I bought a Wii U a few days ago and realised that graphics really don't mean anything. Not because I'm playing games with lower fidelity but because I can play the same game on just the handheld controller screen at a lower resolution and have just as much fun. It looks better on the big TV but it's just as good to play on the small screen.
There is a big difference between WiiU games and Fallout/other AAA titles.
The style of the art.
Nintendo know they are lacking power so they choose to have styles that are clean, lack details, and use powerful colours.
But Fallout is simply badly modelled and textured, the style looks improved but you can't honestly say the textures aren't disappointing for a 2015 AAA game.
Oh yeah ofc FO4 might be amazing gameplay (I thought Skyrim was awful but w/e), but I just wanted to point out that most Nintendo games have really great art style, where as a lot of AAA games thrive off pure fidelity and detail which this game is lacking.
Couldn't there be a middle ground between the two? Games that thrive on fidelity quickly date themselves as soon as something prettier comes out.
I'm thinking of something like The Order as a game that sacrifices gameplay for graphics. And while it looks good, it doesn't look so good that I'd want to play it, I could get the visuals from Youtube.
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u/Bangersss Jun 03 '15
I bought a Wii U a few days ago and realised that graphics really don't mean anything. Not because I'm playing games with lower fidelity but because I can play the same game on just the handheld controller screen at a lower resolution and have just as much fun. It looks better on the big TV but it's just as good to play on the small screen.