The unthinkable has happened, a PC gamer is slowly starting to like consoles more than his beloved computer.
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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 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.
to the author.. I dug the article but gotta say that the title is a bit misleading as to what its actually about. I went into it thinking you were changing from being a PC gamer to a console gamer, but that is opposite of what you claim in your summation.
sometimes its good to switch from one to the other for a bit. And even to just focus on other things other than games for a few years.
I enjoy both PC and console. Honestly been buying more stuff on PC lately though. With all the next gen talk it makes me question the backwards compatibility of next gen hardware. I hope Sony/MS realize the importance of it because I know there are a lot of people like me that will sell current hardware to offset the cost of something new. I'm confident the next Xbox will have bw compatibility because Xbox is basically a PC but PS3 is a bit of different beast. If Sony go with a different arch to make it easier to develop for it may pose problems.
and rage didnt work on ati cards very well because amd completely butchered opengl support in the last year or so, it seems they have it working now, but its months later.
"A recent example comes from I.D. Software’s Rage that refused to play nice with my ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics card."
I don't even need to say more.
As for the online stuff, I like the ability to choose servers, I hated P2P gaming on console, where the person with the shittiest connection would get chosen as host.
Price, $600 ps3 at launch, $400 360 at launch, by the time new console come around your pc is pretty much outdated, so why not spend a bit more and get a decent pc. I mean it's not like you only play games on pc, you listen to music, download stuff, and watch movies.