It is kind of funny how much effort is put into graphical fidelity both in terms of software and in the hardware to run the software. And then, the true battle tested objectively good games that have dedicated communities are games like supersmashbros melee, old school runescape, tf2, etc.

It is like an arms race that doesn’t even need to be played. Whatever is released gamers have shown they are fine with if the mechanics are great. Crysis tried to stand out back in the day as the greatest graphical experience and about all it was good for was a benchmarking tool. No one talks about playing crysis anymore. Meanwhile people are still playing on Bloodgulch as we speak. Still playing dust2.