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Sometimes going back for a replay is a shock (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/gaming

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

They're saying that a lot of the contemporary cutting edge 3D graphics of the PS1 era looked ugly. But they did it to be cutting edge.

However, if they'd stuck to more traditional art styles (e.g, as could be seen in games like Chrono Trigger), then the games could've still looked good today.

They're not saying all SNES games look better than all PS1 games. They're saying that we had the capability to make games that still look good today, and we had that capability for years before the PS1 came out. They chose not to use that capability to be cutting edge. And the other commenters are lamenting that.

Of course, I can't blame them for pushing 3D graphics back then. Especially because they would've needed to practice with them before they could get better. Late PS1 games had some decent looking 3D, IIRC.