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The Order Leads The Charge For Next-Gen Graphical Quality?

Ben-Dutka 15 Comments

Despite all the controversy surrounding Ready at Dawn's The Order: 1886 , there's one thing everyone seems to agree on:

It looks incredible.

And the developers say this PlayStation 4 exclusive is only the beginning. While it may set the visual standard for the time being, upcoming games will look "much better." So said Ready at Dawn boss Ru Weerasuriya in a new VideoGamer interview :

"I know that there's games coming out that are going to be so much better than the ones that we make even, visually… this generation is going to be pretty sweet. I'm excited purely because of this and what I'm thinking is going to be next–what I know we're going to do next."

He added that as games continue to improve from a graphical standpoint, the stellar visual display in The Order will become the norm. Weerasuriya says he's excited because games will look better and play better, "and we're going to be able to do every single type of game in this kind of fidelity."

One last tidbit from the interview: A lot of people are whining about the QTEs in the game but Weerasuriya claims the Quick Time Events are "sparse."

Related Game(s): The Order: 1886

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Ubisoft: Next-Gen Games Rely On Devs “Taming The Machine”

Ben-Dutka 8 Comments

The importance of a video game's graphics is often a topic of great debate.

According to what Ubisoft CEO Yannis Mallat told Game Informer in a recent interview (as cited by NowGamer ), the new power next-generation systems provide gives developers extra freedom. Hence, "it's up to them to tailor and tame that power to what suits the game best."

He added that the believes our minds "will be blown by the graphics as a hook" but overall, that's not what's critical. The idea is to keep players playing, and he reminds everyone that it can take some time for designers to take full advantage of a new piece of hardware:

"To me, what's lying beneath that or beyond that will keep our players involved. When you think about that, even on current generation systems it always takes some time for developers to tame the machine – especially the PlayStation 3."

Mallat said that he envisions the "social complement and connected thing" will define the next generation of gaming, as compared to the current generation. Personally, I'm really hoping that isn't the case but then again, there are many who live and breath "social media" these days.

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