#now it's like. where's the depth of field. and the atmospheric perspective. the subsurface scattering and anti-aliasing. the COLOR THEORY?? | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

especiallyhaytham · 3 months ago

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Is it just me or do new-engine video games feel like they're getting worse rather than better. Like yeah the textures and physics and FX themselves are improved, but at the same time why does it feel like I'm playing a game from 2001. Something's wrong here.

#//personal #//rant in tags incoming #idk mannn #it's like we're diving back into the uncanny valley or something #ever since the new unity engine came out in like 2020 or smt i've been getting weird vibes from all the new AAA games #my personal theory is that game devs don't know about art or film principles anymore and everything is TOO high resolution.#like the way our eyes process info we don't see every single object in 5000p. if u pay attention to ur periphery it's all smeary right?#so in video games when the unimportant assets are half-assed that's kind of a good thing (if u know about impressionism u understand me)#now it's like. where's the depth of field. and the atmospheric perspective. the subsurface scattering and anti-aliasing. the COLOR THEORY??#not to mention that like the physics themselves are also a bit janky and off-putting #like i see a human character with hair that doesn't hair right and no weight to their movements and it's like looking at a skinwalker or sm #i can't animate for shit but im not getting paid by AAA so. we can do better. we HAVE done better. what happened.#anyways. that's me.#i am very passionate bc im spending thousands on a video game major ty

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