[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by MrDov

Then why all the comparisons to console games with high end graphics if you aren't trying to imply that's the direction OOTP is headed? I understand your point about target audience, but in what way does OOTP adding 3D graphics completely shift its target audience and production goal like I think you were trying to imply? (correct me if I'm wrong, just don't get any of the comparisons to console games) All the inclusion of 3D graphics does is slightly increase the range of the target audience on one end of the current spectrum.

OOTP is headed that direction. I don't predict doom and gloom, but I do predict problems and misery. Once 3D exists and that new market segment of 3D gamers arrives, they will want one thing and one thing only: better and better graphics (before you say it won't happen, be aware that not only does it happen, it is virtually inevitable). Satisfying them will require more and more and even more resources. There will never be an end to it.

Do you want a better game or a pretty one? I want a better one, and I do not believe that OOTP has chosen wisely in choosing pretty. Hate me all you want for wanting a better text-based simulation. I don't care.