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Your earliest memory saying, "games can't look better than this!"
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Seeing Mario Kart 64 in Electronics Boutique had me floored. I vividly remember watching Yoshi and thinking how realistic he looked while turning.
I've never thought this but for some reason when I played Twilight Princess I thought it stood evenly with anything I had seen on the 360. Yes I know I was objectively wrong but I thought consoles must be close to hitting a ceiling if a GameCube title could hold up like that.
While there were certainly 'WOW' moments as a kid. Seeing games run on the Dreamcast springs to mind - the first time I thought 'Okay, this is the limit' was probably Rogue Leader on Gamecube. I pored over screenshots for months before release.
A notable mention has to go to F-Zero GX. I remember seeing it playing on a demo kiosk and it was the first time I ever felt the 'gut drop' feeling from a video game. It blew my damn mind.
A notable mention has to go to F-Zero GX. I remember seeing it playing on a demo kiosk and it was the first time I ever felt the 'gut drop' feeling from a video game. It blew my damn mind.
this video basically -
when I got my 3dfx and glide running tomb raider..
(skip down to the 3dfx part) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyGSxs31Zo
when I got my 3dfx and glide running tomb raider..
(skip down to the 3dfx part) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyGSxs31Zo
There were probably other times during my wee gaming years, but the one that sticks with me to this day is, when I got my PS3 and then changed from a CRT TV to a plasma, full HD Sony BRAVIA, and got to Lake Bresha for the first time in FFXIII (it's important to notice I played the game up to that point on the 21" CRT).
I remember just being breathless and sitting in awe looking at it, slowly walking through all the crystals.
I remember just being breathless and sitting in awe looking at it, slowly walking through all the crystals.
One of my high school friends had an Alienware PC. Top of the line at the time; one of those real huge, loud, gaudy ones.
Going to his house to play the original Far Cry on that was probably pretty close.
Before that, it was the FMV cutscenes in FFVIII. I couldn't imagine in-game graphics surpassing that.
Going to his house to play the original Far Cry on that was probably pretty close.
Before that, it was the FMV cutscenes in FFVIII. I couldn't imagine in-game graphics surpassing that.
Cuphead has broken the use of that statement. It's literally a cartoon. What more could be done here? It's timeless, perfect.
The final level of Crash Bandicoot 2
Something about space in the background made me think it was incredible
Edit: then it went like this
FFIX->FFX->FFXII->Resistance 1->CoD4->Crysis 1
Something about space in the background made me think it was incredible
Edit: then it went like this
FFIX->FFX->FFXII->Resistance 1->CoD4->Crysis 1
Has to be GoldenEye on the n64. I just remember going wow that looks just like Pierce Bronson. Lol
I was actually talking with my mom the other night about this and she said playing intellivision and how you could see all the movements was really something else.
I was actually talking with my mom the other night about this and she said playing intellivision and how you could see all the movements was really something else.
I remember I only had a Wii for 3 years of the 7th gen and finally got a PS3 when the Slim came out. When I downloaded the demo for Sonic Unleashed, my mind was blown. I had been playing Adventure 2 for years and to see Rooftop Run in full HD was breathtaking for me
This happened to me with Diablo 3 of all games. Obviously looking at it now it's actually kind of hideous, but at the time I struggled to think how they could further improve a top-down game.
It was either the secret cutscene in KH2 or the first time we saw FFXIII during Xbox's E3 - when I saw that my kid mind was blown. It looked so good. I distinctly remember sitting in front of our TV in the living room and going "no way this gameplay is real... Is it?"
Ps2 games lol.Devil may cry,silent hill 2 & 3 god of war.Also with ps3 games uncharted 2 & 3,the last of us,gears of war on the 360,resi 4 on the gamecube.I can't wait to see what ps5 games look like,especially the exclusives.
Seeing a screen of NES Castlevania in like a Sears catalogue was my first real "woooow" moment, but my earliest "games can't look better than this" moment might have been Silent Hill 2 or MGS2. In the 8bit/16bit & PS1 eras I had a certain imagination regarding how games would advance tech-wise. PS2 is really when my mind was being blown with "where do we go from here?"
Kinda funny in hindsight. 😂
Kinda funny in hindsight. 😂
I remember The 7th Guest giving me these feelings as a 10 year old. It felt completely unreal compared to other games at the moment.
