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what's the next generation game really we came to III 2013 to find out here we've got the PlayStation 4 the xbox one pc it's galore but what are these games all about of course better graphics play a role Xbox and PlayStation developers are competing to build the most photo realistic virtual cars we've ever seen and most every ps4 and Xbox one game looks way better than games built for the previous generation of consoles characters and environments are more richly detailed and where many ps3 and xbox 360 games didn't even technically run at 720p full 1080p HD is practically a given now what could be more glorious than exploring a giant open-world to 1080p Assassin's Creed Black Flag dead rising 3 even metal gear solid 5 are promising huge environments to explore whether you're sailing a pirate ship around the Caribbean hiding from hordes of zombies in a giant city or navigating Afghanistan by horse those vast worlds are also more interactive and immersive than ever before some promised to let you carve a path through the world dynamically changing the environment while others simply put armies of characters on screen at the same time those characters might not just be cannon fodder either they could each have their own backstory and make you think twice about shooting them in the back of the head even as open world titles do away with the idea of breaking games in two levels the graphical power and speed of next-gen machines are helping to bridge the gap between cutscenes and gameplay while there's still work to be done it may no longer feel like you're watching one game and playing a different less graphically impressive one while we're talking about seamless experiences how about throwing multiplayer into the mix several studios are working on titles that allow friends more bitter rivals to seamlessly join your ostensibly single-player game while others are trying to build multiplayer games that feel like they have a real merit when you turn off your next generation console or PC the game won't necessarily end at least not if you've got a companion app for your smartphone or tablet you'll create worlds command armies that remotely help your friends or use the device as a virtual reality GPS so you all get lost in a virtual worlds we're just beginning to see what next-gen games are capable of here at e3 2013 looking at the work of developers who began building these games with only a hunch about the possibilities on tap and even then we're only seeing the initial versions of these games they created there's still plenty left to explore