I think the issue is that, if your entire “style” is just photorealism, then once your attempt becomes outdated it’s now contrasted with the more effective attempts we become accustomed to and looks bad by comparison, and meanwhile there’s no real style to it, meaning it fundamentally just kind of looks bad because it put all of its eggs in one basket that had a hole in the bottom from the outset.
yeah games with a little style still look really good with simple upscaling. the main things lacking from a soul calibur 3 or the like is hair tech, some texture detail they wouldn’t have expected you to see, and ears are a little chunky.
I think the issue is that, if your entire “style” is just photorealism, then once your attempt becomes outdated it’s now contrasted with the more effective attempts we become accustomed to and looks bad by comparison, and meanwhile there’s no real style to it, meaning it fundamentally just kind of looks bad because it put all of its eggs in one basket that had a hole in the bottom from the outset.
yeah games with a little style still look really good with simple upscaling. the main things lacking from a soul calibur 3 or the like is hair tech, some texture detail they wouldn’t have expected you to see, and ears are a little chunky.