system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do we see games as consistently "realistic" graphics when released...yet years later they seem laughably dated?
gpt
Because we had nothing better to compare them too (comparing to real life is difficult). When they get really close to realistic, they get put into the "uncanny valley", where our brain tries to determine if it's real or not, whereas older "realistic" games we were just amazed by it and could instantly enjoy.