[asdff]

I'm willing to bet all those novel games would have still been great games if they took their underlying mechanics and were making them in early 2000s with that era graphics. Ray tracing isn't a game mechanic. Neither is hair physics.

[jplusequalt]

I'm not sure where people get the idea that graphics quality is the root issue with modern AAA games. When a great game is released and it looks amazing (Baldurs Gate 3), nobody is taking issue with the graphics.