Inuhanyou
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Digital Foundry Article Technical Discussion [2022]
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Elaborate on why you disagree so strongly.
The-Nastiest
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I always love watching their yearly round-ups.
I'm always entertained by the lists. In the spirit of discussion, I'll add my thoughts to the list.
Games I would remove: Dying Light 2, NFS Unbound and GT7.
GT7 and DL2 have high points (they mentioned them in the video) but visually they are inconsistent games. Dying Light in particular may be technically impressive but it doesn't present well. Too many of it's rendering aspects don't hold up against other games.
NFS Unbound isn't doing anything special at all. Personally, I would put Stray over NFS if it was just about filling a spot on the list.
Positions I would change: Plague's Tale Req and Portal RTX
In short, I think PT:R deserves a top 3 spot and Portal RTX doesn't. Im more impressed with the totality of PT:R's geometry, lighting and environments than I am with Portal RTX path tracing.
I understand that path tracing is computationally expensive and this implementation is doing a good job at approximating light bounces (among some other things), but...meh. The animations and environments are simple by today's standards and I think that needs stronger weighting in their system.
With all of that said, I still enjoyed the video. Watched the entire thing with my partner, a non-gamer, who was also perplexed at Portal RTX's inclusion in the top 3 after seeing the other impressive games on the list.
John has a notorious love for cars and racing games, which perhaps explains the inclusion of NFS and GT7, not that I disagree with the list. By nature it’s subjective so you can’t really argue… my list would probably be different.
Fully agreed with HFW being number one. Every other game they listed has some caveats like the bad characters in Plague Tale and the motion fluidity in Callistol for example.
HFW does everything right. It has detailed enviroments with a high polygon count, good lighting, superb water animation, crazy character design and animation. On top of that, it runs at 60 FPS with great image quality now.
HFW does everything right. It has detailed enviroments with a high polygon count, good lighting, superb water animation, crazy character design and animation. On top of that, it runs at 60 FPS with great image quality now.
What is somewhat depressing is that Callisto protocol is in top 3. The game launched in terrible state on pc and Xboxes even now XSX version is huge disappointment. This tells a lot about quality of the code and yet is in the top 3. I don’t disagree with the decision and I think it’s fully understandable just disappointed the we are getting such unpolished and unfinished games.
Cardassian Bob
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What do mean by different platforms? Isn't this list represented of everyone's opinion?
davis.anthony
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John covers Playstation, Alex PC and Rich Xbox/middleground (not sure).
Alex doesnt even really play FW untill the pc release as explained in the video. Before DF had these individual best of the year graphics lists, that was better i think?
Now its basically John’s list, which means no multiplat would make it to the nr1 spot.
Plague tale could have been there as so many YT comments note.
I thought the list was about right tbh. Callisto is the best looking game for me this year based on what I've seen if it, but it's right it wasn't given top spot due to its launch issues.
And while Portal has simplistic graphics, the lighting is simply insane, and an absolute visual feast from what I've seen in the videos so I think 3rd place makes sense there.
I'd have still liked to see Requem in the top 3 though. Perhaps as a joint 3rd with Portal.
And while Portal has simplistic graphics, the lighting is simply insane, and an absolute visual feast from what I've seen in the videos so I think 3rd place makes sense there.
I'd have still liked to see Requem in the top 3 though. Perhaps as a joint 3rd with Portal.
Cardassian Bob
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I still don't understand how this is basically John's list. Alex is also in the video and I assume these choices are based on some sort of consensus.
Alex explains himself in the video not being really into FW yet. Individual DF crew lists where more intresting.
FW could be number 1, it could be 3, it could be not on the list at all. Graphics are highly subjective and individual, hence the previous years three lists or more.
snc
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There was never 3 graphic list, there was fav game list from all df members and one graphics one, from what I read at least John will also have this year his fav games of 2022
Yet it was there.
For me personally A Plague Tale Requiem is peak. quite possibly best looking foliage I've ever seen in video games. the game also has great art design which helps. even support characters have great character models. only problem is the animation quality (from the face to actual gameplay)
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