Water looking great was kind of a selling point. You could sell consoles by comparing "our water game" to "their water game". Gaming magazines sold it pretty hard, too.
Its funny how many times I used to see pretty blocky graphics but then next to it there was extremely realistic water. At some point devs must've found a way to just make really good water with no performance loss
It's definitely lost something though, I've heard it brought up a few times this gen that Nintendo games have good looking water. I think the distinction is making water as realistic as possible versus making water look how we think water is supposed to look.
Wave Race 64 is genuinely an amazing experience. I think a lot of N64 stuff holds up to nostalgia. That game stands alone as a unique experience, and i think any racing fan should give understanding it a shot. What a rush.
I never played it as a kid and always wanted to. Started playing it recently on NSO and boy I suck at it. I'm never sure if it's old games being harder, nostalgia playing a large part of people's opinions or I just suck with things like this.
It’s a genuinely hard game. You kinda have to start turning two seconds before you actually get to where you’ll turn. Play as Miles (blue guy) or Ayumi (pink girl) when starting, leaning towards Ayumi. They’re generally just more forgiving and are good at making turns.
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u/theleftkneeofthebee Aug 23 '26
You wanna go back real far, how about the water in Wave Race for the N64? Mind blowing at the time.