Graphics,
do they matter & Why?
Well this is a tough question to answer;
however, I think graphics in games do matter. Depending on the graphic, they
date when a game is and was produce. For example, the early Atari game series, base
on the graphics of these games gamers know the era, year, and what console a
game is played on. Yes, there are the credits in the end of each game as well
as logos, but it is the games graphics on these consoles that are make them distinct
from say games on Nintendo 64.
Furthermore,
graphics similar to movies I find to be really interesting. Atari games other
than PAC Man I find to be really
uninteresting. Reason why, I didn’t grow up in the 80’s, I was born in the 90’s;
therefore, there is not too many reasons why I would care for a video game of
the 80’s. In the 90’s the graphics were different than those of the 80’s.
Graphics in the 80’s I would debate are unrealistic for me, in contrast to
those of the 90’s. Similarly, I believe a gamer from the 80’s would argue games
from the 90’s or even games today are too realistic for their taste. I feel
with games and graphics there is an era issue. Reasoning, when I play games today;
these games are just too real for me because of their filmic qualities.
Similarly, new gamers would argue that games as such are just fine because they
didn’t grow up in an era were games were in transition to be what they are
today.
Nonetheless, games and graphics are
an evolving force -- similar to movies. For me, to play an older game is
equivalent to watching silent movie. One goes to sleep and they are bored. Don’t
get me wrong, some silent films are a hit/miss but the majority (statement to
be continued). In contrast, watching
newer movies, depending on individual they are more entertaining, yet weary of
the super realistic quality of today’s movies.
For me and
not arguing for all, depending on the graphic I feel that in some situations
graphics enhance the game and at other times they just do not.
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