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 sims. 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
10/19/2025, 11:58:13 PM
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You don’t have to miss them.
Play these games.
It was a trend, eventually it was overused and people moved on from it and tried other aesthetic choices.
Maybe it will come back in the future, as it usually happens. Maybe not.
Anonymous
10/19/2025, 11:59:06 PM
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>>723668605 (OP)
more of a late 90s to early/mid 2000s thing tbdesu
If 2000-2005 was the beaches and 2006-2010 was brown deserts/war, what about the 2010s?
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:00:28 AM
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>>723668695
if that the sound of air leaving your gaping wound, trannoid?
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:01:44 AM
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>>723670167
>>723668821
>what about the 2010s?
walking simulators and movie slop
>>723668821
Beaches and brown deserts/war coexisted throughout the 2000s and very early 2010s. 2013 onwards is modern urban settings with trap music and iPhones.
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:18:17 AM
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>>723670427
>>723668605 (OP)
Why not just play modern games with beaches?
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:19:20 AM
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>>723670359
>>723668954
Days Gone doesn't belong there because it's total dogshit.
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:25:39 AM
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>>723670359
No it's that bad that the comparison makes the image weaker.
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:27:07 AM
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>>723670427
>a game with nothing but soul
>soulless
Imagine being a faggot. Oh, wait. You live that scenario.
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:28:48 AM
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Hey cool, it's this thread again for the twelfth time this week!
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 12:29:58 AM
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>>723668605 (OP)
Man, if only Monolith Soft still made kino like this instead of the slop they make now.
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 1:14:13 AM
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>>723674114
>>723669037
>>723669958
Social media will destroy us.
>He says on social media
Anonymous
10/20/2025, 1:21:08 AM
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>>723673742
is that... a LE IRONIC meta reaction image??
