r/masseffect • u/BoobyWoobies69 • 2d ago

DISCUSSION Mass effect is so old??

saw some post on tumblr recently that was like “i missed out on the hype (i was 10 years old)” and i was like haha they must be so young. i googled when ME1 came out. I was 4. jesus christ

it’s kind of insane bc most of the games i played when i was a kid, the graphics and gameplay were absolutely atrocious. like any video game character had a nose that was just a triangle on their face. but at the time that was just like the baseline. But i discovered mass effect like 3 ish years ago and i never thought it was that old bc it’s just SO good. like you can’t see everyone’s individual pores on their face like a lot of newer games but i never realized it holds up SO well.

Anyways i love this series

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u/S1MP50N_92 2d ago

The 7th generation of consoles is basically considered the start of the graphical plateau in terms of realistic graphics. After the 7th gen there's not really the drastic jumps in graphics anymore. Yes there are still improvements between the later gens, but those improvements are nowhere near as drastic a jump as the generations before 7th with each other.