Because since RDR2 and last of us part 2 I only see that they’re going backwards or just stagnant.
The only exception is RE4 2023, that game looked really good. I don’t count Hellblade due how limited the gameplay is, it sacrificed most of its gameplay for the graphics. Is basically a movie with walking sections.
Edit: I guess guardians of the galaxy looked also really good when was released.
Assassin’s creed looks worse now than 10 years ago. Only has better lighting. Characters look worse, animation looks worse, wall textures had been recycled more…
The new batman open world games look worse.
Starfield looks like a game from 2015. Skyrim looked more like 2009 game in 2011 but was less egregious.
But I’m not talking about sequels, I’m talking about games in general.
You’re comparing cash grabs to what used to be flagship AAA games.
AC has been a shit show for a while now, the Batman games used to be incredible but the latest are cash grabs.
As you said, graphics have never been a priority for Bethesda games either, they just struggle to get anything to run well.
I don’t think it’s fair to say graphics are getting worse based off those comparisons. You should look at the top games like FFVII Rebirth, Alan Wake 2 etc. which look incredible.
But to give some credit to your point, people don’t upgrade their machines like they used to and the current gen of consoles has been out for a while as well. So the hardware is a bit stagnant which may be having a knock on effect to the graphics of games as well.
Oblivion even had a documentary about it’s design. They never moved past that in a way though.
Meh, I always thought that game looked horrible even on 2006 lol those faces and teletubbies colours.