Quote Originally Posted by Samuraid
Not only physics, but also environmental effects. I'm still looking forward to seeing massively realistic particle systems for water/smoke/fog/sand effects...but this may be long in coming.
That's the sort of stuff I look forward to as well with more powerful hardware. Yeah, better graphics are nice, but all of the little things like physics, high levels of interactivity with the environment, environmental effects like what you mentioned, all add up to a more believeable and immersive world. They may not seem like much, but when they're there, they just help suck me into the experience.