I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
Technology peaked with crysis for games and avatar for movies.
It really did. I’ve never been so utterly amazed as I was when I loaded the first Far Cry and the first Crysis. Nothing else has come close.
Fear not, technology can “peak” multiple times. The same was said about Star Wars - it just takes someone with a vision, determination, and the budget to make it happen.
[Edit] didn’t realize I’d have to clarify: THE ORIGINAL Star Wars.
… terrible example as a lot of fans would claim the originals were the best ones and it’s been all downhill from there, especially since the prequels are now seen in a positive light cause how bad the sequels have been.
Come on, I am obviously referring to the original trilogy which was famously innovative. No one is fawning over the CGI in the prequels (especially in retrospect), why would you think I meant them??
I’m not a fan of the series but I still geek out about the production of A New Hope. It was groundbreaking work by some serious visionaries, look at any film before it and it’s obvious what a huge jump they made.
Now I feel the need to clarify further that I mean THE ORIGINAL special effects. NOT any of the rereleases with “updated” CGI.
I’m confused. How did the originals peak multiple times? They were all made a few years from each other so imo they all represent one data point.
Do you mean special effects peaked after that? Cause a lot of people don’t like CGI and some would say movie effects actually peaked at terminator 2.
The point would be valid if movies in the 90s looked terrible and then movies now look objectively better than Star Wars (which many would argue that they don’t cause it’s all CGI)
When Star Wars was released, people said technology had peaked because it was such a huge jump in quality. Similar things were said about Avatar for the same reason. Both films are notable for inventing new technology to fulfill the vision.
I’m just saying (and I mean it encouragingly!) there will come a time when Avatar looks dated. We’ll be marveling at things we can hardly fathom today
But that’s because the quality was as good as it’s ever been so far.
The example I’m saying is that it peaked, as in it got noticeably better, and then noticeably worse for at least a decade.
It’s not the same example.
With all due respect, I feel like you’re only thinking of Marvel films if you think CGI has become noticeably worse since Avatar. I’m very confident you’ve watched movies with fully CG characters in scenes and didn’t notice they weren’t real - something not possible a decade earlier
Which is why I put “peak” in quotes. They’re more like spikes in capability. The techniques developed for Avatar (virtual cinematography for one) are widely used today, they’re just not the focus like in a movie about giant blue humanoids on an alien planet.
The next major innovation will become the standard and we’ll think the same thing. “Man, nothing has blown me away like [movie that invented something]”
Crysis is in my top 3 all time!
The graphics are one thing, but why I love it so much is because it’s the only game where you start and end as what you are supposed to be, a super soldier!
There is no stupid power up’s, no modding your suit, no upgrades nothing you are fully powered from the start and that’s how it’s supposed to be.
The game is just brilliant and the story compelling. A+
Although i played Crysis back days ago (with lowest settings because my laptop has not so great GPU), i still like it compared to modern days game. The graphics is so great even made me speechless what EA can do back then, the physics and has large view distance is so great especially when you see the sun rise after you land.
Although it’s semi open world it’s still amaze me because how big the map is, i remembered the last mission The Last Man Standing is taken above carrier ship i guess… The ship feels so huge & have lots of room.
Overall 10/10
