Evolution of the tree

... and 14 other everyday objects we take for granted in videogames

Words: PSM3 UK

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Walls

Gauntlet, Arcade, 1985
Just look at those walls. They don’t make them like that anymore. Mainly because it was possible to get stuck in a room with no way out.

Hero Quest, C64, 1991
The isometric 3D would look really good if the shadows were right. Sadly, the room looks inverted. How badly did we need true 3D?

Doom, PC, 1993
Doom’s walls were so convincing, players would continually move their heads to peer around corners. Feel free to laugh.

BloodRayne, PS2/PC/Xbox, 2002
Almost any last-gen action game would do here, but BloodRayne gets a mention, if only because blood wood stick to the walls.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, PC/360/PS3, 2007
These walls are amazing. Not only do they utilize ‘normal mapping’ to create a false impression of depth, but you can shoot through them too. Break the fourth wall... and the fifth. And the sixth...

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Amnesiac - 1 year 1 month ago

Uh...fascinating?

Oh and...15 PAGES!?

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sbghost64 - 1 year 1 month ago

interesante, muy bien, todos los fotos son estupendos, hay muchos paginas

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mertor3190 - 1 year 1 month ago

This goes to show you, its the small things that matter

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ELpork - 1 year 1 month ago

I'm so happy Black made the Gun's list.

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Jimmyjammy - 1 year 1 month ago

Trees are one thing that no game has ever gotten right. They always look like shit. I think the only time I was ever impressed by a game's trees was in MGS3, and only at the time it came out.

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georgeguy - 1 year 1 month ago

MEGA-artical but still interesting

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Tasty_Pasta - 1 year 1 month ago

Lol! All of the faces are MGS games.

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darkmagshin - 1 year 1 month ago

7page-!...oh um i mean...15 motherloving pages good god!! motherF@#$%!!
lol im jk, surprisingly elaborate article to say the least

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radicle94 - 1 year 1 month ago

why wasnt the mario hand for SSB on the evolution of the hand

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radicle94 - 1 year 1 month ago

And BF:Bad Company should have gone some where in there maybe trees or walls

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Gn4lyfr13dCh1ck3n - 1 year 1 month ago

where is crysis in all of this... it looks better than any of the games mention, you can shoo the trees in half, amazing water, and about walls..... you can punch them out... it beats all of these except in fire and boobs...

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cricket0 - 1 year 1 month ago

Uncharted: Drakeâs Fortune must have amazing graphics 2 be the best on 3 pages!

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drprofessor - 1 year 1 month ago

i really liked this article. good job guys.

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iluvmyDS - 1 year 1 month ago

I am pleasantly surprised, I enjoyed this article.

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CandiedJester - 1 year 1 month ago

That sort of thing got people very excited in the mid-nineties. But then again, so did Vanilla Ice and Furbies.
-LOL

That was a fun article
Even though it was 15 pages..at least it was mostly pictures. >.<

Oh yeah, and I saw CTR!!
Hah I used to love that game..
I still do.

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drprofessor - 1 year 1 month ago

sorry bout the double post but.....i liked the article length. it actually didnt really feel much longer than reading a 7 pager and this type of article really needs alot of room. I mean you cant just do 2 or 3 objects, that'd be a waste.
ok nuff bithin lol

again great article guys very entertaining.

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