I miss the ‘00s obsession with beaches
The dramatic improvement in graphics brought about by the 6th gen allowed devs to flex their muscles with new effects such as water, advanced lighting, and physics. But at the same time it was all done in an era before the generic photorealistic look took over, and locales still had to be interpreted by an artist first and foremost, which resulted in a lot of iconic, wholesome beach levels. As games began chasing realism, we lost that magic. Now, everything aims to look as close to real life as possible, and that dreamlike, slightly exaggerated charm has faded away.
In those games, you can see a mixture of tech and genuine love for the planet with hopes for the future. We will never see such optimism again.
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 9:09:15 PM
No.718786120
Star Ocean 3 was the best Star Ocean game. You fags can keep pretending it was 2 but it's not even a contest. At least 2R woke some people up to how mediocre SO2 was.
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 9:11:40 PM
No.718786281
>>718783690 (OP)
Beaches were only considered beautiful until they were ghettofied. Making pristine beaches means mucking them up with the usual suspects
>Japan is a huge island
>has lots of beaches
>japanese games feature beaches
its not that hard to figure out
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 9:15:12 PM
No.718786539
>>718786447
And where are beaches in games now?
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:08:51 PM
No.718790317
>>718790469
>>718783690 (OP)
do you people have a single genuine opinion that was formed in your own brain or do you just like whatever the algorithm tells you to like currently
say "frutiger aero". do it.
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:14:02 PM
No.718790724
>>718790469
you tell him, zoomgod. diddy ahh uncs ain't welcome
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:27:52 PM
No.718791709
>>718791849
>>718792024
What were the other decades obsessed with location wise in Vidya? If beaches were 2000s what were 2010s
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:28:46 PM
No.718791768
>>718783690 (OP)
SO3 is the best in the series and im tired of pretending is not
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:31:22 PM
No.718791950
>>718792046
Fags always talk about bech snowflakery but never put GTA5 which has the best beach in any game excluding FF11
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:31:33 PM
No.718791969
>>718791849
Location you faggot. Besides I didn’t see much Onions in actual 2019s Vidya. Just onions themes
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:32:26 PM
No.718792024
>>718791709
>If beaches were 2000s what were 2010s
Degradation and destruction
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:32:47 PM
No.718792049
>>718792193
Can't see 2000s game beaches without hearing this in my head
https://youtu.be/NiQn5OLNUrM?si=OoamYxAaChE2TqgR
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:32:56 PM
No.718792060
>>718791849
that stuff tastes awful actually
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:34:44 PM
No.718792197
>>718789127
Here lies a monument to your contribution. A single dot. The ellipsis of thought. A silent nod in the cacophony of autism. Beautiful.
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:43:10 PM
No.718792771
Beaches represent hope and freedom. As you gaze out over the sparkling, endless ocean you can't help but imagine the possibilities of what lay over the horizon. You may even dream of escaping one day to someplace else as the ocean breeze subtly nudges in its direction you with every gust. To dream of a life somewhere away from the sandy border of you current island isn't something people dream about anymore.
To see the beauty of the beach you must have hope in your world, something that does not exist in the present day. As a symbol the beach is dead just like our civilisation.
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:52:05 PM
No.718793397
>>718793671
>>718793082
Holy shit! Is that Princess Peach in a bikini?
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 10:55:57 PM
No.718793671
>>718793397
Don't think that's in-game and it's just fan made. Peach however is in a bikini for the Super Mario Odyssey beach level (sorry footfags she's still wearing shoes for some reason).
Anonymous
8/22/2025, 11:19:47 PM
No.718795437
I would also obsess over a beach
