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Evolution of the Tree (and other objects) in Video Games

gamesradar.com — Over the next few pages we’ll be looking at gaming’s unsung heroes – objects like rocks, puddles and, er, breasts – and how they’ve changed over the decades. After you’ve witnessed the horrors within, you’ll never complain about graphics again.

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  • ursername180, on 10/03/2008, -0/+106HL2 wasn't mentioned when it came to barrels? It's like barrel-mania.
  • chrysrobyn, on 10/03/2008, -4/+80Breasts are on page 10.
  • Doomsan, on 10/03/2008, -9/+8215 pages? ***** YOU gamesradar.
  • MaxMWood, on 10/03/2008, -1/+65Atleast it wasn't 15 pages of just "Tree Evolution".
  • zewm, on 10/03/2008, -2/+59Because it seemed like they were just advertising Uncharted.
  • voomfoo, on 10/03/2008, -3/+60http://www.gamesradar.com/f/evolution-of-the-tree/ ...

    Theres the page we all care about.
  • shibbz, on 10/03/2008, -5/+55Cool concept but the 15 pages are really obnoxious. Also the water picture from Uncharted is from a cinematic in the game, it's not an actual game play shot.
  • InfernoX, on 10/03/2008, -11/+60I don't understand why Crysis wasn't at the end of everything. It pretty much wins at everything.
  • Sornos, on 10/02/2008, -0/+39I would've gone with Mass Effect for the faces. It may not get hair right, but damn do the faces look real. Especially the non-humans.
  • SneakyNinja, on 10/03/2008, -2/+38Was this a "how many times can I reference Uncharted" contest?
  • kinseyincanada, on 10/03/2008, -9/+4415 pages! yeah im not that interested.
  • Sornos, on 10/02/2008, -0/+35[nerd time]
    The reason why I and most humans see the non-human faces looking better is that we are programed to look for all the minutiae in human faces so that we can identify individual humans. So in virtual human faces, we can see more clearly all the faults that wouldn't be as obvious in not-so-human faces.
    [/nerd time]
    Also, yes, I do have non-human faces to compare.
    http://i35.tinypic.com/4uxi7r.jpg
  • BlackKnight6, on 10/03/2008, -6/+39PlayStation biased much?

    HL2 barrels & crates?
    Duke Nukem 3D Hands?
    Red faction walls?
    PGR4 weather?
    Crysis Water, trees, faces, rocks, barrels, skies, guns, explosions?

    Pretty lame and simplistic list...
  • crazycarlmar, on 10/03/2008, -1/+34It's not a playstation game. Notice how all of the examples were.
  • chedabob, on 10/03/2008, -2/+32Why didn't they just title it "Lets point out all the pretty bits from PS3 games" ?
  • ahawks, on 10/02/2008, -5/+30Just curious, how do you know when a non-human face looks real? Do you have any aliens to compare & contrast with? ;)
  • ironhide, on 10/03/2008, -2/+27most useful comment in the whole thread
  • MaxMWood, on 10/03/2008, -0/+25Could have used a wider range of games..
  • mooseofshadows, on 10/03/2008, -0/+24The clouds! The bushes! They're the same!
  • EmberToInferno, on 10/03/2008, -0/+23Where's Crysis?
  • inactive, on 10/03/2008, -0/+23Obviously the website couldn't run it.
  • bxblox, on 10/03/2008, -7/+2815 pages? I wish I could bury it 15 times...
  • HypocriteDigg, on 10/03/2008, -2/+23Good idea for an article if it wasn't a fanboy ad for Sony. The first two for each item are either arcade and/or Sega, and the next 3 are PS1, PS2, and PS3. Water without mentioning Waverace 64? Cmon.
  • FredFredrickson, on 10/03/2008, -0/+20No they weren't... they were a flat "billboard" graphic that always faced the player.
  • zerton, on 10/03/2008, -0/+18uh... that was there
  • AparoidX, on 10/02/2008, -2/+20Only from GamesRadar..
  • jotate, on 10/03/2008, -2/+20Eh, it's 15 pages, but each page has a comprehensive list for the full timeline of the item in question. I'm okay with it.
  • psibladeZX, on 10/02/2008, -7/+20Trees in Mario 64 were hilarious... it was just a pole with a ball on the end...
  • Roland1232, on 10/03/2008, -2/+15Yeah I'll wait for the movie.
  • inactive, on 10/03/2008, -2/+15Crysis definitely should have been at the end of a few of those lists.
  • wedges, on 10/03/2008, -0/+12there's a big gap between Mario 64 trees and Elder Scrolls Oblivion... what gives?
  • DBeta, on 10/02/2008, -2/+12Texture and lighting are a good clue.
  • Narcowski, on 10/03/2008, -0/+9It IS GamesRadar....
  • lelux, on 10/03/2008, -0/+9Or faces - Half-life 2 had the best facial animation system out there at its time of release.
  • Lendon2020, on 10/03/2008, -3/+12Because there's only 5 computers in the whole world who can run it at max graphical settings?

    /sarcasm
  • B3000, on 10/03/2008, -1/+10Look, I'm a Playstation fanboy all the way, but to not include a single DOA game - most notably extreme beach volleyball - on this list of breast graphics is a travesty and a sham.

    Not that I pay any attention to such purient and juvenile things. And shame on any of you who do.
  • hydroplane, on 10/03/2008, -0/+9Why would they choose Sonic 3 for their 16 bit water example over Ecco the Dolphin. Not only did Ecco have the best graphics of the era, but the whole damn game took place in the ocean.
  • DreKor, on 10/03/2008, -1/+10boobies!
  • raz98, on 10/03/2008, -2/+11This top sucks, there are mostly (if not all) console games. Games that look graphically worse compared to the same generation pc games. Let's see a console game that can beat Stalker sky effects or Crysis vegetation.
  • fuzzynyanko, on 10/03/2008, -0/+8Crysis had excellent faces, water, particle effects, and trees. It's one of the few games that I have shown real photos, and they thought it was a screenshot.
  • thesilvershadow, on 10/03/2008, -1/+9How can they not include Waverace 64 in the evolution of water section? The physics in that game still stand up very well today.

    And as others have said already - did this really need 15 pages?
  • cruppel, on 10/03/2008, -0/+8It seemed interesting enough to click through a few pages, but I stopped reading when they didn't have HL2 in the list of games for the barrel. Seriously?
  • idoliside, on 10/03/2008, -3/+11What the hell, this was blatent PS3 propoganda! Crysis had way better trees than Oblivion...
  • AdmiralAcbar, on 10/03/2008, -0/+8Crysis wins for everything.
  • namelessXsilent, on 10/03/2008, -1/+9im pretty sure it say trees and 14 other items... thats 15
  • nesstheking1, on 10/03/2008, -0/+7Walls page-Bloodrayne
    "because blood wood stick to the walls."

    I can has spellcheck?
  • Asianwaste, on 10/03/2008, -0/+7This list is lame. Rather than aiming for the games that first reached the milestones they'd go for the first random game they can think of.
  • jamesmcm, on 10/03/2008, -0/+7Why do I feel like I've just read a long PS3 ad. Every single of the no.1 games was either PS3 exclusive or at least on PS3. Buried for ad spam.
  • doshindude, on 10/03/2008, -0/+7and if you ran around it, the tree would rotate along with the camera, so it looked totally 2D and fake
  • noahgelman, on 10/03/2008, -0/+7Yeah, page 10 idiot
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