Every generation also thinks that the uncanny valley will be conquered in the next generation ;) The quest for graphical realism in games has been running agai

Every generation also thinks that the uncanny valley will be conquered in the next generation ;) The quest for graphical realism in games has been running against a diminishing-returns-wall for quite a while now (see hardware raytracing - all that effort for slightly better reflections and shadows, yay?), what we need most right now is more risk-taking in gameplay by big budget games.