Square Enix’s worldwide technology director Julien Mercerson sees the next generation consoles more believable character in games and more responsive AI’s. Tim Sweeney from epic games responded recently by saying that in about a decade we should be seeing video game graphics that are “indistinguishable from reality.” Julien Mercerson went on to talk about the next generation consoles such as the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and other future consoles.
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Wtf wants reality.. I get that every miserable day!!
I want fire-balls, stupid power slides and mushrooms that can talk..
Reality is overrated....
As soon as videogames have to "tell a story" and have to be "photorealistic" - I'm out!
That is the difference between a game and actual reality. We have laws and many physical restrictions in "real" reality. In a game even if it is completely realistic you still have that same imaginative freedom from before, no boundaries or self realizations to tie you down from simply doing something you could never have thought of doing in actual life.
Seems like a really close minded way of looking at it the way you are.
I welcome photo realism in games. Simply because of what exactly you did say, actual life does truly suck. To be able to experience another world in a game with true realism would be a fresh breath of air because no one is going to make games that represent the boring mundane ignorance of real life.
They never have before so I don't get why just because what we see visually is drastically improving would change any of that.
Games will still be just as creative.
Do I think I will see it? No
I was gonna call BS on the title, but maybe PS5 and (whatever confusing name MS comes up with for One's successor) will have true photorealism.
PS4 will be the transition system that borders on reality and PS5 will actually push it over the top
We are about 10 yrs off from full reality games.
Holograms are next
but seriously, it'd be nice and all, and i myself will appreciate it, but it's still decades away. right now, what devs are doing are photorealistic game with mediocre gameplay and/or AI, or the opposite (good gameplay/ai but not too photorealistic).
Nope, Tim, go home, you're drunk. We may get to that point someday, but not in ten years. We have a LONG way to go before getting close to that.
Highest end PCs can't even do that, and they probably wont for at least another 5-10 years depending on if we get a massive jump for whatever reason (better coolant/cooling, stronger materials, whatever it may be).
But at least they aren't focusing purely on graphics with the PS4 (and most likely XboxOne). Gaming animation has peaked only with games from Naughty Dog or Insomniac (sometimes Ninja Theory, Bungie and 343). We need every game ever to have in-game motion subtleties you see in games like Last of Us, Tomb Raider (remake) or Uncharted 3.
Or those little fun face movements, or quality expression seen in games like Ratchet and Clank, LoU, Uncharted 3 & Halo 4. Tiny things like this help make a game feel alive.
Developers need to start making their characters feel like they're actually a part of the world besides just existing in it. How Nathan Drake, Joel or Lara Croft react to the environment around them are fantastic examples. And Joel (and Ellie, or Tess, or any tag-along NPC) is the best example of this so far.
I said it before and I'll say it again. The main focus of this generation SHOULD be perfecting animation, emotion and reaction. Once this is done, the next generation should be rolling around with some impressive hardware to support prettier games. But what's a pretty game with a bunch of stiff, shell characters? It's a nice coat of paint on a PS2 game, that's what.