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[ShadyAcshuns]

GTA 3 literally crested the modern 3D open world genre...

Neither of those two you listed had anywhere near the same level of impact.

What are you basing that off of?

 

[Instant_Classic]

It was a running joke in the late 90's-mid 00's

"buy a computer and it's outdated by the time you get to the parkinglot"

Not anymore. They last as long as you want them to last. Plays all the same games, maybe lacks RT and PT. But plays fine

A high end gaming PC back then got outdated usually with a year or less, that's how crazy fast things moved.

 

[Instant_Classic]

What are you basing that off of?

Mario 64 and OoT revolutionized their particular franchise.

GTA revolutionized the industry.

 

[CrimsonTide]

A high end gaming PC back then got outdated usually with a year or less, that's how crazy fast things moved.

Yep, now folks running 1080's in 2025 lol myself included *also a Steam Deck and PS5

 

[Instant_Classic]

Yep, now folks running 1080's in 2025 lol myself included *also a Steam Deck and PS5

Yeah, it's crazy how much longer gaming PCs last now.

A good rig built today can easily last 6 - 7 years playing games on at least high settings.

This was unheard of back then, usually getting 2 years of out of a gaming PC was the limit if you wanted to stay at high settings.

 

[calico]

 

[Instant_Classic]

Are these two a gen apart, or...?

 

[MrA]

Baseball stars nes

Baseball stars 2 neo geo 3 years apart

 

[Baemono]

Are these two a gen apart, or...?

Baldur's Gate 2 and 3 I believe

 

[Mr Hyde]

Resident Evil to REmake was amazing. I remember I was so hyped to play it again on GC. Even more hyped than I was playing the OG for the first time. Shinji was really peak game director on GameCube with REmake and RE4. What a legend. Good times.

 

[The_hunter]

Last of Us Remastered Vs Last of Us Part 1.

Close thread

Day and night difference

 

[ChoosableOne]

That was more like a backflip.

 

[calico]

Are these two a gen apart, or...?

Same gen. Wake me when PC2 comes out that going to be nuts.

 

[Baemono]

It was literally the first GTA5 gameplay pic that came up.

The shadows and reflections on the car were a bit too ambitious for what they ended up being on PS3

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Hard to find screens without emulation filters etc but Silent Hill to Silent Hill 2 were released two and a half years apart. The jump is huge.

 

[Instant_Classic]

Baldur's Gate 2 and 3 I believe

Not sure why he posted it then.

Literally almost 30 years apart between the two.

 

[The Cockatrice]

 

[Instant_Classic]

This was within 3 years too, which is pretty insane.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yes, but also no as the older games were better!

 

[StereoVsn]

Not sure why he posted it then.

Literally almost 30 years apart between the two.

Yeah, Baldur's Gate 2 and Dragon Age Origins could work, but putting BG3 in there is lol worthy.

 

[Fafalada]

The correct answer.

But R* cheated.
In 1985, GTA looked like this:

Just because they went 2d 12 years later it doesn't mean evolution did.


Anyway, my contribution:

One gen, 8 -> 16 bit

 

[Little Mac]

Where's my gold?

 

[CrimsonTide]

Where's my gold?

Bigger sprites haha

But Tysons Punch out is FAR FAR better than Super Punch out

IMO anyhow

 

[A.Romero]

Spider man NES - Spider Man 2 PC

 

[SuperC]

 

[ssringo]

Wolfenstein had a pretty good jump as well.

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein 3D

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

 

[Gojiira]

Resident Evil (left) compared to Resident Evil Remake (right)

One gen apart.

Let's see who can top this one.

MGS1 to MGS2, a year,one gen apart, it STILL looks incredible to this day.
RE1 remake dont get me wrong looks great but its prerendered backgrounds,not full 3D. MGS2 was the bigger leap by far.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

But R* cheated

Cheated?

 

[touchfuzzy]

Smash 64 to Melee. They came out two YEARS apart.

Final Fantasy IX to X is another crazy one.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Mario 2D to Mario 3D was huge, nobody was doing 3D controls right until then, then Zelda 2D to Zelda 3D was polishing. GTA2 to 3 personally is a much bigger jump than 3 to 4/5. I would also mention Mario Bros to Super Mario Bros, going from one-screen stages to multiple screens and worlds was pretty big as well. Sure, you had Pitfall but it was mostly the same thing time and again.

 

[IAmRei]

Any series who passes snes/sega 16 bit into psx would easily done this tbh

 

[Kataploom]

From

To

 

[bitbydeath]

Some of these 2D to 3D jumps has the 2D version looking better, but here's 3 years between Duke Nukem 2 and 3D.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Man I cant stand fixed camera angles. At the time I loved these games but after experiencing real 3D I just cant go back

That being said Resident Evil 1 remake was peak although a Remake with Re Engine would probably be even better

fixed camera angles are amazing.

 

[Radical_3d]

People here are comparing from one generation to half of another. Or between extremes. Or several years of difference. But I'll give you my personal case. I was playing this (beautiful) game in 1995:

And shortly after I was knee deep into this one:

No jump will ever be the same. When I hear how "transformative" RT is nowadays I can't help but to…

 

[poodaddy]

I'd say Street Fighter to Street Fighter 2 deserves to be in the conversation, I mean it goes from being unplayable garbage to what some would argue is the best fighting game of all time.

 

[Arsic]

 

[Vaquilla]

4 years apart

 

[Dirk Benedict]

More impressive because full polygon backgrounds. Re1 to Re1R is still a sick leap, though.

 

[CrimsonTide]

More impressive because full polygon backgrounds. Re1 to Re1R is still a sick leap, though.

Yeah. Exactly. Pre rendered is far easier. MGS2 isn't that. It's amazing. Ice cubes MELT in real time. FFS. No one on PS2 was doing random melting ice cubes that have no reason to do such. MGS2 was.

 

[phant0m]

this is so cheating lol

 

[phant0m]

I submit, Daggerfall vs Morrowind (Fallout 2 to Fallout 3 would also work):

 

[Hoddi]

Commodore 64 (1982) vs Commodore Amiga (1985)

I also think comparing 2D to 3D is cheating a bit. Going 3D was a technological leap but I'd never call OoT better looking than LTTP today.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

GTA2 to GTAIII is the correct answer

 

[Lionel Richie]

Not a jump from 2D to 3D since I feel that's cheating, but DOOM to Quake in 3 years is insane. Especially considering there was nothing quite like DOOM when DOOM came out. Quake was so based that its engine powered the next FPS revolution too with Half-Life.

 

[phant0m]

GTA2 to GTAIII is the correct answer

I'd argue fallout 2 to fallout 3 is an equivalent if not greater jump, though I'll concede GTA was more impactful culturally and on a much shorter timeline

 

[Vaquilla]

Also, three year difference:

 

[Dafegamer]

I must say that AI has evolved

 

[Dafegamer]

GTA 3 literally crested the modern 3D open world genre...

Neither of those two you listed had anywhere near the same level of impact.

They changed the way for 3D spaces in general tho. I think in order for GTA3 to do something for Open Worlds, it needs to thank SM64 for possibilities in 3D Spaces first

 

[PlayofSparta]

2006 (2012 remaster)


2009 (2018 remaster)