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I would say that depends on your definition of beautiful. Are you saying that games based on raster-based 3d engines aren't beautiful? If so, then I quite stron

• derefr 17y ago
  I never said that the output of the engine isn't beautiful. I was referring to this line, early on in the text: > But here is the minor tragedy at the heart of modern games: no matter how astonishing they look, players will never see one of the most beautiful components: the 3D engine. To say that the 3D engine is "one of the most beautiful components" of a game, is similar to saying that the optical fiber interconnects are "one of the most beautiful components" of a server rack. Sure, they're necessary, they solve the problem well, and there's some neat math involved in making them work as fast as possible, but there's nothing aesthetically pleasing about them, especially if you think about having to maintain them or make changes.