A World Without Wii?


I would like to argue a point on graphics one moment.

Some games are already at their graphical peak because they use style rather than uber realistic stuff. One could say the Wii is powerful enough to make a perfect game graphically should you choose to have more originality than using 'realistic' styles.

But then look at RE44 on the cube, that game is damn pretty and last gen.
 
Graphics are at a peak, due to the main fact that there is no possible way ever to realistically simulate every single little nook and cranny that you can pump onto your computer or television screen. Not even the PS3 itself, or any other gaming platform for that matter, could ever come close to simulate real life scenery. There's just too many sacrifices to make in order to achieve such goals, and in the end, you would just end up proving the "graphics are at a peak" claim to be even more true. Game development is already expensive enough as it is, and with the common-day mentality that games need to be more defined in terms of realism, how far will you go until you realize that too much realism will just destroy the entire point of video gaming?

To me, video games is just another way for you to just run from reality for a few hours or so, and to play out your fantasies in a digitized world. Even though some people will take my claim differently, the problem is how much realism can you throw into a game until you realize that you could be restricting the game's own freedom and creativity in a way you wouldn't have even bothered to notice?

So Nintendo's claim of "gameplay over graphics" has some merit to it.
 
So Nintendo's claim of "gameplay over graphics" has some merit to it.
I totally agree with this! In the 'old days', graphical improvements were a major factor and the difference was really noticeable. Now however, we've reached a stage where some extra polygons won't matter so much, so it's back to the core of a game: game play!
 
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