mashoutposse said:
We haven't exactly been greeted with mindblowing visuals in the next gen 30fps games on store shelves. Heck, many next gen titles thus far fail to meet graphical expectations even at the lower framerate.
So, instead of demanding better results from developers, some choose to simply lower their expectations?
4 years and $400 should yield a much better result.
I don't know what the typical gamer expects as far as visuals go. I have realistic expectations. I understand that not every developer can afford to hire 100's of artists. I understand that multi-core processors are something that most developers have never done before. I understand that the games released so far did not start development on 360 dev kits.
I also think that the 360 games look great. PGR3, King Kong, PDZero all look very good. Of all the games, I would only classify Gun as being a graphical dissapointment.
The thing is, when I go to choose a racing game and I see PGR3, RR6, and NFS... there are a hundred different factors involved in my decision. I can safely say that whether a game runs in 30 or 60 is not a factor. It's not even a blip on my radar. Yet, it seems to be the first bloody thing that comes out of GAF's collective mouth... but it's always the same few who start it.
Like I said, it has become this "elitist" attitude. The attitude that any game not at 60fps is shit. The attitude that playing anything less than 60 is like fingernails on a chalkboard. The attitude that developers making 30fps games should be drawn and quartered.
There are so many more important reasons to judge games.