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0 pointspaulmd2y ago0 comments

what’s so special about quake 3 that it needs hardware transform and lighting? Previous games worked fine without it, even previous games from the same company!

I dunno dude, which pebble is responsible for the avalanche? Graphics standards move forward, why wouldn’t you have coded it in DX9 instead of DX11?

Also Alan Wake 1 came out in like 2008 or something, why would we literally want to be stuck in 2008 level graphics forever?

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Nullabillity2y ago· 2 in thread

Can you reliably tell the difference in a double blind test?

And choosing to compare against AW1 rather than a newer title which still didn't require this kind of bullshit (like Control) says enough about what kind of faith you come into this with.

paulmdOP2y ago

Can I tell the difference between 2008 games and 2022 games in a blind test?

yes. I had a 7850, then 280. I was an early adopter of gsync etc. I returned a 295x2 unopened (for $450 or something, regret) to game for $270 XB270HU IPS and 780 Ti for $185 after maxwell launched. I've had 1080, I've had 1080 Ti, I know what I'm talking about.

Nullabillity2y ago

> Can I tell the difference between 2008 games and 2022 games in a blind test?

That wasn't the question.

allarm2y ago

> what’s so special about quake 3

It's very much obvious to everyone that there was something special about q3, but there's a lot less of the special about the games in the current year. This comparison is unfair and manipulative.

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