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I’m with you there on AAA games but I think there’s been another shift happening you didn’t mention, too - people realizing that indie games with “bad” graphics can be extremely fun which cuts into the AAA sales.
Don’t kill me but I think the next huge breakthrough in gaming is going to involve AI, not graphics…but it’s not going to come from a major studio. Some dedicated group of developers are going to figure out how to use advanced LLMs in an RPG to allow players to go beyond the main storyline.
With all due respect, I feel like you’re only thinking of Marvel films if you think CGI has become noticeably worse since Avatar. I’m very confident you’ve watched movies with fully CG characters in scenes and didn’t notice they weren’t real - something not possible a decade earlier
Which is why I put “peak” in quotes. They’re more like spikes in capability. The techniques developed for Avatar (virtual cinematography for one) are widely used today, they’re just not the focus like in a movie about giant blue humanoids on an alien planet.
The next major innovation will become the standard and we’ll think the same thing. “Man, nothing has blown me away like [movie that invented something]”
The original film used tons of technology and techniques that had never been tried before. It was a truly innovative film for special effects.
No shade to the prequels, their graphics just weren’t a huge leap. Not to say they’re bad or that there was no innovation! If I remember correctly, Jar Jar was a pretty big deal for the industry.
The reaction to Phantom Menace might have been “Wow that looked great!” but for A New Hope it was “HOW THE HELL DID THEY DO THAT???”
When Star Wars was released, people said technology had peaked because it was such a huge jump in quality. Similar things were said about Avatar for the same reason. Both films are notable for inventing new technology to fulfill the vision.
I’m just saying (and I mean it encouragingly!) there will come a time when Avatar looks dated. We’ll be marveling at things we can hardly fathom today
Come on, I am obviously referring to the original trilogy which was famously innovative. No one is fawning over the CGI in the prequels (especially in retrospect), why would you think I meant them??
I’m not a fan of the series but I still geek out about the production of A New Hope. It was groundbreaking work by some serious visionaries, look at any film before it and it’s obvious what a huge jump they made.
Now I feel the need to clarify further that I mean THE ORIGINAL special effects. NOT any of the rereleases with “updated” CGI.
It literally says “Internet” and is for both wifi and cellular data. You click it and the popup shows toggles for both along with available wifi networks and while I have organized the tiles so Internet is the first option, there is no option to separate the two. Airplane Mode is a separate tile
Pixel 7 Pro with Android 15
In this case, I think it’s protecting apps from other apps. No secret screen recording going on while you’re looking at bank statements, etc. I find that annoying, too, but I’m less annoyed by the reasoning in this case.
Now if Google could explain why toggling wifi through Tasker requires root, I would LOVE to hear the reasoning…
If you like ITB, check out their other game FTL…and while you’re at it, check out Cobalt Core which was one of my favorite games of last year (even though it’s from 2023)
I’ll recommend Frostpunk and Frostpunk 2, too, but they’re a different kind of strategy to what you’ve posted.