Hyperrealism is not good for us
I was watching a vid the other day and the guy was saying that modern games are not fun anymore for one reason, the graphics are too good. He said our brains aren't capable of taking in so much graphic info at once and they struggle in tense situations which games create and we're constantly get distracted by amazing details. The reasons older games and styles appeal is the lack of detail allows you concentrate on having fun and enjoying the experience of a game. Modern games cause us to have to slow right down, which not only ruins the fun but also allows game studios to fudge the game play and stretch it out, which is one reason why those who can ignore details often find ways to complete modern games in an hour or two while the rest of us wil take aroudn 30 hours to complete most modern game titles. He added that the modern gaming industry is obsessed with graphic detail over anything else, indy game studios are scoring big as they don't have the budgets but they make up for it with better experiences that are not graphics obsessed.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
