Biggest development in video games in the past 10 years?

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Posted by BTG on Aug-13-2010 06:07:

Biggest development in video games in the past 10 years?

I'd say dynamic shadows.

pre-doom3 era vs doom 3 was night and day.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Aug-13-2010 06:23:

anti aliasing. i know that's probably older than 10 but who had a card powerful enough to use it? not me!

Posted by trancypantzzz on Aug-18-2010 01:58:

they almost put q3 in a browser.

Posted by netroM on Aug-18-2010 19:18:

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Originally posted by trancypantzzz
they almost put q3 in a browser.

almost?

QuakeLive is very much like Q3 imo

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Aug-18-2010 19:59:

Perhaps not the biggest development, but goddamn - high-capacity discs/DVDs.

Does anyone remember the first Baldur's Gate? Like 7 fucking discs? Disc swapping throughout the game??? Urgh1hjsdhf!

And fuck forbid if just ONE of those discs was scratched or somehow damaged.

Now games seem to fit on 1 dvd. Set up installation, walk away for 10 minutes, come back, it's done.

Posted by Moongoose on Aug-18-2010 22:32:

The biggest development in games has to be the dumbing down that goes on so that they can be marketed to the largest possible audience. Nobody said that the biggest thing to happen should or would be a good thing.

Posted by trancypantzzz on Aug-19-2010 04:46:

quote:
Originally posted by netroM
almost?

QuakeLive is very much like Q3 imo

close, but not quite

Posted by DancingMonkey on Aug-23-2010 08:33:

Real-time weapon change.

Posted by stren on Aug-23-2010 11:51:

I am looking forward to the development of completely round 3D objects

Posted by Meat187 on Aug-23-2010 13:30:

The replacement of creativity by better graphics.

Posted by BTG on Aug-23-2010 22:26:

quote:
Originally posted by stren
I am looking forward to the development of completely round 3D objects

quake3

Posted by Arbiter on Aug-23-2010 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
The replacement of creativity by better graphics.

Signed.

Posted by malek on Aug-24-2010 04:08:

it's older than 10 years, but definitely DirectX... anyone old enough to remember the pre-DirectX era?

Posted by BTG on Aug-24-2010 05:26:

lol yes.

Posted by bananas on Aug-24-2010 12:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
The replacement of creativity by better graphics.

Posted by Capitalizt on Aug-26-2010 15:50:

Source game engine.. very scalable to all systems..realistic lighting, physics.. Debuted with HL2 and is still being used in Left 4 Dead 1 + 2, TF2, etc.

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Aug-26-2010 18:43:

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Originally posted by Capitalizt
Source game engine.. very scalable to all systems..realistic lighting, physics.. Debuted with HL2 and is still being used in Left 4 Dead 1 + 2, TF2, etc.

Wait till u see id's id Tech 5 engine. If you happened to see some gameplay of Rage at E3/Comic con on the 360, u would think it was a pc running the game. Can't wait till this one comes out and we get more games running on this beast.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Aug-26-2010 22:51:

Yeah, source looks like balls.

Posted by Philby on Aug-28-2010 22:18:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Yeah, source looks like balls.

tasty balls though

Posted by Sinnica Hax on Aug-29-2010 21:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
The replacement of creativity by better graphics.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Besides that, I'd have to say the physics. Throwing in a nade in the office in counter strike: source for example with things flying all over the place is epic!

Posted by evernic on Sep-01-2010 07:39:

better graphics

Posted by Omega_Blue on Sep-02-2010 08:04:

quote:
Originally posted by malek
it's older than 10 years, but definitely DirectX... anyone old enough to remember the pre-DirectX era?

i remember trying to download the latest version of directx (like, 2.0 or 4.0?) with my old 33.6kbps modem just to play a demo version of diablo on windows 95.. sigh, those were the days.

Posted by infinity HiGH on Sep-22-2010 17:43:

quote:
Originally posted by malek
it's older than 10 years, but definitely DirectX... anyone old enough to remember the pre-DirectX era?

lol remember the pre-3D accelerator days? omg! Then the voodoo2 came out and changed everything.

Posted by smcmulli on Sep-24-2010 05:12:

rag-doll physics BTG!

Posted by Mr Game+Watch on Oct-28-2010 20:59:

The mass exodus of developers to handhelds. Also, new control methods (DS touchscreen, Wii motion controls).