   Do any of you have this problem?
  Ever since i started learning game design and 3d graphics i can't play any of my ps2, xbox, PC, or gamecube games. i always start playing then i see what they could have done better or i say "i wonder how they did that...?", then i trail off and startup 3ds max or my game engine. it sucks too because i can't play any of the games i used to love (mgs2, ff7, ff10, steel battalion, splinter cell (all of them)...etc). I'm just curious if anyone else out there has had the same thing happen to them?[Edited by - Jarrod1937 on December 15, 2005 7:32:29 AM]
  Well, since I bought HL2, thats how I've thought about the graphics on most games. But it's realy all about the game play.   ;  I do with games without anti-aliasing, thank god for nvidias control panel applet.   ;  i think you guys are missing my point, basically ever since i started developing games i can't play games myself.   ;  Actually I find myself playing them more than I'd like, just to get ideas and try and figure out how they're made.   ;  Don't worry Jarrod1937, it'll pass.   ;  I can't do anything with a computer without wondering "How did they do that?". It doesn't bother me much though, I just remember they know what htey are doign and how they do it and I shouldn't be worried with it.   ;  I have a similar problem, but I don't think it's because I'm interested in game development. I think the real problem is critical thinking skills - when you can think logically, a lot of simple flaws become obvious that might not otherwise be, and noticing such flaws can greatly detract from the parts that were well implemented.Ideas are easy and implementations are not, but the fact that a minor tweak could improve gameplay a thousandfold is hard to ignore (especially on a PC game, where the change could be made through a patch but never is, even when the implementation is straightforward and should be nearly trivial).It's sad to see how much people care about graphics to the exclusion of other things =-/ Perhaps that explains why companies are unwilling to waste efforts elsewhere.   ;  I've pretty much quit playing games altogether because of this, these days I prefer to watch/observe other people playing, I can "get" the game and study it without being distracted by having to respond to it in realtime..   