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the_final_bahamut posted...

To travel is to live. Seeing new places, meeting new people, experiencing new cultures, foods, styles of living... it's the best. Nothing else compares.

I feel like most of the world is becoming more and more the same though. Especially if you go to the major cities around the world, almost all of them are becoming more and more homogeneous with the same building architecture, shopping malls, beaches and whatnot... Of course you can go off the beaten track to find more soulful destinations but the trouble and expenses aint worth it to me. Food-wise, sure it can be different but I'm no foodie and I pretty much hated 90% of the new food I tasted so whatever.

AbstraktProfSC2 posted...

might as well not do anything at all if you get the same appeal just by watching youtube
...sounds like youre depressed

ironically no. For example I'd rather play a video game than watch someone stream it. I'd rather do a sport rather than watch someone do it.

Actually I dont even like travel vlogs. I just watch them so people dont think I'm some hermit who doesnt know about the outside world. People who travel a lot tend to give a better impression on others so if I can pretend to be that kind of person too... that I've been to all these overseas destinations... it's kinda the same thing lmao.

ai123 posted...

I love travelling. No video can come close to the experience of seeing for yourself, meeting people, eating their food in their restaurants etc. Not to mention just getting out of your comfy domestic rut and doing something invigorating.

But it can be expensive and requires effort. If you don't think it is worth it for you, then that's fine too.

Well, I'm not a foodie so...

I couldnt care less. I'm OK just eating the same foods I like for the rest of my life

Kradek posted...

7bn+ people in this world. Nobody is the "only one" on anything (this is also why the meme I've probably always liked least is the Big Lebowski "am I the only one around here?..." No, you're not. Nobody is the only one of anything at this point.)

As for TC's position, I respectfully disagree.

Do you need me to reword it as 'Am I in the very small minority...."

Blue_Target posted...

I used to have this mindset too until my best friend had me flew out for his wedding. Just a few days in somewhere new away from the ordinary go to work and then go home routine was so refreshing.

Also those travel vlogs don't capture everything else the camera can not record. Thats like saying why play video games when someone else can do it for me.

Well, but that's the funny thing though. Watching video game streams IS popular. That's why Twitch exists. A lot of people actually would rather watch someone else play than play themselves

I know 'Am I the only one...' posts tend to be not taken literally. But this is something I do feel like I'm almost the only one with the sentiments of.

Literally everyone around me raves about touring the world and travelling and visiting abroad all the time. But for me I see it as a waste of time, energy and money. You have to go pack up, create an itinerary, budget your expenses, settle your passport then spend most of your time hours travelling from place to place... It all just seems troublesome

Dont get me wrong. I still do find the adventure of travelling exciting but I find that I can already get that same experience by watching travelling vlogs on Youtube. Like what's the point in going there yourself when you can just watch it directly from others? Is this weird? I dont know.

I dont have photos from BF3 unfortunately but as you can see from any YT video and screenshots... some people have even claimed BF3 has better graphics than BF4.

Think about that. That's truly insane...

Here are more photos

BF4 (2013): https://imgur.com/a/4pFU8DZ

Metro Exodus (2019): https://imgur.com/a/ZZcsA2N

Far Cry 5 (2018): https://imgur.com/a/4BMfWbj

Every game had the graphics maxed out completely

DarthAragorn posted...

Well this is just false

It still holds up remarkably well at least on PC but it definitely doesn't look better than these newer games

Yes, it does. I suggest you go play BF3 vs another game for comparison to refresh up your memory.

This is BF4: https://imgur.com/a/mqfefnC
This is COD Cold War: https://imgur.com/a/dmphSDM

And trust me Cold War looks a lot worse than my screenshot. And with worse fps. This is all settings maxed out.

End of the day, game graphics are controlled by the game engine. It doesn't matter if the game got released on the PS3 or PS5. If the devs never bothered improving the graphics, what's there to see a diff about?? And unfortunately most AAA publishers continued sticking to their derelict engines for years without an inch of care to improve it. Like I gave of my example of Assassin's Creed... you can go play Origins vs Valhalla. The graphics are literally THE SAME, even though one is on PS4 and the other is on PS5

I think BF3/BF4 is really proof video games have NOT improved visually at all since PS3/Xbox360 era.

Assassin's Creed for example, looks exactly the same in visual quality from AC3 all the way to AC Valhalla. It's like Ubisoft did absolutely nothing to notch up the graphics because they just used the same engine over and over. And these games just end up way larger in HDD space size.

Metro Exodus is a crazy 90GB in size yet looks like s*** compared to BF3 which only takes up 20GB of space. Like....What the hell man??????

For the record, I've also just played Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk and CoD MW2 and Cold War.

None of these games satisfied me visually. The only close one is RDR2.

Heck, even BF3 looks better than all these other games! It seems games graphics never actually improved since PS3/Xbox360 era... if a game like BF3 can even look this visually stunning. AND also run at silky smooth 60+ fps. Is it just DICE's Frostbite engine or what?

Trumpo posted...

It ran on 900p

And yet somehow still looks better than every other game I've played released in the last 2-3 years?

I just replayed DICE's flag game recently and I cant help but notice how insanely crisp and brilliant the graphics are. Like seriously, how are the graphics SO GOOD?
I played BF4 alongside CoD MWII remake side-by-side and the difference is so remarkable. Even the latest iteration of CoD using Activision's newest engine still looks like utter dogtrash compared to BF4's graphics