What happened to the game graphics evolution?

What happened to the game graphics evolution?

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Aren't those prerenders vs. in-engine

>What is diminishing returns
Also those a

This thread is disingenuous

Post your favorite animal instead

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Looks like a difference in art style and lighting desu.
Graphics have been fantastic for a couple of console generations, now. If a game looks like shit, that's down to art direction and/ or general incompetence on the dev's part.

yes

This

If lightning looked that hot ingame it would be game of all time.
She's still my waifu tho

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>She's still my waifu
based
>tho
less based

>2003

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It became unsustainable.

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graphics peaked here, and it's been downhill ever since

She has no ass my dude

>that's where my nostalgia sweet spot ended
pathetic

it's objective, you're deranged

Nope, it was the perfect meeting point of graphical fidelity and art style.

Square used to be the best at graphics but now they suck.

>user looks like that?

She have cute armpits

really takes your breath away

Good devs have left the company.

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