I wish all games looked like that
Why did pre-rendered environments die? Chrono Cross was easily the best looking game on the PSX, and Baiten Kaitos was among the best on the Gamecube.
>>321170283
Probably because they only really work with fixed camera angles like that.
>>321170283
Real-time rendering of 3D environments got good enough that the visual improvement of pre-rendered was no longer great enough to justify the limited camera angles.
>>321170349
I was going to ask what was wrong with them, but then I realised. They're not cinematic enough. Game directors want to make movies now, and fixed cameras doesn't appeal to them.
>>321170407
That's not true at all though. FF8 and 9 had much better looking environments than 10 or 12.
>>321170407
We've had fully 3D games with these "cinematic" camera-angles. It is a design choice, which majority of the big AAA devs don't embrace anymore, since FPS / TPS genres are (still) the big thing.
>>321170508
I didn't say there was no visual improvement from realtime to prerendered after the fifth gen, anon, just that it got smaller and smaller as technology improved. Camera control is major enough that only a drastic improvement in visual quality or exceedingly low budget are justification enough for most studios to use prerendering.
>>321170508
You're a fucking moron. Do you honestly believe a 3D game plays better when you have no control over the camera? Did you throw a tantrum when Mario 64 came out for trying to be too cinematic?
>>321170830
It quite obviously doesn't apply to all genres. But turn-based RPGs gain nothing from free cameras.
>>321170702
It's not impossible to use cinematic camera angles with real-time rendering. It is impossible to have a fully movable camera with prerendered backgrounds. Guess which one became the industry standard.
>>321170508
>GAMES DONT USE FIXED CAMERA ANGLES BECAUSE THEYRE TRYING TO BE CINEMATIC
Truly a new level of stupid
>>321170997
>turn based rpgs
>>321170154
Like upscaled jpeg file?
>>321170154
>>321172438
kek
>>321170154
unreal 4 engine looks just as good
