Plus resolution doesn’t really matter for a game that old.
Couldn’t be more wrong about that. Not only do the texture packs make the graphics legitimately HD and detailed, but when you’re playing on a screen that’s plus 60 inches having the graphics generated at a higher resolution (which is much different than upscaling) makes a fuckload of difference.
Here’s something I did up real quick to show this. I don’t have the proportions exactly right, I got the one on the right too small I think but that should actually make it look better. Enhanced texture packs displayed in HD on the left, regular game displayed at N64’s native resolution but resized to the same as the enhanced one. The screenshot I took isn’t a very good example it’s just from the title screen. Not the exact same frame either but close enough.
I mean if you would rather look at the one on the right, that’s your business I guess lol.
Still looks like shit either way. It’s not as though we’re talking a modern Morrowind visual overhaul. Now those changes are astronomical.