The difference a few years makes to graphics

pegasus1 · 26 Mar 2006 at 13:57

Sorry, its all gone a funny fruit shape at the moment!!!!!!

Rincewind · 26 Mar 2006 at 13:58

ok, so what was the point of that may i ask?

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Tesla · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:01

Rincewind said:
ok, so what was the point of that may i ask?

Maybe there are supposed to be 2 images.

pegasus1 · 26 Mar 2006 at 14:06

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Thats better, click on thumbnail.

Rincewind · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:00

aah it all makes sense now!

good pics BTW. what game is the newer one out of interest?

Killerkebab · 26 Mar 2006 at 16:16

Lock On: Modern Air Combat.

PinkPig · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:02

What game's the old one?

Rhys · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:08

It's all about the gamplay though...

I hate it when people say that.

Reppyboyo · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:16

AFAIK the bottom one is FA-18 Hornet.
I remember playing it on the Amiga.

Killerkebab · 26 Mar 2006 at 18:36

Rhys said:
It's all about the gamplay though...

I hate it when people say that.

Gameplay is now a word which means exactly nothing.

Davey_Pitch · 26 Mar 2006 at 18:44

Rhys said:
It's all about the gamplay though...

I hate it when people say that.

If games were all about graphics then I wouldn't still be playing and loving Deus Ex so many years after it came out, despite it looking awful by today's standards. For sheer playability and gameplay it blows most modern games out of the water.

Killerkebab · 26 Mar 2006 at 18:47

Davey_Pitch said:
If games were all about graphics then I wouldn't still be playing and loving Deus Ex so many years after it came out, despite it looking awful by today's standards. For sheer playability and gameplay it blows most modern games out of the water.

I don't like the word "gameplay". It seems to simply refer to how much you can do, or how you do things. Why not use a different word: "fun"?

Deus Ex is an example of a fun game. You're never bored. Ever.

Yewen · 26 Mar 2006 at 23:40

Oblivion is fun at the moment.

But the one for longetivity and staying fun has to be transport tycoon deluxe

ash7jar · 26 Mar 2006 at 23:43

Reppyboyo said:
AFAIK the bottom one is FA-18 Hornet.
I remember playing it on the Amiga.

Yer the good old days i had that to

pegasus1 · 27 Mar 2006 at 12:53

I found the game in my loft the other day, i have an Amiga 500 and 1200 so i might boot it up sometime soon and take a few more screen shots.
Give me LOMAC or IL2 anyday though.

Bogiee · 27 Mar 2006 at 12:58

Ahhhh back in the day when resoloution meant the answer to a question.....

Over the weekend I picked up a copy of XCOM:UFO Defence, from an abandonware site after playing that and then going on to play COD 2 you really appreciate just how far graphics have come!!!

James Bond · 27 Mar 2006 at 13:24

Ah, X-com UFO Defence. I still play it to this day. Heres a cool multiplayer mod for the game : http://ufo2000.sourceforge.net/

a lot of newer games seem to be sacrificing gameplay for graphics which is a shame

a1ex2001 · 27 Mar 2006 at 13:34

I got hold of a copy of DOSBox the other day and sparked up the origional X-Wing which in my mind is one of the best PC games of all time and possibly the best Star Wars game made, but sadly I have to say I couldn't really get past the chunky low res graphics. Don't get me wrong it was fun but just just not as fun as i remember because the poor graphics destroyed the illusion I knew I was playing a game rather than saving the galaxy! Now if someone remade it with a decent engine that would be different (Go On Lucasarts Please!)

Dutch Guy · 27 Mar 2006 at 13:44

Once in a while I instal older games I still have and are amazed at how crap they look today compared to when I first got them and thought they were so amazing.

dirtydog · 27 Mar 2006 at 14:01

I bet F/A-18 Hornet on the Amiga ran at a better framerate than Lock On does on most PCs