Masspoint OP t1_j6o96ag wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Reply to comment by gravy_train101 in Biggest landmarks in video gaming history 1975-2020 by Masspoint

This isn't really about best games of that year, but how they stand out.

If crysis isn't a landmark I don't really know what is. It is the swan song of pc gaming, as in the era they developped popular titles for the pc first. Games like doom, quake and halflife.

It was an amazing swan song in that regard though, since it couldn't run on the x360 and ps3, which were built to compete with pc gaming. It also couldn't run on most pc's, well not very good anyway.

Bioshock is in there mainly for the art direction.

Halo is in there btw , just not halo 3.

gravy_train101 t1_j6odd6j wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:27 PM

"swan song of PC gaming"

You're joking right? PC gaming is going strong.

Masspoint OP t1_j6oe7l0 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:32 PM

That's not how I meant it, before crysis a lot of games were developped for the pc only, or first for the pc and then ported to the console.

The x360 and ps3 generation changed that, I call it the coup of the consoles. The xbox 360 and ps3 were so strong at the time of release you had to buy a 1500$ pc to match the performance, this while the x360 released at 400$.

Pc games were characterized before that by pushing the technology always forward and the consoles had to follow.

Crysis was actually one of the last games that did that, and the leap in technology was so big, no pc could run it at ultra settings, at least not the real ultra settings, because ultra settings in the menus were still nerfed, because they knew it would take years before any pc would even be able to handle anything stronger.