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I play games since the 8-bit era.
The last time I was amazed by graphics was when playing GTA V on my PS3 around 10 years ago.
It felt like a next gen game on a last gen console (because it was).
Everything since then has only seen gradual change it seems.
Strange how perception works. The last time I was really amazed by graphics was with Unreal. I could admire the castle in the intro for hours.
The Doom 3 alpha was astonishing as well. But by the time it was released it felt like just another gradual advancement among all the other games.
Maybe it's a console vs PC thing where console players would get and incredible leap with each generation whereas PC players saw all the steps to reach the next generation.
Man, Unreal was one of the leaps for sure! Loved that game.
Yeah, consoles tended to be bigger steps, but the steps get extremely small. PS4 to PS5 did not feel like a real graphical step at all to me
I remember the jump from Wolfenstein to Doom then Doom to Quake yeah good times.
I played ever since the Atari days. The biggest jumps were Atari to super Nintendo, SNES to ps1, ps1 to 1080p, 1080 p to 4k, all very noticeable and next-gen graphics jumps from one to the next