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Yes, my guess is a decade, maybe less.

Well, that quality? That is a cinematic camera view. So gameplay will never look like that scene in the gif, but rather the traditional behind TPS view (which is what I imagine a game with those asthetics would be). But lets say the cutscenes are real time graphics on a game and use the same assets as in gameplay, I'd say about 10 years before it's as detailed as this. PlayStation 6 launch titles perhaps? The lighting in games today is already close to this. Especially now they have made the switch to physically based lighting (lighting that obides by the laws of physics and looks natural in any environment while maintaining the same lighting model). Physically based lighting has been used in CGI for over a decade now. Only now is it coming to real time game graphics.

The main differences between CGI graphics and games today is polygon count and animations. Something this generation of consoles is taking 1 step closer to achieving. Look at Ryse, The Order. What those games are lacking compared to that movie is actual geometric detail of objects and characters, the degree of animation accuracy and raytrace mapping (super high quality CGI textures basically).