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[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

To be fair, lighting is the most important part of generating photorealistic graphics. Having realistic and real-time lighting makes it look so much more realistic

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

photorealistic ... realistic ... real-time ... more realistic ...

We had a tool for that: it was called IMAGINATION

The graphical fidelity fetish has complete ruined gamers' ability to immerse themselves in make believe worlds without the game doing all the work for us

My tone is /s, but despite my hypocrisy I do believe this is half true

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