Maybe, but there’s no reason we can’t leverage modern technology to make new games that aren’t trying to look realistic. Realism is just a style, and it’s not the best style. It’s just the “premium” style that sells new games. It also ages like crap because technology will always get better at that. A stylized design ages gracefully and can be a lot more performant and potentially easier to create too, though it requires more creativity and more work with the engine than just using it as it comes.
Maybe, but there’s no reason we can’t leverage modern technology to make new games that aren’t trying to look realistic. Realism is just a style, and it’s not the best style. It’s just the “premium” style that sells new games. It also ages like crap because technology will always get better at that. A stylized design ages gracefully and can be a lot more performant and potentially easier to create too, though it requires more creativity and more work with the engine than just using it as it comes.
“Yes, this is an actual PC game screenshot”