So, i finally got round to getting Battlefield 3 and started playing the single player campaign. Now don't get me wrong, the graphics are fantastic but when I got to the bit where you are on the aircraft carrier (before getting into the jet) i just thought "where have i seen this before". My answer was ofcourse.. oh yes, 4 years ago in Crysis. I mean it looks almost exactly the same graphics wise.
"So what" i hear you say. Well, it just bugged me a bit that in 4 years, graphics don't seem to have moved on much, if at all. To be honest i think Battlefield 3 has Crysis beat in some areas of its tech/graphics but really, they are very similar in terms of graphics fidelity.
Now obviously this is very much down to the fact that in the console world, we still have consoles filled with 2005 technology.
Also, as a side note I read today that the longevity of this console generation is hurting retail stores as well:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15796585
"Analysts say High Street videogame retailers are struggling because of competition from stores on the internet and a lack of new hardware releases."
I guess i would really like to see some sort of effort from game developers to keep pushing graphics technology to the limit all the time rather than getting bogged down for 6-8 years or shorter gaps between new console hardware.
This is a bit of rambling thread with not a lot of point, but i hope some can relate
I think it's more about my shock at just how similar those two moments in both games looked!
"So what" i hear you say. Well, it just bugged me a bit that in 4 years, graphics don't seem to have moved on much, if at all. To be honest i think Battlefield 3 has Crysis beat in some areas of its tech/graphics but really, they are very similar in terms of graphics fidelity.
Now obviously this is very much down to the fact that in the console world, we still have consoles filled with 2005 technology.
Also, as a side note I read today that the longevity of this console generation is hurting retail stores as well:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15796585
"Analysts say High Street videogame retailers are struggling because of competition from stores on the internet and a lack of new hardware releases."
I guess i would really like to see some sort of effort from game developers to keep pushing graphics technology to the limit all the time rather than getting bogged down for 6-8 years or shorter gaps between new console hardware.
This is a bit of rambling thread with not a lot of point, but i hope some can relate
I think it's more about my shock at just how similar those two moments in both games looked!
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