u/canned_pho

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/gdc-square-enix-gives-rare-technical-glimpse-at-i-final-fantasy-xii-i-

>"He showed a slide of two of the main characters from the game, Ashe and Vaan, which indicated how many polygons they could devote to each – approximately 1479 for Ashe, and 1487 for Vaan – both close to their limit of 1500 polygons, though still relatively low by most game standards"

FFX in-game battle models/low poly models were around 3000 polygons. (cutscene or high poly models were over 10000 polys)

CJ's character model in San Andreas was 2000 polygons.

I think it's pretty crazy how much art style and textures can affect how character models look and make low polygon models look decent or even great.

The r/Gamecube post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gamecube/comments/1t92bdw/one_thing_i_love_about_the_gamecube_era_is/

Offline games without pause button.

For example a picture from this redditor who did what I described to his folding bicycle, but with Dyneema rope: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fi4zb4kwktjig1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D4284%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D1694d90d9167821034eb9099b573efd1fa671fd4

And Dahon folding bike company said that their steel wire adds structural support, supposedly allowing higher weight tolerances and strength in an article they made: https://usa.dahon.com/blogs/news/the-folding-bike-problems-and-solutions

But they are trying to sell their "Deltec" branded folding bikes with those support wires.