Personal Computers are the most capable gaming platform of all, offering a flexibility and capability that make other formats seem stale.
Yet, despite these great features, another supposedly “AAA” multi-platform title has launched with a “gimped” PC version - Rage
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Rage from id Software and Bethesda Softworks was largely overlooked, yet its handcrafted FPS open world and memorable characters transcend genre convention.
YouTube’s members ‘Digital Dreams’ and ‘Jose cangrejo’ have shared some videos, showcasing Pascal Gilcher’s Reshade mod – which adds Ray Tracing/Path Tracing effects – in some really old games such as Star Wars The Force Unleashed, Crysis 2, RAGE and Resident Evil 6.
I'm still learning how to look for the differences. At first I was focusing on shadows for some reason but I don't think that changes much, is it reflections that change?
It is supposed to be simulating how light actually works- so yes if light is reflecting off a surface accurately it should show reflection or an effect that matches what you are looking at in the environment. Next time you play a game look at a puddle of water there may be just a "baked" in texture that if you aren't paying attention seems like it is reflecting but it isn't. I would say though if the light is reflecting more accurately I would think that would give more accurate shadows as well.
I am still not 100% sold on it- it looks okay but I can't get over the hardware price jump for better reflections..
While games won't look immensely better, it opens up more possibilities overall. Understandably, the price jump is huge. But, that can be said for being at the forefront for any new technology. I'm currently using a 2080ti and while I've played a few games that enable it, the gpu also plays everything else incredibly well so it's not like you're buying this tech for ONLY that option. Enthusiasts will pay top dollar to check out the newest things, but this will eventually become an everyday consumer and by then they'll have optimized and become a lot cheaper.
Ray/path tracing can be used how the developer wants it to be. Tracing can be used to calculate shadows/lighting, reflection and even audio, where audio waves are calculated on the bounce off material types to simulate enviroment and echos accuratly.
Should also keep in mind that this ray/path tracing system is different and less accurate option from Nvidias RTX branded type. McFly's is a reshade that layers over the top of the game and therefor the quality will vary drastically. For example you can see nice reflection in the Star Wars demo here but it then introduces colour clipping with the light saber. On a video of GTA 5 for example it was incorrectly projecting a reflection of a red car onto the road which caused a very faint red glow on the ground around the car.
If you want to see a good example of a game developed with ray tracing reflection and lighting in mind then you could look up the youtube video of "Control - Exclusive E3 RTX GAMEPLAY Trailer".
It supposed to add more realistic light Not actually more light effects and explosions
I hate to say it but I’m fine with fake lights, shadows, reflections. I just kind of like the effect, it’s also great it saves resources for other things.
I’ve been checking out some original Xbox games on x360/x1x and the engine has fake light streaming in through a stained glass window, and I love it even though I know it’s not real time lighting. Heck it even shifts as I move about.
I’ve about convinced my self rt and hdr just doesn’t work for me. Before hdr I would even complain damn why are the headlights killing me they are so bright.
I notice most frame rate, then jaggies, then resolution; with the last two interchangeable depending.
Other day watched an enthusiast rave over 4k and the poor guy was in 1080p. I played the same game the night before and thought wow this is clean, I wonder if it’s 4k, but knew differently and I thought wow even resolution is not always important. The next day he apologized and was surprised he could be fooled.
How come the lightsabers don't give off any light? Even in the EA star wars game the guy uses it to light up a dark cave. I guess if it is using frostbite it will support rtx cards.
I kind of agree with this. How come 4A is developing games that push the PC to the limit and also look well on the consoles. Metro 2033 XBOX 360 version took only 19 working days to port from the PC and it did not look bad either.
They did not even complain about Piracy.
Crysis 1 sold 3.5 million copies on PC and Crytek made a huge profit but still they did not push the PCs with Crysis 2. Those who would say that Crytek released a PC patch are requested to google about the controversies related to that patch using inefficient tessellation.
Crytek complained that out of 20 gamers only one bought Crysis 1. Well if piracy were not possible , no way 20X3.5 million players would have played the game.
It is because modern day hardware have got too many features to take advantage of , it is because labor needed is high that developers are giving excuses for not pushing the PCs. Its more about idleness than about piracy.
I'm not a PC gamer, so it's really hard for me to comment on anything this authors saying. One things for sure though, PC games really do seem to be taking a backseat to their console counter parts.
Batman Arkham City is another title delayed which pisses me off..
Really I don't get articles like this. I mean video games are a business and developers are out to make money so it comes down a simple question. Do they make a game exclusively for the PC and make a nice profit or do they make a game for both the PC and consoles and make an even larger profit. I have friends who are pure consoles gamers and don't even own a halfway decent rig. That being said I tend to game more on my consoles myself even though I do have a powerful enough PC.
these rants have to stop. AMDs opengl drivers sucked, so RAGE performed poorly on AMD cards. Witcher 2 still isnt even on console. Many ps3 versions of game are embarrassments or arent even released, like Left 4 Dead and the orange box. PC still has the most exclusives and the most diverse lineup. Just look at some of the examples, who the hell cares about ghostbusters. I care more about battlefield 3, dota 2, and diablo 3.