It's not irrelevant unless you intend to focus on modern, triple-A graphics engines. Lots of indie game developers don't care about that stuff! There are even p

It's not irrelevant unless you intend to focus on modern, triple-A graphics engines. Lots of indie game developers don't care about that stuff! There are even people working on new games using engines from the 90s, such as the Build engine [1]. Ion Fury [2] is one example. I think the more you focus on modern graphics engines, the more difficult it is to stand out from the crowd. You end up in a rat race where you need a huge team of artists to create all of the assets for your photorealistic game. On the other hand, with an old engine (or a new engine using traditional rendering techniques), you can make something distinctive and stylish with a smaller team. After all, they say the enemy of art is the absence of limitations. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_(game_engine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_(game_engine) [2] http://www.ionfury.com/ http://www.ionfury.com/