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[–] SmoochyPit@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

FWIW, the game has some gorgeous volumetric lighting, fog and effects. I do think it looks more current-gen than many other games, and it doesn’t rely on heavy raytracing options to do it.

It’s still ridiculous though, especially considering the game doesn’t support any modern algorithms for upscaling, but defaults to upscaling anyways.

Though, I know it didn’t have the budget of many AAA games and the engine has been long-since unsupported, so props to Arrowhead for doing as much as they have!

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

Are volumetrics computed on the CPU though?! I didn't change the GPU at the same time.