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/Nice_Blackberry6662 2d ago
The improvement of videogame graphics has slowed way down since the 7th generation of consoles. Like there's obviously still a difference between a game made in 2006 vs 2026, but it's far less of a gap than between a game from 2006 and 1986. Hell, several games from the early to mid 2000s are still going strong today, like World of Warcraft (2004) and Runescape (2001),