My biggest Beefs with Bioshocks water, were that it didn't stay frozen,it melted in seconds, even in a freezer.
Also, I like areas were the area you are in is flooding but the water doesn't rise, until you walk through a door and it smashes the bulkhead.

Out of all the games mentioned I'd say in Bioshock the water really does play a significant role. With that being said, I don't pay much attention to it in most other games.

It's just a visual element, and I'm not that big of a graphics person. So as long as the gameplay is good I'm not going to go crazy if it doesn't resemble "real" water. And if I remember correctly Halo 3 boasted having realistic water...It was OK IMO.

I agree, but sometimes it's nice to sit back and enjoy some nice looking graphics, Half Life 2 is one for example, but then i always look at the water and think...WTF is that?

ya, fire seems to do the same thing...one day though...we will look back and laugh. Graphics in gaming are moving so fast and so pretty...but the fnny thing is I bet water and fire will cause the companies to get frustrated..."it's not real enough...eff it will do this game in a desert!" pretty soon all games will be done in a desert to avoid the water problems lol. and then mario will be put outta business becasue his plumping job will be useless. ..the end. ^_^

LMAO!

See, that's the thing I'm talking about.

Games nowadays, especially if it is NOT an RPG always try to make it look 'realistically'. In games, that is.

Just make it look as best as it possibly can, not realistically.

Elements, especially fire and water, never do much anyhow.

I love water in a game. I like to swim in it and mess around. I think a lot of water in games back in the 90's is better than how it looks today.

is there a game with Physicaly based water? I mean like water with waves that affects the suroundings?

Well Crysis has some of the best water I have ever seen in a game for effect and detail.

yeah thatw what i meant :O Kinda impresive to see how fast Graphics evolve theese days

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWlaD_2gsIM

Chek that one out :) I think thats the best water ive seen Virtually

This post was last modified: 07-22-2008 01:13 AM by cactuar's_bitch.

Yeah, that has some great effect. I wonder If you can have something of that nature as your wallpaper to play with all the time.