Why are graphics in video games getting worse? This game released in 2012 and it looks better than most games today

Art style beats realism every time.

Realism ruins quality

Because it has art direction and personality. Something modern zombies doesn’t have. You can tell instantly you’re looking at a Treyarch game. Now, all CoDs look the same, feel the same.

Inadequate devs with multi coloured hair who only got the job because they tick a box

thats cod ww2 and it was released around 2017.

Spectacular bait

nvm ur right, thought it was from ww2 after making a comparison from the hud after taking a research. mb

Idk man it doesnt look better in my opinion

Same reason every art is going to shit. They're getting rid of everyone who actually fucking cared about it and lived making it

I am a true believer if we get away from "realism" in our games and go back to individuality our games would have more charm and it would make gaming better as a whole. Most people dont really care about graphics...

There is a very cosmic-horror feeling I get from this gameplay. The insignificance of a human life below the feet of a giant robot, completely unaware of you, like ants in the grass as you walk through a field.

All the effort these days go into micro transactions .. not core game .

People in these companies don't care about making it look good anymore. Look at Battlefield 1. That game looks like it came out yesterday.

Baked-in lighting on the textures, animations with 'attitude' (as Blundell put it)

They are prioritizing making a big open world over making quality details in them

No, it doesn't grifter

Temporal anti-aliasing.

because unreal engine sucks huge massive dong and everyone is using it

Because they focused on hiring colored people, diversity, pushing "the message", self insert, girl bosses, pride flag, paying DEI consultants for $500/hr, and all that woke BS.

Indian coding and reliance on Nvidia tech to make their game look shiny

No tf it doesn’t nigga lmao

You must be talking about the *gameplay* not the *graphics* right? Because the *graphics* here are just not as good as any game in recent history plain and simple. Low fidelity, low texture and model quality, etc etc its way worse in comparison.

probably shorter timelines and less budget

I’m gonna get a bunch of haters but they started using AI TO MAKE ALL YOUR GAMES!!!!!!! They knew it would get backlash, heck some developers don’t give a fuck but these guys in suits pushed for AI cause it was cheaper and time efficient. They would touch up the game and thats it

FPS games nowadays focuses way more in realism than art style. you can put bf6 and MW4 side by side and they literally look the same for someone that isn't engaged with these franchises.

This doesnt look good tf you mean? Its just grey

No it doesn't

Uh, hardware hasn’t changed much in the consoles Hard to get graphics like those found in Bodycam and other hyper realistic games on a APU that shares VRAM with system memory

I raise you a gears of war E day, some of the best graphics’s I’ve ever seen

Why you just straight up lying

it really doesn't

People cared more back then

no the fuck it doesn't

bec democrats and karens thats why... dumbasses buy games for their kids to shut them up bec they dont want to be a parent and then they bitch about how games are

Engines are the main issue.

This was made by people who didn't have iPads or touchscreen phones growing up. Unironically. Your 18-30 year old devs now have only ever known pre-installed apps and have never had to figure out how any tech worked in order to use it.

BO2 was not graphically impressive lmao.