Which PC Games are considered "nex-gen"?

1. It's "Next-Gen"
2. Those games are current generation


It depends in what context. Gameplay? Graphics? Technology in general?
I would consider Tom Clancy's The Division a "Next-Gen" game. Final Fantasy 15 also.
 
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Well, ashes of the singularity will be. Pretty much anything shouting about dx12 probably could be considered next gen.
 
There is no such thing as 'next gen' for us PC master race. Games that ran DX9 on old consoles still had DX10/11 options for PC. We simply merge between and often get the extras the console can't handle.

It's not really a next gen thing on consoles either. It's a cap on what their hardware can handle. It's just marketed as next generation guff to sell numbers. When in reality. The architecture/features have always been there, they simply couldn't run it.

I can already hear the "but consoles now run on new architecture, sure this is considered next gen". Again, it's not really, it's just they got an upgrade.

So, in conclusion, next gen games are not even a thing.
 
Basically anything that's not out yet that can ONLY run on hardware that hasn't been released yet.

If it's out already (or soon) running on hardware that exists then it's current gen.

E.g. Witcher 3, GTA V, Fallout 4 are current gen, Half-Life 3 is next gen
 
I took a look at crysis's graphics other day,

they still look damn good, I'm a little disappointed as I expected graphics to be further along really....

Considering when crysis came out it was leaps and bounds ahead of any game.
 
agnes said:
There is no such thing as 'next gen' for us PC master race. Games that ran DX9 on old consoles still had DX10/11 options for PC. We simply merge between and often get the extras the console can't handle.

It's not really a next gen thing on consoles either. It's a cap on what their hardware can handle. It's just marketed as next generation guff to sell numbers. When in reality. The architecture/features have always been there, they simply couldn't run it.

I can already hear the "but consoles now run on new architecture, sure this is considered next gen". Again, it's not really, it's just they got an upgrade.

So, in conclusion, next gen games are not even a thing.
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Quoted for truth!
 
i thought next-gen was a phrase made up when the new consoles came out and they were still releasing games for both old-gen and new-gen so they used next-gen to make it sound more than what it actually was.

then all the remastered games start popping up with so called next-gen graphics for next-gen consoles.
 
Basically, if you can play it on current technology, it's this-gen. The phrase says it all.
If it's next-gen, it can't be played yet. Like FSX.
 
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i thought next-gen was a phrase made up when the new consoles came out and they were still releasing games for both old-gen and new-gen so they used next-gen to make it sound more than what it actually was.
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They were next-gen right up until those system were released. Once released, it's not next generation, it's current generation, which is what the PS4 is.
 
Longbow said:
They were next-gen right up until those system were released. Once released, it's not next generation, it's current generation, which is what the PS4 is.
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You can use either term, really. *True* next gen(PS5, etc) is a ways off so nobody is going to mistake you using the term 'next gen' to mean anything but XB1/PS4 for the most part.

Dont really know what the OP is asking, though. Obviously 'next gen games' would typically mean any games whose development was led or prioritized on the newest console hardware. So you could even call a game like Forza Horizon 2 'next gen', even though it has a 360 version, because the 360 version was was built separately on the FH1 engine.

I'd also extend this to games that are PC-led, but also receive versions on XB1 or PS4 that wouldn't run on older consoles. Like The Witcher 3, Battlefront, etc.

Can get a bit murky with something GTA V, which was technically a 360/PS3 era game, but was drastically overhauled for next gen consoles(and then PC), to where it wouldn't be fair calling it a mere Remaster.
 
As things stand, there's no such thing as next gen, it is a term used in the console world for system that will usher in a next generation of consoles, I think we are in the 7th generation now. The PC has been in all generations in one form or other.
 
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