Have you seen the iCEnhancer mod for GTAIV?
I think GTAIV was a beautiful game for it's time. Otherwise, you can make the same comparison with your Nintendo console.
WiiU game. Look back on a Wii game.
Ech, so pixelated.
But I still adore the Wii graphics I mean:
It just makes me so happy xD
I won't like it if they make every game to look real o.o It's like some animations are too good now that you can barely tell that they're animations, and that just ruins the point in seeing it for me >.<
just because something is 'realistic' doesn't mean it is good.
Anyway, chasing after realism all the time can be an exercise in futility. No matter how much effort goes into the graphics, next year will bring a more realistic game.