by “the rest”, do you mean previous generation? because that was a big jump for sure. the gens changes are far less significant now.
Pobre_Provinciano on
I think it was the biggest leap between generations. For example, compare Final Fantasy IX and X, it’s a MASSIVE improvement.
Shadow_Strike99 on
That leap was pretty big at the time. The PS2 and GameCube refined 3d from the PS1/N64 era.
I’ll never forget how much better character models looked in those Smackdown wrestling games, or how impressive Gran Turismo 3 and 4 were. Something like GTA was absolutely mind blowing to explore such a big city environment and do whatever the hell you wanted.
There’s actually quite a few games that actually don’t look bad at all today. Something like Battlefront 2 for example, yeah the faces on key characters like the Jedi look janky and rough. But the character models of Storm Troopers, vehicles and ships, along with maps still look solid 20 years later. Wrestlers from Smackdown vs Raw 2007 don’t even look that far off from WWE games today.
when i was playing a ps2, i said one thing, ”graphics can’t get any better than this”
FallenRaptor on
Maybe not as big as the jump from 2D to 3D games as that was a significant leap forward for obvious reasons, but the leap from PS1 to PS2 was still huge.
Frostgaurdian0 on
The leap from ps2 to ps3 was somewhat significant. The graphics and game world maps got bigger. The closer the games became to realism, the stronger the impact. Something similar happened with Nintendo 3ds tho Nintendo handheld were much simpler.
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by “the rest”, do you mean previous generation? because that was a big jump for sure. the gens changes are far less significant now.
I think it was the biggest leap between generations. For example, compare Final Fantasy IX and X, it’s a MASSIVE improvement.
That leap was pretty big at the time. The PS2 and GameCube refined 3d from the PS1/N64 era.
I’ll never forget how much better character models looked in those Smackdown wrestling games, or how impressive Gran Turismo 3 and 4 were. Something like GTA was absolutely mind blowing to explore such a big city environment and do whatever the hell you wanted.
There’s actually quite a few games that actually don’t look bad at all today. Something like Battlefront 2 for example, yeah the faces on key characters like the Jedi look janky and rough. But the character models of Storm Troopers, vehicles and ships, along with maps still look solid 20 years later. Wrestlers from Smackdown vs Raw 2007 don’t even look that far off from WWE games today.
IMO… Gran Turismo 4.
I know that racing games usually have the best graphics but that GT4 look like a late PS3 game on PS2 ([some examples](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5w3PnLmSNo&list=PLBLQUNA0bGwgIUEv–Uc8Jck99PCPOlel&index=51))
when i was playing a ps2, i said one thing, ”graphics can’t get any better than this”
Maybe not as big as the jump from 2D to 3D games as that was a significant leap forward for obvious reasons, but the leap from PS1 to PS2 was still huge.
The leap from ps2 to ps3 was somewhat significant. The graphics and game world maps got bigger. The closer the games became to realism, the stronger the impact. Something similar happened with Nintendo 3ds tho Nintendo handheld were much simpler.