Tahl_eN

@Tahl_eN@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After six years of hardware ray tracing, the best examples of it are modified old games, like Quake and Minecraft.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Raytracing is still very computationally intensive, and doesn’t have enough market penetration to make sense on most modern games. Devs need to implement two solutions: a raytraced path and a raster path. The game needs to be fully playable in both, across a wide range on hardware. The largest install base for most games is still console, where RT barely exists. So RT is generally relegated to eye candy for high-end PC. Which makes it a marketing feature, not a game feature.

  It’ll be interesting to see if that changes with the PS5 Pro. I expect we’ll see more first-party titles support it, but not much else until the next real console generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any good games that break the mold⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chants of Sennaar - adventure/puzzle game where you need to learn the languages of the world. It’s not super difficult, but finding all the secrets was challenging.

  Manifold Garden - no real story here, but a trippy 3d spatial puzzle to navigate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anybody played music on their disc-based systems?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A Sega CDX was my CD player for a while.