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Ce jeu virtuel est moins réaliste que le film.

Ce jeu virtuel est moins réaliste que le film.
This virtual game is less realistic than the movie.
From Lesson 117:Comparative adjectives (plus... que)·French

Questions & Answers about Ce jeu virtuel est moins réaliste que le film.

How do we form the 'less than' comparison in this sentence?
To say 'less [adjective] than' in French, you frame the adjective with moins and que. Here, we use moins réaliste que (less realistic than). This pattern works exactly like plus ... que (more ... than) or aussi ... que (as ... as).
Would réaliste change if we were talking about a feminine noun instead of the masculine jeu?
No, it wouldn't change. Because the default masculine dictionary form of réaliste already ends in an -e, it stays exactly the same when describing feminine nouns.
Why does ce come before the noun, but virtuel comes after it?
Ce means 'this' and is a demonstrative word used to point something out, which always goes before the noun. Virtuel is a descriptive adjective, and in French, most descriptive adjectives are placed after the noun they describe.
We use ce for 'this game' (ce jeu). Since it is masculine, why don't we use cet?
Both ce and cet mean 'this' for masculine words, but cet is only used when the following word starts with a vowel or a silent 'h' (like cet ordinateur). Because jeu starts with a consonant, we use ce.

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