Does the background/scenery of games look too good?

[beancounter]

In the past few years, have you played a game (usually console) where the background looks so perfect that it doesn't look real?

My son was recently playing the latest Halo for Xbox one and I noticed that the background/scenery (in a natural setting, not in a building) looked so good that it looked fake.

I know that sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it was so well drawn that my suspension of disbelief was shattered. I guess the best way to describe it - In nature, nothing is perfect, but it is in these games it is. And I find it disconcerting. Just a few years ago, the way the background scenery was drawn immersed me in the world setting, now I find them distracting.

 

[ledboots]

Yes I don't like that sharp, too 3D look of the games. It's jarring.

 

[Andy_T]

Yeah. This is how games should look like....

 

[Blobbenstein]

maybe it is because the background is in focus, whereas it should be a bit blurred..

 

[beancounter]

Yeah. This is how games should look like....

There's no need to be sarcastic. Or do you actually think that's what I was implying?

 

[beancounter]

I think a good way to see what I mean is to compare the difference in the background between Halo 3 and Halo 5.