Realism in video games

[rehkal]

Meaning whimsyshire, the "secret" pony level.

[greatescape13]

I live in Pittsburgh. The world is grey. Abundantly, overwhelmingly grey with occasional blacks and golds (shudder).

Cheers.

[Psychichobo]

To be honest, it's more than anything a cry against the plethora of realistic shooters that seem to have sprung up. It's like back in the SNES/Megadrive days when everything was a platformer. EVERYTHING.

[Space is pretty big]

Jun 27, 2012 18:31:24 GMT greatescape13 said:

I live in Pittsburgh. The world is grey. Abundantly, overwhelmingly grey with occasional blacks and golds (shudder).

Cheers.

Hah... Pittsburgh... name says it all XD

[Dro]

I went there once, course it was in Fallout 3.

Not much different I assume though.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

Slavers, outlaws and troglydytes everywhere that place. Though I did like my Tribal Power Armor.

[Hive Carnithrope]

Jun 27, 2012 21:52:18 GMT Inquisitor Stingray said:

Slavers, outlaws and troglydytes everywhere that place. Though I did like my Tribal Power Armor.

Aagh! Both beat me to it! But I really wanna visit Maryland and get me some of that Punga Fruit!!!

Don't know much about it, but if it's an industrial mining town, sounds pretty bad. :/ I bet Mario must seem like tripping!

[plasmodium]

Jun 27, 2012 7:38:57 GMT Dangeresque said:

Because dark, gritty and edgy is badass and people buy badass.

Case in point, Diablo 3 rainbow fiasco.

So true.

As for the actual topic, if its a deal breaker for you if a game isn't 100 percent realistic, then you should probably just stop playing video games.

[Space is pretty big]

Jun 27, 2012 23:58:41 GMT plasmodium said:

Jun 27, 2012 7:38:57 GMT Dangeresque said:

Because dark, gritty and edgy is badass and people buy badass.

Case in point, Diablo 3 rainbow fiasco.

So true.

As for the actual topic, if its a deal breaker for you if a game isn't 100 percent realistic, then you should probably just stop playing video games.

I... I honestly don't know how you came to the conclusion that that is at all what I was talking about >.>...

[plasmodium]

Dammit this is what happens when i skim through half the thread.

As to the actual point, I think that realism is good when it works in the favor of the game. When I first played skyrim, my eyes were full of wonderment as it was one of best looking games that I had played and I wanted to go out and explore this nice looking game world, leading me to find quests or just opportunities to mess around.

I have been recently playing XCOM: UFO Defense and that game looks about as realistic as a game made in 1993 can be, but it has the realistic aspect of soldier permadeath. I have to play smarter if I want my guys to return back to reap the benefits of being veterans and I taste the sweet taste of revenge when I kill an alien that toke down a couple of my own guys.

The other thing would be if it contributes to the tone of the game. That new tomb raider game has lara croft get beaten a lot in addition to almost being raped. That gritty ,saving private ryan look helps to establish that this **** is real mother****ers!

[Space is pretty big]

That gritty ,saving private ryan look helps to establish that this **** is real mother****ers!

Again though, Private Ryan was great at contrasting tones. The beach was blue yellow, the march across europe was green, and the Battle at the end was brown and beige. A lot of variety, lot of change and variation.

[plasmodium]

Be that as it may, you get what I'm trying to say.

[Space is pretty big]

Jun 28, 2012 8:13:10 GMT plasmodium said:

Be that as it may, you get what I'm trying to say.

Kinda, it's just... I never felt wonderment with skyrim... >.>

It was such a, I guess, bland world for me?

[Alta]

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[Dro]

Full pvp eh? I might want to give that a try next time I play.