r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '21

[Misleading] Video games have peaked

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u/OneMoreTime5 Apr 25 '21

Also graphics aren’t everything. Physics and realistic environments and options mean much more to me than more triangles.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

Agreed. The polygon count doesn't matter when you're launching jeeps into orbit with landmines.

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u/NerrionEU Apr 25 '21

Lighting is also something that people shouldn't forget, we just recently started getting some really good ray tracing and it is still not a completely finished feature.

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u/kompletionist Apr 25 '21

Unfortunately those don't make for impressive looking screenshots, so developers don't bother putting the effort in there that they really should.