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[Speevy]

WKS looks good, but if it's just another closed-world path-walking game it will need a serious bump in visuals.

 

[Oblivion]

Those ground textures in WKS are pretty blurry. That's not acceptable on next gen. hardware.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

How is that guy holding his shield?

Seems everything will end up dated except for Wind Waker and Rez, whatever.

 

[koam]

Any game that focuses on any type of mapping will not age well. Any game that focuses on art will. Metroid Prime 3 will age very well as will mario galaxy.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Graphically, Windwaker will age better than Twilight Princess. Also, as motion controls continue to evolve I could potentially see people in the year 2027 having more trouble with TP's "archaic" Wii controls than playing WW on a gamepad.

TP will be seen as grainy and jaggy. Wind waker's characters will still be pretty but the enviroments will always be drab.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Why is everyone so worried about games looking dated anyway?

Last I checked people are playing games on the VC just fine. Hell quite a few of the XBLA games are pretty dated looking and they've been out for only a year or two. But eh they're fun they're fun.

 

[rothbart]

How quickly this thread has turned into "predict which game that isn't out yet will age well/poorly".

Why are people wasting time posting how games that don't release for another six months FROM now will age?

Back on topic, it's already been said and I agree, stylized games will age better. Cutting edge realistic games (from the last couple years) will show their age the most... some recent games that are approaching true photorealistic graphics (at least in frequent parts of the game) will age slower... for the record, I consider Gears to be stylized. It'll hold up for a while on that aspect, but for its aspect of having "realistic" lighting effects, it will age relatively quickly even within this generation of hardware.

 

[Sandman7]

ICO, SotC, Okami will all age well (stylised design, sense of scale and all that).
Also LocoRoco maybe? I think oddball, quirky games would age better.

 

[Error]

will age well:

Rez
Wind Waker
SMT Nocturne
DDS1/2
Odin Sphere
Dragon Quest VIII
Gradius V

 

[Deku]

Games that rely heavily on effects and polygons will not age well. Games that have a strong art style and uses the game engine to convey that will still look acceptable in the future. Okami and Wind Waker comes to mind.

More generally a game with good art direction will almost always age better than a game without So Oblivion vs. SotC/Twilight Princess in 10 years, I think Oblivion will look like crap, well, I guess it already does to some people.

 

[tahrikmili]

Doom 3 aged badly? :lol

(EDIT: Both screenshots are mine, the ad is my photoshop work too )

 

[Sharp]

Starcraft II will age well. Zelda: TP will age badly. A game that's aged really well is Super Metroid; I'd still be willing to pay full price for it.

 

[DemonSwordsman]

Little Big Planet will age well.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Some people are saying SotC, but I don't think that game will age well at all, particularly because of the horrible framerate

 

[GaimeGuy]

Not enough mentions of Rez.

Screw y'all.

It's commercial will hold up well, too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpvdwDMoK_g

 

[M3d10n]

So that screen will be impressive in 10-20 years?

The correct answer is: no (and personally, I don't think it's impressive now).


But you asked the wrong question in regards to this thread topic. The correct question would be:

So that game will be playable in 10-20 years?

And the answer is: it depends. Does being "impressive looking" plays a major role on this game? If it does, then no.

 

[Error]

oh I forgot Okami and Killer7

 

[DemonSwordsman]

It's commercial will hold up well, too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpvdwDMoK_g

OMG WTF IS THAT SHIT. Btw they need to put Rez up on PSN with the release of ShockAxis

 

[Threi]

It's commercial will hold up well, too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpvdwDMoK_g

im never clicking links from gaf again.

 

[Bowen_B]

Comparing Windwaker to Oblivion? Pathetic.
How about FFXII to Oblivion?

VS

 

[Aeon712]

How is that guy holding his shield?

It's strapped to his arm.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Gah, someone stole my RE4 post. Will be considered an unrefutable classic and will start to hit people's top 50-top 25 lists in the next few years. Great art, great gameplay, great changes to the controls, etc. Won't redefine survival horror but will guide survival horror away from it's bad roots.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

It's strapped to his arm.

That brown thing? Seems kind of odd since it's on both of his arms.

Comparing Windwaker to Oblivion? Pathetic.
How about FFXII to Oblivion?

The hell? That FF12 shot is CGI.

 

[Blader]

Comparing Windwaker to Oblivion? Pathetic.
How about FFXII to Oblivion?

You're comparing CG to real-time.

 

[Bowen_B]

You're comparing CG to real-time.

:S which is CG?

 

[Speevy]

I don't think that particular shot of FFXII is CG, but the PS2 FF games DO have CG. Oblivion has none.

 

[Bowen_B]

Anyone who says White Knight has good art while Oblivion has bad art needs to see a doctor to cure them of their yellow fever.

Bad art:

Good art:

As much as the game supposedly sucks...

Is a really pretty game... I think it'll hold up well visually.

That is HORRIBLE art.

 

[Dagless M.D.]

Anyone who says White Knight has good art while Oblivion has bad art needs to see a doctor to cure them of their yellow fever.

I'm no huge fan of the art in White Knight, but Oblivion has some god awful art direction.