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>I wonder if this sort of increasingly realistic escapism actually is reflective of how we're making the real world far worse than it ever was before and we're
by krapp 2y ago
>I wonder if this sort of increasingly realistic escapism actually is reflective of how we're making the real world far worse than it ever was before and we're preparing an alternative world to escape into due to our destructive tendencies.
No. Some people just like realism in their video games, and prefer the immersion or just think it looks cool. Not everything is a manifestation of existential dread.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoTrue, but there must be a contribution of force towards more realistic environments. I never said it was the ONLY reason.
- krapp 2y agoIncreased quality of processors and graphics hardware allow designers to push the limits, and "realism" has been a competition in games for a long time. Every console generation touts the realism of its graphics versus previous generations and the competition. And for certain games like Cyberpunk or GTA, realism enhances the gameplay experience. If there were a general trend towards creating realistic enviroments as a means of psychological escape, one would expect those environments to tend to be more pristine and idyllic than reality. But often that realism is used to depict worlds no better, and sometimes far worse, than our own. I'm sure some people are using realism as a means of escaping the destruction of our real world, walking simulators and the like exist, but I don't think that's a relevant influence overall. Just like with realistic CGI, people mostly do it because they can.