/vr/ - Retro Games

Anyone know why the 6th-early 7th gen is so fucking ugly when compared to the 5th? Particularly ones that try to look somewhat realistic. Yeah there were some good looking games that gen (pic related) but for the most part it was so ugly. There's a very distinct uncanny uglyness to it were the models feel like they're too high res for the textures and background but at the same time are also too low res to look how they're suppose to. Morrowind, Half-Life, and Gothic all come time mind, but usually I'll see pics/clips of a game from that era and that distinct uglyness will jump out at me.