Game Graphics Quality

Commenters debate the graphics quality of a specific game demo, arguing over whether they are poor, realistic, or stylistically effective, and comparing them to modern titles while weighing art direction against technical fidelity.

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unnouinceput May 13, 2020 View on HN

this is a demo. and i prefer graphics at engine level and let the games win or lose due to their quest/lore/immersion of storyline rather than a poor choice of graphics that looks clunky.

polio Oct 10, 2022 View on HN

Low graphics doesn't imply low quality.

dahart Jan 12, 2025 View on HN

Ah I misunderstood. Maybe that is just down to game quality & art style?

dimonomid Jan 28, 2016 View on HN

It is kind of sad that when I used to play games, we didn't have anithing like this! Modern graphics is impressive.

FatalLogic Jun 8, 2021 View on HN

It's surprising how poor the graphics quality is. Assume it is difficult to upgrade it with modern graphics technology

zargon Jun 12, 2023 View on HN

I'm comparing to the graphics of games such as God of War, Outer Worlds, Death Stranding, Cyberpunk 2077. Maybe not the latest or the best graphics but what I'm familiar with. I don't think people complain that those graphics are horrible.

nothis Oct 22, 2022 View on HN

Art direction trumps tech in games for a while, now. This is just well lit, well researched and compression artifacts smooth out the details. Character's eyes are still kinda dead, animations fidgety, screen space reflection artifacts if the "reflected" area isn't in frame, etc, etc. Definitely no different from the average "realistic looking game" 5 years ago and probably, yes, even "high end graphics" 10 years ago. Things are slowing down.

Animats Nov 26, 2017 View on HN

It's not the technology, it's the awful graphics.

sandos Mar 7, 2023 View on HN

Eugh, graphics is the least interesting things about these kind of games! I would take better simulation and pixel grapics rather than fake simulation and "RTX ON".

steve_adams_86 Jan 16, 2025 View on HN

I can see the lower quality of the rendering, but the graphical content is stunning in my opinion. The art in the game inspires me a lot more than more photorealistic games tend to. I think they did a stellar job given the resource constraints and the scale of the game.