It's _really_ impressive looking at early PS1 games like Crash Bandicoot and then looking at late ones like Final Fantasy IX. It's amazing what they could _do_ with FFIX on the same hardware.
@Felthry and Crash was already streaming levels from the CD while they were being played
@noiob I'm sure FFIX's use of pre-rendered backgrounds gave them a big edge on graphical quality, since they could reserve more polygons for character models and less for terrain. Still, IX even looks fantastic compared to VII, which also used pre-rendered backgrounds. The texturing quality is outstanding.
@Felthry I think it even layers animation and FMVs in some places which must've taken a ton of work and skill
@Felthry ah wait the example I'm thinking about was in 8 lol
@noiob IX does too; there are a number of panning shots of terrain and such.
@Felthry it blows my mind how much better it looks than anything on the N64 which is technically superior (except the FMV bit)
