The 7th console gen (especifically PS3 and 360) is a very interesting one, since because it was the first one to do the full jump to HD the graphics were pretty outstanding at the time and it felt like a massive jump from the consoles of the previous generation and the Wii, unfortunately looking back I think it's one of the generations that has aged the worst, since this change to working with way more complex hardware and engines, plus also having the complex PS3 hardware in mind ment that while the games had more complex textures, character models, scale and effects, it also meant a sacrifice on framerate, since in the previous generation it was very easy to see games running at 60fps or at a solid 30fps, then it was a rarity for non fighting games, with most games running between 20 and 30 fps, a clear downgrade on gameplay, but also the games had things like screen tearing or overall glitches way more often than before, not to mention things like games being overly brown or gray or the bloom effect also isn't something that looks that good now
For all those reasons it can be difficult to look back to that generation since while I have seen some people saying the 8th gen didn't do a big enough jump, that's really not the case since the games not only looked better but it was way easier to see games at a solid 30fps or even 60fps, with not as much screen tearing or bugs and also with a bigger color palethe. I think for the 7th gen if you have the opportunity you should try to play a PC port or a PS4, One or even Switch remaster of the game if that one is good enough, and I know that can be said for every gen, but not at the level of this one, since for example the 5th gen (PS2, GC, Xbox and Dreamcast) you can play the games on it's original hardware and they for the most part will run and look fairly well, with only a few gray realistic games that have not aged that well, not to mention before the 7th gen many games didn't come to PC or the ports sucked so you still need to play them on original hardware or with an emulator, something that most PS3 or 360 games do not suffer from
For those reasons I think is kind of hard to go back to the 7th gen and It makes me happy to see a game for those consoles get a PC port if it didn't have one before or a remaster of port to newer hardware, even the Switch since that at least can make the games run at a solid 30fps with no screen tearing aside from being portable. What do you think?
(EDIT: and also I wat to say that I don't have a problem with most of the games themselves but more with how the consoles presented them, that's why I say it's the generation where it's most commendable to play the games on newer hardware or pc, it's easily the generation where it's the easiest to avoid playing them on original hardware if you have the option)
For all those reasons it can be difficult to look back to that generation since while I have seen some people saying the 8th gen didn't do a big enough jump, that's really not the case since the games not only looked better but it was way easier to see games at a solid 30fps or even 60fps, with not as much screen tearing or bugs and also with a bigger color palethe. I think for the 7th gen if you have the opportunity you should try to play a PC port or a PS4, One or even Switch remaster of the game if that one is good enough, and I know that can be said for every gen, but not at the level of this one, since for example the 5th gen (PS2, GC, Xbox and Dreamcast) you can play the games on it's original hardware and they for the most part will run and look fairly well, with only a few gray realistic games that have not aged that well, not to mention before the 7th gen many games didn't come to PC or the ports sucked so you still need to play them on original hardware or with an emulator, something that most PS3 or 360 games do not suffer from
For those reasons I think is kind of hard to go back to the 7th gen and It makes me happy to see a game for those consoles get a PC port if it didn't have one before or a remaster of port to newer hardware, even the Switch since that at least can make the games run at a solid 30fps with no screen tearing aside from being portable. What do you think?
(EDIT: and also I wat to say that I don't have a problem with most of the games themselves but more with how the consoles presented them, that's why I say it's the generation where it's most commendable to play the games on newer hardware or pc, it's easily the generation where it's the easiest to avoid playing them on original hardware if you have the option)
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