Games evolved, and so did we ... and what was then progresive and inovative masterpiece, is now just relic of the past. :-/
This is not completely true! :[ (or perhaps I just evolved backwards O.o) I ran late for the CRPG-party, and I have been enjoying most of the old titles without heeding any issues to the somewhat old graphic, in *all* cases I've tried so far.
PoE? I played it last winter (LIKE LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AGO O.o) and had a "Wowww, did it seriously look this bad?"-experience when I searched for it on YouTube to get the soundtrack to the battle of Castle Nua. As I remember it, 6 months ago it had equally great graphics to the newest Final Fantasy games :'D ....
DA:O - hey, I even re-played Guild Wars (1) just few years ago. If I can survive that (and enjoy it <3), then a few pointy edges in the scenery won't bother me!
BG2 - next on my list! I was even very pleasantly surprised with the HD version when I looked at it on Steam (I even had to call my brother and be like "Hey, isn't BG2 supposed to look ... Old? This stuff doesn't look bad at all!") - I mean... It really does not look that much worse than PF:K, does it? I am sure I am going to love playing it!
My point is - I always thought that graphics were important to me. When playing MMO-RPGs, one of my main issues with many of the top contenders is that they felt so "out of date" and trying to return to WoW Classic? HELL NAH (however, graphics are by far my least concern there, I already did the "classic" race back in the days - anyways, off topic) - but now? I am sitting here playing games that are 10+ years old and games like Wildermyth (highly recommend it for the story lovers in here! It has absolutely AMAZING writing! Like SERIOUSLY - just try it!) - and I *LOVE* it. The games are awesome \o/ Well-done writing (regardless if it is voiced or not), good music and a great story makes the game feel much more alive than any pretty graphics can match! Does good graphics hurt? Of course not! But I realized, as far as CRPGs goes, that it is one of my least concerns when it comes to the properties of a good CRPG.
Sure, BG3 is very pretty and obviously it is fun to see the breath-taking graphics and details - but... Like we discussed before in another topic - no CRPG is going to nail it just the way *I* want it and hence I feel like games like Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pillars of Eternity and (possibly!) the earlier Baldur's Gate games can do the job just as fine - as long as one has the imagination to keep the world alive, and the creators managed to support your fantasy with amazing writing!
