5 Games That Are Too Much Game For The Hardware

[dlevere]

Crysis
Duke Nukem 3D on the Game.com hand held
Just about every game on the Game Boy
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Witcher

http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2016/...-the-hardware/

[xirtamehtsitahw]

There are lots of games which were designed with graphics settings intended to take advantage of future PC hardware improvements. However, Crysis is probably the most well-known example, even though it was released more than 10 years ago (it STILL pushes some of today's top-of-the-line PCs to their limits).

One of the things that will cause PCs to experience a graphical nervous breakdown is high-definition particle physics. Having to emulate and draw millions of tiny, single-pixel dust/sand/dirt particles, and then give them realistic drifting properties, is known to bring even some of the most powerful rigs to their electronic knees.

[dlevere]

I turn grass and rain off. And I notice that if I'm hacking a PC game and turn my player's speed up to 255, and then I start running too fast, the game will crash.

[xirtamehtsitahw]

Is that on the original Crysis? If so...wow. It's STILL crashing PCs due to graphics overload to this day! That has to be some sort of accomplishment (although a bit dubious).

[dlevere]

No, not Crysis, Oblivion.

[Pyriel]

I think that's just a general Bethesda thing, though. Not sure if Morrowind had it, but most of their other sandbox, Gamebryo-based games seem to. With Skyrim, it's like crashes are random encounters, and the danger number goes up in proportion to how fast you're going.

[dlevere]

Those Elder Scrolls games are fun to hack, Pyriel. And highly addictive, I can play those games for hours.