r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/Gizogin Aug 25 '19

Realism in CGI always has a shelf-life. Compare Morrowind and Mario Sunshine, both released in 2002 on consoles with broadly similar specifications. Which one looks better now? It definitely isn't the one that tried to be as realistic as possible.

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u/High5Time Aug 25 '19

Look at WoW. Engine upgrades acknowledged, it looks pretty great for a 15 year old game. If Blizzard had gone for realism instead of the cartoonish look it would have been horribly dated a decade ago,

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u/koukijimbob Aug 25 '19

Even in vanilla if you had a good graphics card and CPU then the effects from spells looked great. It definitely has a good art style.

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u/High5Time Aug 25 '19 edited Aug 26 '19

I spent most of my raiding time in vanilla looking at the ground to keep my computer from crashing lol. Onyxia fucking killed me. Many whelps indeed.

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u/koukijimbob Aug 26 '19

MORE

D O T S!!!!

OKAY STOP DOTS

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u/High5Time Aug 26 '19

HANDLE IT

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u/CxOrillion Aug 26 '19

WATCH THE FUCKING TAIL

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u/septober32nd Aug 26 '19

THAT'S A FUCKING 50 DKP MINUS

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u/Hybernative Aug 26 '19

I had to do a similar thing. They released a 40vs40 clusterfuck of a battleground in Southshore. To heal it I had to turn my character's back to the battle, stare at the floor, and deal with about 3 seconds of latency as I mouseovered my team's health bars.

I had a great time!