Re: CRAP Poll: Does The Tech Still Impress?

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 
So this CRAP* poll is ever-so-slightly less random and pointless this
time. I mean, not /much/ less; it's just enough less CRAP that I'm not
going to be giving you the usual silly options. Yup, this time you
can't just pick from A, B or C; you gotta WRITE out your response. You
might even have to think about it first!
 
 
(Obviously, I expect many fewer responses this time** ;-)
 
 
Anyway, here's the question for this month's poll. It's about tech in
video games. Specifically:
 
Does the technology in games impress you anymore?
 
And by 'tech', I mean anything from graphics, physics, world-size, AI;
stuff like that. The underlying software and hardware that powers our
games. When you load up a new game, is any of that still making you
go, 'Wow! I didn't know PCs could do that" or "Hey, that's really
neat"? If so, which games? If not, can you remember the last time that
happened?

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I've been asking myself the same thing quite a bit lately.  However, I
do have an example that impressed me.  Recently Ubisoft remastered and
re-released Heroes of Might and Magic III.  It's one of my favorite
games and only recently did developers begin taking remastering
seriously.  That's not what impressed me.  I switched over from that to
Heroes of Might and Magic V and took a good look at the game.  The
graphics are beautiful.  The music is high quality too.  No longer
taking Heroes V for granted.  Set the camera to classic view and
pincushion the enemy as Marksmen...
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What I think is missing from games today is the cartoon feel.  All those
high resolution monsters with fuzzy and often erroneous graphics.
They're rough like a hooker without makeup.  Not my cup of tea.  They
seem cultish and anathemic.