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Thief designer says the graphics arms race should have stopped at Alan Wake... in 2010

Did game graphics really peak with Remedy's atmospheric thriller?
Graphics Matter: One of the original designers of Thief has some rather peculiar ideas about graphics in games. Randy Smith thinks the industry should have stopped advancing graphics around 2010 rather than spending massive amounts of money to relentlessly push photorealism in major AAA projects.