log fi= les > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id=16865&opclick > _______________________________________________ > GDAlgorithms-list mailing list > GDA...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gdalgorithms-list > Archives: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_ida88 > -- Regards, Zulfiqar Inayat Malik. |