Remember when the PS1 was the hottest thing in graphics and gameplay? And we, as children, thought it could never get better. Going through Resident Evil or
Final Fantasy VII the first time as a child was life changing.
Then, remember when the PS2 came out, and just after a few days of playing it, the PS1 games were impossible to look at anymore? It was as if these amazing, beautiful games were suddenly switched to hideous, low-polygon-count monstrosities overnight. How could our brains perceive it so differently, so quickly?
I didn't think it could happen again. The PS2 graphics were pretty good. Even when I saw PS3 demos, I thought it was just a minor upgrade compared to the massive upgrade offered coming from the PS1.
But yet...
After playing the PS3 for a week, I went back to play a PS2 game. And it had changed miraculously, just like it had with the PS1. Somehow, graphics I considered stellar had gone to plain ugly in just a week. And nothing I could do would change that in my brain.
PERCEPTION. LIFE. DEATH. ABYSS.
ABYSS.
ABYSS.
Then, remember when the PS2 came out, and just after a few days of playing it, the PS1 games were impossible to look at anymore? It was as if these amazing, beautiful games were suddenly switched to hideous, low-polygon-count monstrosities overnight. How could our brains perceive it so differently, so quickly?
I didn't think it could happen again. The PS2 graphics were pretty good. Even when I saw PS3 demos, I thought it was just a minor upgrade compared to the massive upgrade offered coming from the PS1.
But yet...
After playing the PS3 for a week, I went back to play a PS2 game. And it had changed miraculously, just like it had with the PS1. Somehow, graphics I considered stellar had gone to plain ugly in just a week. And nothing I could do would change that in my brain.
PERCEPTION. LIFE. DEATH. ABYSS.
ABYSS.
ABYSS.
