1080p is not important, but experiences are, says Far Cry 4’s creative director

Whether a game runs in 1080p or not should not be important question, Far Cry 4 creative director Alex Hutchinson has argued.

“It’s certainly not something I care about in a game,” Hutchinson told OXM while reaffirming a target resolution of 1080p at 30 frames per second for both the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Far Cry 4.

“It feels weird to me that people are cool about playing a sort of retro pixel game, and yet the resolution somehow matters. It’s like: is it fun, is it interesting, is it new, is it fresh, are there interesting questions?

“With the 4K TVs and things – somebody was telling me that with a 4K TV, to even see it, your living room has to be big enough to sit like 12 feet from the screen. I don’t know the exact numbers, but it starts to get a little crazy. I’m just in it for the experience, I’ll play a SNES game if it’s cool.”

Hutchinson says as an industry we shouldn’t be focussed on numbers but creating new exciting experiences.

“If our thing is ‘woo, the same exact thing you had before, at twice the resolution, instead of a new thing’… A new spin or an evolution, I think is much more interesting,” he explained.

He also believes that the idea that higher resolution graphics sell consoles isn’t accurate.

“I think experiences have been selling them, and that’s your challenge, if you don’t have a new cool experience, or a social experience – like Call of Duty sells consoles, even though art-wise, it’s not exactly… like Call of Duty to Crytek’s games, one sells a metric s**t-ton and the other doesn’t,” said Hutchinson.

Far Cry 4 launches November 18 for PS4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Which side of the fence do you sit on? Do you prioritise games that run at a higher resolution? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Source: OXM