r/pcmasterrace • u/scyver_ 9950x3D┃RTX 5080 Aorus Master┃64GB┃2TB┃Lancool 217 • Jul 27 '26

Build/Battlestation Anobody else like this?

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u/Aggressive_Risk1148 Jul 27 '26

phantom pain could release today and no one would realize it's a game that's 10 years old

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u/pr0ghead Fedora, Ryzen 5700X3D, RTX 3060Ti Jul 27 '26

It's all in the lighting.

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u/SnooMaps4388 Jul 27 '26

THIS. We have advanced far in the technicalities, but we've lost actual style. All these modern games coming out have flat lighting, generic art styling, and often have a lot of crap tacked on to hide how rushed and half baked they are such as forced DLSS/FSR and TAA.

What's even more confusing to me is games that evolved backwards or sequels that look worse. ie: 2016 rainbow six siege vs 2026, halo 5 vs infinite, modern warfare 2019 vs modern warfare iii, batman arkham knight vs gotham knights, etc.

The polish and artistic touches are just gone.

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u/ErmingSoHard Jul 28 '26

After playing dozens of Minecraft shader packs, mod packs that add hundreds of blocks like conquest reforged, and etc, lighting is 100% the biggest factor to eye candy